House Music - Architecture on Record Sleeves : compiled by Andy Votel
Jul
15
to Sep 9

House Music - Architecture on Record Sleeves : compiled by Andy Votel

Exhibition

15.07.22 - 10.09.22

When we saw that our friends in Rotterdam - OMI - had put on an exhibition of record sleeves featuring architecture we were very jealous. We couldn't help noticing that one of the sleeves that inspired the exhibition was an artist we know well - The Architect by Jane Weaver - with a sleeve designed by Andy Votel.

So, when we wanted to do our own version of the exhibition, Andy was the obvious man to ask. Not only is he a designer, he is also a DJ, musician and producer, a record label owner, a painter and, most importantly for our purposes, an obsessive collector of weird and obscure records.

As his is way, he strayed a little far from the brief of 'keep it modernist' but never the less he has compiled a fascinating array of record sleeves that will be of interest to architecture and music fans alike.

There is also a 64 page catalogue (and exhibition poster) available, featuring many more sleeves that we couldn't fit in the gallery.

at The Modernist

58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ

open 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday

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Out of Date : devised by Bill Mather
May
21
to Jul 2

Out of Date : devised by Bill Mather

Exhibition

21.05.22 - 02.07.22

#OutofDate2022 - discordant glimpses and glitches from the past..

22 photographers from the UK and Europe agreed to collaborate in #OutOfDate2022, accepting a brief to capture modernist buildings and scenes using a cache of old slide films from the 1970s found discarded in long bankrupt haberdashery shop in Timperley.

The photographers taking part included Steve Marland (Manchester), Sapphire Goss (Folkstone) and Zoe Gruber (Dunfermline) along with international photographers including Carlos Baselga from Spain and Hola Brebeneanu from Romania.

The results were...mixed...

at The Modernist

58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ

open 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday

participating photographers:

Natalie Ainscough, Bill Ayres, Shirley Bainbridge, Carlos Baselga, Cinthia Baseler, Hoia Brebeneanu, Annabel Cohen, Emily DeFelice, Ashiya Eastwood, John Ellis, Sapphire Goss, Zoe Gruber,  Jack Hale, Susan Hallsworth,  Simon Hadfield/Lisa Brown, Christopher Hopes, Stephen Marland, Lauren Mcintyre, Cal McNab, Alex Nelu, Matt Simpson and Micheal Walsh.

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Time Will Tell : Not Quite Light
Mar
4
to Apr 30

Time Will Tell : Not Quite Light

The photographs in this exhibition are the most recent from the ongoing Not Quite Light project, exploring the evolving areas either side of the inner ring road that encircles Manchester city centre and parts of Salford. Along this connecting artery there is great change.

The focus of the work is the route from the now demolished Wellington pub in Salford, to the crumbling Bank of England at the top of Pollard Street in Manchester, following Regent Road over the Mancunian way, and onto Great Ancoats Street. The two names of these places evoke notions of our Imperial past, and the great capital that has always fuelled these two cities.

To coincide with the launch of the exhibition, the modernist has published a book of the photographs 'Time Will Tell' coming soon from the modernist.

The photographs featured here are from the early stages of the current project, from areas around Ardwick, Hulme and Piccadilly.

NOT QUITE LIGHT

The Not Quite Light project was conceived by Simon Buckley in 2015, during a walk in Angel Meadow, when the simple question formed “what would the souls buried beneath this ground think of the city of today?” 

'Often, people relate my photographs to the paintings of Edward Hopper, which I understand due to the use of light and colour. However, I feel the work is also inspired by the Japanese Prints of the 19th Century, and early 20th century, which embrace the emptiness of the landscape, and fill them with the suggestion of spirits.' Simon Buckley


at The Modernist

58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ

open 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday

The exhibition prints were kindly sponsored by Klein Imaging

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aspect:ratio : Jo Stanness and Eugene Schlumberger
Nov
4
to Dec 24

aspect:ratio : Jo Stanness and Eugene Schlumberger

Jo Stanness and Eugene Schlumberger share an interest in the geometry, shape and form present in the urban or suburban environment; they both work with what they find.

For Jo, the photographs of mostly brutal and modern architecture provide a catalyst for the exploration of geometry and composition, following the lines and angles within the architecture itself.

Eugene’s photographs document found compositions – in the case of aspect:ratio, these are geometric, almost graphic compositions, brought about by their purely functional design.

