Press Information 100 years of bauhaus at ITB Anniversary events in Germany NOTE that many of these projects are still in the development stage Bauhaus Association 2019 1 Press Release 100 years of Bauhaus in Berlin Berlin, 6 March 2019 The year 2019 is dedicated to Bauhaus. Throughout Germany, numerous players are inviting visitors to the big anniversary under the auspices of the Bauhaus Association. Berlin is also celebrating the Bauhaus centenary with a large number of events. visitBerlin is taking the Bauhaus anniversary as an opportunity to present the Grand Tour of Berlin Modernism at this year's ITB (international travel trade show) in a special area (hall 12, stand 101). Totalling some 50 sites dotted around the city, visitors are invited to experience the entire panorama of Berlin's architectural modernity across all 12 districts. Fascinating information about the history of Bauhaus and the most important architects of the era have been brought together here. The diversity of the buildings presented ranges from the past to the present: from the six large housing estates from the 1920s to the Jewish Museum of 2001. The Grand Tour of Berlin Modernism can be found on the official website visitBerlin.de. 12 stories about Berlin Modernism can also be experienced on site with the ABOUT BERLIN app. In cooperation with the Bauhaus Archive and the Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin (KPM), visitBerlin will also present legendary design objects by Bauhaus designers at its exhibition stand. On display, among other things, will be bowls by Marianne Brandt, the famous lamp by Wilhelm Wagenfeld and an exclusive preview of the new b100 Service Edition by KPM. Further information and photos at: visitBerlin.de/de/veranstaltungen-100-jahre-bauhaus visitberlin.de/de/grand-tour-der-berliner-moderne about.visitBerlin.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/bauhaus-100 about.visitBerlin.de/materialien/toolkit/berliner-moderne-%26-bauhaus100 Bauhaus Week Berlin The Bauhaus Week Berlin will take place from 31 August to 8 September 2019, bookended by the Lange Nacht der Museen (Long Night of Museums) and the Tag des offenen Denkmals (Day of the Open Heritage Sites). The city-wide festival brings the creative and social ideas of Bauhaus to the city – from exhibitions and artistic performances to workshops in design offices. In this way, for example, the shop window exhibition presents the history and social standards of Bauhaus designs in shops in Kantstrasse, around Savignyplatz and in parts of Potsdamer Strasse and provides an overview of the school's 14 years of work. The glass festival centre in the middle of the city traffic, on the central island of Ernst-Reuter-Platz, is also the venue for the event: Bauhaus experts have their say in lectures and readings, artists present visitBerlin / Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH Press Contact Press Office Christian Tänzler, Press Spokesman Am Karlsbad 11 Tel.: +49 (0)30 26 47 48 – 912 D-10785 Berlin [email protected] press.visitBerlin.de Anja Mikulla, Deputy Spokeswoman facebook.com/visitBerlin Tel.: +49 (0)30 26 47 48 – 903 Twitter: @visitBerlinNews [email protected] Press Release their respective interpretations surrounding Bauhaus in performances and installations. In the series Bauhaus – Practice – Present, architecture and design offices, printing workshops, museums and typographers provide insights into today's debate on Bauhaus. The Bauhaus Week Berlin is sponsored by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe. The coordination and communication is the responsibility ofKulturprojekte Berlin. Further information and photos at: kulturprojekte.berlin/projekt/100-jahre-bauhaus-in-berlin/ https://www.kulturprojekte.berlin/presse/ Jubilee exhibition Original Bauhaus The Bauhaus Archive / Museum für Gestaltung (Museum of Design) in Berlin holds the world's largest collection on the history and influence of Bauhaus. To mark the 100 years since the foundation of Bauhaus, the museum is being renovated in keeping with its listed status and will obtain a new building. During the period of construction work, the temporary Bauhaus Archive in Berlin-Charlottenburg is open to visitors. From 6 September 2019 to 27 January 2020, the Bauhaus Archive, in cooperation with the Berlinische Galerie, invites you to the anniversary exhibition Original Bauhaus. The exhibition is sponsored by the state of Berlin and the Federal Cultural Foundation and shows famous, well-known and forgotten Bauhaus originals. "Original Bauhaus" unfolds 14 case histories based on 14 objects: How did the seated person in the tubular steel armchair become the most famous unknown person within the Bauhaus movement? Does the Haus am Horn in Weimar have a secret twin? Why did the tea extract pot, created as a prototype for the industry, always remain unique? On display are art and design from the Bauhaus Archive collection, special loans from international collections and artistic positions that take a fresh look at the Bauhaus legacy. Original Bauhaus at the Berlinische Galerie, Alte