[artinfo] Exhibit in Context

[Földy Krisztina Lilla]

Építészeti szeminárium a Centrális Galériában

A két héttel ezelőtt elindított Exhibit in Context - Stalin Cities című 
szeminárium-sorozat keretében csütörtökön és pénteken Anca Ginavar 
és Vera Marin tart szemináriumot 
"Inhabiting Bucharest’s edges: ”Old” socialist housing estates 
vs. “new” capitalist suburbiadevelopments and the current dynamic of 
the urban development” címmel a Centrális Galériában.

Időpont: 1o-13 óra, március 25-26.
Helyszín: Centrális Galéria  (Bp., V., Nádor u. 11.)

Az előadásokat Vera Marin és Anca Ginavar egymás után, közösen 
tartja. Csütörtökön az első előadáson Vera Marin leírja a város 
perifériájának jelenlegi képét tekintettel a kommunista lakótelepek, a 
lakóparkok és a most elterjedő egyéni kezdeményezések városi és 
építészeti formáira. A második előadás a városfejlesztés jelenlegi 
állapotát a politikai krízis, a kormányzás és a 21. századi demokrácia 
felépítése szempontjából elemzi. A pénteki előadások a témát 
gyakorlati oldalról, esettanulmányokon keresztül mutatják be. Az első 
előadó Bucharest külvárosának szociológiai összefüggéseire kérdez rá, 
a második előadás pedig a jelenlegi helyzetet három olyan projekttel 
demonstrálja, melyben az előadó tervezőként részt vett.

Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk!
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The Center for Arts and Culture at CEU cordially invites you to the 
presentations on 

“Inhabiting Bucharest’s edges: ”Old” socialist housing estates 
vs. “new” capitalist suburbia developments and the current dynamic of 
the urban development” by

Vera Marin and Anca Ginavar ("Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and 
Urban Planning, Bucharest) in the Galeria Centralis. 

Time: 10. a.m. - 13. p.m., on March 25 and 26
Location: Galeria Centralis (Bp., 5th district, Nador u. 11.)

Based on the agreement between the Open Society Archives (OSA) and 
Center for Arts and Culture (CAC), a series of special seminars and 
discussions are linked to each actual exhibition presented at the 
Galeria Centralis from March 2004 onwards. The aim is to contextualize 
the exhibitions by reflecting on the displays from the point of view of  
the social sciences, humanities and arts; to analyze and understand 
better the displayed materials and their socio-cultural contexts 
(traditions, heritages, environments, experiences etc.); and to discuss 
related but more general topics inspired by the collection. The 
first “experimental seminar” is connected to the Six Stalin Cities-
exhibition. 

Two weeks ago three presentations focused on “Cultural Memory & 
Built Environment in Post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe” by 
Svetla I. Kazalarska (Department of Cultural Studies, Sofia 
University "St. Kliment Ochridski", Bulgaria). Last week Luchezar 
Boyadjiev, the well-known Bulgarian visual artist gave lectures on “The 
Construction of Consumer Identity in Public Space. Visual Interface of 
the Post-socialist city.”
>From Monday to Wednesday presentations were given by Bogdan 
Popovici, archivist from Brasov who also contributed to the formation of 
the Stalin Cities exhibition. His seminars focused on "Aspects of 
propaganda and urban planning in Romanian Stalin City in ‘1950s”.

On Thursday and on Friday there will be joint seminars presented by 
Vera Marin and Anca Ginavar. The first Thursday presentation describes 
the current situation of inhabiting the edges of the city regarding urban 
and architectural forms of the communist housing estates, the so-
called “residential parks” and the individual initiatives. The second one 
analyzes the current state of the art of the urban development 
regarding the crisis of politics, the end of territories and the 
governance, trying to elaborate a new method in order to build the 
democracy of 21st century.
Friday presentations show the practicalities of the issue. The first one 
searches for explanations of urban planning, housing real estate 
market, social strata and games of interest for Bucharest’s edges. The 
second Friday presentation tries to illustrate and to interpret the 
current development of the northern part of Bucharest presenting 3 
projects were the lecturer was directly involved during her practical 
activity as urban planner in a private office and as well as an NGO 
member.

You are very welcome to participate!

Lilla Foldy