Lectures, talks and symposia archive

Conducting Mahler: A View from the Podium

Conducting Mahler: A View from the Podium

14 April 2013 | Austrian Cultural Forum London
What is it like to conduct a Mahler symphony?  How does a conductor prepare themselves? What is possible and what is permissible in a conductor’s interpretation of a Mahler score? Conductor Peter Fender will ...
Cultural Translation in Popular Music

Cultural Translation in Popular Music

12 – 13 April 2013
This conference, organised by Ewa Mazierska and Georgina Gregory, is dedicated to the Austrian musician Falco (1957-1998). He was Austria’s most successful pop star, and recognised as one of the most transnational and transcultural ...
Unfinished and unfinishable: Collages and the city's front facade

Unfinished and unfinishable: Collages and the city's front facade

11 April 2013, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
In the framework of the ACF’s Hubert Blanz exhibition we have invited architect, urban researcher and Central St. Martin's lecturer Günter Gassner to host a talk. Gassner works at the intersection of ...
Almut Rink: SolidGrowth

Almut Rink: SolidGrowth

11 March 2013, 6.30pm | Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
The Vienna-based video artist Almut Rink has been invited to give a talk about her work at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.  She will give an overview of her artistic work, thematising ...
A movie house is an enlarged camera obscura for the sale of popcorn,

A movie house is an enlarged camera obscura for the sale of popcorn, . a darkroom for star-gazing right side up

11 March 2013, 6.00pm
An exploration into how the architecture of cinema affects our perceptual and semantic understanding of the projected image. Featuring a talk by Austrian architect Friedrich Mascher about his role in re-designing Peter Kubelka's Invisible ...
And The Winner Is...? Competitive Advantages?

And The Winner Is...? Competitive Advantages?

8 March 2013 | Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
The Architecture Foundation mounts a new series of critical explorations questioning who the real winners from the ever-growing numbers of architectural awards, competitions and festivals across the discipline are. For the first event, an international ...

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