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Fragments of Metropolis: Rhein & Ruhr

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City

eutsches Haus at NYU and the University Alliance Ruhr New Yorkpresent "Fragments of Metropolis – Rhein & Ruhr," a panel discussion among Barry Bergdoll, Niels Lehmann, and Christoph Rauhut.  The architecture of expressionism powerfully heralded in Central Europe the onset of the roaring twenties. On the occasion of the publication of the bilingual German and English volume Fragments of Metropolis – Rhein & Ruhr (Hirmer Verlag, 2016), the publishers, authors…

The (Political) Forms of Technology

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City

Industrial cinema in post WWII Italy aimed to present industrial facilities as active producers of wealth, development and democracy for the new Italian Republic. In particular, it wished to present Italian technical know-how and heavy industry as a young dynamic State, opposed to the traditional imagery of Italy as a sedated, immobilized country. Combining the style of old fascist propaganda with a more experimental language, industrial or corporate cinema established…