Programme Salon Suisse 2012 - biennials.ch

Night Two
Wednesday 29 th August
6:00 pm
Mother of All Arts or Master of One
Questioning architecture’s ‘common
ground’.
Readings and round-table discussion with
Liza Fior, Tim Kammasch, Joseph
Rykwert, Philip Ursprung. Chaired by
Irena Murray.
What is architecture’s common or
shared ground with other disciplines and
arts, or to what extent is it an autonomous
discipline And how is this changing
or being redefined today Readings and
discussion on the changing ideas and
criteria by which the principles of architecture
have been drawn, defined, or
mythically originated.
Night Three
Thursday 30 th August
6:00 pm
Miroslav Šik: Drawing and Film.
Conversation with Miroslav Šik talking to
Geoff Shearcroft about the importance
and use of drawing in his work, both as
a practitioner and as a teacher, from
his early hand-drawings to the computercollages
of today – the latter seen in And
Now the Ensemble!!! at the Swiss Pavilion.
He will discuss his interest in cinema, in
particular the films of Jim Jarmusch and
Wim Wenders, and its influence on his
work and drawings.
7:30 pm
Alice in den Städten, 1974. Directed
by Wim Wenders.
Film screening, selected by Miroslav Šik.
The first part of Wenders’ ‘Road Movie
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