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365 Days of Bauhaus Centenary Calendar 2019 Fig. 1 “So much ↘ bauhaus100.com/programme 4 5 Bauhaus in one spot and all useful people.” Oskar Schlemmer The ambition of the Bauhaus mem bers to reform art as well as the living en vi ron ment has lastingly changed not only ar chitec ture and living space, but also people’s thoughts and actions. The idea of an inter disciplinary collaboration between all fields of art extends far beyond the historical exis tence of the Bauhaus from 1919 to 1933 and still provides important impulses today. Under the slogan “Thinking the World Anew” the Bauhaus Association 2019 will be inviting you to rediscover the Bauhaus and Modernism. From new museums at the historical Bauhaus locations of Berlin, Dessau and Weimar through exhibitions in all of Germany to dance and performance: Let’s all celebrate together! Fig. 2 The Great ↘ bauhaus100.com/programme 8 9 Bauhaus Centenary Short Questions— Quick Answers Where is the Festival of Modernism Taking Place? The Bauhaus Centenary Three new museums in Weimar, Des sau and Berlin. 100 outstanding locations of Bauhaus and Modernism that you can travel How Do We Want to Live? to while taking the Grand Tour of Modernism. What the Bauhaus Wanted Countless exhibitions and events—the Festi White flatroof buildings and tubular val of Modernism will take place throughout steel furniture still represent the epitome of all Germany and in many other locations all over that we associate with the “Bauhaus”. Yet, the the world—from Hamburg to Stuttgart, from Hochschule für Gestaltung (School of Design), Tel Aviv to Copenhagen. founded in 1919, was about much more than How Do We Want to Celebrate? puristic architecture and minimal design— Bauhaus as a Synthesis of the Art it was also a school of ideas and a field for ex Beyond the borders between dance periments. Members of the Bauhaus School and theatre, art and architecture: Bauhaus such as Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Oskar has always sought an exchange between dif Schlemmer or László MoholyNagy broke new ferent disciplines in the pursuit of the synthe ground in art, architecture and design. Nothing sis of the art. The approach allied artistic and less was at stake than reshaping everyday life creative activity with the shared experience and coexistence in society: How do we want to of the mutual inspiration of dancers and live? What do we want our homes to look like? musicians, artists and thinkers. The same Pressing questions that remain as timely and goes for the Bauhaus year, which will feature relevant today as they were 100 years ago. va rious activities in five topic areas. The Big ↘ bauhaus100.com/programme 12 13 Themes and Discover the Bauhaus! History and stories about the Bau Topics haus. Exhibitions and projects on Bauhaus students and teachers. New discoveries and rediscoveries. Dance the Bauhaus! Party—Dance—Music. The Bauhaus stage in the here and now—festivals, perfor mances, music, theatre and dance shows. Experience the Bauhaus! The Bauhaus in everyday life, archi One goal of the Bauhaus was the tecture and design. Presentations and pro synthesis of the art. In this respect, the cen te jects on building and design from the Bauhaus nary celebrations of 2019 will be no different. ideas until the present. From dance to theatre, architecture to design— the five following themes will help to find your Follow the Bauhaus Around the World! own personal way through the Bauhaus year. The Bauhaus in an international con text. Programmes reflecting the history of the impact and global networking effect of the Bauhaus. Understand the Bauhaus! Research and teaching. Conferen ces, workshops and laboratories to research and disseminate new knowledge about the Bauhaus. Highlights Right across Germany and into the wider world: our tips for 2019. You will find the complete programme on the following pages. And it will be continually updated on our web site ↘ bauhaus100.com. At a glance: selected highlights of the centenary year. ↘ bauhaus100.com/programme 16 17 You will find a complete list of venues on page 38. Hamburg Oldenburg Berlin Hanover Potsdam Havixbeck Dessau Cottbus Leipzig Oberhausen Apolda Dresden Glees Weimar Oberweissbach Frankfurt / Main Mainz Stuttgart Mössingen Munich Highlights ↘ bauhaus100.com/programme 18 19 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 100 years of bauhaus—The opening festival. bauhaus imaginista—Exhibition Akademie der Künste Berlin am Hanseatenweg Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin A perfect start—The Opening Festival 100 years of bauhaus at bauhaus imaginista narrates the international stories of the Bau- the Berlin Academy of Arts ushers in the nationwide festivities. haus. From its establishment in 1919, the movement was in con- The outstanding historical achievements of the Bauhaus looked at tact with Modernists worldwide. bauhaus imaginista proposes anew and presented in a new light. The opening festival features a a new way of seeing the Bauhaus as a cosmopolitan