Architecture and Power. Around th 14th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice
An Afternoon of Lectures and Discussions with the Participation of Ole Bouman.

In the context of this year’s Architecture Biennale in Venice curated by Rem Koolhaas and the exhibition in the Polish Pavilion “Impossible Figures”, we warmly invite you to a debate on the theme of the connections between architecture and politics in the last century. Although power was exercised by very different – less or more visible – subjects and institutions, it nonetheless continually needed to express itself in a physical, spatial manifestation. We want to investigate the ambivalent relations between architecture and instances of power in the period proposed by Rem Koolhaas: 1914–2014, beginning in the birth of modernism and ending today. The work and statements of the curator can serve as interesting starting point for a critical exploration of the state of contemporary architecture. It is for this reason that we have invited Ole Bouman, the long-term director of NAi and co-founder with Koolhaas of the influential magazine Volume. We count on a lively discussion!

organiser Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
co-organiser Instytut Architektury

18.10.2014

14.30 p.m.
Michał Wiśniewski
Architektura jako działanie polityczne. Krakowski modernizm między wojnami
Architecture as Political Art. Kraków Modernism between the Wars

15 p.m.
Dorota Jędruch
Papież w korytarzu władzy. Le Corbusier i polityka
The Pope in the Corridor of Power. Le Corbusier and Politics

15.30 p.m.
Paweł Jaworski
Poza centrum. O architekturze niewidzialnej władzy
Outside the Centre. About the Architecture of Invisible Power

16 p.m.
Artur Celiński
Bezwładza, czyli o administracyjnym budowaniu miasta
Powerlessness. About Administrative Buildings in the City

16.30 p.m.
Ole Bouman
Acrhitektura władzy – władza architektury
Architecture of Power – Power of Architecture

17.30 p.m.
Magda Roszkowska
Biennale Urbana 2016

17.45 p.m.
discussion
moderator Dorota Leśniak-Rychlak

Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
multimedia room entrance from Burschego street