About project Urbanity – Twenty Years Later
research project 2009–2010 Prague – Berlin – Bratislava – Budapest – Ljubljana – Warsaw – Vienna CCEA is currently engaged in two-year research project examining changes of the seven Central European capitals over the last twenty years. During the process of European unification we witnessed removing of state, national and other borders. Old, in cultural, social, political meaning, retire to the new – global. Live without freedom under the dictate of political totalities alternated freedom under the dictate of market totalities, materialized into the urban space. Is it appropriate to be ashamed for post-revolution architectural work, mistakes made for the sake of maximum profit, but also as a result of inexperience and naivety? What is the ideal image of central European city? Project creates a place for reflection of contemporary urban space and articulates its new perspectives.
Seznam akcí (by time)
- 02.07.2010 - 11.07.2010
- City Gallery - Berlin
- Berlin
- exhibition
City Gallery - Berlin
Photographers are critically observing problems in their cities, especially in the social spaces reated by recently built architecture. The focus is not on the architecture itself, but more on the space that it has generated – shopping malls draining social life from the city centres, endless parking lots, managerial housing ghettos at the outskirts and cities enclosed between logistic centre ramparts. A travelling exhibition of large scale art photographs is presented in public space on Potsdamer Platz to address as diverse a range of inhabitants as possible and activate them to think about their own living environment.
Photographers:
Tomas Pospech -- Prague
Martin Zeman -- Prague
Thomas Kutschker -- Berlin
Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk -- Berlin
Maros Krivy --Bratislava
Illah Van Oijen -- Bratislava
Kudasz Gabor Arion -- Budapest
Domen Grogl -- Ljubljana
Szymon Roginski - Warsaw
Reiner Riedler -- Vienna
Wolfgang Schneider -- Vienna
Exhibition Opening: 2nd July 2010 Speakers: Igor Kovačević /CCEA/
Prepared by: CCEA in 2008-2010 Coorganisator: DAZ For more information see www.daz.de
- 23.09.2009 - 15.10.2009
- City Gallery - Ljubljana
- Ljubljana
- exhibition
City Gallery - Ljubljana
Photographers are critically observing problems in their cities, especially in the social spaces created by recently built architecture. The focus is not on the architecture itself, but more on the space that it has generated – shopping malls draining social life from the city centres, endless parking lots, managerial housing ghettos at the outskirts and cities enclosed between logistic centre ramparts. A travelling exhibition of large scale art photographs will be presented in public space park.
Photographers:
Tomas Pospech -- Prague
Martin Zeman -- Prague
Thomas Kutschker -- Berlin
Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk -- Berlin
Maros Krivy --Bratislava
Illah Van Oijen -- Bratislava
Kudasz Gabor Arion -- Budapest
Domen Grogl -- Ljubljana
Szymon Roginski - Warsaw
Reiner Riedler -- Vienna
Wolfgang Schneider -- Vienna
Exhibition Opening: 23th September 2009, Gallery Vžigalica, Museum & Galleries of Ljubljana
Prepared by: CCEA in 2008-2010
Coorganisators: KUD C3
For more information see www.urbanityproject.eu
- 07.08.2009 - 01.09.2009
- City Gallery - Warsaw
- Warsaw
- exhibition
City Gallery - Warsaw
Photographers are critically observing problems in their cities, especially in the social spaces created by recently built architecture. The focus is not on the architecture itself, but more on the space that it has generated – shopping malls draining social life from the city centres, endless parking lots, managerial housing ghettos at the outskirts and cities enclosed between logistic centre ramparts.
A travelling exhibition of large scale art photographs will be presented in public space park im. Zeromskiego in Warsaw to address as diverse a range of inhabitants as possible and activate them to think about their own living environment.
Photographers:
Tomas Pospech -- Prague
Martin Zeman -- Prague
Thomas Kutschker -- Berlin
Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk -- Berlin
Maros Krivy --Bratislava
Illah Van Oijen -- Bratislava
Kudasz Gabor Arion -- Budapest
Domen Grogl -- Ljubljana
Szymon Roginski - Warsaw
Reiner Riedler -- Vienna
Wolfgang Schneider -- Vienna
Exhibition Opening: 6th August 2009
Prepared by: CCEA in 2008-2010
Coorganisators: MIastosfera, OSSA
For more information see www.urbanityproject.eu
- 23.07.2009 - 23.07.2009
- Bratislava 3000
- Bratislava
- diskussion
Bratislava 3000
Public Debate - Bratislava 3000 "We did not expess ourselves to Bratisalava´s future yet" place: Botel Marina, Nábrežie arm. gen. L. Svobodu, Bratislava guests: Matej Jaššo Pavel Šimove Mira Keratová Andrej Ferko Michal Hladký Roman Pekarík Ondrej Lbmtovič Presenting: Zuzana Duchová, Monika Lacková Prepared by: Kulturný Kontaktný Bod Slovensko, Centrum Komunitného rozvoja a CCEA in 2009
- 14.07.2009 - 03.08.2009
- City Gallery - Bratislava
- Bratislava
- exhibition
City Gallery - Bratislava
Photographers are critically observing problems in their cities, especially in the social spaces created by recently built architecture. The focus is not on the architecture itself, but more on the space that it has generated – shopping malls draining social life from the city centres, endless parking lots, managerial housing ghettos at the outskirts and cities enclosed between logistic centre ramparts.
