bauhaus 100 - How political is the Bauhaus?

(Ai, agarrem-me, que hoje estava capaz de passar a tarde inteira na Haus der Kulturen der Welt!)

How political is the Bauhaus?
Sat, Jan 19, 2019, 2pm–9.30pm
Talks, artistic interventions
Free admission

In the anniversary year of Bauhaus, HKW takes up key questions raised by Bauhaus—from civil education to housing questions and internationalization. What can institutions that are today confronted with attacks from the right learn from the history of Bauhaus?

The Bauhaus emerged from a crisis-ridden time that shows parallels to the current situation. Again the autonomy of art is in question; again attempts are being made to bind culture to nation and people. What strategies did right-wing powers use back then? And how did the Bauhaus behave towards these attacks? Activists, experts, artists, and the audience will have their say on these questions.

Program
2–3.30pm: Introduction / Education of Society
Welcoming address: Bernd Scherer, Director HKW; Klaus Lederer, Senator for Culture and Europe, Berlin
Introduction: Christian Hiller & Anh-Linh Ngo, ARCH+
Lecture "November Revolution/Arbeitsrat für Kunst": Marion von Osten, curator bauhaus imaginista
Double lecture "The Perversions of the Bauhaus/ The Bauhaus Virus": Mark Wigley, Columbia University; Beatriz Colomina, Princeton University
Presentation "Floating University": Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius, Dorothee Halbrock, raumlabor

4–5.30pm: Housing Question / Urban development
Lecture "Politics of the Bauhaus/ Dessau-Törten": Philipp Oswalt, Universität Kassel
Discussion "Housing Question / Urban Development": Gisela Mackenroth, PODESTA research project (Populismus|Demokratie|Stadt); Stefan Rettich, Universität Kassel, KARO* architekten; Ulrike Hamann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Kotti & Co; Jesko Fezer, HFBK Hamburg, Kooperative für Darstellungspolitik
Moderator: Thomas Flierl, architectural historian

6–7.15pm: Emancipation / Internationalization
Lecture "The Politics of Forms and the Forms of Politics": Arjun Appadurai, New York University
Conversation "Emancipation/ Internationalization": Theresia Enzensberger, author; Regina Bittner, director, Academy of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation

7.30–9.30pm: Political Role of Cultural Institutions
Introductory words: Justus H. Ulbricht, historian
Discussion: Bianca Klose, Mobile Beratung gegen Rechtsextremismus; Ayşe Güleç, activist researcher and art educator; Joy Kristin Kalu, Die Vielen; Jacobus North, Feine Sahne Fischfilet; Schroeter and Berger, Besorgte Bauhäusler*innen
Moderator: Özcan Karadeniz

Open discussion between audience and contributors

With contributions by Arjun Appadurai (New York University), Regina Bittner (director of Akademie der Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau), Beatriz Colomina (Princeton University), Theresia Enzensberger (author), Jesko Fezer (HFBK Hamburg, Kooperative für Darstellungspolitik), Thomas Flierl (historian of architecture), Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius (raumlabor), Ayşe Güleç (activist researcher and art educator), Dorothee Halbrock, (raumlabor), Ulrike Hamann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / Kotti & Co), Christian Hiller, Joy Kristin Kalu (Die Vielen), Bianca Klose (Mobile Beratung gegen Rechtsextremismus), Klaus Lederer, Gisela Mackenroth (research project PODESTA (Populismus|Demokratie|Stadt), Jacobus North (Feine Sahne Fischfilet), Anh-Linh Ngo (ARCH+), Marion von Osten (curator bauhaus imaginista), Philipp Oswalt (Universität Kassel), Stefan Rettich (Universität Kassel / KARO* architekten), Bernd Scherer, Schroeter und Berger (Besorgte Bauhäusler*innen), Justus H. Ulbricht (historian), Mark Wigley (Columbia University)

A cooperation of Haus der Kulturen der Welt, ARCH+ und Bauhaus100, curated by Bernd Scherer, Christian Hiller, Anh-Linh Ngo. Supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe.

