Lectures and Events

Lina Bo Bardi: Together Seminar

This seminar was held in the ICA cinema on 10 November 2012.

The Italian architect Lina Bo Bardi moved to Brazil, the country she made her home, in 1946 at the age of 31. Her extraordinary legacy as an architect, set designer, editor, illustrator, furniture designer and curator has yet to be fully acknowledged. This seminar is a unique opportunity to learn about Bo Bardi’s work from Brazilian experts in her areas of work, and from the architects who worked with her.

Introduction by Noemí Blager, curator of Lina Bo Bardi Together
Lecture 1: Lina Bo Bardi in the frame of Brazilian Modern Architecture, by Renato Anelli, Architect and Professor of the University of Sao Paulo

Lecture 2: Lina Bo Bardi is Brazilian culture: modern, old and popular, by Marcelo Suzuki, Architect, former associate of Lina Bo Bardi

Lecture 3: The Making of SESC Pompéia, by Marcelo Ferraz, Architect, former associate of Lina Bo Bardi

Roundtable discussion with the above lecturers joined by Architect Tony Fretton and Observer architecture critic Rowan Moore

Cultural Connections: The Art Centre in Brazil and the UK

This event was held at Southbank Centre at 18:30 on 29 November 2012

Jude Kelly and Danilo Santos de Miranda discuss the role of the arts centre in cultural life in the UK and Brazil.

Jude Kelly is Artistic Director of Southbank Centre and Danilo Santos de Miranda is the Director of Serviço Social do Comércio in Sao Paolo state. Together they discuss access, ambition, international programming and the partnerships they are building around the world.

The discussion is chaired by Graham Sheffield, Director of Arts for the British Council.

The event is part of ‘Lina Bo Bardi - Together’, which pays tribute to the architect Lina Bo Bardi’s capacity to engage with every facet of culture and to see the potential in people.