Fiona Shipwright
Fiona is a writer and editor, originally from London, based in Berlin since 2014. A founding member of the &beyond collective, between 2014–2016 she was an editor for uncube, the digital magazine for architecture and beyond. She has also worked on editorial projects with Ruby Press, transmediale and raumlabor, while her writing has particularly focused on the overlaps between architecture, urbanism and culture. Fiona holds a BA in Fine Art & Philosophy from the University of Reading and an MA in Critical Writing & Curatorial Practice from Chelsea College of Art & Design. Between 2009–2014 she worked for Phaidon Press in London, on a range of print and digital projects. As well as co-founding the discursive format series Way Too Concrete, exploring aspects of spatial production and representation, Fiona has written for the The Architectural Review,PORT, rhizome, The Wire, Eye on Design and mono.kultur. Recently, has worked as editor for Making Futures School, a non-disciplinary learning environment for spatial practices and is currently working at Haus der Kulturen der Welt as Online Editor of anthropocene.curriculum.org, a long term initiative that explores frameworks for critical knowledge and education in our contemporary epoch – the Anthropocene.
fiona@andbeyondcollective.com
@edwardiansnow
shipwright.berlin
Sim City 50,000: article on glitch aesthetics and uncanny architectural futures for uncube magazine.
Unchartered Ground: article on Larissa Fassler’s psychogeographic cartographies for uncube magazine.
Sleep Talk: interview with composer Max Richter on his all night performances in Kraftwerk Berlin.
Memory Palaces: essay on architecture for recollection in the age of forgetting, with illustrations by Janar Siniloo.
Event Horizon: exploring the gravity-defying architectural constructions of William Chyr’s Manifold Garden computer game, for uncube magazine.
Photo Booth: interview with Polish artist Katarzyna Krakowiak about junkspace and sounding out the city, for uncube magazine.
New Horizons / Neue Welt: essay on the anticipated photos from NASA’s New Horizons probe
and the imagery of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon to Wolfgang Tillmans for super-collider.
Data Ontology: interview with James Bridle about secrecy, surveillance, and the limits of knowledge
in relation to his exhibition “The Glomar Response,” for rhizome.
Art & Place - Site-specific Art of the Americas: Assistant editor on this 376-page volume
on the outstanding examples of site-specific art in the Americas, published by Phaidon Press.
Curating out of Crisis: Participant in a lunchtime panel discussion on the changing face of architecture
communication as part of Make City, a festival for architecture and urban alternatives.
Make City: Coordination of the English-language editorial, concept and social media areas
of the inaugural edition of the Make City…
Make City: ...and active tour participant, documenting urban alternatives to city-making in Berlin.
A Space is a Space is a Space: Participant in reading group on alternative city dwelling approaches
to accompany the exhibition of the same name.
Wild Art: Digital editor the iBooks edition of Wild Art by David Carrier and Joachim Pissarro,
a survey of underground and subversive creativity, published by Phaidon Press.
20th-Century Architecture - The Phaidon Atlas: Assistant editor on this 824-page,
worldwide survey of 20th Century architecture, published by Phaidon Press.
Fiona Shipwright
Fiona is a writer and editor, originally from London, based in Berlin since 2014. A founding member of the &beyond collective, between 2014–2016 she was an editor for uncube, the digital magazine for architecture and beyond. She has also worked on editorial projects with Ruby Press, transmediale and raumlabor, while her writing has particularly focused on the overlaps between architecture, urbanism and culture. Fiona holds a BA in Fine Art & Philosophy from the University of Reading and an MA in Critical Writing & Curatorial Practice from Chelsea College of Art & Design. Between 2009–2014 she worked for Phaidon Press in London, on a range of print and digital projects. As well as co-founding the discursive format series Way Too Concrete, exploring aspects of spatial production and representation, Fiona has written for the The Architectural Review,PORT, rhizome, The Wire, Eye on Design and mono.kultur. Recently, has worked as editor for Making Futures School, a non-disciplinary learning environment for spatial practices and is currently working at Haus der Kulturen der Welt as Online Editor of anthropocene.curriculum.org, a long term initiative that explores frameworks for critical knowledge and education in our contemporary epoch – the Anthropocene.
fiona@andbeyondcollective.com
@edwardiansnow
shipwright.berlin
Sim City 50,000: article on glitch aesthetics and uncanny architectural futures for uncube magazine.
Unchartered Ground: article on Larissa Fassler’s psychogeographic cartographies for uncube magazine.
Sleep Talk: interview with composer Max Richter on his all night performances in Kraftwerk Berlin.
Memory Palaces: essay on architecture for recollection in the age of forgetting, with illustrations by Janar Siniloo.
Event Horizon: exploring the gravity-defying architectural constructions of William Chyr’s Manifold Garden computer game, for uncube magazine.
Photo Booth: interview with Polish artist Katarzyna Krakowiak about junkspace and sounding out the city, for uncube magazine.
New Horizons / Neue Welt: essay on the anticipated photos from NASA’s New Horizons probe
and the imagery of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon to Wolfgang Tillmans for super-collider.
Data Ontology: interview with James Bridle about secrecy, surveillance, and the limits of knowledge
in relation to his exhibition “The Glomar Response,” for rhizome.
Art & Place - Site-specific Art of the Americas: Assistant editor on this 376-page volume
on the outstanding examples of site-specific art in the Americas, published by Phaidon Press.
Curating out of Crisis: Participant in a lunchtime panel discussion on the changing face of architecture
communication as part of Make City, a festival for architecture and urban alternatives.
Make City: Coordination of the English-language editorial, concept and social media areas
of the inaugural edition of the Make City…
Make City: ...and active tour participant, documenting urban alternatives to city-making in Berlin.
A Space is a Space is a Space: Participant in reading group on alternative city dwelling approaches
to accompany the exhibition of the same name.
Wild Art: Digital editor the iBooks edition of Wild Art by David Carrier and Joachim Pissarro,
a survey of underground and subversive creativity, published by Phaidon Press.
20th-Century Architecture - The Phaidon Atlas: Assistant editor on this 824-page,
worldwide survey of 20th Century architecture, published by Phaidon Press.