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This one day symposium will explore the complex processes of emerging modernity in Central and Eastern Europe, including the GDR and USSR.
East European post-war modernity is the object of increasing interest among cultural historians. Within centrally planned societies, 'designing modernity’ was an attempt to create a material and structural basis upon which communism could be achieved. The social significance of designed objects, works of art, and the urban environment were all contested and re-conceptualized at different points and locations during this period.
This event brings together a variety of approaches from design, art and architectural history, anthropology and material culture studies, spanning a wide geographical area. This will provide a basis for discussion on how designers, craftspeople, artists, theorists, engineers and other specialists attempted to create a material basis for modernity in socialist countries after 1945.
Speaker(s): |
Andres Kurg | talks | www |
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Date and Time: |
22 May 2012 at 10:00 am |
Duration: | Full Day |
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Venue: |
Royal College of Art |
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Tickets: |
Free but register for a place |
Available from: |
To register for a place email socialistdesign@googlemail.com |
Additional Information: |
Deadline for registering 16th May 2012. For info on speakers and programme http://designingsocialistmodernity.blogspot.co.uk/ |
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