A travelling exhibition of large scale art photographs will be presented in public space in Hviezdoslavovo Namestie in Bratislava to address as diverse a range of inhabitants as possible and activate them to think about their own living environment.
Photographers:
Tomas Pospech -- Prague
Martin Zeman -- Prague
Thomas Kutschker -- Berlin
Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk -- Berlin
Maros Krivy --Bratislava
Illah Van Oijen -- Bratislava
Kudasz Gabor Arion -- Budapest
Domen Grogl -- Ljubljana
Szymon Roginski - Warsaw
Reiner Riedler -- Vienna
Wolfgang Schneider -- Vienna
Exhibition Opening: 13th June 2009
Projection of Student´s research, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Hviezdoslavovo námestie, Bratislava
Prepared by: CCEA in 2008-2010
Coorganisators: Centrum Komunitného Rozvoja, Kulturný Kontaktný Bod Slovensko
For more information see www.urbanityproject.eu
- 22.06.2009 - 22.06.2009
- Urbanity project debate
- Budapest
- discussion
Urbanity project debate
Public discussion on the occasion of Urbanity exhibition in Budapest led by lectors and students of Technical University of Budapest.
Topic: Development of urban design and architecture in today´s Budapest
Speakers: György Alföldi
Sándor Pályfy
Bálint Kádár
Organiser: Budapest Kör, CCEA
www.urb.bme.hu, www.ccea.cz
- 16.06.2009 - 06.07.2009
- City Gallery - Budapest
- Budapest
- exhibition
City Gallery - Budapest
Photographers are critically observing problems in their cities, especially in the social spaces created by recently built architecture. The focus is not on the architecture itself, but more on the space that it has generated – shopping malls draining social life from the city centres, endless parking lots, managerial housing ghettos at the outskirts and cities enclosed between logistic centre ramparts.
A travelling exhibition of large scale art photographs will be presented in public space to address as diverse a range of inhabitants as possible and activate them to think about their own living environment.
Photographers:
Tomas Pospech -- Prague
Martin Zeman -- Prague
Thomas Kutschker -- Berlin
Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk -- Berlin
Maros Krivy --Bratislava
Illah Van Oijen -- Bratislava
Kudasz Gabor Arion -- Budapest
Domen Grogl -- Ljubljana
Szymon Roginski - Warsaw
Reiner Riedler -- Vienna
Wolfgang Schneider -- Vienna
Exhibition Opening: 9th April 2009
Opening speach by: Igor Kovacevic /CCEA/, Sándor Pálfy DLA /Head of the Department of Urban Design, Technical University of Budapest/
Discussion about the project Urbanity - Twenty Years Later - György Alföldi, Bálint Kádár, students of Technical University of Budapest
Projection, Presentation
Prepared by: CCEA in 2008-2010
Coorganizator: Kortárs Építészeti Központis
For more information see www.urbanityproject.eu
- 15.05.2009 - 04.06.2009
- City Gallery - Vienna
- Vienna
- exhibition
City Gallery - Vienna
Photographers are critically observing problems in their cities, especially in the social spaces created by recently built architecture. The focus is not on the architecture itself, but more on the space that it has generated – shopping malls draining social life from the city centres, endless parking lots, managerial housing ghettos at the outskirts and cities enclosed between logistic centre ramparts.
A travelling exhibition of large scale art photographs is presented in public space on Karlsplatz /Charles Square/ to address as diverse a range of inhabitants as possible and activate them to think about their own living environment.
