Hideouts : architecture of survival : reflections on the exhibition by Natalia Romik / editors, Mirjam Wenzel, Kuba Szreder, Natalia Romik, Aleksandra Janus, Katja Janitschek.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Romik, Natalia, 1983-

Wenzel, Mirjam, editor.

Szreder, Kuba, editor.

Janus, Alexandra, editor.

Janitschek, Katja, editor.

Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt a.M., host institution.

Standardized Title:

Hideouts (Hatje Cantz)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and architecture--Exhibitions.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and architecture.

Romik, Natalia, 1983---Exhibitions.

Romik, Natalia.

Architecture, Modern--20th century--Social aspects--Exhibitions.

Architecture, Modern.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

147 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Architecture of survival

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2024]

Summary:

"Approximately 50,000 Jews survived the Holocaust in occupied Poland and Ukraine, some of them using hideouts. Driven by necessity, they were forced to seek refuge in unlikely and seemingly unsuited places such as tree hollows, closets, basements or sewers-staying there for days, and sometimes even years. They are a testament to the architectural creativity of those who had to secure the basic means of sustaining life with minimal resources, without being able to radically alter the space available to them. Architect, scholar and artist Natalia Romik has identified and studied several hideouts that still exist today. Her research, resulting in the exhibition Hideouts. The Architecture of Survival, accentuates the material and spatial dimensions of living in hiding, gathering the evidence of vernacular, architectural creativity employed under life-threatening conditions. This interdisciplinary catalogue, addresses the fundamental question of the function of architecture in relation to the history of violence and our culture of commemoration"--publisher's website.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Exhibition "Natalia Romik. Hideouts. The Architecture of Survival" organized by Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt, February 29-August 31 2024.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Jewish Museum Frankfurt, March 1 - September 1, 2024.

ISBN:

9783775755962

3775755969

OCLC:

1424630658

Publisher Number:

CIPO000059208