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Julia Zinnbauer, Nacht der Museen, the pool Düsseldorf. Part of the lecture was also the very first flyover that was built in Ludwigshafen, the so-called "Pilzhochstraße" (Foto: Nina Fandler)
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Last
Saturday I gave my lecture perforformance about the architectural
relation between Düsseldorf and the United States after the Second
World War as part of the Nacht der Museen at the pool – five times all in all! In
addition to that I presented short films that dealt with post-war
modernist architecture and excerpts from my film FLYOVER.
It
was a lovely and intense experience to be in the underground pool
that Paul Schneider-Esleben designed for himself in the 1960s and to
entertain and inform the guests - especially at midnight, when the
pool was about to be closed and those people, who were watching my
videos really asked me for one last show and we thereby we managed to
extend the night.
As
textiles and fashion are important elements of my projects, I was
wearing the dress that I made years ago and that is part of the
catalogue by Baukultur NRW that was published on the occasion of
their exhibition celebrating the 100th birthday of Paul
Schneider-Esleben.
It
was really cool that in the screening room there was a door that
directly opened to the garage. The door became part of my performance
and helped me demonstrate the idea of the car-friendly city. I
explained how the actress Luise Rainer moved from Düsseldorf to Los
Angeles and won two Oscars and how Richard Neutra took part in the
competition for the design of the new theatre building, I talked
about the Tausendflüßler, Düsseldorf's beautiful flyover that was
demolished years ago and of course I mentioned the Horten Headquaters
that were built as Gemany's first open-plan office.
Thank
you for all your beautiful photos, dear Nina Fandler! In your photos
you show me exactly like I would like to be seen.