Saturday May 9 | 3:30 PM | DCF, screening room Warszawa
Meeting: The Price of Modernity. On Cities Undergoing Modernisation
after the screening of WAX & GOLD, dir. Ruth Beckermann
Whether in Ethiopia or Poland, in Wrocław or Addis Ababa, contrary to appearances, symbols of modernity do not differ all that much from one another. International, modernist hotels, bringing a touch of luxury and novelty to cities grappling with a complex past, still feature prominently in local communities' consciousness. They are perceived as symbols that blend the universal values and styles of that era with local characteristics. At the same time, the modernisation of cities, both in the past and today, evokes mixed feelings. Following the screening of Ruth Beckermann’s latest film, we will attempt to take a critical look not only at the past, but also at the contemporary challenges that modernisation processes in the era of turbo-capitalism pose for cities.
Guests:
Joanna Majczyk – architect and lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology. Her research focuses on 20th-century architecture, its practitioners, and the relationships between architecture, art, and politics. Author of the monograph ‘Miasta, migracje, modernizmy. Architektura Andrzeja Frydeckiego’, and, together with Agnieszka Tomaszewicz, the book ‘Architekci i paragraf aryjski. Przypadek SARP-u (1934–1939)’.
Łukasz Wojciechowski – architect, assistant professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, and Vice-Dean for Student Affairs and Community at the faculty. He specialises in the design of public buildings, the renovation of modernist structures, and exhibition design. He has co-curated exhibitions at the Museum of Architecture in Wrocław. Author of books, including ‘Spacer przez architekturę. Pierwsze kroki z psychologią środowiskową’ (2024) and ‘Architektura racjonalnej Europy’ (2019).
Moderator:
Anka Bieliz
PARTNER: MIASTOmovie, Wrocław Film Foundation
