Wednesdays at AVU - spring cycle program
The VVP AVU and the Department of Theory and History of Art AVU warmly invite you to the spring lecture cycle Wednesdays at AVU
23-3-2016, 18:00
“[Slovaks] are a healthy, industrious, persistent, and humble people, but also rebellious, stubborn, conservative, and distrustful of the intelligentsia; of average height. They cling tenaciously to their maternal heritage.(...) Slovaks have distinctive customs and traditions. In all significant life events (baptism, wedding, and others), they like to sing.”
Philosopher Fedor Blaščák will recall several Slovak figures from the history of Czechoslovak architecture and art in the second half of the 20th century and illustrate through examples of their iconic works what obvious and unforeseen consequences stubbornness can have when it suddenly emerges as a driving force in the cultural struggle for political emancipation in the 1960s. Of course, it will be about politics. The issue of the deficit of cultural traditions will appear quite different when the starting point becomes language and the ambitions of modernity and (neo)avant-garde. In other words, what good would a "painterly tradition" be when we have strong conceptualism?
# Husák, Filko, Dedeček, Kuzma, Jankovič, and others.
Fedor Blaščák (*1975) is a philosopher by education, an independent consultant and activist by profession. In Slovakia, he is involved in various civic initiatives, platforms, and campaigns, while in the Czech Republic he contributes to strengthening contacts with the Prague environment. From 2006 to 2008, he philosophically interned at the Center for Theoretical Studies in Prague and at the FHS UK. He is also a member of various committees. At the Slovak public radio, he leads an authorial discussion program called Chrobák v hlave_FM.
6-4-2016, 18:00
The Cold War divided the world into two hostile camps. Their mutual antagonism was greatly fueled by the propaganda of both political blocs, but a different expression was also demanded from artistic concepts and their creators. In architecture and its history, the transparency of late modernism often stands in direct opposition to the clumsiness of socialist realism. However, behind this black-and-white theory, a less dogmatic reality unfolded.
Vendula Hnídková (*1978) graduated in art history from the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University in Brno and in design theory from the UMPRUM in Prague (Ph.D.), and has continuously studied at universities in Vienna and Helsinki. In 2013, she received the Otto Wichterle Prize. Since 2004, she has been working at the Institute of Art History of the Academy of Sciences in Prague. She focuses on architecture and design from the 19th to the 21st century, emphasizing the role of creators against the backdrop of political history, the influence of ideologies on artistic creation, and the problematization of conventional narratives in art history. She is the author of the exhibition National Style. Culture and Politics (2013, NG in Prague) and co-author of the permanent exhibition The World Between Löw-Beer and Tugendhat (2016, Villa Löw-Beer, Brno). She published works such as Pavel Janák. Outline of an Era (2009) and National Style. Culture and Politics (2013). She is currently preparing a monograph Moscow 1937. Architecture and Propaganda in a Western Perspective, in which she examines the rise of socialist realism in the USSR.
20-4-2016, 18:00
The Urbanity 86 exhibition (1986) peaked the critique of housing estates, which architects in Czechoslovakia had been concerned with at least since the 1970s. Maroš Krivý will present variants of this critique (reformist, ironic, and cynical) within the socio-institutional framework of late socialism. He will emphasize the parallels between the reception of postmodernism and the renewed interest in socialist realism, such as the thematization of architecture as an environment that influences individual psychology. In conclusion, he will propose a hypothesis of continuity between the critique of housing estates and post-socialist neoliberal urbanization.
Maroš Krivý (*1981) is the head of the Urban Studies Department at the Faculty of Architecture of the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Helsinki in Finland (2012). He deals with the history of housing estate critiques and the late-socialist reception of postmodernism in Czech-Slovak architecture. His publications include Greyness and Colour Desires: The Chromatic Politics of the Panelák In Late-Socialist and Post-Socialist Czechoslovakia (Journal of Architecture, 2015) and Postmodernism or Socialist Realism? The Architecture of Housing Estates in Late Socialist Czechoslovakia (Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2016). His articles have also been published in the journals Footprint, City, and International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. In 2014, he organized the conference Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanizations: Architecture, Land and Property Rights (Tallinn). He explores similar topics in his visual work (New Coat of Paint, Political Economy of Landscape). He is the winner of the sittcomm.award (2011).
