Title & Author:

Space race archaeologies : photographs, biographies, and design / edited by Pedro Ignacio Alonso ; with additional contributions by Asif Siddiqi, Petr Antonov, Philipp Meuser, and Hugo Palmarola.

Publication:

Berlin : DOM Publishers, [2016]
©2016

Description:

127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 23 cm

Series:

Basics ; 51

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Princeton University School of Architecture Gallery, February 17-March 4, 2016.
Published in conjunction a panel discussion held at the Princeton University School of Architecture on March 1, 2016 and an exhibition presented at Princeton University School of Architecture Gallery, February 17-March 4, 2016.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

As the byproduct of the Cold War, the space race produced a considerable number of objects disseminated in networks, not only in the East and West but also in the Global South - rockets, launching pads, satellite tracking stations, astronomical observatories, and several other pieces of design, machineries, and infrastructures. As they stand today, these objects are remnants of a modernity tied to secrecy, war deterrence, and mass media associated to outer space politics. By bringing together the work of architect Philipp Meuser, photographer Petr Antonov, designer Hugo Palmarola, and historian of science Asif Siddiqi, this book comes from a conference held at the Princeton University School of Architecture in March 2016 on technology and the Cold War, contesting the historiographical status of these objects in order to give value to the manner in which they came to construct current modes of subjectivity and social relations.

ISBN:

3869225378
9783869225371

Subject:

Space race In art Exhibitions.
Astronomy in art Exhibitions.
Space archaeology In art Exhibitions.
Astronomical observatories In art Exhibitions.
Cold War in art Exhibitions.
Conquête de l'espace Dans l'art Expositions.
Astronomie dans l'art Expositions.
Archéologie spatiale Dans l'art Expositions.
Observatoires astronomiques Dans l'art Expositions.
Guerre froide dans l'art Expositions.
Art and war.
Astronomy in art.
Space race Exhibitions.
Space race Congresses
Astronautics Congresses
Artificial satellites Congresses
Observatory domes Exhibitions

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Conference publications.
Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Alonso, Pedro (Pedro I. Alonso Zúñiga), editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
Siddiqi, Asif A., 1966- writer of supplementary textual content.
Antonov, Petr, photographer, writer of supplementary textual content.
Meuser, Philipp, 1969- writer of supplementary textual content.
Palmarola, Hugo, writer of supplementary textual content.
Alonso, Pedro (Pedro I. Alonso Zúñiga) editor, writer of introduction
Siddiqi, Asif A., 1966- author
Meuser, Philipp, 1969- author
Palmarola, Hugo. author
Princeton University. School of Architecture. Gallery, host institution.
Basics (Berlin, Germany) ; 51.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 296841
Call No.: BIB 243160
Status: Available