On the occasion of the exhibition Have No Fear of Modernism! School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava (1928–1939)Program10 a.m.: Tour of the MAK11 a.m.: Departure / Bratislava12 noon: Lunch Break1:45 p.m.: Functionalist Bratislava: guided tour of the old city with an architecture expert (in English)3:30 p.m.: Have No Fear of Modernism! Curator-Guided Tour (Burg Bratislava)(in German)5 p.m.: Departure / Vienna PRACTICAL INFORMATIONPrice: € 20Please take with you: Passport and cashThe travel fee can be paid in cash on site.PROGRAM DETAILSTour of the MAKThe fascinatingly complex cultural epoch denoted by the term “Vienna 1900” has long been the stuff of legend. And the equally multifaceted and momentous output of this period’s artisans and designers is the focus of this guided tour. Functionalist BratislavaThe creation of the democratic Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 significantly changed Pressburg’s appearance. Not only was the city’s name changed to Bratislava; a massive building program in the New Construction style was also initiated. Modern shopping centers with gigantic display windows, unpretentiously elegant bank buildings, functionalist hospitals and residential buildings, not to mention a modernist orthodox synagogue, characterize this new Bratislava to this day. The guided tour through the center of Bratislava focuses precisely on this modernist architecture of the interwar years. Have No Fear of Modernism! School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava (1928–1939)14 Dec 2018 – 29 Sep 2019The exhibition Have No Fear of Modernism! is devoted to the Bratislava School of Applied Arts (1928–1939), in its heyday one of the most progressive foundations of its kind in Europe—and for this reason known as the Slovak Bauhaus. Nevertheless, this unique institution faded almost entirely into obscurity, and only in recent years has it been rediscovered as an important chapter in the history of modern Slovakia. For more information, see here
On the occasion of the exhibition Have No Fear of Modernism! School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava (1928–1939)
11 a.m.: Departure / Bratislava
12 noon: Lunch Break
1:45 p.m.: Functionalist Bratislava: guided tour of the old city with an architecture expert (in English)
3:30 p.m.: Have No Fear of Modernism! Curator-Guided Tour (Burg Bratislava)
(in German)
5 p.m.: Departure / Vienna
Please take with you: Passport and cash
The travel fee can be paid in cash on site.
The fascinatingly complex cultural epoch denoted by the term “Vienna 1900” has long been the stuff of legend. And the equally multifaceted and momentous output of this period’s artisans and designers is the focus of this guided tour.
Functionalist Bratislava
The creation of the democratic Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 significantly changed Pressburg’s appearance. Not only was the city’s name changed to Bratislava; a massive building program in the New Construction style was also initiated. Modern shopping centers with gigantic display windows, unpretentiously elegant bank buildings, functionalist hospitals and residential buildings, not to mention a modernist orthodox synagogue, characterize this new Bratislava to this day. The guided tour through the center of Bratislava focuses precisely on this modernist architecture of the interwar years.
Have No Fear of Modernism!
School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava (1928–1939)
14 Dec 2018 – 29 Sep 2019
The exhibition Have No Fear of Modernism! is devoted to the Bratislava School of Applied Arts (1928–1939), in its heyday one of the most progressive foundations of its kind in Europe—and for this reason known as the Slovak Bauhaus. Nevertheless, this unique institution faded almost entirely into obscurity, and only in recent years has it been rediscovered as an important chapter in the history of modern Slovakia. For more information, see here
Program
10 a.m.: Tour of the MAK11 a.m.: Departure / Bratislava
12 noon: Lunch Break
1:45 p.m.: Functionalist Bratislava: guided tour of the old city with an architecture expert (in English)
3:30 p.m.: Have No Fear of Modernism! Curator-Guided Tour (Burg Bratislava)
(in German)
5 p.m.: Departure / Vienna
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Price: € 20Please take with you: Passport and cash
The travel fee can be paid in cash on site.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Tour of the MAKThe fascinatingly complex cultural epoch denoted by the term “Vienna 1900” has long been the stuff of legend. And the equally multifaceted and momentous output of this period’s artisans and designers is the focus of this guided tour.
Functionalist Bratislava
The creation of the democratic Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 significantly changed Pressburg’s appearance. Not only was the city’s name changed to Bratislava; a massive building program in the New Construction style was also initiated. Modern shopping centers with gigantic display windows, unpretentiously elegant bank buildings, functionalist hospitals and residential buildings, not to mention a modernist orthodox synagogue, characterize this new Bratislava to this day. The guided tour through the center of Bratislava focuses precisely on this modernist architecture of the interwar years.
Have No Fear of Modernism!
School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava (1928–1939)
14 Dec 2018 – 29 Sep 2019
The exhibition Have No Fear of Modernism! is devoted to the Bratislava School of Applied Arts (1928–1939), in its heyday one of the most progressive foundations of its kind in Europe—and for this reason known as the Slovak Bauhaus. Nevertheless, this unique institution faded almost entirely into obscurity, and only in recent years has it been rediscovered as an important chapter in the history of modern Slovakia. For more information, see here