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>Subject: Sarajevo: Cultural Resistance Under Siege
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>/second of two messages/
>Dear Prof. Lavin -- Attached is a notice for a symposium to be held in
>NYC on Feb. 11th. I believe it may be of interest to CAAH members and
>would appreciate your reposting it on the CAAH list. Thank you.
>Andras Riedlmayer
>Fine Arts Library
>Harvard University
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --- S Y M P O S I U M ---
>
> "SARAJEVO: CULTURAL RESISTANCE UNDER SIEGE"
>
>DATE: Saturday, February 11, 1994
>LOCATION: Dia Center for the Arts
>ADDRESS: 155 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012
>
>For information contact: The Storefront for Art & Architecture,
>tel. 212-431-5795 fax 212-431-5755
>
>This program has been organized in conjunction with WARCHITECTURE-SARAJEVO:
>A WOUNDED CITY, a multi-media exhibition sponsored by Storefront for Art
>and Architecture and the Bosnia-Herzegovina Association of Architects,
>which describes the combined effects of physical and psychological assaults
>against Sarajevo's civilian population by presenting one of the main forms
>and primary targets of this aggression: the destruction of the city's
>architecture.
>
>SARAJEVO: CULTURAL RESISTANCE UNDER SIEGE is intended as a constructive
>response to the state of emergency in Sarajevo, through which ideas and
>strategies for rebuilding can be generated. Such work is vitally and
>immediately important not only because Sarajevo and other communities are
>currently in grave danger, but also because it has the power to engage
>individuals, artists and architects on a personal basis, as they continue
>to work and plan for the future, even while their efforts are being
>purposefully destroyed.
>
>P R O G R A M
>
>1) PANEL DISCUSSION: THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF TERROR 11:30-1:30 PM
>
>Why does the history of former Yugoslavia and the subsequent development of
>a ruthless war appear incomprehensible to the world community? How has the
>international community reacted to media's portrayal of some of the most
>extreme war crimes in recent history? Why has this media strategy failed
>to spark adequate response?
>
>Panelists:
>
>Michael Sells: Professor of Islam and Comparative Religion, Chair of the
>Department of Religion at Haverford College in Pennsylvania; President,
>Community of Bosnia Foundation.
>
>Salko Krijestorac: Journalist from Belgrade, currently living in New York.
>
>Kemal Kurspahic: Washington DC-based editor and correspondent for the
>Bosnian independent daily Oslobodjenje. He was editor-in-chief of that
>paper from 1988 to 1994. Mr. Kurspahic was named International Editor of
>the Year in 1993, and has received the Courage in Journalism Award in 1992,
>and the Bruno Kreisky Award for Human Rights in 1993.
>
>David Rieff: Writer, contributing editor of Harper's Magazine, Senior
>Fellow at the World Policy Institute, New School for Social Research. He
>is the author of "Los Angeles: Capital of the Third World" (1991) and the
>forthcoming books "The Slaughterhouse: Scenes from the War in Bosnia" and
>"The Arms Project Report on the Abkhazian Conflict".
>
>Danny Schechter: Filmaker, executive producer of Globalvision TV, Rights
>and Wrongs, and Human Rights Television and co-director of "Sarajevo Ground
>Zero", a film about the siege in Sarajevo. He is an Emmy Award-winning
>television producer, a veteran of ABC News and CNN, and author of the
>forthcoming book: "It's the Media, Stupid: The More We Watch the Less We
>Know".
>
>Rabia Ali (Moderator): Co-Editor of "Why Bosnia: Writings on the Balkan War".
>She received her Ph.D. fromt Camrbidge University and is currently
>working on a study of populist politics and authoritarian structures
>in modern Pakistan.
>
>
>2) FILM: SARAJEVO GROUND ZERO (1993) 1:30-2:30 PM
>A hard-hitting film feturing coverage of the siege in Sarajevo, co-directed
>by Danny Schechter and Bosnian filmmaker Ademir Kenovic.
>
>
>3) PANEL DISCUSSION: CITIES AS BATTLEGROUNDS OF CULTURE 2:30-4:30 PM
>
>What can be learned from this devastating assault on an ethnically diverse
>city? How will Sarajevo approach rebuilding its urban fabric after the
>siege? What roles could architects take in the reconstruction of new
>communities. Are there parallels/similarities between the events in
>Sarajevo and the implosion of deterioriating American cities today?
>
>Ammiel Alcalay: Professor of Contemporary Hebrew Literature at Queens
>College, New York and Professor of Medieval Studies and Comparative
>ltierature, CUNY Graduate Center. He is guest editor of For/Za Sarajevo,
>Issue #5 and editor/translator of Zlatko Dizdarevic's "Sarajevo: A War
>Journal".
>
>Midhat Cesovic: Architect and key member of the Bosnia-Herzegovina
>Association of Architects (DAS - SABiH) in Sarajevo, responsible
>for organizing the "Warchitecture" project. For the past year,
>Mr. Cesovic has accompanied this exhibition and has lectured on
>the subject throughout Europe.