More information: www.hkw.de/bauhauspolitics

bauhaus 100 - concerto de abertura do festival em Berlim

Um dos acontecimentos mais importantes neste ano do centenário da bauhaus começa hoje em Berlim: um festival de uma semana, com música, dança, teatro, exposições, oficinas, e tudo o mais que tenho estado a descobrir no seu extenso programa (lá está: esta cidade é um stress...).

O concerto de abertura do festival vai ser transmitido em directo online e na Arte. Podem ver aqui.

Copio, do programa em inglês:

What does the Bauhaus sound like?

Beginning with this question, German jazz pianist Michael Wollny has conceived a piece of music for the festival opening that focuses on the manifold references between the protagonists of the Bauhaus and the sounds and compositions that surround them. In addition to the historical perspectives (“What did the Bauhaus sound like?”) of strict Baroque fascination and twelve-tone enthusiasm on one side and the exuberance of the Bauhaus nights on the other, a more basic question is also formulated here: How can the ideas of the Bauhaus be translated today by jazz improvisers and other sound artists into previously “unheard” music? Entirely in the spirit of Gropius, who demanded of the Bauhaus Theatre as early as 1923: “A clear new formulation of the entangled overall problem of the stage! Search for now possibilities!”
At the core of the performance is a counterposing of two fundamentally different viewpoints of the classic grand piano. The improvisational fantasy of a jazz pianist versus the mechanics of the “phonola”, a music machine from the twenties that operates a second grand piano with hand-punched punch cards. Intuition versus composition, organic versus structural.
Beginning with this field of tension between improvisation and composition the musicians research the most diverse sound spaces and scenarios, as they “play” both the materials of the Bauhaus – wood, glass, metal, clay, stone and fabric – and the wild dance music of the legendary Bauhaus Orchestra, still the best jazz band I have ever heard blow it away.” (Kole Kokk, Berliner 8-Uhr-Abendblatt, 18 February 1924).
Concept, piano & composition Michael Wollny (D)
Soprano saxophone Emile Parisien (F)
Phonola Wolfgang Heisig (D)
Electronics Leafcutter John (UK)
Drums Max Stadtfeld (D)

bauhaus 100 - programa dos festejos do centenário

© Interactive Media Foundation (aqui)

Todo o ano, toda a Alemanha. A seguir, destaco alguns dos eventos em Berlim, Dessau e Weimar (e já percebi duas coisas: este ano vai ser um stress ainda maior que de costume, e foi um erro ter comprado o passe anual para os museus sem incluir as exposições especiais).

Festa de abertura do centenário: 13.1. Mies van der Rohe Haus em Berlim / Discursos, cocktails, dança e festa de lampiões à maneira dos pioneiros da bauhaus.

Semana de festejos em Berlim para abrir o centenário 16.1 a 24.1: Triadischen Ballett de Oskar Schlemmer / Teatro de marionetes com cópias das criações de Paul Klee / „Bau.Haus.Klang. Eine Harmonielehre“ - Michael Wollny e outros exploram as experiências musicais da Bauhaus / Luz. Sombra. Pistas - László Moholy-Nagys x artistas contemporâneos / Material-Tänze de Oskar Schlemmer / Das Totale Tanz Theater 360° / etc. / etc. / etc.

bauhaus-imaginista

Várias exposições em Berlim sobre o trabalho de alguns artistas da bauhaus.

Inauguração do novo museu bauhaus em Weimar: Abril 2019

Inauguração do novo museu bauhaus em Dessau: Setembro 2019

O programa em inglês está aqui.

bauhaus 100 - Prellerhaus

(fotos: Yvonne Tenschert, neste site)

(Deixa-me cá começar a cumprir as promessas que fiz no princípio do ano, antes de ser atropelada pela vida real...)

Prellerhaus é o nome do edifício para alojamento dos estudantes, que faz parte do complexo da Bauhaus construído em Dessau quando a escola se viu forçada a abandonar Weimar.

Os quartos originais estão agora disponíveis para viajantes que lá queiram pernoitar.

Neste link (em inglês) encontram descrição, preços e imagens. Se bem conheço estes fenómenos e os alemães, quem quiser reservar para 2019 devia decidir já hoje.