Come by for the roundtable discussion on Storytelling marking the 20th issue of Volume Magazine. In the past two year numerous dramas have competed for our attention: housing crisis, banking meltdown, pandemic, recession. The all-consuming effort to follow these events seldom leaves time to contemplate the explanations themselves. Volume 20 is dedicated to the art of Storytelling. It presents the story lines of current events to show that while the truth is important, so is the ability of fiction to elevate fact. Perhaps the best way to eventually understand our era and to create architecture itself is through narratives that distort, pervert and animate reality? During challenging times, when it appears impossible to chart a path out of the forest of uncertainty, maybe fantasy can help to build a precise and concrete story for architecture's future.

http://volumeproject.org/blog/2009/07/29/volume-20/ 

Participants

Tom McCarthy, Writer, General Secretary of the International Necronautical Society and Author of Remainder

Dave McKean, Illustrator, Artist, Filmmaker

Mark Wigley, Dean, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, Volume Magazine Founding Editor

Brett Steele, Director, Architectural Association

Jeffrey Inaba, Director, C-Lab, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, Volume Magazine Features Editor

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