Petra Ceferin : Constructing a legend

Petra Ceferin offers a fresh, critical perspective on how the global image of Finnish architecture was shaped during the 1957–1967 international exhibitions.
Kenelle: For those interested in architecture and cultural history.
In Constructing a Legend, architect-researcher Petra Ceferin takes a critical, strikingly fresh look at
the international image surrounding Finnish architecture today, and more importantly, what lies
behind it, why this particular image emerged.
The Museum of Finnish Architecture was created, in part, to promote Finnish architecture abroad.
Employing a series of carefully crafted exhibition tours comprised largely of photographs, the
museum strove to define and disseminate the best architecture the country had to offer. Both the
name and work of the renown Alvar Aalto lent credibility and celebrity to these events, capturing
the imagination of the public and the press alike.
Ceferin sees this exhibition-process as the making of a legend, a rich story handed down from the
past, the truth of which she questions with a rare mix of revealing empirical research and a sharp
sense of investigative irony.
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