Cold War Modern: Design 1945-70

The exhibition explores the extraordinary developments in modern architecture and design in this period of high political tension. Presenting modern art, design, architecture and film from both sides of the Iron Curtain, the exhibition examines the anxieties and expectations, hopes and fears of the Cold War world. In this talk, she will outline the themes of the exhibition, which include architecture and social reconstruction; the conscription of modern art into cold war politics; Berlin as the epicentre of the Cold War; technological experimentation in the period; the space race; nuclear anxieties; counter-cultures and utopian visions of the 1960s.

Organized by Bürgerverein Hansaviertel e.V. in cooperation with Hausder Kulturen der Welt