4-5-2016, 18:00
The Neologian synagogue in Žilina is somewhat like the Slovak Villa Tugendhat not only because both works were designed by the "fathers" of world modern architecture. Their widely publicized renewal process showed our society that there is a need to restore modern architecture as well. However, the parallels between both works diverge significantly in the actual practice of their restoration. Therefore, the lecture will be a reflection on the positions of the practice of conserving and transforming memory and architecture, which, like "free" creation, opens a discussion on the understanding of architecture, art, and contemporary society.
Peter Szalay (*1982), a theorist and historian of architecture, graduated from the Department of Art History at Comenius University in Bratislava and the doctoral study at the Faculty of Architecture of the Slovak Technical University. He works at the Department of Architecture, Institute of Construction and Architecture of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. In his research, he focuses mainly on the theory and history of modern architecture in the Central European region from a heritage, social, and societal perspective. He is the co-author of several scientific publications such as Modern Bratislava (2014), Modern and/or Totalitarian in Slovak Architecture (2013), and Atlas of Bratislava Housing Estates (2012). He is a correspondent for the magazine A10 and a member of the editorial board of the magazine ERA 21. He is a member of the international organization for the research and protection of modern architecture, DOCOMOMO International.
ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN PRAGUE
U AKADEMIE 4, AULA – 3rd FLOOR
ORGANIZED BY THE RESEARCH INSTITUTION OF AVU IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THEORY AND HISTORY OF ART AVU
TECHNICAL SUPPORT DIGILAB AVU
ONLINE STREAM CZECH TELEVISION
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We look forward to seeing you!
23-3-2016, 18:00
FEDOR BLAŠČÁK /Bratislava/
SLOVAKS
“[Slovaks] are a healthy, industrious, persistent, and humble people, but also rebellious, stubborn, conservative, and distrustful of the intelligentsia; of average height. They cling tenaciously to their maternal heritage.(...) Slovaks have distinctive customs and traditions. In all significant life events (baptism, wedding, and others), they like to sing.”
Small Ott's Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1904, Vol. 2, p. 727.
Philosopher Fedor Blaščák will recall several Slovak figures from the history of Czechoslovak architecture and art in the second half of the 20th century and illustrate through examples of their iconic works what obvious and unforeseen consequences stubbornness can have when it suddenly emerges as a driving force in the cultural struggle for political emancipation in the 1960s. Of course, it will be about politics. The issue of the deficit of cultural traditions will appear quite different when the starting point becomes language and the ambitions of modernity and (neo)avant-garde. In other words, what good would a "painterly tradition" be when we have strong conceptualism?
# Husák, Filko, Dedeček, Kuzma, Jankovič, and others.
Fedor Blaščák (*1975) is a philosopher by education, an independent consultant and activist by profession. In Slovakia, he is involved in various civic initiatives, platforms, and campaigns, while in the Czech Republic he contributes to strengthening contacts with the Prague environment. From 2006 to 2008, he philosophically interned at the Center for Theoretical Studies in Prague and at the FHS UK. He is also a member of various committees. At the Slovak public radio, he leads an authorial discussion program called Chrobák v hlave_FM.
6-4-2016, 18:00
VENDULA HNÍDKOVÁ /Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague/
THE BATTLE OF FORMATS IN THE WAR OF IDEOLOGIES. AVANT-GARDES AND SOCIALIST REALISM
The Cold War divided the world into two hostile camps. Their mutual antagonism was greatly fueled by the propaganda of both political blocs, but a different expression was also demanded from artistic concepts and their creators. In architecture and its history, the transparency of late modernism often stands in direct opposition to the clumsiness of socialist realism. However, behind this black-and-white theory, a less dogmatic reality unfolded.