>
>Manuel De Landa: Independent filmmaker since 1975; computer artist and
>programmer since 1980. Author of "War in the Age of Intelligent Machines"
>(1991) and "A Thousand Years of Non-Linear History" (forthcoming).
>
>Andras Riedlmayer: Bibliographer for the Aga Khan Progam for Islamic
>Architecture, Harvard University. He is currently involved in an
>international project to recover microfilm copies of douments and
>manuscripts that were burned during the destruction of libraries in
>Sarajevo and Mostar. He has written extensively about Ottoman history
>and Islamic architecture.
>
>Lebbeus Woods: Architect, writer and co-founder of Research Isntitute for
>Experimental Architecture. His most recent architectural and urban
>projects include the Sarajevo Project and the Berlin and Zagreb Free-Zones.
>Monographs published about his work include "Anarchitecture: Architecture
>is a Political Act" and "War and Architecture".
>
>Kyong Park (Moderator): Founder and director of Storefornt for Art &
>Architecture. In 1992, he began Strategic Architecture, an entrerprise to
>create imaginary cultures, and its current project is the design and
>development of the Nuclear Heritage Park, the world's first thermo-nuclear
>weapons-based family entertainment theme parks.
>
>The symposium has been organized by Amerigo Marras, an independent critic
>and Shirin Neshat, co-director of Storefront for Art and Architecture.
>Special thanks to Lawrence Lifshultz who has been most helpful in the
>process of gathering the participating panelists.
>
>About STOREFRONT FOR ART & ARCHITECTURE
>
>The design of our inhabited environment by political, economic and miltiray
>powers has led to a continual struggle for terrritory--whether it is
>urban/surburban economic warfare, or military conflict over boundaries.
>STOREFRONT FOR ART & ARCHITECTURE continues to examine root causes and
>effects of these "design decisions" in an effort to facilitate dialogue and
>ooperation and to offer creative, reconstructive solutions.
>
>THE EXHIBITION: "WARCHITECTURE-SARAJEVO: A WOUNDED CITY"
>produced by the Bosnia-Herzegovina Association of Architects (DAS-SABiH)
>will be on display
>4 February-18 March 1995
>Storefront for Art & Architecture
>97 Kenmare Street (off Houston St. in SoHo)
>New York, NY 10012
>An exhibition catalogue is available.
>For information: tel. 212-431-5795 fax 212-431-5755
>
>
>Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 21:14:49 EST
>Reply-To: CONSORTIUM OF ART AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS
><CAAH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sender: CONSORTIUM OF ART AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS
><CAAH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Comments: Resent-From: Marilyn A Lavin <MALAVIN@PUCC>
>From: Marilyn A Lavin <MALAVIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Sarajevo: Cultural Resistance Under Siege
>To: Multiple recipients of list CAAH <CAAH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>X-UIDL: 792216006.065
>
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>/second of two messages/
>Dear Prof. Lavin -- Attached is a notice for a symposium to be held in
>NYC on Feb. 11th. I believe it may be of interest to CAAH members and
>would appreciate your reposting it on the CAAH list. Thank you.
>Andras Riedlmayer
>Fine Arts Library
>Harvard University
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --- S Y M P O S I U M ---
>
> "SARAJEVO: CULTURAL RESISTANCE UNDER SIEGE"
>
>DATE: Saturday, February 11, 1994
>LOCATION: Dia Center for the Arts
>ADDRESS: 155 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012
>
>For information contact: The Storefront for Art & Architecture,
>tel. 212-431-5795 fax 212-431-5755
>
>This program has been organized in conjunction with WARCHITECTURE-SARAJEVO:
>A WOUNDED CITY, a multi-media exhibition sponsored by Storefront for Art
>and Architecture and the Bosnia-Herzegovina Association of Architects,
>which describes the combined effects of physical and psychological assaults
>against Sarajevo's civilian population by presenting one of the main forms
>and primary targets of this aggression: the destruction of the city's
>architecture.
>
>SARAJEVO: CULTURAL RESISTANCE UNDER SIEGE is intended as a constructive
>response to the state of emergency in Sarajevo, through which ideas and
>strategies for rebuilding can be generated. Such work is vitally and
>immediately important not only because Sarajevo and other communities are
>currently in grave danger, but also because it has the power to engage
>individuals, artists and architects on a personal basis, as they continue
>to work and plan for the future, even while their efforts are being
>purposefully destroyed.
>
>P R O G R A M
>
>1) PANEL DISCUSSION: THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF TERROR 11:30-1:30 PM
>
>Why does the history of former Yugoslavia and the subsequent development of
>a ruthless war appear incomprehensible to the world community? How has the
>international community reacted to media's portrayal of some of the most
>extreme war crimes in recent history? Why has this media strategy failed
>to spark adequate response?
>
>Panelists:
>
>Michael Sells: Professor of Islam and Comparative Religion, Chair of the
>Department of Religion at Haverford College in Pennsylvania; President,
>Community of Bosnia Foundation.
>
>Salko Krijestorac: Journalist from Belgrade, currently living in New York.
