Workshop
Workshop: Invisible Walking
03 Jul 2016
Calvert 22 Foundation
London, United Kingdom
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Dmitry Lookianov, Image from the Instant Tomorrow series (2013-15). Courtesy of the artist
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Anton Ginzburg, #21, Saint Petersburg, Russia, from the Hyperborea series (2011)
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Kirill Savchenkov, still images from Museum of Skateboarding (2015)
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The Church of Our Lady the Queen of Poland, Świdnica (Lower Silesian voivodship) i=mage credit: Igor Snopek, from Architecture of the VII Day by Kuba Snopek, Iza Cichonska, Karolina Popera (2015)
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Vahram Aghasian, from the Ghost City series (2005-07)
Exhibition
Power and Architecture
12 Jun 2016 – 9 Oct 2016
Event times
Wednesday – Sunday, 12pm – 6pm
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 22 Calvert Avenue
- Shoreditch
- London
- EC2 7JP
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 55, 48, 242, 78, 47, 26, 67, 149, 243, 8, 35, 135, 388
- 1 minute walk from Shoreditch High Street
- 10 minute walk from Liverpool Street or Old Street
Event map
A season on utopian public space and the quest for new national identities across the post-Soviet world.
About
New and existing work by artists from across the New East region will be exhibited over four interconnected installments. Multiple facets of architecture’s relationship to power will be presented, from artistic reflections on the modernist vision of the socialist city to the individual’s participation in the activation of public space and the afterlife of cities build for a utopia that was never realised.
Part 1: Utopia and Modernity
12 June — 3 July 2016
In the opening show, four artists will reflect on the modernist vision of the socialist city and consider the real and imagined futures of utopia.
Part 2: Dead space and ruins
7 July – 7 August 2016
Three photographers present the decaying architectural reminiscence of the Soviet vision. With work taking inspiration from across the vast landscape of the former Soviet Union, these artists will explore the “dead space” left in the wake of the quest for progress.
Part 3: Citizen activated space — Museum of Skateboarding
11 August – 11 September 2016
Part three is a new commission by Calvert 22 Foundation that will explore the individual’s participation in the activation of public space with Russian artist Kirill Savchenkov’s installation.
Museum of Skateboarding is a mixed media installation that considers skateboarding not just as a form of exercise, but also as a visceral way to explore and reflect on the post-Soviet residential suburbs of Moscow. The project studies the secret language of the sport, illustrating how certain architectural interventions or objects can be understood through skateboarding.
Part 4: The afterlives of Modernity — shared values and routines
15 September – 9 October 2016
The season culminates with four artists considering the afterlives of utopian endeavour and the quest for new national identities. Across the former Soviet Union there are a series of architectural and physical nostalgias connecting citizens who share the same socialist history – part four of the programme reflects on these shared values and routines for citizens today.