Vendula Hnídková (*1978) graduated in art history from the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University in Brno and in design theory from the UMPRUM in Prague (Ph.D.), and has continuously studied at universities in Vienna and Helsinki. In 2013, she received the Otto Wichterle Prize. Since 2004, she has been working at the Institute of Art History of the Academy of Sciences in Prague. She focuses on architecture and design from the 19th to the 21st century, emphasizing the role of creators against the backdrop of political history, the influence of ideologies on artistic creation, and the problematization of conventional narratives in art history. She is the author of the exhibition National Style. Culture and Politics (2013, NG in Prague) and co-author of the permanent exhibition The World Between Löw-Beer and Tugendhat (2016, Villa Löw-Beer, Brno). She published works such as Pavel Janák. Outline of an Era (2009) and National Style. Culture and Politics (2013). She is currently preparing a monograph Moscow 1937. Architecture and Propaganda in a Western Perspective, in which she examines the rise of socialist realism in the USSR.
20-4-2016, 18:00
MAROŠ KRIVÝ /Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn/
URBANITY 86 AND THE CRITIQUE OF HOUSING ESTATES IN THE TIME OF LATE SOCIALISM
The Urbanity 86 exhibition (1986) peaked the critique of housing estates, which architects in Czechoslovakia had been concerned with at least since the 1970s. Maroš Krivý will present variants of this critique (reformist, ironic, and cynical) within the socio-institutional framework of late socialism. He will emphasize the parallels between the reception of postmodernism and the renewed interest in socialist realism, such as the thematization of architecture as an environment that influences individual psychology. In conclusion, he will propose a hypothesis of continuity between the critique of housing estates and post-socialist neoliberal urbanization.
Maroš Krivý (*1981) is the head of the Urban Studies Department at the Faculty of Architecture of the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Helsinki in Finland (2012). He deals with the history of housing estate critiques and the late-socialist reception of postmodernism in Czech-Slovak architecture. His publications include Greyness and Colour Desires: The Chromatic Politics of the Panelák In Late-Socialist and Post-Socialist Czechoslovakia (Journal of Architecture, 2015) and Postmodernism or Socialist Realism? The Architecture of Housing Estates in Late Socialist Czechoslovakia (Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2016). His articles have also been published in the journals Footprint, City, and International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. In 2014, he organized the conference Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanizations: Architecture, Land and Property Rights (Tallinn). He explores similar topics in his visual work (New Coat of Paint, Political Economy of Landscape). He is the winner of the sittcomm.award (2011).
4-5-2016, 18:00
PETER SZALAY /Institute of Construction and Architecture of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava/
RESTORING MODERNITY. TWO ASPECTS OF RENEWAL OF MODERN ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE
The Neologian synagogue in Žilina is somewhat like the Slovak Villa Tugendhat not only because both works were designed by the "fathers" of world modern architecture. Their widely publicized renewal process showed our society that there is a need to restore modern architecture as well. However, the parallels between both works diverge significantly in the actual practice of their restoration. Therefore, the lecture will be a reflection on the positions of the practice of conserving and transforming memory and architecture, which, like "free" creation, opens a discussion on the understanding of architecture, art, and contemporary society.
Peter Szalay (*1982), a theorist and historian of architecture, graduated from the Department of Art History at Comenius University in Bratislava and the doctoral study at the Faculty of Architecture of the Slovak Technical University. He works at the Department of Architecture, Institute of Construction and Architecture of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. In his research, he focuses mainly on the theory and history of modern architecture in the Central European region from a heritage, social, and societal perspective. He is the co-author of several scientific publications such as Modern Bratislava (2014), Modern and/or Totalitarian in Slovak Architecture (2013), and Atlas of Bratislava Housing Estates (2012). He is a correspondent for the magazine A10 and a member of the editorial board of the magazine ERA 21. He is a member of the international organization for the research and protection of modern architecture, DOCOMOMO International.
ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN PRAGUE
U AKADEMIE 4, AULA – 3rd FLOOR
ORGANIZED BY THE RESEARCH INSTITUTION OF AVU IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THEORY AND HISTORY OF ART AVU
TECHNICAL SUPPORT DIGILAB AVU
ONLINE STREAM CZECH TELEVISION
more HERE »
We look forward to seeing you!
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