Spaces of Desire: Is Architecture Sexy? | 05/08/16 - 25/09/16 |
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“Architecture cannot satisfy your wildest fantasies, but it may exceed the limits set by them.”
“Only woman’s mood swings and ambitions are liable for the murder of material because an ornament in the woman’s service will live forever. (…) However, woman’s ornament virtually corresponds with savage’s ornament as it has an erotic meaning.”
The exhibition uses the story of 20th century architecture to illustrate how various sexualities and gender roles shaped architecture, space and the process of architectonic production, and how, vice versa, architecture and urbanism affect gender stereotypes in our society.
Using varied examples of historical and contemporary architecture, curators illustrate how stereotypes projected into roles of men and women as well as heterosexuals and non-heterosexuals were created, printed and made present in specific spaces, and the way architects counted on visibility of human physicality. The intent of the exhibition is based on the conviction that sexual identification and sexual practice takes place in architectonic space. Stereotypes and a historical tradition of a patriarchal order had an extensive influence on creating male architect’s identity and his production as well as female architects and their production. Both in the 20th century and nowadays, we can see unintentional and intentional effort to vindicate the pattern and legitimize it on the one hand, and to violate, deconstruct and overcome it on the other hand. When using words is not enough the authors are helped by contemporary artists' reflection of related topics.
curators/ Ladislav Zikmund Lender Dan Merta Filip Šenk
architects/ Archigram Atelier SAD Václav Aulický Otakar Binar Coop Himmelb(l)au Norman Foster Future Systems Martin Gsandtner Zaha Hadid Haus-Rucker-Co Hans Hollein HŠH Karel Hubáček Chalupa architekti Gregor Ingalls Eva Jiřičná Philip Johnson Jan Kaplický Jan Kotěra Hana Kučerová-Záveská Kisho Kurokawa Architects Adolf Loos Věra Machoninová Augusta Machňová-Müllerová Gian Carlo Maroni Mjölk architekti Oscar Niemeyer Milada Petříková-Pavlíková Bernard Tschumi Jean Nouvel Otto Wagner
artists/ Jean de Ardoise Aubrey Beardsley Monica Bonvicini Veronika Bromová Escherfucker Stano Filko Andrea Fraser Pavel Karous Lenka Klodová Ilona Németh Martin Velíšek Kateřina Vincourová Jan Zrzavý
accompanying programme/
September 13 Guided Tour/ 4 pm Theatre performance/ 5 pm ART OF FLIRTING Two young women long to reveal the charm of delicate erotic games sought-after for thousands of years. The finale part will represent a small presentation of The Book of Whoredom by Pietro Aretino, the work of the founder of modern pornographic literature. (30 minutes) Lecture by Jan Tabor/ 18:30 pm EROTICS AND ARCHITECTURE
September 15 book launch / Czech-English catalogue of the exhibition, texts: Aaron Betsky, Beatriz Colomina, Hans Ibelings, Dan Merta, Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, Filip Šenk
guided tours with LadislavZikmund-Lender at 4pm
catalogue/ texts/ Beatriz Colomina, Hans Ibelings, Aaron Betsky, Dan Merta, Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, Karel Doležel, Filip Šenk
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