Architecture + Art : Crossover and Collaboration
11 June - 2 November 2009How does an artistic approach change the practice and products of architecture? What alternatives can collaborative and trans-disciplinary thinking bring to the search for new ways of building and living? The Architecture Foundation, in conjunction with Tate Modern, presents a series of chaired conversations that will explore these questions with practitioners from around the world. Events will examine projects including buildings co-authored by artists and architects, collective models of practice and inhabitable installations.
With a range of outstanding international contributors, this series of six events between June and November 2009 advances the debate about the nature of collaborative practice, and the conflicts, similarities and divergences in architects' and artists' creative approaches and resulting products.
Venue
Starr Auditorium, Tate Modern
Steven Holl and Vito Acconci
Steven Holl and Vito Acconci11 June 2009, 7.00pm
The first ever public conversation between Steven Holl and Vito Acconci on their seminal collaboration for Storefront's façade. Chaired by Joseph Grima, Director, Storefront for Art and Architecture.
Teddy Cruz and Pedro Reyes
Teddy Cruz and Pedro Reyes15 June 2009, 7.00pm
Architect Cruz and artist Reyes investigate design solutions for complex urban situations. They explore this sharing of disciplinary strategies with Sarah Ichioka, Director of The Architecture Foundation.
Elmgreen & Dragset and Jamie Fobert
Elmgreen & Dragset and Jamie Fobert22 June 2009, 7.00pm
Elmgreen & Dragset and Jamie Fobert explore luxury retail; homes for collectors; nightclubs; the white cube and more; in an event chaired by Alice Rawsthorn, Design Critic, International Herald Tribune.
Edi Rama and Anri Sala
Edi Rama and Anri Sala19 October 2009, 7.00pm
World leading mayor, Edi Rama, and artist Anri Sala discuss artistic urbanism, the city as canvas and exhibition, and public art in its most direct form. A conversation chaired by Tate Curator Jessica Morgan, centred on Tirana's Façades Project.
Adam Caruso and Thomas Demand
2 November 2009, 7.00pmAdam Caruso and Thomas Demand discuss their history of reciprocal collaboration, and their current joint project for Zurich, with Director of Nottingham Contemporary, Alex Farquharson.
Tickets
Full Price: £9.00
AF Members and Concessions: £7.00
Online: www.tate.org.uk
Telephone : 020 7887 8888
Venue
Starr Auditorium, Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG

