The Materiality of a Pavilion: Agency of Materials at the Czecho-Slovak Pavilion in the Turbulent Times of 1938‒1940

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Materiality of a Pavilion: Agency of Materials at the Czecho-Slovak Pavilion in the Turbulent Times of 1938‒1940
Original language description
The Czecho-Slovak pavilion which was built at the World Fair in the Flushing Meadows Park in 1939 and 1940 has been recently described and interpreted numerously in terms of politics of architecture and cultural politics of international exhibitions. Its conceptual continuity with the previous Paris pavilion in 1937, or its eventful preparation under the “Second Republic” and the rise of the Bohemian and Moravian Protectorate are well known as well as the Czechoslovak bizarre interpretation of the American historic milestone – the diorama of George Washington‘s inauguration that was exhibited there. What I think is missing in discussing the inter-war national World Fair pavilions is the relationship between the architectural and design forms of the buildings themselves, the exhibition layouts and the purpose of the states’ participation, which was rather the promotion of international trade and resources/product export than showing off distinctive national cultures on the one hand and national moderni
Czech name
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Czech description
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Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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