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Lecture:Daniel Libeskind Speaks at FIT’s Annual Holocaust Commemoration Event
United Kingdom Architecture News - Apr 24, 2014 - 12:39 1657 views
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014, 1:00PM - 2:00PM, FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HAFT AUDITORIUM
In commemoration of the Holocaust, the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) will host a free talk by world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind on Thursday, April 24 at 1:00 pm.
Libeskind will present the concepts behind such projects as the Jewish Museum Berlin, the Danish Jewish Museum, the Felix Nussbaum Museum, and the Military History Museum in Dresden. The son of Holocaust survivors, Libeskind will also discuss his deep personal connection he feels when accepting commissions for projects addressing Jewish history and his desire to create work that testifies to both the traumas of that history and the resilience of the human spirit.
Throughout the day on April 24, members of the FIT community will read the names of Holocaust victims in the David Dubinsky Student Center dining hall (9:00 am – 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm). In addition, an exhibition of Libeskind’s architectural drawings and photographs will be on display in the Dubinsky Student Center Lobby from April 21 – April 25.
A digital version of the exhibition will be on view outside the Morris W. and Fannie B. Haft Auditorium, where the talk is being held.
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