Symposium: Moving Away – Bauhaus Pedagogy

Speakers include Kathleen James Chakroborty; Gulam Mohammed Sheikh; Sabih Ahmed; Anshuman Dasgupta; Suchitra Balasubrahmanyan; Mayank Mansingh Kaul; David Abraham; Tanishka Kachru; S. Blaram; Saif Ul Haque; Kazi Ashraf; Prasad Shetty; Rupali Gupta; and Natasha Ginwalla

 

Established in 1919 in the immediate aftermath of WWI, the Bauhaus reflected a generation who wished to reject its nationalistic and authoritarian past. While the school is associated with iconic works of modernist design, its innovations were significant in terms of teaching. Bauhaus pedagogy was not a unified phenomenon, but like the school itself, its identity and methods were contested and adapted during its various phases. The centenary project bauhaus imaginista provides a unique opportunity to think about art and design pedagogy and its relation to society from a transnational perspective

 

(Collaboration: Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan)