homage to Jan Kaplicky / future system
international symposium and documentary screening which was held
on the 4th until
the 7th december 2009 in Vienna
In recent decades Jan Kaplicky and his London based office future
systems have renewed
and rethought architecture and design.
Their projects have been far ahead of their time.
While
relatively few buildings have been realized, their qualities have
created new
benchmarks in architecture. In particular, the
publications of future systems’s numerous projects
and
ideas have achieved a remarkable respect and influence on the
architectural scene worldwide.
Jan Kaplicky left Czechoslovakia after the tragic events of 1968 and
settled in London. Much later,
after the fallof the Berlin Wall,
his office succeeded in winning the first international
architectural
competition in the Czech Republic and was therefore
ready to realize the national library in Prague.
Unfortunately
the project was the subject of a political struggle quite separate
from its
extraordinary architectural quality. (projectpresentation
as pdf (8MB) © future systems)
On January 14, 2009
Jan Kaplicky surprisingly died on the way to a celebration for his
newborn
daughter Johanna.
With a certain distance in time and in an emotionally neutral place
between London and Prague
we will reflect on Jan Kaplicky’s
visionary influence on both the present and future. .
guests / experts
from London:
Ivan Margolius - www.margolius.co.uk
architect,
author and expert for architecture
from Prag
Eliška Kaplická Fuchsová -
www.simplycinema.cz
producer
of the two documentary films
Jakub Wagner
director of the documentary film "Profil"
(2004)
Tatiana Dasková
supporter of the project for the
national library in Prague
from Wien
Mascha Veech-Kosmatchov - www.veech-vma.com
architect
in Vienna / studied at Jan Kaplicky.
program
friday 04 12 2009 _ from 19:00
Universität
für Angewandte Kunst
Oskar Kokoschka-Platz 2 / 1010 Wien
/ Hörsaal 1
lecture by Ivan Margolius "'Homage to Jan Kaplicky, His Life and Work' " (in English)
sunday 06 12 2009_ from 13:00
Filmcasino
Margarethenstrasse
78 / 1050 Wien
about 5,5 - 8,5 € entrance fee
reservation
01/ 587-90-62
screening of the movie "Profil" by the director
Jakub Wagner. It is a very personal
portrait of Jan Kaplicky and
an introduction to future systems
directed by Jakub Wagner
[© Simplycinema]
CR. 2004. 52min. color . BetaSP. czech /
english subtitles
www.profile.cz
preview
of the movie "Oko nad Prahou" (Eye Over Prague) that
is at present being
created by Olga Spatová. The original
aim was to make a documentary on the realization
of the Czech
national library in Prague, but it also shows the as yet unresolved
political
struggle.
directed by Olga Spatová [©
Simplycinema]
www.okonadprahou.cz
discussion with Eliška Kaplická Fuchsová,
Ivan Margolius, Jakub Wagner
Tatiana Daskova and Mascha
Veech-Kosmatschov
monday 07 12 2009_13:00 - 14:00
radio
o94 available as download and stream
A palaver live radio show with Ivan Margolius on Jan Kaplicky and Future Systems
monday 03 01 2010_13:00 - 14:00
radio
o94 available as download and stream
A palaver - radiodocumentary on the event and topic
organisation
David Pasek www.pasek.at
architect
in Vienna
since 2002 with Bernhard Frodl editor of the architecture radio series A palaver - www.apalaver.com
Helmut Weihsmann
theoretician on architecture and film
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