Wednesdays at AVU: Martin Škabraha - This isn't the developer's!
Architectural (anti)communism?
VVP AVU and the Department of History of Art at AVU cordially invite you to a lecture from the spring series "Wednesdays at AVU" on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at 6:00 PM in the auditorium of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (3rd floor), U Akademie 4, Prague 7
MARTIN ŠKABRAHA
“THIS IS NOT A DEVELOPER'S PLACE!”
ARCHITECTURAL (ANTI)COMMUNISM?
Philosopher Martin Škabraha will focus on some contemporary efforts to defend architectural heritage against the dictates of commercial land value. The construction investor presents an ethos of deregulation, privatization, and globalism, while activists demand height regulations, emphasize the uniqueness of the place, and fight against the “privatization of the panorama”; at times they also defend "socialist" buildings from demolition. This is why activists are sometimes labeled as communists. Is there a hidden architectural anti-communism in the pressure from investors and developers? If so, what is the ethos of their opponents?
Organized by the Research and Development Institute of AVU, technical support by Digilab AVU.
You can also watch the broadcast online or in the recording on the ČT 24 portal or on the iVysílání website of Czech Television.
You can see previous lectures HERE.
MARTIN ŠKABRAHA
“THIS IS NOT A DEVELOPER'S PLACE!”
ARCHITECTURAL (ANTI)COMMUNISM?
Philosopher Martin Škabraha will focus on some contemporary efforts to defend architectural heritage against the dictates of commercial land value. The construction investor presents an ethos of deregulation, privatization, and globalism, while activists demand height regulations, emphasize the uniqueness of the place, and fight against the “privatization of the panorama”; at times they also defend "socialist" buildings from demolition. This is why activists are sometimes labeled as communists. Is there a hidden architectural anti-communism in the pressure from investors and developers? If so, what is the ethos of their opponents?
Organized by the Research and Development Institute of AVU, technical support by Digilab AVU.
You can also watch the broadcast online or in the recording on the ČT 24 portal or on the iVysílání website of Czech Television.
You can see previous lectures HERE.
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