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