Wednesdays at AVU - Imro Vaško: Why? How? What?

VVP AVU cordially invites you to continue the autumn cycle "Wednesdays at AVU"
on Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at 18:00
auditorium of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (3rd floor) U Akademie 4, Prague 7

IMRO VAŠKO

WHY? HOW? WHAT?...

As if we were at the end or at the beginning… The rise of gossip, various disasters, the stressing of society, and the inequality of aspects of global presence increasingly urge diverse forums to articulate fundamental questions. The need for change confronts the discipline of architecture and its academic environment with recurring universal doubts and uncertainties. Slovak architect and architectural theorist Imro Vaško will test strategies and possibilities of architectural thinking in new beginnings in his lecture. Imro Vaško focuses on conceptual and visionary architecture, urbanism, and installations. He deals with the trends of Central European architecture and parallel modernism. Since the beginning of the 1990s, he has been leading the academic platform for architectural experimentation, the Laboratory of Architecture at the VŠVU in Bratislava, and since this autumn, the Architecture III studio at the VŠUP in Prague.

You can also watch the presentation online on the ČT 24 portal or on the iVysílání pages of Czech Television, where it will later be archived. Technical support provided by Diglab AVU.


Other lectures:
December 14, 2011 Milena Slavická, The Shine and Shame of the Avant-garde. Russian Avant-garde Art of the 70s, 80s, and 90s of the last century
January 11, 2012 Václav Bělohradský, Parts Without Participation: About Post-Societies
The presentation of the finalists for the Jindřich Chalupecký Award, which took place on November 9, can be seen here.

You can find the entire program of the cycle for the winter semester 2011/2012 on the VVP AVU website. We look forward to seeing you!