Event Details
Reconstruction of the Hannover Merzbau at the Sprengel Museum, 1983
MERZBAU INSTALLATION
ARCHITECTURAL RECONSTRUCTIONS WORKSHOP
Exploring new architectural, art and advanced digital technologies in researching and reconstructing Kurt Schwitters’ seminal Merzbau projects and related sculptures. Three day intensive team-based workshop programme with hands on experience in reconstructing all four of Schwitters key Merzbaus.
Participants will be experimenting with different media, construction techniques, and large scale model making, and will also be working under the supervision of leading international Merzbau / Schwitters experts;
Peter Bissegger (Zurich),
Dr Gwendolen Webster (Aachen),
Dr Dorothea Dietrich (Corcoran, Washington),
Andrew Shepherd (Architectural Association),
PLASMA studios
The aim of the workshop is to assemble in one venue (for the first time) all the available information; texts, 3D fragments, drawings, photographs and other documentation relating to Schwitters’ four key Merzbau projects; i.e. the MERZDORF as a temporary MERZBAU research village.
The workshops and seminar are open to artists, architects, art students and art restoration practitioners.
Workshops fee: £15 students / £25 waged.
Places are limited and applications will be on a First come basis.
Workshops run from 10am - 5.00pm daily
Link to RCA Visitor Information
(NB please use Jay Mews entrance to the Royal College of Art)
Reconstruction of Schwittershytta in Madrid (photo: Adam Lowe)
Spadeadam, UNITED KINGDOM