Ideal Spaces News Update

Mughal Banaras: An Exhibition on forgotten Histories in a Troubled Present

Ideal Spaces was invited by our partner, architect Jateen Lad, member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, to the launch of his photographic exhibition, taking place at The Brunei / SOAS Gallery in Bloomsbury, Central London. The visual exhibition of large format photographs and a film, made by Jateen Lad and informed by the historical and ethnographic field research of Malavika Kasturi from the University Toronto/Canada, addressed the loss of cultural heritage in its effects on cultural memory, identity, and social cohesion. The Indian city of Banaras (Varanasi) just served as a case study of the destruction of architectural cultural heritage and in its wake, the loss of identity to be observed all over the world. Jateen Lad and Ulrich Gehmann discussed possibilities of a project in this direction.       

Urban Eidos Journal

Based on the special issue on citizenship, identity, and place, we are in the process of preparing our next issue, addressing the demise of the today’s city. The individual topics addressed can be found at https://urban-eidos.com/call-for-contributions/. In this issue, we look for contributions in our art section.

Podcasts

On our German website, we released a podcast with architect Mike Maisch about reestablishing classical building techniques in modern constructions. On our English website, we continued with our series about the younger generation, interviewing architectural students about their visions of a city of the future.

Social Platforms

We continued our work on the diverse social media platforms, namely Reddit, Substack, Medium, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn. For our Facebook Discussion Group, we also added new articles. They can be seen at our Ideal Spaces group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/820082393600717 

Gallery Visit in Baden-Baden

 Dr. Ulrich Gehmann and Grant Raynham, Ideal Spaces Foundation, met with Sonja Bell,Galerie Bell in Baden-Baden for discussions on the role of art as societal indicator.