wednesdays 31

Az W-Theme Night

With Anette Baldauf, Dorit Margreiter, Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber

2001: Las Vegas is supposed to be developing into a real city. With the introduction of art, the pompous Strip and the previously neglected Downtown areas are competing for authentic urbanity. On the Strip the Hotel Venetian is opening a branch of the Guggenheim designed by Rem Koolhaas and Frank Gehry, and with the completion of a museum in Downtown Las Vegas Mayor Goodman wants to establish a cultivated urban lifestyle. To what extent can the integration of art in the entertainment industry ensue free from friction? Can the museums successfully fill the gap between high-culture and mass-culture, between entertainment and everyday urbanity?

Programme:

7:00 P.M.
Introduction:
Anette Baldauf and Dorit Margreiter

Followed by:
‘Remake Las Vegas’ by Anette Baldauf and Dorit Margreiter, 2001, DV, 18 min
with Kurt Ouchida (The Venetian), Hal Rothman (sociologist), Oscar Goodman (mayor of Downtown Las Vegas), Jon Jerde (architect), Marjorie Polly and Earl White (Downtown Central Development Committee, Las Vegas), Mark Scarborough (Arts Factory, Las Vegas), DJ Freddie (Las Vegas), Kelly Creiggs (Nevada Arts Council), Margaret Crawford (historian), Norman Klein (historian)

7:30 P.M.
Slide Show & Lecture: Sabine Bitter, Helmut Weber
Guggenheim, Las Vegas

Followed by a discussion with Anette Baldauf, Dorit Margreiter, Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber

Lounge, Bar + DJ

Links:
City of Las Vegas
Downtown Central Development Committee Las Vegas
Freemont Street Experience
Hotel Venetian
Guggenheim Las Vegas
Arts Factory Las Vegas
Nevada Arts Council
Sabine Bitter / Helmut Weber
Jon Jerde