Iconic Houses Europe Symposium
Wednesday, Nov 13, 20131 AMEDT
| Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd London, UK
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Experiencing the Building: A Way Forward for Modern House Museums The Iconic Houses Network and The Finnish Institute in London are proud to announce the first European Iconic Houses Symposium will be held at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London 12 November 2013. The Symposium focuses on the future of architecturally significant 20th century house museums all around the world – and how to communicate their importance to the public. To start the discussion five cases will be explored, including the Melnikov House, Gropius House in Dessau, Villa Tugendhat, Schindler House and Fallingwater. The topics explored include, how to build audiences? How to make sure that iconic houses, as an extremely valuable part of our built heritage, will be professionally cared for and passed on intact to future generations? PROGRAMME 10.00-10.30 Registration 10.30-13.00 MORNING SESSION: • Natascha Drabbe, chair and founder of the Iconic Houses Network, director of the Van Schijndel House, Utrecht: Opening words • Susanna Pettersson, director of the Finnish Institute in London, co-founder of the Iconic Houses Network: Modern houses as sites of excitement, joy and fear, introduction to the themes • Clem Cecil, director of Save Britain’s Heritage, London: The Melnikov House: the struggle to save an international icon • Iveta Černá, director of Villa Tugendhat, Brno: Beyond the glass room: re-restoring of Villa Tugendhat in Brno • Werner Möller, researcher and curator, Bauhaus Dessau: Clarity and fuzziness–or the ambiguity of rebuilding the Bauhaus Masters’ House 13.00-14.00 Lunch 14.00-17.15 AFTERNOON SESSION: • Lynda Waggoner, director of the Fallingwater, Mill Run: God is in the details: managing the museum experience • Kimberli Meyer, director of the Schindler House, Los Angeles: Reconsidering the Schindler House • Keynote Speaker: James Putnam, independent curator/writer and research fellow exhibitions, University of the Arts, London: Modern house museums as sites of contemporary art interventions • Panel, chaired by Kieran Long, senior curator Victoria & Albert Museum: The Modernist Legacy – Conservation and Utopia. Panelists include Tommi Lindh, director Alvar Aalto Foundation/Alvar Aalto Museum, Helsinki and Marga Viza, director culture at La Pedrera, Barcelona, among others. • Natascha Drabbe and Susanna Pettersson: Closing words http://www.finnish-institute.org.uk/en/articles/627-the-first-european-iconic-houses-symposium-takes-place-in-london
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