ETH Zürich’s Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) 2014 new program

William Leavitt, Body Space, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, fiberglass, wood, artificial plant and vermiculite, 89 3/4 x 156 x 73 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York. Photograph: Jason Mandella.

gta Exhibitions Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) | ETH Zürich New program 2014 ETH Zürich Institute for the History and Theory of ArchitectureHIL C 75Stefano Franscini-Platz 58093 ZürichSwitzerland www.ausstellungen.gta.arch.ethz.ch

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New directors: We are pleased to announce the new directors of gta Exhibitions: Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen. They will continue gta Exhibitions’ successful curatorial and communication work. gta Exhibitions has been part of the Institute of the History and Theory of Architecture (gta)—and hence the ETH Zürich Architecture Department—since 1975. Thanks to the efforts of Philippe Carrard, who ran it for over 25 years, gta has established itself as an influential institution for architecture exhibitions in Switzerland. The exhibition program will serve as an interface between theory and practice, showcasing research and teaching in the Architecture Department. Fischli and Olsen will seek to sharpen the profile of this division within the department and foster ongoing discussion of its functions and facets.  Program 2014 The Walk. Naples­–Karlsruhe–Zürich 21 February–11 April gta Exhibitions HIL, Hönggerberg ETH Zürich Stefano-Fanscini-Platz 5 8093 Zürich Switzerland Opening program: Thursday, 20 February 1pm: Walk-through the underground of Hönggerberg 3pm: Roundtable on the subject of The Walk in art and architecture with Professor Dr. Philip Ursprung (ETH Zürich); Professor Armin Linke (HfG Karlsruhe); Professor Michael Clegg (HfG Karlsruhe); Lorenzo Romito (Stalker); and Giulia Fiocca (Stalker) The Walk is both a study and the upshot of a long-term project at the interface between photography and architecture. The point of departure for this project was an excursion to Italy in October 2012, which brought together students from the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe (HfG, University of Arts and Design in Karlsruhe, Germany) and the ETH Zürich. Applying the principle that structures of public space can be laid bare by traversing an area on foot, the group walked across the outlying areas between Naples and Pompeii. As a reflection on and reaction to this walk, the students from ETH's Department of Architecture and HfG’s New Media Art & Photography Department put together an exhibition on the concept of a walk through the underground of Hönggerberg. William Leavitt: Sidereal time 16 April–21 May gta Exhibitions Main hall, centre ETH Zürich Rämistrasse 101 8092 Zürich Switzerland gta Exhibitions HIL, Hönggerberg ETH Zürich Stefano-Fanscini-Platz 5 8093 Zürich Switzerland Opening program: Wednesday, 16 April 5pm: Roundtable with William Leavitt, Ann Goldstein, Fredi Fischli, and Niels Olsen. Edition Patrick Frey will also be launching the book, William Leavitt–The Particles. William Leavitt is one of the most seminal pioneers of conceptual art in Los Angeles, helping significantly to establish the genre in the late 1960s and1970s. gta Exhibitions will present Leavitt’s first institutional solo exhibition in Switzerland, showing new works.