Symposium Funktionalism & Bauhaus (Funktionalismus II)
12.10.2019, 13:00 – 23:00 Uhr, mit Filmabend
Alle Beiträge werden ins Englische übersetzt.
BHROX bauhaus reuse, Ernst-Reuter-Platz, Berlin
The symposium Functionalism and Bauhaus at the BHROX bauhaus reuse for the Triennale der Moderne 2019 in Berlin, as well as the corresponding symposium at the National Gallery in Prague last June, are part of the re:bauhaus festival. The symposia deal with the development and social identification with modernism and its reception in Central Europe. With a view to the emergence and perception of functionalist modernism using the example of Czechoslovakia and the significance of the Bauhaus in the Weimar Republic, the symposium in Berlin looks at the development from the heyday of functionalism in the interwar period as well as the debates about the Bauhaus and its reception in Central Europe.
The symposium in Berlin will look at the development from the heyday of functionalism in the interwar period and the debates and handling of the heritage in the post-war period in the countries of Central Europe and in both parts of Germany up to identification and reception today.
With: Thilo Hilpert, Simone Hain, Beate Störtkuhl, Vendula Hnídková, Helena Doudová, Jana Kořínková, Kerstin Wittmann-Englert.
Curated by Robert K. Huber, BHROX bauhaus reuse / zukunftsgeraeusche GbR, in cooperation with Helena Doudová, National Gallery Prague.
The transnational festival re:bauhaus – modern emancipation, education, exchange in Central Europe was initiated by the Goethe-Institut in cooperation with BHROX bauhaus reuse, curatorial collaborative, National Gallery Prague, PLATO Ostrava and zukunftsgeraeusche, supported by the Federal Agency for Civic Education, the Federal Foundation for Building Culture and the German-Czech Future Fund.
The symposium Functionalism and Bauhaus in Berlin will take place as part of the Triennale der Moderne 2019. The Triennale der Moderne in Berlin is funded by the Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin.
Klassenlotterie Berlin.Programme overview
Functionalism and Bauhaus
12.10.2019, Saturday, 1:00 pm
BHROX, bauhaus reuse, Ernst-Reuter-Platz, Berlin
Simultaneous translation into English will be provided for the contributions. All contributions will be audio-visually recorded and later published for a wider audience.
All contributions will be translated into English. The event will be audio-visually recorded.
13:00 – Arrival and lunch break
13:30 – Welcome / Introduction
Helena Doudová and Robert K. Huber
14:00 – Identification
Papers / presentations plus table-talk, open to audience participation
Helena Doudová
Veletržní palác – The National Gallery Prague
with film presentation
Vendula Hnídková
Housing Between Private and Collective. Czechoslovak Architecture for Social Reform
Moderation: Helena Doudová and Robert K. Huber
15:15 – Coffee break
15:30 – Reception and Interpretation (Part 1)
Paper / presentation plus discussion in table-talk with invited interlocutors, open to audience participation
Beate Störtkuhl
On the Way to New Building in (East) Central Europe – Exhibition Architecture in Brno, Poznan and Wroclaw
Interlocutors in the table-talk:
Jana Kořínková
Kerstin Wittmann-Englert
Moderation: Helena Doudová and Robert K. Huber
17:00 – Snack
17:30 – Reception and interpretation (part 2)
Thilo Hilpert
Neoclassicism versus Bauhaus Modernism
The Leipzig Opera (1950-1960) and the beginnings of building in the East
followed by a discussion: Theatre buildings in East and West – the Leipzig Opera and the Mannheim Theatre Project 1953 by Mies van der Rohe.
Moderation: Helena Doudová and Robert K. Huber
Break (time buffer)
18:30 – Debate: Functionalism and Society
18:30
Simone Hain
Definition of Functionalism
19:30
Panel discussion
Perception of Modernism and Dealing with Heritage – Functionalism and Bauhaus in Central Europe
Thilo Hilpert
Kerstin Wittmann-Englert
Simone Hain
Vendula Hnídková
Jana Kořínková
Moderation: Helena Doudová and Robert K. Huber
21:00 – Film evening with finale
Film “House Tugendhat” by Dieter Reifarth (2013)
Film “The Pruitt-Igoe Myth” by Chad Freidrichs (2011)