Jakobstraße 124-128, Berlin-Kreuzberg Further information and photos at: bauhaus.de [4583 characters] visitBerlin / Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH Press Contact Press Office Christian Tänzler, Press Spokesman Am Karlsbad 11 Tel.: +49 (0)30 26 47 48 – 912 D-10785 Berlin [email protected] press.visitBerlin.de Anja Mikulla, Deputy Spokeswoman facebook.com/visitBerlin Tel.: +49 (0)30 26 47 48 – 903 Twitter: @visitBerlinNews [email protected] Press Release visitBerlin “Inspiring the world for Berlin.” With this mission, Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH, operating under the visitBerlin brand, has been promoting Berlin globally since 1993 as a tourism and congress metropolis. Berlin now has more visitors than ever before. In 2017, Berlin recorded around 13 million guests and 31 million overnight stays. Berlin is also extremely popular for meetings and congresses – for over ten years, it has been one of the top 5 cities for international association conventions. As a tour operator, Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH, a private sector company, also offers hotel accommodation and issues the Berlin WelcomeCard, the city’s official sightseeing pass. visitBerlin operates the Berlin Tourist Info Centres and the Berlin Service Center available on +49 (0)30-25 00 25. On visitBerlin.com, Berlin’s official tourism website, Berlin visitors can find all the information they need about every aspect of their trip to the city. Find out more about visitBerlin on about.visitBerlin.de visitBerlin / Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH Press Contact Press Office Christian Tänzler, Press Spokesman Am Karlsbad 11 Tel.: +49 (0)30 26 47 48 – 912 D-10785 Berlin [email protected] press.visitBerlin.de Anja Mikulla, Deputy Spokeswoman facebook.com/visitBerlin Tel.: +49 (0)30 26 47 48 – 903 Twitter: @visitBerlinNews [email protected] Pressinformation: State Chancellery of Thuringia * Regierungsstr. 73 * 99084 Erfurt Maria-Theresia Meißner, Tel. 0361-5732-11417, [email protected] Thuringia Tourism Board * Willy-Brandt-Platz 1 * 99084 Erfurt Mandy Neumann, Tel. 0361-3742-219, [email protected] Theresa Dunkel, Tel. 0361-3742-240, [email protected] Erfurt, Germany, March 2019 100 years of Bauhaus: the Bauhaus Anniversary 2019 in Thuringia On the occasion of the big Bauhaus anniversary, Thuringia is offering visitors and residents alike the chance to go on an inspirational journey of discovery right back to where it all began. In 1919, Walter Gropius founded his legendary school of art and architecture in the German city of Weimar. The Bauhaus ideas continue to inspire architects, designers and artists all over the world in the present day and still play a role in our day-to-day lives. Thuringia was the home of an artistic revolution that signalled the start of a new era and still provides an interactive insight into the pioneering spirit and love of experimentation of the Bauhaus and Modernism today. HIGHLIGHTS IN THURINGIA Opening on 6th April 2019 – the “The Bauhaus Comes from Weimar” exhibition at the Bauhaus Museum Weimar As the location in which the Bauhaus was founded, the city of Weimar is the focus of attention of the anniversary celebrations. The opening of the new Bauhaus Museum Weimar will not only be a highlight in Thuringia but also throughout Germany. With its contemporary architecture and multimedia exhibition, the museum shines the spotlight on the Bauhaus collection of the “Klassik Stiftung Weimar” foundation, which was initiated by Walter Gropius himself back in as early as the 1920s, in a brand-new presentation. The museum brings together the history of the Bauhaus in Weimar and questions concerning life both in the present and the future. As an open meeting place for dialogue in a new cultural quarter being established in the city, the museum enables visitors to look at the history and impacts of Modernism from its beginnings right through to the present day from a contemporary perspective. Visitors will be provided with a clear and interactive insight into what influenced the Bauhaus artists and get to know the Bauhaus ideas from their origins through to their lasting legacy. The new Bauhaus Museum is closely connected to the “Haus am Horn” building, the first example of architecture created by the Bauhaus, which will also open its doors to the public from 18th May 2019 onwards. www.bauhausmuseumweimar.de Opening on 6th April 2019 – the “Van de Velde, Nietzsche and Modernism in around 1900” exhibition at the New Museum Weimar Even back at the start of the century, art, design and the way of life at the time told the story of the pursuit of new forms of expression and life with a wide range of different approaches. This exhibition showcases outstanding international works of art from the Realism, Impressionism and Art Nouveau movements in the form of paintings, sculptures and applied arts. It also presents Harry Graf Kessler and Henry van de Velde as pioneers of early Modernism in Weimar in the field of tension surrounding Friedrich Nietzsche as a mastermind and cult figure.