Tuesday, May 14, 2019

100 years BAUHAUS



Dirty Country Boy (Bauhaus Is Not Our House Series)  2004
Wood, plywood, acrylic, wax candle
94 x 170 x 40 cm 
Installation view, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam

16 May @ 18.00, a lecture about Bauhaus and its relationship to the ethics of Christianity, especially Protestantism through the values of hard work, accumulation ( easthetics of stinginess) and asceticism. 

100 years BAUHAUS – a series of events, co-organized by the School of Architecture Engineers of the Technical University of Crete, the Goethe-Zentrum Chania and the Regional Unity of Chania, with scientific and organizational supervision by Amalia Kotsaki, Associate Professor at the Architecture School of the Technical University of Crete.
The 
entrance is free and there will be simultaneous translation in Greek.
WHERE: Cultural Center, Chania 
The BAUHAUS 100-year event will take place from 13 to 16 May at the Cultural Center of Chania and includes a conference with lectures, Bauhaus research presentations, film screenings, exhibitions and workshops for children.Beginning: on Monday 13th May at 17.00 with a workshop for children.
– 
Tuesday 14th 19.30  event on “Why the Bauhaus today? Art and everyday life “.
 Wednesday 15th May  18.00: a screening
 
Thursday 16th May  17.00  keynote speech by Dr. Regina Bittner, Director of the Bauhaus International Program at Dessau and Vice President of the Bauhaus – Dessau Foundation.
Also at 7.20 pm will be inaugurated.
The character of the events is international and is part of the larger event cycle entitled “100 Jahre BAUHAUS”
coordinated by BAUHAUS Architecture School in Dessau.