Having both published books with The Modernist Society in 2021, Jo Stanness and Eugene Schlumberger now show their work together through November and December.

Jo Staness book Towards A New Horizon available at the exhibition and online

Eugene Schlumberger books The Colour Of Memory Volumes 1&2 available at the exhibition and online

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Meet the Artists : Mandy Payne with Helen Angell
Oct
9
1:00 PM13:00

Meet the Artists : Mandy Payne with Helen Angell

09.10.21

Mandy Payne and Helen Angell will be in our sunny courtyard (weather permitting!) between 1-4pm on Saturday October 9th. to meet and talk about their paintings, poetry and collaboration.

Visit their exhibition and meet the artists..

It will be lovely to see you here.

The Modernist, 58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ

Open 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday

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Walk - Huddersfield
Oct
9
1:00 PM13:00

Walk - Huddersfield

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Saturday 9th October  - Huddersfield

A walking tour with our favourite moocher Stephen Marland.

13.00

Meet 1.00pm by Harold Wilson outside the Railway Station - pre booked tickets only.

Come along and enjoy the thrills and spills of an enormous bus station.

Stand underneath the world's largest ceramic sculpture, stuck on the side of the world's finest indoor market.
(Members can apply discount at checkout.) NB: Walk will be approximately 2 hours in length - this is an outdoor event and is at the mercy of the weather, please dress accordingly.

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Walk - Stockport
Oct
2
12:00 PM12:00

Walk - Stockport

A walking tour with our favourite moocher Stephen Marland.

12.00

There is an open day at The Plaza Saturday 2nd October - great opportunity to begin the walk there and have a gawp inside.

Meet outside The Plaza Stockport 12.00 - pre booked tickets only.

View the mighty Wurlitzer, the magnificent defunct bus station, "As Seen on TV" Stopford House and the former New Day Furniture HQ!

Something for everyone in Greater Manchester's little gem.


(Members can apply discount at checkout.) NB: Walk will be approximately 2 hours in length - this is an outdoor event and is at the mercy of the weather, please dress accordingly.

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Walk - Rotherham
Sep
25
1:00 PM13:00

Walk - Rotherham

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Saturday 25th September - Rotherham

A walking tour with our favourite moocher Stephen Marland.

13.00pm
Meet outside Rotherham Railway Station 13.00

Lost power and fire stations, former cinemas and some post-industrial delights - something for everyone.

(Members can apply discount at checkout.)

NB: Walk will be approximately 2 hours in length - this is an outdoor event and is at the mercy of the weather, please dress accordingly.

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Walk - Halifax
Sep
18
1:00 PM13:00

Walk - Halifax

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Saturday 18th September - Halifax

A walking tour with our favourite moocher Stephen Marland.

13.00pm

Meet outside Halifax Railway Station 13.00

Visit the biggest building society HQ in town, walk beneath soaring flyovers, depressing underpasses and still have time for a moment with a Beefeater.

(Members can apply discount at checkout.)

NB: Walk will be approximately 2 hours in length - this is an outdoor event and is at the mercy of the weather, please dress accordingly.

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Walk - Coventry
Sep
11
11:00 AM11:00

Walk - Coventry

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Saturday 11th September - Coventry

A walking tour with our favourite moocher Stephen Marland.

11.00am

Meet concourse Coventry Station 11.00

A full day in the Capital of Culture

William Mitchell's reliefs, more than one precinct, more than one cathedral, a giant elephant and much more awaits.

(Members can apply discount at checkout.)

NB: Walk will be approximately 11am - 3 pm with lunch break - this is an outdoor event and is at the mercy of the weather, please dress accordingly.

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Walk - Strangeways
Sep
4
1:00 PM13:00

Walk - Strangeways

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Saturday 4th September - Strangeways

A walking tour with our favourite moocher Stephen Marland.

13.00

Meet at the modernist 58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ. *pre bookings only

Strangeways here we come... in search of lost industry, new industry, ice palaces and Joe Sunlight.

Passing through the Cooperative Empire, something for everyone.

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NB: Walk will be approximately 2 hours in length - this is an outdoor event and is at the mercy of the weather, please dress accordingly.

