November 25th 2019, 7 pm
The Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Foundation in the context of the exhibition Yona Friedman: Spatial Visions hosted the presentation of the books by Yona Friedman produced by No Man’s Land Foundation
Participants: Peter Bogner, Director Frederick Kiesler Foundation and Mario Pieroni, President No Man’s Land Foundation
The Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation was founded in 1997, after the Republic of Austria and the city of Vienna, with the help of numerous private benefactors, had acquired the descendant’s estate of Frederick Kiesler. It is its objective to explore the heritage of this Austro-American architect (1890-1965) and to ascribe it to the contemporary canon of architectural and artistic practice. In his attempt to achieve a symbiosis of artistic and social domains, Kiesler was oriented towards an interdisciplinary combination of theory and practice. He was active in the various disciplines of architecture, visual arts, design and theatre. The Kiesler Foundation Vienna develops its interdisciplinary and transmedial activities based on this holistic way of thinking. Research projects, symposia and exhibitions examine Kiesler’s oeuvre and its historical impact, attending to aspects of historical inquiry, as well as of contemporary cultural discourse.
YONA FRIEDMAN: SPATIAL VISIONS SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 – JANUARY 10, 2020
Curated by PETER BOGNER
Yona Friedman’s concepts of architecture are closely linked to the dynamics of social structures and the variability of the users’ needs. These topics, which he has emphasized from the beginning of his work, have gained even more importance in present times with the current developments in migration. It is due to his own history as a migrant that his ideas and his engagement for deeply human architecture and society are based on existential experience. Being both radical and future-oriented, Friedman’s “utopies réalisables” have made a great impact in the context of the architectural avant-garde. The Frederick Kiesler Foundation presents a small selection of sketches and drawings by the Kiesler Prize laureate 2018, including recent projects such as “No Man’s Refuge“ (Loreto/Italy, 2019) and “Le Musée sans Bâtiment“ (CNEAI, Pantin/France, 2018).
Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Foundation
Mariahilfer Straße 1b/Top 1
1060 Wien, Austria
www.kiesler.org
