Rui Morais e Castro

Rui Castro is a Ph.D. candidate in the History and Theory of Architecture at the Weitzman School of Design. His research focuses on post-World War II architecture, exploring its intersections with politics, visual arts, performance, and screen arts. With an architectural practice background, he also taught Design Studio at UL Porto, Madrid Polytechnic University, and UCJC Madrid. Rui's research examines the role of spatial, aesthetic, exhibition, and institutional practices in shaping a participatory, critical, and inclusive public sphere.

RECENT ARTICLES

• Rui Morais e Castro, “Disarming Suburbia: Dan Graham’s Two-Way Video-Architectures.” Displacements. An X’cape Journal. 1 (2014), 138 - 143.
• Rui Morais e Castro, “Where’s Beauty? The (Dis)agreement of Self and Space,” Venustas, Daniela Buonanno and Dario Esposito, eds., (Naples: CLEAN Edizioni 2010): 42-52.
• Rui Morais e Castro, “Cathoptric Instuments. Playing Doubles at the Body Outskirts,” La Construcción del Paisaje, Darío Gazapo and Concepción Lapayese, eds., (Madrid: Mairea Books, 2010): 43-56.
• Rui Morais e Castro, “Water Cartographies,” Diseñando infraestructuras desde el Paisaje,” Darío Gazapo and Concepción Lapayese, eds., (Madrid: Mairea Books, 2010): 5-15.

CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS

•  “Re-Institutionalizing Cultural Imaginaries: The New Venice Biennale 1968-77,” Worlding Art History: Negotiating the Global and the Local Conference, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, March 2018.
• “Imagining Other Publics: Dan Graham’s Transparency Re-Inscription in the 1970s,” Off the Record: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa. March 2017.