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Loitering With Intent : Mandy Payne with Helen Angell Exhibition
Sep
2
to Oct 30

Loitering With Intent : Mandy Payne with Helen Angell Exhibition

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Exhibition 

02.09.21 - 30.10.21

Introduced to each other at the Sheffield Modern: Architecture Weekender in 2018, concrete collaborators Mandy Payne and Helen Angell have forged a strong friendship based on their mutual passion for brutalism and post-war architecture.

Many of the pieces in the exhibition were inspired by Modernist Mooches led by the inimitable Stephen Marland and honed on return visits. Exploring concrete hotspots such as Manchester, Salford and Huddersfield as well as their native South Yorkshire, they have attempted to capture the changing fortunes of our urban landscape, always with an eye on the poetic, the lyrical and the beautiful.

Mandy Payne is a painter/ printmaker based in Sheffield. For her paintings, she employs materials that have a direct connection with her subject matter, casting concrete into canvases and painting with spray paint.

She has exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad. Group exhibitions include the John Moores Painting Prize in 2020, 2016 and 2014, where she was a prize winner, and selection for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, on six occasions, between 2014 – 2019.

Her work is held in public and private collections both in the UK and abroad. Further information can be found on her website: www.mandypayneart.co.uk

Helen Angell is a poetry and non-fiction writer who has worked creatively with The Hepworth, Manchester School of Architecture, National Railway Museum and Kelham Island Museum, often in collaboration with visual artists and musicians.

Her poetry has appeared in Atrium, Strix, The Blue Nib, The Modernist as well as anthologies published by Maytree Press and Wild Pressed Books. Helen recently devised and curated the ‘Commonplace Beauty’ photography project, encouraging others to see the sublime in the everyday.

She is currently working on a poetry collection, Everything Here Is Bliss, inspired by brutalist/modernist architecture and urban infrastructure in the north of England, extracts of which are featured in this exhibition.

Both artists can be found on Instagram:

@mandypayne_97 | @helenangell73

The Modernist, 58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ

Open 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday

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Walk - Salford
Aug
28
1:00 PM13:00

Walk - Salford

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Saturday 28th August - Salford

A walking tour with our favourite moocher Stephen Marland.

13.00

Meet by the Old Fire Station Salford Crescent M5 4NS *pre bookings only

Explore the exciting educational architecture, lost pubs, missing murals, Mayan totems and shopping cities of Salford.

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NB: Walk will be approximately 2 hours in length - this is an outdoor event and is at the mercy of the weather, please dress accordingly.

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Small Shops : Brian Lomas Exhibition
Jul
1
to Aug 28

Small Shops : Brian Lomas Exhibition

Book available here

Part of Manchester’s urban history is being celebrated with a new book featuring images of local independent shops in the 1980s, which already look like a bygone age.

The series of rarely seen black and white photographs, taken by self-taught photographer Brian Lomas in his native North Manchester, have been brought together for the carefully curated exhibition and book, titled Small Shops.

Greengrocers, butchers, barbers, chip shops and florists, many adorned with old signage, are just some of the independent businesses featured. Not only have most of these businesses since disappeared, but many of the buildings that housed them have also now gone.

Amateur photographer Brian, who was at the time in his mid-twenties and working as a health service administrator, took the photographs on his Rolleiflex camera mostly in and around Moston, as well Blackley, Newton Heath and Harpurhey.

While some of the original prints were initially shown in 1983 at Uppermill Photography Gallery (now Saddleworth Museum and Gallery), and exhibited at Liverpool’s Open Eye gallery in 1986, these images have gone mostly unseen until now.

Brian, 65, has lived in North Manchester all of his life, and now resides in Failsworth. He comments: “Even then, many of these shops seemed out of their time, with their quirky and characteristic details - shopfronts with old signage, old fashioned style shop tills and traditional weighing scales.

“Many of these independent businesses were under threat at the time, particularly with large supermarkets coming into Manchester, but also with shopkeepers coming up to retirement age and not having anyone to pass the business on to. So, I was keen to document these local small shops before they were gone.

“I’ve been taking photographs for over 40 years and in that time, things have changed dramatically across the city. Many of these buildings are now gone completely, so I’m very glad that I captured that part of history while I could.”

“These photographs capture a time and place that, despite being within many of our own lifetimes, now seems like a lost age."

