MIRANDA DI CARCACI | DATE 6/18/2013

PIN-UP Launches 'Fire Island Modernist' at The Standard Highline

On May 6th, a discussion about Fire Island Modernism and the legacy of architect Horace Gifford took place at the Standard High Line. The talk featured Fire Island Modernist author Chris Rawlins, architect Charles Renfro, New Museum Deputy Director Karen Wong, architect Matthias Hollwich and designer Rafael de Cardenas, and was moderated by PIN-UP editor Felix Burrichter. The audience witnessed a pre-AIDS world resurrected before them, in both the pictures of Gifford’s houses and the sun-kissed Polaroids taken by Tom Bianchi during the same era. The discussion ranged from gay sexual liberation to ecological sensibilities, revealing the significance of these houses to be far beyond their primary function as dwellings.

Fire Island Modernist author Christopher Bascom Rawlins and PIN-UP editor Felix Burrichter.

Designer Michael Bargo and friends.

Architect Reinaldo Leandro, publisher / author Michael Bullock and photographer Rosalie Knox.

DJ Honey Djon.

Panelists Christopher Rawlins, Felix Burrichter, Matthias Hollwich, Karen Wong and Rafael de Cardenas.

FIPPS Director Fabian Bernal and Michael Stipe.

Publicist Brian Phillips, PIN-UP editor Felix Burrichter and designer Rafael de Cardenas.