Name: New Dawn for Europe in Conversation
Start: 2022-10-22T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2022-10-22T19:30:00+01:00
Location: The Old Chapel

New Dawn for Europe in Conversation

Anise Gallery

Paul Raftery (architectural photographer), Paul Betts (Professor in European History Oxford) & Cathy Slessor (architecture critic & writer)

The Old Chapel

Running alongside Paul Raftery&#x27;s current exhibition &#x27;New Dawn for Europe&#x27; he will be in conversation with Paul Betts and Cathy Slessor. Their discussion will focus on public spaces, the history of these spaces for uniting people and how they have been documented over the years. ‘New Dawn for Europe’ is a stunning collection of photographs by renowned architectural photographer Paul Raftery. Taking him across 9 countries over 3 years he shot sites where democracy manifested itself, where people of all ages came together to demand political change. Each site was shot at the same time of day, the break of dawn, the beginning of a new day, the beginning of a new political era.Guests are welcome to arrive from 5pm for a chance to view the exhibition and have a drink, the talk will start at 5:30pm. Tickets are free but please register so that we have an idea of numbers.Although this talk won&#x27;t appeal to kids they are most welcome and we can provide some simple activities to keep them amused!

PanelPaul RafteryAs an architectural photographer, Paul Raftery has an international reputation, shooting top projects around the world for design agencies, developers, architects, construction groups and architectural magazines.He makes architectural videos as part of Raftery and Lowe, creating timelapse, motion control and live-action films. This work has been shown at the Royal Academy, New York’s Gagosian Gallery and in numerous film festivals including the Architecture and Design Film Festival in New York and LA.Paul also shoots the evolving urban landscape in the former Eastern Europe and USSR. His project “Berlin Voids” has been exhibited in London and Berlin. He recently visited Kazakhstan and Ukraine to document Soviet and post-Soviet architecture and cityscapes.Paul BettsPaul Betts is Professor of Modern European History at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Within Walls: Private Life in the German Democratic Republic and The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design, along with seven co-edited volumes. He has long been interested the relationship between European culture and politics over the course of the 20th century, with special focus on material culture, photography, memory, human rights and private life.Catherine Slessor Catherine Slessor is an architectural critic, editor and writer. Currently she is a Contributing Editor to the Architectural Review and was its Editor between 2010 and 2015. She has written for numerous publications, including the Observer, Guardian, Architects’ Journal, Icon and Dezeen.Catherine studied architecture at the University of Edinburgh and was in private practice for a time before defecting into journalism. She also holds a Masters degree in Architectural History and Theory from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and in 2016, was awarded an MBE for services to architectural journalism.

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