The Modernist, 58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ

Open 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday

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Walk - Hull
Jun
26
11:00 AM11:00

Walk - Hull

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11.00 & 2.00

Meet by Philip Larkin on the railway station concourse. *pre bookings only

Cinemas and colleges, concrete and more concrete, massive mosaics, shops and such.

Hull has so much to offer the mooching Modernist.

Come along and keep company with like-minded souls on a simply unforgettable tour.

For the safety of attendees, these tours are limited to fifteen attendees. We ask you to wear a face covering, and please keep your distance from others. The tour leader will clarify and offer further advice on the day. Enjoy the tour, and it's good to be back!

This event has been made possible by the support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund

This event is, like all of us, at the mercy of any government lockdown rules, so could be cancelled at any minute. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

(Members can apply discount at checkout.)

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Walk - Grimsby
Jun
19
11:00 AM11:00

Walk - Grimsby

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11.00 & 2.00

Meet outside Grimsby Station *pre bookings only

A cornucopia of public art awaits, rich, modern and varied, and often as not attached to buildings of interest to the mooching Modernist.

The sublime Abbey Walks car park resplendent with abstracted concrete figuration, which adorn its slender structural columns.

There's much more than you might expect!

For the safety of attendees, these tours are limited to fifteen attendees. We ask you to wear a face covering, and please keep your distance from others. The tour leader will clarify and offer further advice on the day. Enjoy the tour, and it's good to be back!

This event has been made possible by the support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund

This event is, like all of us, at the mercy of any government lockdown rules, so could be cancelled at any minute. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

(Members can apply discount at checkout.)

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Walk - 'Architectural Wealth' - Leeds Banks
Jun
12
4:00 PM16:00

Walk - 'Architectural Wealth' - Leeds Banks

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16.00

Join Steve Hodgsonand the Leeds Modernist Society on a very special tour of the city’s most impressive modernist banks! 

Get ready for geometric compositions, glossy facades and a wealth of architectural history.

The tour will begin at 4pm at the entrance of the Yorkshire Bank HQ, 20 Merrion Way. *pre-bookings only

Tickets are limited so make sure you don’t miss out!

For the safety of attendees, these tours are limited to fifteen attendees. We ask you to wear a face covering, and please keep your distance from others. The tour leader will clarify and offer further advice on the day. Enjoy the tour, and it's good to be back!

This event has been made possible by the support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund

This event is, like all of us, at the mercy of any government lockdown rules, so could be cancelled at any minute. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

(Members can apply discount at checkout.)

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Walk - Preston
Jun
12
11:00 AM11:00

Walk - Preston

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11.00 & 14.00

Meet outside Preston Railway Station. *pre bookings only

Just for the record we'll take a look at the County Records building, a bountiful BT building, beautiful tiles galore and a bus station just for good measure.

The Guildhall awaits and for malevolent miscreants the Magistrates' Courts.  

For the safety of attendees, these tours are limited to fifteen attendees. We ask you to wear a face covering, and please keep your distance from others. The tour leader will clarify and offer further advice on the day. Enjoy the tour, and it's good to be back!

This event has been made possible by the support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund

This event is, like all of us, at the mercy of any government lockdown rules, so could be cancelled at any minute. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

(Members can apply discount at checkout.)

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Walk - Campus Capers Manchester
May
22
11:00 AM11:00

Walk - Campus Capers Manchester

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11.00 & 14.00

Come along and see concrete walls, long lost public art, a once popular pub and much, much more on this comprehensive tour of Manchester's most modern universities.

Feast your eyes and stretch your legs, in the company of the modern Moocher and other equally erudite fellow travellers.

Meet at: the modernist, 58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ. *pre bookings only

For the safety of attendees, these tours are limited to fifteen attendees. We ask you to wear a face covering, and please keep your distance from others. The tour leader will clarify and offer further advice on the day. Enjoy the tour, and it's good to be back!

This event has been made possible by the support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund

This event is, like all of us, at the mercy of any government lockdown rules, so could be cancelled at any minute. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

(Members can apply discount at checkout.)

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Brutal North  : Award-winning photographer Simon Phipps in conversation
Apr
15
6:30 PM18:30

Brutal North : Award-winning photographer Simon Phipps in conversation

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During the post-war years the North of England saw the building of some of the most aspirational, enlightened and successful modernist architecture in the world. The photographer Simon Phipps, whose photographic exploration Brutal North: Post-War Modernist Architecture in the North of England has recently been published, is joined in this discussion by Catherine Croft, Dr Christina Malathouni and Matthew Steele. Taking as their starting point his striking black and white photographs of Brutalist buildings, they will assess their qualities and examine the particular challenges these often astonishing buildings now face. The event coincides with efforts by the Society to increase the number of listings in this category, since even though public attitudes may now be changing in their favour, many are still threatened by destruction or neglect.

