The first of two
symposia to explore key questions around the rebuilding of the Mackintosh
Library will take place in Querini Stampalia, Venice on 18 October 2014, The Glasgow School
of Art announced today 3 September 2014. The second event will be held in Glasgow next spring.The symposia will be fundamental to
informing the GSA’s construction plans and will operate in parallel to a range
of academic research projects aligned to the restoration of the Mackintosh
Building.
symposia to explore key questions around the rebuilding of the Mackintosh
Library will take place in Querini Stampalia, Venice on 18 October 2014, The Glasgow School
of Art announced today 3 September 2014. The second event will be held in Glasgow next spring.The symposia will be fundamental to
informing the GSA’s construction plans and will operate in parallel to a range
of academic research projects aligned to the restoration of the Mackintosh
Building.
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| Querini Stampalia, Venice |
Announcing the Venice
Symposium, Professor Christopher Platt, Head of the Mackintosh School of
Architecture at The Glasgow School of Art said: “What should the plans be for bringing the Mackintosh Building into
full use once more and how should we approach the particular issue of the
Macintosh Library? These are highly complex questions and by necessity any
discussion must involve contributions from many different people and
organisations from across the world. We will therefore host two symposia, the
first in Venice this autumn and the second in Glasgow next spring, to explore
the future of a space beloved by so many.
“We have decided to focus on the topic of the Mackintosh Library
specifically as this is the most delicate and culturally and intellectually
significant aspect of the entire post-fire work,” adds Professor Platt. “The first symposium will open publicly the
discussion about the issues associated with rebuilding the Mackintosh Library
and it will generate key themes to inform the structure and content of the
second symposium.”
specifically as this is the most delicate and culturally and intellectually
significant aspect of the entire post-fire work,” adds Professor Platt. “The first symposium will open publicly the
discussion about the issues associated with rebuilding the Mackintosh Library
and it will generate key themes to inform the structure and content of the
second symposium.”
The first symposium
will be aligned to the Scotland + Venice programme presented by Reiach and Hall
as part of a residency at the UK Pavilion during the 2014 International Venice
Architecture Bienale. The Scotland
+ Venice project will take place throughout October and will explore the
development and legacy of Scotland’s rich modernist heritage. The subject of the Scottish
presence in Venice has acquired an added resonance and poignancy following the
recent death of Professor Andy MacMillan OBE, surviving partner of Gillespie
Kidd & Coia and former Head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture.
will be aligned to the Scotland + Venice programme presented by Reiach and Hall
as part of a residency at the UK Pavilion during the 2014 International Venice
Architecture Bienale. The Scotland
+ Venice project will take place throughout October and will explore the
development and legacy of Scotland’s rich modernist heritage. The subject of the Scottish
presence in Venice has acquired an added resonance and poignancy following the
recent death of Professor Andy MacMillan OBE, surviving partner of Gillespie
Kidd & Coia and former Head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture.
Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs Fiona
Hyslop said: “The Glasgow School of Art
is an extraordinarily well-loved building, both here in Scotland and around the
world. Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece has a very special place in the
history of world architecture. The symposium at the Querini Stampalia, prior to
the spring symposium in Glasgow, will provide an important opportunity with an
international audience to discuss Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art and, in
particular, to consider the highly sensitive challenges relating to the rebuild
of its library.”
Hyslop said: “The Glasgow School of Art
is an extraordinarily well-loved building, both here in Scotland and around the
world. Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece has a very special place in the
history of world architecture. The symposium at the Querini Stampalia, prior to
the spring symposium in Glasgow, will provide an important opportunity with an
international audience to discuss Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art and, in
particular, to consider the highly sensitive challenges relating to the rebuild
of its library.”
Channel 4 will be co-sponsor of the symposium at Querini Stampalia and Stuart Cosgrove, Director
of Creative Diversity at Channel 4, will act as facilitator for the event . He said: “Channel
4 has a unique relationship with contemporary and environmental arts as the
broadcaster of the Turner Prize where a sizeable number of past winners and
nominees have been graduates of Glasgow School of Art. We covered the events
around the fire on our main new service Channel 4 News and as a resident of
Glasgow I know personally how valid the art school is to the life and
reputation of the city.”
of Creative Diversity at Channel 4, will act as facilitator for the event . He said: “Channel
4 has a unique relationship with contemporary and environmental arts as the
broadcaster of the Turner Prize where a sizeable number of past winners and
nominees have been graduates of Glasgow School of Art. We covered the events
around the fire on our main new service Channel 4 News and as a resident of
Glasgow I know personally how valid the art school is to the life and
reputation of the city.”
Details of speakers and of how
to book a place at the event will be released in the near future.
to book a place at the event will be released in the near future.
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