Photographers:
Tomas Pospech -- Prague
Martin Zeman -- Prague
Thomas Kutschker -- Berlin
Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk -- Berlin
Maros Krivy --Bratislava
Illah Van Oijen -- Bratislava
Kudasz Gabor Arion -- Budapest
Domen Grogl -- Ljubljana
Szymon Roginski - Warsaw
Reiner Riedler -- Vienna
Wolfgang Schneider -- Vienna
Exhibition Opening: 14th April 2009
Speakers: Igor Kovačević /CCEA/, Kurt Smetana /Leiter der Gebietsbetreuung im 16. Bezirk/, Wolfgang Schneider /author of photographs/
Prepared by: CCEA in 2008-2010
Coorganisator: Soho in Ottakring
For more information see www.urbanityproject.eu
- 24.04.2009 - 02.05.2009
- Workshop I / Public Lectures
- Prague
- workshop, lectures, discussion
Workshop I
Identity of the city
Projective analysis of history, topography, sociology of the city, its visions and strategies
April 24–May 3. 2009
National Gallery Prague, Veletržní palác, Dukelských hrdinů 47, 170 00 Prague 7, www.ngprague.cz
First Urbanity workshop, based on comparative analysis, should bring us to the understanding how to read contemporary cities, and to look for the relevant approach. During projective part we will focus on issues as: what does the city represent today, what is the role of the capital in today Europe, what is the relation between Central European capitals etc. Through the project we will look for the proposals that will step by step lead us to future perspectives of the Central European Capitals.
Sat 25. 4. 2009 Tomáš Valena, The Place of the City – between Image and Identity
Sun 26. 4. 2009 Mariusz Czepczynski, Urban semiotics: meaning and form of Central European Cities
Mon 27. 4. 2009 Jiří Hrůza: Urbanistic Archetypes
Tue 28. 4. 2009 Miroslav Marcelli: Towards Urban Anthropology
Thu 30. 4. 2009 Christian Teckert: Curated Cities. On the contradictions and conflicting realities of city-marketing and image production in European cities
Fri 1. 5. 2009 Elia Zenghelis: The Immeuble Cité
Sat 2. 5. 2009 presentation of workshop results
Organiser: Centre for Central European Architecture
Initiator: MOBA, platforma pro architekturu
Research partners:
České vysoké učení technické v Praze / Czech Technical University in Prague
Technische Universität Berlin / Technical University in Berlin
Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem / Technical University of Budapest
Vysoká škola výtvarných umení v Bratislave / Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
Univerza v Ljubljani / University of Ljubljana
Politechnika Warszawska / Warsaw University of Technology
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien / Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna
- 10.04.2009 - 02.05.2009
- City Gallery - Prague
- Prague
- exhibition
Urbanity - Twenty Years Later
Photographers are critically observing problems in their cities, especially in the social spaces created by recently built architecture. The focus is not on the architecture itself, but more on the space that it has generated – shopping malls draining social life from the city centres, endless parking lots, managerial housing ghettos at the outskirts and cities enclosed between logistic centre ramparts.
A travelling exhibition of large scale art photographs will be presented in public space in Kampa Park in Prague to address as diverse a range of inhabitants as possible and activate them to think about their own living environment.
Photographers:
Tomas Pospech -- Prague
Martin Zeman -- Prague
Thomas Kutschker -- Berlin
Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk -- Berlin
Maros Krivy --Bratislava
Illah Van Oijen -- Bratislava
Kudasz Gabor Arion -- Budapest
Domen Grogl -- Ljubljana
Szymon Roginski - Warsaw
Reiner Riedler -- Vienna
Wolfgang Schneider -- Vienna
Exhibition Opening: 9th April 2009
Happening Kampa: 25th April 2009,park Kampa, Praha; Theme - The Last Changes and Development of the City - The Role of Art in City
Exhibition Closing Garden Party: 2nd May 2009
Prepared by: CCEA in 2008-2010
For more information see www.urbanityproject.eu
- We prepare
- Urbanity – twenty years later
- Central Europe
- city research
Urbanity – Twenty Years Later
research project 2009–2010
cities: Prague – Berlin – Bratislava – Budapest – Ljubljana – Warsaw – Vienna
people: architects – politicians – photographers – art theorists – sociologist – artists – inhabitants
processes and outcomes: research – exhibitions – workshops – forum – book
Project reacts to the radical changes in a city landscape over the last twenty years. Architects, culture managers, sociologists, artists and other experts from seven European capitals critically react to the globalization of urban space as a form of the new European totality. Connecting the Central European capitals the project creates critical platform for the reflection of contemporary situation of urban space and for formulation of its future perspectives. Today, twenty years after the revolutions, when we joined the way of democracy and capitalism, comes the right time to review the development of cities and life space in terms of “new” Europe.
Urbanity contribution:
- critical view at cities through the media of art photography
- mapping, comparing and evaluating qualities of seven Central European capitals on the background of political changes
- new visions of Central European capitals and their role in the “new“ Europe
- 03.12.2009 - 06.12.2009
- Workshop II
- Prague
- Workshop
Workshop II
Four-day workshop continuing work of the semester 50 students of architecture from the seven participating schools.
3/12/2009 Presentation of projects of individual teams
4.12.2009 10:00 Round Table Future of cities CE / Urbanity /
18:30 Public lecture by the Belgian writer and philosopher Lieven de Cautera Heterotopia revisited
Working in groups
5/12/2009 Presentation of the workshops
6/12/2009 Excursion