Simon Phipps is an award-winning photographer who has published and exhibited extensively in the UK and Europe on Brutalism. In addition to Brutal North (now in its second printing) he has published Concrete Poetry: Post-War Modernist Public Art (2018), Finding Brutalism: A Photographic Survey of Post-War British Architecture (2017) and Brutal London (2016).

Dr Christina Malathouni is an architect and architectural historian with extensive experience in 20th-century architectural heritage. As member of the “Save Preston Bus Station” campaign, she wrote the third (successful) listing application for the building. She is currently Lecturer at the Liverpool School of Architecture.

Matthew Steele is an architectural historian and lecturer at the Manchester School of Architecture. He co-authored Sacred Suburbs (The Modernist, 2015), and has recently contributed to Manchester: Something Rich and Strange (University of Manchester Press, 2020). He provided the detailed building descriptions for Brutal North.

Catherine Croft is Director of the Twentieth Century Society.

Twentieth Century Society Members: £3, non-members £5

Brutal North: Post-War Modernist Architecture in the North of England is published by September Publishing. It is available price £16.99 (+£2.10 postage) from the Modernist Society who are supporting this event.

Organised by C20 Society Northwest, in association with the Twentieth Century Society and the support of the Modernist Society.

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Silent Cursors. Punctuated Journeys : Jen Orpin Exhibition
Apr
13
to Jun 26

Silent Cursors. Punctuated Journeys : Jen Orpin Exhibition

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NEW EXHIBITION DATES

After our recent lockdown we are pleased to announce the opening of the re-scheduled exhibition by Jen Orpin from Tuesday 13th of April 2021.

In partnership with Dr Richard Brook and Dr Luca Csepely-Knorr of Manchester School of Architecture, The Modernist Society is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by Jen Orpin.

We have long admired Jen’s work and are privileged to show a curated selection of her recent paintings concerning a landscape of empty roads and bridges. Jen’s work draws attention to the invisible presence of the highway and its nature as a ubiquitous constant. In so doing, it asks all sorts of questions about landmarks, thresholds, nostalgias and is particularly poignant right now when our movement is so heavily restricted.

Our long-time collaborators, Richard and Luca, are conducting a research project about the values that people place on ‘Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure’ and in parallel with the exhibition they will ran a series of online conversations, with pairings of visual and literary artists whose works also address infrastructure. Jen was in conversation with author Gareth Rees, chaired by Dr David Cooper, in January 2021 and a recording of the conversation cab be seen here..

In Jen’s words:

These paintings are part of a series of work exploring the relationships we have to the journeys made to and from the places that hold significance in our lives. The subject matter of motorway bridges and the open road form a major role in sparking memories and nostalgia connected to these journeys. Some of them have been part of the landscape for many years, landmarks that provide a familiar and constant in the journey and a visual reminder of where you are. Some are huge feats of construction, facilitating roads or railway lines above and some are small slithers of concrete wide enough only for a walkway. Each though, has an equal significance to the visual landscape of the journey, punctuating and often reminding us of where we’re up too and how much further we have to go.

The Modernist, 58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ

Open 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday

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Apr
1
6:30 PM18:30

C20 Society - Spring Lecture Series Cities of the British Isles: Swansea

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Coinciding with the launch of the Swansea chapter of the Modernist Society, Catrin Saran James presents April’s lecture from our chums at the Twentieth century Society..

Swansea - Presented by Catrin Saran James

‘With travel remaining restricted, the Spring lecture series will take a tour of the British Isles. Each lecture will consider key twentieth-century developments in one location, offering a mixture of the familiar and the unexpected. From the 'new city' of Milton Keynes to Dublin and Edinburgh, where new buildings sat alongside historic architecture, we'll explore the modern urban landscape in all its variety.

The destruction of Swansea in the Second World War, after the three nights blitz of February 1941, left a devastated town centre that had lost its heart, soul and architectural character. Following the war a redevelopment plan was undertaken based on pre-war modernist proposals.

