Radio-Activities
All Photos: Kim Forman
The exhibition Radio-Activities showcases the built infrastructure for radio in Berlin, from the Weimar Republic to the Cold War era. Through the presentation of sounds, archival drawings, and cartographic representations, it offers a unique perspective on the interplay between politics, electronic media, and architecture. Thiermannâs book of the same name, published by MIT Press, makes its debut at the vernissage.
The research spans from the Weimar Republic to the Cold War, focusing on Berlinâs radio infrastructure. 60 years after the Berlin Wallâs construction, the exhibition re-examines the coexistence of opposing political and aesthetic worldviews within the city. It highlights how radio waves crossed the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall, using different architectural means to conquer, protect, and compete over fluctuating borders. âRadio-Activitiesâ reveals the material aspects of seemingly invisible infrastructures, questioning the stability of buildings and walls in the context of technology, politics, and mass media, and examining their relevance in our hyper-connected world.
Alfredo Thiermann is an architect and professor of the history and theory of architecture at the Ăcole polytechnique fĂ©dĂ©rale in Lausanne. He explores the intersection between architecture and media, focusing on the relationship between the environment, politics, and information technologies. Alfredo Thiermann is a Rome Prize winner for the 2022/23 cohort. The exhibition is part of the festival âSummer of the ArtsâVilla Massimo Guests in Stuttgart.â
This exhibition is part of: Summer of Arts. Villa Massimo visits Stuttgart: 18 artists, eight institutions. July 18âJuly 22, 2024.
A cooperation between: architekturgalerie am weissenhof, Bund Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten BDA Baden-WĂŒrttemberg, Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Musik der Jahrhunderte, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, StĂ€dtebau-Institut UniversitĂ€t Stuttgart, Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier. Thanks to HITAM members Pedro Correa, Ella Neumaier, and Xavier Nueno.
Sponsered by: Baden-WĂŒrttemberg Stiftung, Kulturstiftung der LĂ€nder, Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, Ministerium fĂŒr Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-WĂŒrttemberg and the Laboratory for History and Theories of Architecture, Technology and Media (HITAM) at the EÌcole polytechnique feÌdeÌrale in Lausanne.
Exhibition design by Maite RaschillĂĄ Kausel. / Graphic design by SomethingFantastic. / Sound design by Pablo Thiermann.
https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/619006/alfredo-thiermannradio-activities/
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Radio-Activities: Publication
Release on June 25, 2024