Talk - Dust & Data: Traces of the Bauhaus across 100 Years

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Nottingham Contemporary
Saturday 5 October 2019 | 5pm - 7pm
Free. Booking Required

In this keynote talk, architect and theorist Ines Weizman reflects on the history of the Bauhaus and the complex trajectories of Bauhaus migration — its architects, artists, documents, objects, and of course its ideas — have splintered across a fragmented world.

The talk is framed by two material concepts: dust and data. While dust foregrounds new approaches to the material analysis of objects and ruins, data designates new approaches to managing the enormous amount of information accumulated about the subject over the years.

Weizman's latest edited book with the same title collects essays that unearth new details about the history of the school and do so from unprecedented viewpoints: uncovering the perspective of marginalized, dislocated, silenced, dispersed voices. These include the voices of queer architects, of the (too) few women practitioners, of those in the global South who studied at the Bauhaus or were influenced by its ideas, and the perception of the school beyond the Iron Curtain of the Cold War.

Introduced and moderated by Didem Ekici.

A selection of Ines Weizman's publication is available in our shop, as well as her upcoming book Dust & Data: Traces of the Bauhaus across 100 Years (Spector Books, 2019).

Nottingham Contemporary has a fully accessible building with lift access on all floors and Changing Places toilets. Click here for more detailed access information, or please contact in advance of your visit on 0115 948 9750 if you would like to talk through your requirements. This event is suitable for visually impaired visitors. BSL interpretation for this event is available upon request.

In conjuction with Nottingham Contemporary's current exhibition Still Undead: Popular Culture in Britain Beyond the Bauhaus