Catrin will look at the post war buildings that brought back civic pride to the city centre. She will also discuss the concrete sculptural mural of 1968 on the façade of the Central Clinic in Orchard Street which is currently at risk. The mural was the work of the sculptor Harry Everington when he was Head of Fine Art at Swansea College of Art in the 1960s.

Catrin James is an archivist and artist who works on the post war architecture of South Wales. She created work for the Cultural Olympiad for Wales in 2012.

We’ll send you a Zoom link by email after you book, which will enable you to “join” the event, and we’ll be using the Q&A function to take questions at the end. If you’ve not used Zoom before, clicking on the Zoom link will take you through the set-up process, hopefully simply and smoothly! You should receive an automated link within an hour of booking so please check your spam/junk emails if you haven't received this. Any further problems please contact coordinator@c20society.org.uk.’

C20 Society Members: £3, non-members £5

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Mar
11
6:00 PM18:00

ARCHITECTURE MATTERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD ONLINE EVENT

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Image: N. Tukaj - CENTRAL POST OFFICE

 

ARCHITECTURE MATTERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD PRESENTS: 

Huriye Armağan Doğan, Architecture and Construction Institute Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania 

Perception of cultural heritage: A Case Study of the Modern Movement 

Thursday, 11 March: 6-7:30pm [GMT] 

 

Memories are often shaped and prompted by verbal, written, or visual stimuli. Architecture also can form, solidify, and prompt memories of the city and its citizens. The perception of buildings is therefore linked with the potential of buildings to prompt memories. This talk introduces a method of analysis that seeks to understand the process of ‘Memory Formation’ and of perceptions, as both are essential to the role of buildings in the built environment.   

 

Qualitative surveys and eye-tracking experiments executed on the example of buildings of the Modern Movement can help in measuring the perception and assessment of facades. The applicability of this method is found in analysing the ways in which Modern Architecture is perceived by, for example, different age groups or by people from diverse cultural and social backgrounds, which can lead to a more informed perspective of built heritage and to an enhanced comprehension of its perception. 

 

Architecture Matters is facilitated via the BSc (Hons) course page at the University of Salford:  

https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/bbbe516ae4474da28cd106aeab725aa7 

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Jen Orpin and Gareth E. Rees : In conversation - Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure
Jan
26
5:30 PM17:30

Jen Orpin and Gareth E. Rees : In conversation - Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure

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On line discussion

Our long-time collaborators, Richard and Luca at Manchester School of Architecture, are conducting a research project about the values that people place on ‘Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure’ and in parallel with our exhibition, Silent Cursors. Punctuated Journeys, they will be running a series of online conversations, with pairings of visual and literary artists whose works also address infrastructure.

Jen Orpin and Gareth E. Rees, compèred by David Cooper

Our Zoom webinar format can host 100 participants. Please only sign up and register if you intend to attend.

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Kevin Crooks with Helen Angell : In conversation - Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure
Jan
21
5:30 PM17:30

Kevin Crooks with Helen Angell : In conversation - Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure

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On line discussion

Our long-time collaborators, Richard and Luca at Manchester School of Architecture, are conducting a research project about the values that people place on ‘Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure’ and in parallel with our exhibition, Silent Cursors. Punctuated Journeys, they will be running a series of online conversations, with pairings of visual and literary artists whose works also address infrastructure.

Kevin Crooks with Helen Angell, compèred by Luca Csepely-Knorr

Our Zoom webinar format can host 100 participants. Please only sign up and register if you intend to attend.

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Martyn J Bull with Brian Lewis: In conversation - Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure
Jan
19
5:30 PM17:30

Martyn J Bull with Brian Lewis: In conversation - Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure

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On line discussion

Our long-time collaborators, Richard and Luca at Manchester School of Architecture, are conducting a research project about the values that people place on ‘Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure’ and in parallel with our exhibition, Silent Cursors. Punctuated Journeys, they will be running a series of online conversations, with pairings of visual and literary artists whose works also address infrastructure.

