Architecture & Art

Event series, October 15-19

ARCHITECTURE & THE CUBAN REVOLUTION

October 15, 6:30pm

As part of Archtober, New York City’s Architecture and Design Month, the Goethe-Institut, in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum, presents Microbrigades – Variations of a Story (2013) and Institute Above-Ground (2015), two short films by Florian Zeyfang, Lisa Schmidt-Colinet, and Alexander Schmoeger that combine architectural images, archival material, and interviews to revisit modernist building experiments in post-revolution Cuba. After the screening, Zeyfang and Schmoeger talk with architectural critic and curator Jacob Moore about their films and research of Cuba's architectural history. More...

ARCHTOBER BUILDING OF THE DAY

October 16, 12:00pm

The Archtober Building of the Day tour program makes quality architecture accessible and encourages the public to engage in New York City’s great built environment. Each year the special impact of hearing from the architect from within the space becomes more apparent. Sebastian Kaempf and Anke Roggenbuck from KARO ARCHITECTS, responsible for the renovation of the Goethe-Institut’s space at 30 Irving Place, lead a one-hour tour through the street-level event space and library as well as the classrooms and the open office space on the fourth floor. More...

WHY ART IS IMPORTANT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

October 19, 7:00pm

Rural areas around the globe are searching for ways to survive in a changing world. In Newfoundland and Labrador, the collapse of the 400-year-old cod fishing industry has threatened the economic and cultural viability of most rural communities. Since 2008, Fogo Island Arts has been bringing international attention to the area by organizing residencies and projects involving artists, filmmakers, writers, musicians, curators, designers, and scholars working at the intersections of art, heritage, and social enterprise. Program founder Zita Cobb and Nicolaus Schafhausen, director of Kunsthalle Wien and a strategic advisor of Fogo Island Arts, talk with Andria Hickey, curator at New York City’s Public Art Fund, about the possibilities and challenges of art in rural communities. More...