Modern Woman/Architect - invitation to the symposium at NG
Emancipation, Bauhaus, and Socialism: Women in Modern Architecture
The Veletržní Palace in Prague will host a two-day symposium on the role and image of women in 20th and 21st-century architecture. Was the emancipation movement aligned with the ideal of the modern and socialist woman, or did it stand in contrast to it? What were the strategies of individual female architects and what was the status of women in Czechoslovakia compared to Germany or Central Europe? With the participation of leading architects, curators, and theorists, the National Gallery Prague is organizing the event in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut.
“The symposium follows the vision of women's emancipation in architecture and the emancipatory efforts of Bauhaus and functionalist figures within the framework of modernism, up to the present day. Special attention will be given to the migration of ideas and the individuals associated with them in Central Europe and beyond,” comments the symposium curator Helena Doudová from the National Gallery Prague.
The first focus is the image of the modern woman as it was publicly presented, regardless of whether this image was created by men or women. The second perspective consists of the everyday lives of female architects and designers who were pioneers of women’s emancipation. Alongside the extraordinary artistic works of specific authors, such as the recently deceased Růžena Žertová, the speakers will particularly highlight the obstacles and issues that hindered women’s emancipation and the appropriate recognition of what these women achieved.
“In architecture, a field traditionally dominated by men, we can vividly illustrate the difficulties associated with women's emancipation, both in Czechoslovakia and, for example, in Germany. It is interesting to reflect on these facts and experiences, especially in light of the current anniversary of the German Bauhaus school, which was one of the first institutions of its kind to give women architects and designers a chance for self-realization, exactly one hundred years ago,” comments Luisa Rath, head of the Program Department at the Goethe-Institut.
The symposiums are part of the festival re:bauhaus – modern emancipation, education, and exchange of ideas. This international project by the Goethe-Institut examines the beginnings of modernism and the political and social conditions of functionalism and Bauhaus in Central Europe.
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The Veletržní Palace in Prague will host a two-day symposium on the role and image of women in 20th and 21st-century architecture. Was the emancipation movement aligned with the ideal of the modern and socialist woman, or did it stand in contrast to it? What were the strategies of individual female architects and what was the status of women in Czechoslovakia compared to Germany or Central Europe? With the participation of leading architects, curators, and theorists, the National Gallery Prague is organizing the event in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut.
“The symposium follows the vision of women's emancipation in architecture and the emancipatory efforts of Bauhaus and functionalist figures within the framework of modernism, up to the present day. Special attention will be given to the migration of ideas and the individuals associated with them in Central Europe and beyond,” comments the symposium curator Helena Doudová from the National Gallery Prague.
The first focus is the image of the modern woman as it was publicly presented, regardless of whether this image was created by men or women. The second perspective consists of the everyday lives of female architects and designers who were pioneers of women’s emancipation. Alongside the extraordinary artistic works of specific authors, such as the recently deceased Růžena Žertová, the speakers will particularly highlight the obstacles and issues that hindered women’s emancipation and the appropriate recognition of what these women achieved.
“In architecture, a field traditionally dominated by men, we can vividly illustrate the difficulties associated with women's emancipation, both in Czechoslovakia and, for example, in Germany. It is interesting to reflect on these facts and experiences, especially in light of the current anniversary of the German Bauhaus school, which was one of the first institutions of its kind to give women architects and designers a chance for self-realization, exactly one hundred years ago,” comments Luisa Rath, head of the Program Department at the Goethe-Institut.
The symposiums are part of the festival re:bauhaus – modern emancipation, education, and exchange of ideas. This international project by the Goethe-Institut examines the beginnings of modernism and the political and social conditions of functionalism and Bauhaus in Central Europe.
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