First up - Martyn J Bull with Brian Lewis, compèred by Mark Thomas

Our Zoom webinar format can host 100 participants. Please only sign up and register if you intend to attend

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Leeds Looks Back...Windows on a Modern World - Fringe Event
Dec
17
6:00 PM18:00

Leeds Looks Back...Windows on a Modern World - Fringe Event

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Presented by the Leeds Civic Trust:

Join a panel of distinguished speakers, including author and social historian John Grindrod, as we explore the Leeds of the 70's

About this Event

To coincide with the recently launched Leeds Modernists’ ‘Windows on a Modern World’ city centre drum-poster trail and exhibition, the Leeds Civic Trust are delighted to invite you to this special fringe event.

During this informal panel discussion, hear from special guest speakers, including ‘Concretopia’ author and social historian, John Grindrod, as they highlight some of the rare and striking images of a city on the cusp of change.

Through these images we'll consider the societal, economic and architectural legacies which continue to impact on us today.

Additional speakers to be announced soon.

This is an on-line event. To register click here.

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Windows on a Modern World: Leeds in the 1970s
Dec
4
to Dec 17

Windows on a Modern World: Leeds in the 1970s

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Leeds Modernists’ Windows on a Modern World: Leeds in the 1970s, launches on Friday 4th December!

We are taking over 6 poster drums across the city centre for two weeks to showcase 6 incredible photographs of Leeds in the 1970s. These rare, reportage images were captured by David Hick, Lecturer in 'Traffic Engineering' at Leeds Polytechnic (now Leeds Beckett University) and long-standing member of Leeds Civic Trust Planning Committee. His impressive private collection has been gifted to and curated by local artist, Clifford Stead. A unique piece of Cliff's work will occupy the sixth drum, depicting the former site of the sadly lost, Leeds International Pool.

Each poster drum has been carefully selected to mirror a historic photograph and scene. The trail will be amongst the city, plastered onto its existing infrastructure. The city will act as a contextualised gallery, where each location is intrinsic to the image presented.

Head into our city centre from Friday 4th December – Thursday 17th December and wander through the 6 following locations:

1.WELLINGTON STREET

2.CITY SQUARE

3.EASTGATE

4.BRIGGATE

5.THE HEADROW

6.WESTGATE

To see previews of the posters head over to our Instagram! #Leeds1970s

A big thank to all of our sponsors, who have made this project possible.

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Take a trip to a University or two..POSTPONED
Nov
7
1:00 PM13:00

Take a trip to a University or two..POSTPONED

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Take a trip to a University or two - baffling concrete walls, exotic stairways to who knows where.

Hidden public art, public public art and all points in between.

Come along on a Modern Manchester Mooch get educated on a campus caper

As with all our COVID era walks only 6 people are allowed to attend so this we be done via a random lottery - with initial priority going Modernist Society members.

Please email eddy@modernist-society.org with your name and whether you are a member before midday on Monday and we will select people at random.

From 1 pm until 2.30 pm Saturday 7th Novmber 2020 - £9 regular price / £7 members

Meet 1.00 at Modernist HQ, 58 Port Street Manchester.

For the safety of attendees, and in-line with current advice, these tours are limited to six attendees. We ask you to wear a face covering, and please keep your distance from others (face coverings and hand sanitiser will be made available). The tour leader will clarify and offer further advice on the day. Enjoy the tour, and it's good to be back!

This event has been made possible by the support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund

This event is, like all of us, at the mercy of any government lockdown rules, so could be cancelled at any minute. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

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Stockport Mooch (afternoon) POSTPONED
Oct
31
2:00 PM14:00

Stockport Mooch (afternoon) POSTPONED

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From the wavy GMPTE window by way of the spiral car park ramp drainage area - discover the hidden and obvious joys of Stockport.

The Modern Moocher takes you up and down hills, stairways and concrete footbridges.

As with all our COVID era walks only 6 people are allowed to attend so this we be done via a random lottery - with initial priority going Modernist Society members.

Please email eddy@modernist-society.org with your name and whether you are a member before midday on Monday and we will select people at random.

From 2 pm until 4 pm Saturday 31st October 2020

Meet 2 pm outside the Plaza Super Cinema in Mersey Square - £9 regular price / £7 members

For the safety of attendees, and in-line with current advice, these tours are limited to six attendees. We ask you to wear a face covering, and please keep your distance from others (face coverings and hand sanitiser will be made available). The tour leader will clarify and offer further advice on the day. Enjoy the tour, and it's good to be back!

This event has been made possible by the support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund

This event is, like all of us, at the mercy of any government lockdown rules, so could be cancelled at any minute. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

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