Care Architecture - book presentation at the VI PER gallery
On Thursday, November 21, 2019, at 6:30 PM, a presentation of the publication Architecture of Care will take place at the VI PER gallery in Karlín.
How is care related to architecture? What is the architecture of care? And are we caring for it sufficiently? Slovakia has rich sources of mineral waters that have transformed many places into spa zones and allowed for the creation of a large number of spa buildings. Although the development of spa towns began as early as the 19th century, the most attention to this area was given during the socialist period. The title of the book Architecture of Care refers to the phenomenon of spa culture on the territory of present-day Slovakia in the post-World War II period, but also to the contemporary perception of the body, regeneration, and lifestyle. The state invested significant resources; specialized institutions focusing on the specifics of spa treatment as well as spa urbanism and architecture emerged. As a result, unique constructions with elaborated spatial arrangements catering to the needs of spa visitors were realized.
The initiators of the entire project are the artistic group Abandoned (re)creation: photographer Andrea Kalinová and architect Martin Zaiček, who contributed photographs and expert text to the book. The editor of the book is Petra Hlaváčková, and the graphic design of the book was handled by Magdaléna Scheryová. From the beginning, photographer Peter Kuzmin also collaborated on the book. The book contains several other texts; in addition to the architectural study by Martin Zaiček, contributions were made by Zuzana Jakalová, Ivana Rumanová, and Jarmila Bencová. The oral history was collected by Barbora Németh.
The discussion will feature:
Andrea Kalinová is a photographer and a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. She engages in the intersection between art and activism, primarily focused on the preservation of 20th-century architecture. She is the initiator of the platform Abandoned (re)creation, co-author of the books Off Season (2017) and C20: Guide to the Architecture of Trenčianske Teplice (2016), and the director of the documentary film Po sezóne about the spa house Machnáč (2018).
Martin Zaiček is an architect who researches 20th-century architectural heritage in Slovakia. In 2019, he defended a dissertation on the development of spa architecture between 1948 and 1989. He is a member of the artistic group Abandoned (re)creation. He is a co-author of several multimedia performative projects, the book Off Season (2016), and the author of a series of guides to 20th-century architecture C20. He works in the civic association Archimera.
Petra Hlaváčková is a critic, curator, journalist, and documentarian who has long focused on gender issues in art and architecture, feminist art history, and gender aspects of public space. She is a co-founder of 4AM Forum for Architecture and Media. She has prepared several exhibitions and is the editor of, among others, the Brno Architectural Manual. She regularly contributes to A2, artalk.cz, Art+Antiques, and Era21.
Zuzana Jakalová works alongside Zbyněk Baladrán as a curator at Display, an Association for Research and Collective Practice in Prague. She has curated exhibitions at MeetFactory and Prádelna Bohnice. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Fine Arts at VUT in Brno, where she studies themes of emotional labor in contemporary art institutions. She regularly publishes in Flash Art CZ/SK, A2, artalk.cz, Kapitál, and other periodicals.
Maria Topolcanska is an architect, architectural critic, and curator of public programs. She has contributed to publications such as Bratislava: Atlas of Housing Estates 1950–1995 (2012) and Modern and/or Totalitarian in 20th Century Architecture in Slovakia (2013), and has also published in many magazines. Currently, she teaches architectural theory at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.
From 5:30 PM, a screening of the documentary film Po sezóne will take place.
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How is care related to architecture? What is the architecture of care? And are we caring for it sufficiently? Slovakia has rich sources of mineral waters that have transformed many places into spa zones and allowed for the creation of a large number of spa buildings. Although the development of spa towns began as early as the 19th century, the most attention to this area was given during the socialist period. The title of the book Architecture of Care refers to the phenomenon of spa culture on the territory of present-day Slovakia in the post-World War II period, but also to the contemporary perception of the body, regeneration, and lifestyle. The state invested significant resources; specialized institutions focusing on the specifics of spa treatment as well as spa urbanism and architecture emerged. As a result, unique constructions with elaborated spatial arrangements catering to the needs of spa visitors were realized.
The initiators of the entire project are the artistic group Abandoned (re)creation: photographer Andrea Kalinová and architect Martin Zaiček, who contributed photographs and expert text to the book. The editor of the book is Petra Hlaváčková, and the graphic design of the book was handled by Magdaléna Scheryová. From the beginning, photographer Peter Kuzmin also collaborated on the book. The book contains several other texts; in addition to the architectural study by Martin Zaiček, contributions were made by Zuzana Jakalová, Ivana Rumanová, and Jarmila Bencová. The oral history was collected by Barbora Németh.
The discussion will feature:
Andrea Kalinová is a photographer and a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. She engages in the intersection between art and activism, primarily focused on the preservation of 20th-century architecture. She is the initiator of the platform Abandoned (re)creation, co-author of the books Off Season (2017) and C20: Guide to the Architecture of Trenčianske Teplice (2016), and the director of the documentary film Po sezóne about the spa house Machnáč (2018).
Martin Zaiček is an architect who researches 20th-century architectural heritage in Slovakia. In 2019, he defended a dissertation on the development of spa architecture between 1948 and 1989. He is a member of the artistic group Abandoned (re)creation. He is a co-author of several multimedia performative projects, the book Off Season (2016), and the author of a series of guides to 20th-century architecture C20. He works in the civic association Archimera.
Petra Hlaváčková is a critic, curator, journalist, and documentarian who has long focused on gender issues in art and architecture, feminist art history, and gender aspects of public space. She is a co-founder of 4AM Forum for Architecture and Media. She has prepared several exhibitions and is the editor of, among others, the Brno Architectural Manual. She regularly contributes to A2, artalk.cz, Art+Antiques, and Era21.
Zuzana Jakalová works alongside Zbyněk Baladrán as a curator at Display, an Association for Research and Collective Practice in Prague. She has curated exhibitions at MeetFactory and Prádelna Bohnice. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Fine Arts at VUT in Brno, where she studies themes of emotional labor in contemporary art institutions. She regularly publishes in Flash Art CZ/SK, A2, artalk.cz, Kapitál, and other periodicals.
Maria Topolcanska is an architect, architectural critic, and curator of public programs. She has contributed to publications such as Bratislava: Atlas of Housing Estates 1950–1995 (2012) and Modern and/or Totalitarian in 20th Century Architecture in Slovakia (2013), and has also published in many magazines. Currently, she teaches architectural theory at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.
From 5:30 PM, a screening of the documentary film Po sezóne will take place.
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