project: fol- variety of formats—from concerts to exhibitions, performances to lowing exhibitions, symposia, and workshops in collaboration with discussions up to the party itself. For Oskar Schlemmer, Wassily Bauhaus Kooperation Berlin Dessau Weimar and the Goethe In- Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy and Paul Klee not only loved art, stitutes in Hangzhou, New York, Kyoto and Tokyo, Moscow, São they also liked to party. The result is a creative experimental jour- Paulo, Lagos und Delhi, which examined the transnational rela- ney around the legendary Bauhaus stage under the artistic direc- tions involved, a comprehensive bauhaus imaginista exhibition tion of Bettina Wagner-Bergelt. The opening festival is under the unfolds in Haus der Kulturen der Welt, displaying objects and new patronage of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. works by Kader Attia, Luca Frei, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, The Otolith Group, Alice Creischer, Doreen Mende, Paulo Tavares und Zvi Efrat. Berlin 16.01.2019 – 24.01.2019 ↘ www.bauhausfestival.de Berlin 15.03.2019 – 10.06.2019 ↘ hkw.de, ↘ bauhausimaginista.org Highlights ↘ bauhaus100.com/programme 20 21 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 The Grand Tour of Modernism Bauhaus Agents From north to south and east to west: the Grand Tour of Moder- How can we make Bauhaus exciting and fascinating for children nism links together important Bauhaus and Modernist buildings and young people? Since the academic year of 2016/17, nine to form a journey through 100 years of architectural history. It takes Bauhaus Agents have been exploring new horizons of communi- in places that have influenced our understanding of life, work and cation with more than 30 partner schools and the three Bauhaus home between 1900 and 2000—individual buildings and housing Institutions in Berlin, Dessau and Weimar. Together with students, estates, icons and controversies, famous buildings and unknown teachers, museum educators, curators, artists, architects and ur- gems. The Grand Tour of Modernism is under the patronage of ban researchers, they are working out new and innovative ways to Minister of State Monika Grütters, the Federal Government Com- design museums and exhibitions. They are also trying out new missioner for Culture and the Media. formats—analogue and digital discovery tours, workshops, places of communication—for students, for all museum visitors and for urban society in general. Throughout Germany ↘ grandtourdermoderne.de Berlin, Dessau, Weimar 2016 – 2020 ↘ bauhausagenten.de Highlights ↘ bauhaus100.com/programme 22 23 365 days of bauhaus Modernism on the Main the temporary bauhaus-archiv / museum für gestaltung, Berlin 1919 – 1933 The temporary bauhaus-archiv / museum für ge- Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt/Main staltung in Berlin, which is due to be refurbished Frankfurt on the way to a new kind of urban cul- and expanded in the coming years, is dedicating ture—Das Neue Frankfurt was not limited to the itself to experimentation in the centenary year. In well-known housing development programme the spirit of the Bauhaus members, the tempo- started by Ernst May. From the mid-1920s, the rary bauhaus-archiv / museum für gestaltung is urban utopia required a universal claim on fash- embarking on a search for new insights, ques- ion, interior, industrial, product and communi- tions and findings. The temporary is a place of cation design. In conjunction with growing in- experiment for new formats and collaborations dus trialisation and the expansion of communal that addresses new target groups and enables areas, the New Frankfurt was intended to create the exchange of ideas. It also serves as a place of a modern urban society. The exhibition paints a learning for the re-opening museum, in which picture of a city at the dawn of a new future and education and information will have a special Fig. 7 of the movement’s function as role model. standing. The temporary is also the main Berlin Information Centre for 100 years of bauhaus. Frankfurt/Main Fig. 9 19.01.2019 – 14.04.2019 Berlin ↘ museumangewandtekunst.de 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2019 ↘ bauhaus.de Grow Houses! Reflex Bauhaus. Burg Hülshoff—Center for Literature, Havixbeck 40 objects—5 conversations Grow Houses! is a temporary laboratory focussed Die Neue Sammlung—The Design Museum, Munich on building and nature. It looks at how humanity An artist mediates between yesterday and to- first interfered with nature when we started day—to mark the Bauhaus Centenary 2019, a building houses and then, later, entire cities. 12-month exhibition has taken shape in close The Center for Literature (CfL) at Burg Hülshoff cooperation with the artist, Tilo Schulz, connect - Castle brings together artists and experts from ing historical objects from the New Collection Fig. 8 the fields of architecture, climate research, with the contemporary critical reception. At the landscape ecology with students and other citi- same time, the New Collection takes the oppor- zens.