>
>Kemal Kurspahic: Washington DC-based editor and correspondent for the
>Bosnian independent daily Oslobodjenje. He was editor-in-chief of that
>paper from 1988 to 1994. Mr. Kurspahic was named International Editor of
>the Year in 1993, and has received the Courage in Journalism Award in 1992,
>and the Bruno Kreisky Award for Human Rights in 1993.
>
>David Rieff: Writer, contributing editor of Harper's Magazine, Senior
>Fellow at the World Policy Institute, New School for Social Research. He
>is the author of "Los Angeles: Capital of the Third World" (1991) and the
>forthcoming books "The Slaughterhouse: Scenes from the War in Bosnia" and
>"The Arms Project Report on the Abkhazian Conflict".
>
>Danny Schechter: Filmaker, executive producer of Globalvision TV, Rights
>and Wrongs, and Human Rights Television and co-director of "Sarajevo Ground
>Zero", a film about the siege in Sarajevo. He is an Emmy Award-winning
>television producer, a veteran of ABC News and CNN, and author of the
>forthcoming book: "It's the Media, Stupid: The More We Watch the Less We
>Know".
>
>Rabia Ali (Moderator): Co-Editor of "Why Bosnia: Writings on the Balkan War".
>She received her Ph.D. fromt Camrbidge University and is currently
>working on a study of populist politics and authoritarian structures
>in modern Pakistan.
>
>
>2) FILM: SARAJEVO GROUND ZERO (1993) 1:30-2:30 PM
>A hard-hitting film feturing coverage of the siege in Sarajevo, co-directed
>by Danny Schechter and Bosnian filmmaker Ademir Kenovic.
>
>
>3) PANEL DISCUSSION: CITIES AS BATTLEGROUNDS OF CULTURE 2:30-4:30 PM
>
>What can be learned from this devastating assault on an ethnically diverse
>city? How will Sarajevo approach rebuilding its urban fabric after the
>siege? What roles could architects take in the reconstruction of new
>communities. Are there parallels/similarities between the events in
>Sarajevo and the implosion of deterioriating American cities today?
>
>Ammiel Alcalay: Professor of Contemporary Hebrew Literature at Queens
>College, New York and Professor of Medieval Studies and Comparative
>ltierature, CUNY Graduate Center. He is guest editor of For/Za Sarajevo,
>Issue #5 and editor/translator of Zlatko Dizdarevic's "Sarajevo: A War
>Journal".
>
>Midhat Cesovic: Architect and key member of the Bosnia-Herzegovina
>Association of Architects (DAS - SABiH) in Sarajevo, responsible
>for organizing the "Warchitecture" project. For the past year,
>Mr. Cesovic has accompanied this exhibition and has lectured on
>the subject throughout Europe.
>
>Manuel De Landa: Independent filmmaker since 1975; computer artist and
>programmer since 1980. Author of "War in the Age of Intelligent Machines"
>(1991) and "A Thousand Years of Non-Linear History" (forthcoming).
>
>Andras Riedlmayer: Bibliographer for the Aga Khan Progam for Islamic
>Architecture, Harvard University. He is currently involved in an
>international project to recover microfilm copies of douments and
>manuscripts that were burned during the destruction of libraries in
>Sarajevo and Mostar. He has written extensively about Ottoman history
>and Islamic architecture.
>
>Lebbeus Woods: Architect, writer and co-founder of Research Isntitute for
>Experimental Architecture. His most recent architectural and urban
>projects include the Sarajevo Project and the Berlin and Zagreb Free-Zones.
>Monographs published about his work include "Anarchitecture: Architecture
>is a Political Act" and "War and Architecture".
>
>Kyong Park (Moderator): Founder and director of Storefornt for Art &
>Architecture. In 1992, he began Strategic Architecture, an entrerprise to
>create imaginary cultures, and its current project is the design and
>development of the Nuclear Heritage Park, the world's first thermo-nuclear
>weapons-based family entertainment theme parks.
>
>The symposium has been organized by Amerigo Marras, an independent critic
>and Shirin Neshat, co-director of Storefront for Art and Architecture.
>Special thanks to Lawrence Lifshultz who has been most helpful in the
>process of gathering the participating panelists.
>
>About STOREFRONT FOR ART & ARCHITECTURE
>
>The design of our inhabited environment by political, economic and miltiray
>powers has led to a continual struggle for terrritory--whether it is
>urban/surburban economic warfare, or military conflict over boundaries.
>STOREFRONT FOR ART & ARCHITECTURE continues to examine root causes and
>effects of these "design decisions" in an effort to facilitate dialogue and
>ooperation and to offer creative, reconstructive solutions.
>
>THE EXHIBITION: "WARCHITECTURE-SARAJEVO: A WOUNDED CITY"
>produced by the Bosnia-Herzegovina Association of Architects (DAS-SABiH)
>will be on display
>4 February-18 March 1995
>Storefront for Art & Architecture
>97 Kenmare Street (off Houston St. in SoHo)
>New York, NY 10012
>An exhibition catalogue is available.
>For information: tel. 212-431-5795 fax 212-431-5755
>
>