Exhibition ARCHIZINES Bratislava

ARCHIZINES in LONDON, exhibition of ARCHIZINES in London at the Architectural Association, photo: Sue Barr / The AA School

The ARCHIZINES exhibition consists of 80 magazines from over twenty countries around the world. The publications are complemented by video interviews with their creators.
The ARCHIZINES exhibition brings to our region hard-to-access independent architectural press to students, recent graduates, and professionals interested in current discourse in the fields of architecture, urbanism, as well as visual culture.
The exhibited titles also demonstrate an inclination towards traditional printed media, a physical alternative to today’s prevalent digital publishing. The catalog for the exhibition and several selected titles will be available for purchase at the Artbooks bookstore in the Faculty of Architecture building.

As part of its world tour, the ARCHIZINES exhibition has already visited cities such as London, Milan, Barcelona, New York, Berlin, Osaka, Porto, Tokyo, Paris, Helsinki, Brussels, and is now coming to Bratislava.

The curator of the ARCHIZINES exhibition is Elias Redstone - an independent curator, correspondent, and editor, based in London and Paris. In 2008, he was one of the curators of the London Festival of Architecture, at the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice he curated the Polish Pavilion, and two years later at the same biennale he led the British Pavilion. He collaborates with prominent cultural and educational institutions such as the Architectural Association, MoMA, Tate Modern, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. Elias Redstone will personally attend the exhibition opening as well as the first discussion on Alternatives in Architectural Press.

The format of the Bratislava ARCHIZINES exhibition was designed by Martin Jančok and Ľubica Segečová. It is a temporary reading room in the auditorium FA STU, where all exhibited publications will be available for visitors to browse, sit and read, or contribute their opinions to the discussion. The ARCHIZINES exhibition was created under the auspices of the Architectural Association School of Architecture London.

Accompanying Program of the ARCHIZINES BRATISLAVA Exhibition:

5.11.2012, 19:00 – opening of the ARCHIZINES BRATISLAVA exhibition, discussion: Alternative in Architectural Press

Elias Redstone (curator of Archizines, UK), Adam Gebrian (CZ), moderated by Mária Topolčanská (in English)

Elias Redstone / independent curator, correspondent, and editor, based in London and Paris. 2008 - curator of the London Festival of Architecture, 2010 – curator of the Polish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, 2012 - curator of the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. He collaborates with prominent cultural and educational institutions such as the Architectural Association, MoMA, Tate Modern, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. www.eliasredstone.com

Adam Gebrian / claims to be an architecture fan. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Liberec and pursued postgraduate studies at SCI–Arc in Los Angeles. He currently comments on developments in domestic architecture and regularly contributes to the Saturday Lidové noviny. Since 2009, he has hosted his own program Bourání on Radio Wave and more recently, the TV stream Gebrian versus.

14.11.2012, 19:30 – lecture (auditorium FA STU)

Kersten Geers (OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, BE) (in English)

Kersten Geers / together with David Van Severen, founded OFFICE KGDVS in Brussels in 2002. Their characteristic approach involves exploring the limits of architecture through fundamental formal concepts such as perimeter, enclosure, opening, and repetition. These refer to a spectrum of historical references from the Renaissance, through early modernism, to pop art and conceptual art. In 2010, together with photographer Bas Princen, they received the Silver Lion at the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale. www.officekgdvs.com

21.11.2012, 19:00 – discussion: Start a Magazine?

guests: Filip Vančo (Magazine K), Palo Bálik (Magazine K), moderated by Ľubica Segečová and Martin Jančok

Palo Bálik / typographer, graphic designer, and head of the Typography Laboratory at the Department of Visual Communication at VŠVU in Bratislava. In his spare time, he organizes exhibitions, lectures, and publications in the field of visual communication.
Filip Vančo / photographer, curator, educator, and gallery owner. He founded the magazine PARK (1996 – 2002) in 1996. Since 2006, he has been a member of the civic association Photoport and is also the main curator of the eponymous gallery. He currently focuses on writing about photography, curatorial work, and his own creations.


More at www.archizines.com or http://www.facebook.com/events/551144484900643/?fref=ts

Main organizer of the ARCHIZINES BRATISLAVA exhibition
Faculty of Architecture STU
Námestie Slobody 19
812 45 Bratislava
www.fa.stuba.sk

Initiators of the ARCHIZINES BRATISLAVA exhibition
Martin Jančok
Ľubica Segečová

execution team:
Martin Jančok
Ľubica Segečová
Zuzana Aufrichtová
Katarína Mikulíková
Peter Liška

financial support
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

partners
Doka – fresh fruit – artbooks

media partners
ARCH – ERA21 – Rádio_FM – Rádio Devín - TYPO – architecture.sk – archiweb.cz – doba - iLemon – malydizajnblog.sk