Lecture by Fanti Baum
Landscape is often a promise based on rest and relaxation. But what makes these landscapes political? Conversely, one could say that landscape has always been political, but where or why can distraction be found in these landscapes? The lecture is based on encounters with two places: a village in Brandenburg and the Croatian archipelago of Brijuni. The first is a former holiday village for international diplomats in the GDR, while the archipelago appears as a place where diplomatic gifts are collected: a zoo. The lecture: nothing but a promise, – or an experiment.
In the scope of the exhibition SOLASTALGIE, the lecture series “Walks through living landscapes. Perspectives from three positions” has been conceived by Daniela Ortiz dos Santos, Carsten Ruhl, and Tim Pickartz through a collaboration between the the Center for Critical Studies in Architecture (CCSA) and the Museum Giersch der Goethe-Universität (MGGU).
The lecture will be held in German.
Free of charge / No registration required.
28 January 2026
6 p.m.
Museum Giersch der Goethe-Universität
Schaumainkai 83
60596 Frankfurt am Main
