Coinciding with the publication of The Alienation Effect, Owen Hatherley discussed the influence of central European émigrés on British cultural life.
In the 1930s, tens of thousands of central Europeans sought sanctuary from fascism in Britain. They brought with them new and radical ideas, and as they began to rebuild their lives and livelihoods, they transformed the face of Britain forever.
Drawing on an immense cast of artists and intellectuals, including celebrated figures like Erno Goldfinger, forgotten luminaries like Ruth Glass, and a host of larger-than-life visionaries and charlatans, the historian Owen Hatherley argues that in the resulting clash between European modernism and British moderation, our imaginations were fundamentally realigned and remade for the better.
This lecture was originally filmed on Thursday 17th July at the Barbican Centre.
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