Lecture by Anthony Vidler at the Academy of Sciences in Prague
Anthony Vidler (The Cooper Union, New York)
Public and Private in the Platonic polis: Utopian space from Filarete to the Occupy Movement
Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 3:30 PM
Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husova 4, Prague 1, Room 117
Free entrance
Anthony Vidler studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and obtained a doctorate in the history and theory of architecture from the Delft University of Technology. He taught for many years at the School of Architecture at Princeton, and later served as the dean of the School of Architecture at The Cooper Union in New York. In the 1990s, he also lectured at Central European University in Prague. He is the author of numerous publications dealing with the history of architecture, spanning from the Renaissance to the present day. His interpretations of architecture are always set within a broader framework of theoretical reflection on the times, drawing on philosophy, social sciences, and psychoanalysis.
His most well-known books include: The Architectural Uncanny: Essays in the Modern Unhomely, MIT Press, 1992; Warped Space: Architecture and Anxiety in Modern Culture, MIT Press, 2000; The Scenes of the Street and other Essays, Monacelli Press, 2011. His studies have been published in Czech, including “Transparence”, in: Jana Tichá. (ed.), Architecture at the Threshold of the Information Age, Zlatý řez, 2001; “X Marks the Spot: The Obelisk in Space”, in: Tomáš Vlček (ed.), Column, Vase, Obelisk, H+H, 2005; “Full House of Rachel Whiteread”, in: Jana Tichá (ed.), Architecture: Body or Image?, Zlatý řez, 2009.
The lecture is part of the AV 21 Strategy project Private and Public as a Theme of Interdisciplinary Research.
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Public and Private in the Platonic polis: Utopian space from Filarete to the Occupy Movement
Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 3:30 PM
Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husova 4, Prague 1, Room 117
Free entrance
Anthony Vidler studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and obtained a doctorate in the history and theory of architecture from the Delft University of Technology. He taught for many years at the School of Architecture at Princeton, and later served as the dean of the School of Architecture at The Cooper Union in New York. In the 1990s, he also lectured at Central European University in Prague. He is the author of numerous publications dealing with the history of architecture, spanning from the Renaissance to the present day. His interpretations of architecture are always set within a broader framework of theoretical reflection on the times, drawing on philosophy, social sciences, and psychoanalysis.
His most well-known books include: The Architectural Uncanny: Essays in the Modern Unhomely, MIT Press, 1992; Warped Space: Architecture and Anxiety in Modern Culture, MIT Press, 2000; The Scenes of the Street and other Essays, Monacelli Press, 2011. His studies have been published in Czech, including “Transparence”, in: Jana Tichá. (ed.), Architecture at the Threshold of the Information Age, Zlatý řez, 2001; “X Marks the Spot: The Obelisk in Space”, in: Tomáš Vlček (ed.), Column, Vase, Obelisk, H+H, 2005; “Full House of Rachel Whiteread”, in: Jana Tichá (ed.), Architecture: Body or Image?, Zlatý řez, 2009.
The lecture is part of the AV 21 Strategy project Private and Public as a Theme of Interdisciplinary Research.
More information >
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