Josep Llus Sert: A Nomadic

Dream

ARCHITECTURE
CHICAGO

Wed, May 20, 2015

6:00 pm 7:30 pm
Venue
Graham Foundation, 4 W Burton Pl,
Chicago, IL 60610
Admission
Seating will be very limited, and
event entry will be on a first-come,
first-serve basis. RSVP does not
guarantee entry, so please plan to
arrive early. Doors will open at 5:30
pm.
More information
MAS Context

A new feature documentary on the life and career of Jos Luis

Sert, a groundbreaking architect and innovator in city planning
and urban development.

Credits
Presented by MAS Context in
collaboration with the Graham
Foundation.

The documentary, written and directed by Pablo Bujosa Rodrguez, tells

the story of Josep Llus Sert, a talented architect, city planner, and
contemporary of Mir, Calder, and Picasso, and his indelible impact on the
course of American architecture.
Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design from 1953 to 1969, Sert
fled Spain during the Civil War and immigrated to the United States where
he lived for almost forty years. Sert had a connection to Chicago as he
was part of the Graham Foundation Advisory Board when the institution
was founded in 1956.
The film features never before seen archival footage as well as interviews
with contemporaries of Sert including Rafael Moneo (architect and former
Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design), Robert Campbell
(architect, journalist, 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner, and former colleague of
Sert), Robert Gardner (filmmaker, former Director of the Carpenter Center
for Visual Arts at Harvard University, and personal friend of Sert), and
Gerald & Nina Holton (personal friends of Sert and current owners of the
Sert home in Cambridge).

Embassy of Spain Cultural Office | 2375 Pennsylvania Avenue NW | Washington, D.C. 20037 | Tel: (202) 728-2334
View this event online: http://www.spainculture.us/city/chicago/josep-lluis-sert-a-nomadic-dream/
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Embassy of Spain Cultural Office | 2375 Pennsylvania Avenue NW | Washington, D.C. 20037 | Tel: (202) 728-2334
View this event online: http://www.spainculture.us/city/chicago/josep-lluis-sert-a-nomadic-dream/
PDF created on 07/14/2015 | Page 2 of 2