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'SOVIET MODERNISM 1955-1991: UNKNOWN STORIES' EXHIBITION, VIENNA
By Ellie Stathaki
wallpaper.com
Nov 7 2012
Shifting the focus from Russia to other former Soviet
Union territories, 'Soviet Modernism 1955-1991' at Vienna's
Architekturzentrum presents a fresh take on Modernist architecture,
showing buildings from the early fifties to the early nineties.
Spanning Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Krygyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
the Ukraine and Uzbekistan, the show includes photography, film
and drawings of lesser-known architecture projects from the period,
spread across the width and length of the former USSR.
Making a case for the protection and preservation of the buildings
on display - many of which are currently disused and rapidly
deteriorating, with some threatened with demolition - the show argues
for action in order to save this important part of 20th century
architectural history.
The exhibition seeks to highlight the diverse design approaches applied
in the Soviet Union at the time. 'Soviet Modernism 1955-1991: Unknown
Stories' is curated by Katharina Ritter, Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair
and Alexandra Wachter, while the exhibition design is by Austrian
artists Six & Petritsch.
Following the curators' intention, the design team divided the space
in four regions, the Baltic, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central
Asia, making it easier to underline the architectural parallels and
differences between geographical areas.
A catalogue in English and German (published by Park Books) will
accompany the exhibition and for those of us who cannot get enough
of the subject matter, a conference discussing the points raised by
this shiw is being held on the 24 and 25 November at the centre.
http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/soviet-modernism-1955-1991-unknown-stories-exhibition-vienna/6166
By Ellie Stathaki
wallpaper.com
Nov 7 2012
Shifting the focus from Russia to other former Soviet
Union territories, 'Soviet Modernism 1955-1991' at Vienna's
Architekturzentrum presents a fresh take on Modernist architecture,
showing buildings from the early fifties to the early nineties.
Spanning Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Krygyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
the Ukraine and Uzbekistan, the show includes photography, film
and drawings of lesser-known architecture projects from the period,
spread across the width and length of the former USSR.
Making a case for the protection and preservation of the buildings
on display - many of which are currently disused and rapidly
deteriorating, with some threatened with demolition - the show argues
for action in order to save this important part of 20th century
architectural history.
The exhibition seeks to highlight the diverse design approaches applied
in the Soviet Union at the time. 'Soviet Modernism 1955-1991: Unknown
Stories' is curated by Katharina Ritter, Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair
and Alexandra Wachter, while the exhibition design is by Austrian
artists Six & Petritsch.
Following the curators' intention, the design team divided the space
in four regions, the Baltic, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central
Asia, making it easier to underline the architectural parallels and
differences between geographical areas.
A catalogue in English and German (published by Park Books) will
accompany the exhibition and for those of us who cannot get enough
of the subject matter, a conference discussing the points raised by
this shiw is being held on the 24 and 25 November at the centre.
http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/soviet-modernism-1955-1991-unknown-stories-exhibition-vienna/6166