Invitation to the Weimar Controversies 2019: »Is there a Piece of a Future State in every Sliding Window?«
From 20 to 22 November, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar and the Bauhaus Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture and Planning of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar invite you to their joint series of events called »Weimarer Kontroversen« (»Weimar Controversies«) . On the occasion of the Bauhaus Centenary, the international conference will examine the relationship between utopia and design by analysing the historic Bauhaus. Building on this, another topic of discussion will be the relevance of historical and current designs of utopia for the present.
The conference starts on Wednesday 20 November 2019 at 7 pm, with a lecture by Prof. em. Dr. Lucian Hölscher, University of Bochum, on »Utopia and Disappointment. 100 Years of Bauhaus.« in the Bauhaus Museum in Weimar. On the second day, from 10 am to 6 pm, a varied programme of lectures awaits all interested parties in the Neue Weimarhalle congress centre (Flügelsaal 1). Experts from the USA, Australia, Austria, and Germany will be presenting various perspectives on the meaning of utopia. Among others, Prof. Dr. Anja Baumhoff from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hanover will give a lecture on the topic »The ›New Man‹ and the State Bauhaus Weimar. Concepts of Gender and their Relation to the History of Modernism«.
On Friday 22 November 2019, the conference will end with the »Bauhaus Dialogues«: from 10 am to 4 pm, short keynote speeches will stimulate discussions between the participants of the conference.
Since 2016, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar and the Bauhaus Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture and Planning of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar have been inviting guests to participate in the »Weimar Controversies«. Every year, together with international guests, they take current topics from the Bauhaus environment as an opportunity to discuss the contemporary relevance of the art and design school. The series of events is sponsored by the Thuringian State Chancellery. Admission to »Weimar Controversies« events is free of charge.
Event Details
»A Piece of the Future state in every Sliding Window?« – Horizons of expectation and visions of the future in 100 years of Bauhaus – International conference in the series »Weimar Controversies«
Welcoming address
Dr. Ulrike Lorenz (President of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar) and Prof. Dr. Winfried Speitkamp (President of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)
Evening lecture »Utopia and Disappointment. 100 Years of Bauhaus.«
Wednesday 20 November 2019 at 7 pm
Bauhaus Museum Weimar, Project Room A
Stéphane-Hessel-Platz 1, 99423 Weimar
Symposium and Bauhaus Dialogues
Thursday 21 November 2019 and Friday 22 November, from 10 am onwards
Neue Weimarhalle congress centre (Flügelsaal 1)
Unesco-Platz, 99423 Weimar
Kontakt
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Claudia Weinreich
Pressesprecherin
Tel.: +49(0)3643/58 11 73
Miriam Rebsamen
Mitarbeiterin Medienarbeit
Tel.: +49(0)3643/58 11 80
Fax: +49(0)3643/58 11 72
E-Mail: presse[at]uni-weimar.de
Web: www.uni-weimar.de/medienservice