“Avangard country councils” in “Garage”
ARTinvestment.RU   01 сентября 2009

C: CA / Center of Contemporary Architecture and the Center for Contemporary Culture “Garage” represent educational program “Avangard country councils”

Tomorrow, September 2, starts outreach program «vanguard of the Soviet Union», prepared by C: CA/Center of Contemporary Architecture and the Center for Contemporary Culture «Garage».

Soviet avant-garde - one of the brightest pages of the new architectural history, but in Russia unique masterpieces are often in poor condition. The revival of interest in the avant-garde legacy of the Soviet era and the emphasis on the issue of conservation - the central objective of the program «vanguard of the Soviet Union».

Bahmetevsky «Garage», restored masterpiece of genius, Melnikov - one of the best examples of rethinking the famous architectural monuments. In space, transformed into an artistic center, now engaged not only the organization of exhibitions of contemporary art, but also the development of modern culture and education.

As part of an educational program experts constructivist era tell of the origin and development of avant-garde thought in Russia, the obscure pages of a wide range of architectural history, the problems of preserving the heritage of avant-garde.

big media programs will combine a lecture format with film screenings from the cycle «Projections Vanguard» (2007), which will cover the main stages of the history of avant-garde: the construction of the former USSR - from Kharkov to St. Petersburg, the appearance of buildings Melnikova, the status of the major monuments of the avant-garde, including Narkomfin; the impact of Russian avant-garde ideas in Western architecture, etc.

Particular attention will be paid to the condition of the architectural masterpieces, what are the ways of their conservation and transformation.

Tomorrow, September 2, an education program offers introductory lecture «Risk Zone - Vanguard». Curator Irina Korobina tell you about the importance of the architectural avant-garde in Russia and in the world today, the strategies of his defense appeal to the public consciousness, the informal initiatives to save the monuments of the avant-garde, the new program «vanguard of the Soviet Union» in the garage, which is of strategic importance. Connecting lecture and media format expands the scope of the program and helps to establish a dialogue with the public via television and the Internet.

Participants of the event will see a special edition of TV program «Architectural Gallery» (2000), dedicated to the life and works of the great Russian architect Konstantin Melnikov. The program involved the son of the architect artist Viktor Melnikov. Author: Irina Korobyina, director: Elena Lysakova.

During a lecture to be shown a television movie «vanguard of the Soviet Union» (2005). The film tells about one of the most surprising and striking phenomena of Russia's culture of the twentieth century - the Soviet architectural and artistic avant-garde, whose fate is considered in the context of history with all its contradictions. A unique chronicle tells the audience the atmosphere of that time - a cruel and beautiful. Using computer graphics allows more evident sense of innovative products 1920-30-ies, remain valid for the whole world and in our days. Project: Irina Korobyina, director: Dmitry Lavrinenko.

The lecture will be held in CSK «Garage (st. Obraztsova, 19a). Beginning at 19.00.

Source: archcenter.org