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CONFERENCE
REINVENTING HARBOUR CITIES
REYKJAVÍK, NORDIC HOUSE
Part II: City Illumination
Architecture and Art in Urban context:
14. February 2009, 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Part I: Urban Planning and Art in Public Space: 10 May 2008, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
PROGRAM SPEAKERS ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS
Participants (part II):
Jürgen Hasse, Dept.
for Human Geography (Frankfurt) | Ellinor
Coombs (London) | Deike Canzler (Stockholm)
| Alexander Stublic (Berlin)
| Roger Narboni (Bagneux) | Jeroen
Everaert (Rotterdam)
Participants (part I)
Christopher Marcinkoski, Field Operations (New York) | FREEE art collective (London) | Jürgen Bruns-Berentelg, HafenCity (Hamburg) | Louise Mielonen Grassov, Gehl Architects (Copenhagen) | Martin Biewinga, West 8 (Rotterdam) | Ólafur Elíasson (Berlin, Copenhagen) | Yvonne P. Doderer, Office for Transdisciplinary Research and Cultural Production (Stuttgart) | Vito Acconci (New York)
Harbour cities have long been formed by industrialization, shaped by international
trade and constantly confronted with the untamed power of the ocean. Today,
these cities compete on a global stage as they create new identities, new
images to attract foreign business and tourists. As the industrial zones of
business harbours are moving out of city centers to the outskirts of towns,
prime waterfront areas are opening up for the development of commercial, residential,
and leisure spaces. It is about revitalization of entire districts, a constant
restructuring of city life, rejuvenating individual and community engagement
with and within the urban environment, or in short: Reinventing Harbour Cities.
Culture—measured in part by avant-gardist concepts and perspectives,
architectural attractions and artist works—plays a significant role
in creating cities’ new identities. Recently built concert houses and
museums are emergent landmarks, parks and squares have become the stages for
various art forms and performances, and all are important links to the social
life of inhabitants and visitors alike.
Reykjavík, the largest city in Iceland and the world’s
northernmost capital, had seen enormous economic and cultural growth in recent
decades. The economic crisis has slowed down or even stopped this rapid developement
and many major projects - giving the advantage of revaluation and rethinking
concepts. The first part of the conference, held in April/May 2008, focussed
on general aspects of urban planning, architecture and art in public space
(see the interviews and articles in LIST
icelandic art news). This seceond part analyses strategies of approaching
the cities' nights with urban functional, architectural and artistic light
concepts. A broad-spectered group of artists and lighting designers, architects
and theoreticians give an insight in recent, inspiring projects related to
the growing interest in new visions for city life, followed by panel discussions
who might cast light on the position and possibilities facing the city of
Reykjavik.
As the harbour and public spaces within the city continue to develop, policymakers, corporations, urban planners, artists, and individuals have a shared responsibility to discuss how Reykjavík’s future will be shaped for all who live and work here.
The first part of the conference was organized by CIA.IS – Center for Icelandic Art in cooperation with Listaháskóli Íslands (Iceland Academy of the Arts) and the Nordic House.
The second part of the conference was organized by CIA.IS
- Center for Icelandic Art in cooperation with the Nordic House.
Saturday, 14 February 2009
13.00 Welcome / Introduction: Christian Schoen / Guja Dögg Hauksdóttir
Light and Perception
Jürgen Hasse, University Frankfurt, Institute for Human Geography (Frankfurt)
Light
and Art: Case Study 1
Ellinor Coombs, Guerilla Lighting
Light
and Architecture
14.45 Deike
Canzler, Ljusarkitektur (Stockholm)
Light
and Art: Case Study 2
Alexander Stublic, Mader/Stublic/Wiermann (Berlin)
16.15 Roger
Narboni, Concepto, ACE, PLDA, (Bagneux)
Light and Art: Case Study 3
Jeroen Everaert , Mader/Stublic/Wiermann (Berlin)
17.30 Panel Discussion (Moderators: N.N.)
Gathering with refreshments
Friday, 25 April 2008
18.00 Welcome / Introduction: Christian Schoen
Christopher Marcinkoski, Field Operations (www.fieldoperations.net)
Ólafur Elíasson (www.olafureliasson.net)
Panel Discussion (Moderators: Jóhannes Þórdarson / Christian Schoen)
Saturday, 10 May 2008
10.00 Welcome / Introduction: Christian Schoen / Jóhannes Þórðarsson
Harbour Cities Reconstructed
Jürgen Bruns-Berentelg, CEO of HafenCity Hamburg (www.hafencity.com)
Martin
Biewinga , West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (www.west8.nl)
Louise
Mielonen Grassov, Gehl Architects, Copenhagen (www.gehlarchitects.dk)
Panel Discussion (Moderators: Æse Sigurjónsdóttir)
Lunch Break
Temporary
and Permanent Interventions in Urban Spaces
14.00 Yvonne
P. Doderer, Office for Transdisziplinary Research, Stuttgart
(http://www.transdisciplinary.net)
Dave Beech, Andy Hewitt and Mel Jordan, FREEE art collective (www.freee.org.uk/)
Vito Acconci, Designer/Architect (www.acconci.com)
Panel Discussion (Moderators: Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir)
