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La notion de milieu "extrême" désigne tout environnement naturel ou culturel soumis à des contraintes majeures. Des chercheurs français et étrangers réunis en équipe pluridisciplinaire -associant archéologues, architectes, paysagistes, historiens, ingénieurs, gestionnaires de sites... - confrontent ici leurs expériences. L'approche du terrain fait ainsi l'objet d'une(...)
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La notion de milieu "extrême" désigne tout environnement naturel ou culturel soumis à des contraintes majeures. Des chercheurs français et étrangers réunis en équipe pluridisciplinaire -associant archéologues, architectes, paysagistes, historiens, ingénieurs, gestionnaires de sites... - confrontent ici leurs expériences. L'approche du terrain fait ainsi l'objet d'une(...)
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October 2003, Paris
October 2003, Paris
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Vestiges archéologiques : en milieu extrême
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La notion de milieu "extrême" désigne tout environnement naturel ou culturel soumis à des contraintes majeures. Des chercheurs français et étrangers réunis en équipe pluridisciplinaire -associant archéologues, architectes, paysagistes, historiens, ingénieurs, gestionnaires de sites... - confrontent ici leurs expériences. L'approche du terrain fait ainsi l'objet d'une étude globale qui permet de s'affranchir des deux paradoxes de la conservation en matière de vestiges : toute étude archéologique requiert une destruction, et la mise en valeur d'un site peut concourir à la poursuite du processus de dégradation. Exemples et expériences émanant de tout le territoire mais aussi du Canada, de Norvège, du Portugal, de Mayotte, d'Italie et d'Allemagne.
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La notion de milieu "extrême" désigne tout environnement naturel ou culturel soumis à des contraintes majeures. Des chercheurs français et étrangers réunis en équipe pluridisciplinaire -associant archéologues, architectes, paysagistes, historiens, ingénieurs, gestionnaires de sites... - confrontent ici leurs expériences. L'approche du terrain fait ainsi l'objet d'une étude globale qui permet de s'affranchir des deux paradoxes de la conservation en matière de vestiges : toute étude archéologique requiert une destruction, et la mise en valeur d'un site peut concourir à la poursuite du processus de dégradation. Exemples et expériences émanant de tout le territoire mais aussi du Canada, de Norvège, du Portugal, de Mayotte, d'Italie et d'Allemagne.
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October 2003, Paris
October 2003, Paris
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The storm and the fall
The storm and the fall
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By any measure, Lebbeus Woods is one of the most original architects working today. His body of theoretical work focuses on buildings of crisis, whether marred by major earthquakes, suffering the effects of economic embargo, or damaged by war. Since the destruction of the World Trade Center, his designs have taken on new meaning and significance. In The Storm and the(...)
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By any measure, Lebbeus Woods is one of the most original architects working today. His body of theoretical work focuses on buildings of crisis, whether marred by major earthquakes, suffering the effects of economic embargo, or damaged by war. Since the destruction of the World Trade Center, his designs have taken on new meaning and significance. In The Storm and the(...)
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The storm and the fall
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By any measure, Lebbeus Woods is one of the most original architects working today. His body of theoretical work focuses on buildings of crisis, whether marred by major earthquakes, suffering the effects of economic embargo, or damaged by war. Since the destruction of the World Trade Center, his designs have taken on new meaning and significance. In The Storm and the Fall, Woods brings his visions to a new depth, moving them from feverishly rendered drawings to three-dimensional space. The book focuses on two recent Woods installations - one at the Houghton Gallery at New York’s Cooper Union, the other at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris.
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By any measure, Lebbeus Woods is one of the most original architects working today. His body of theoretical work focuses on buildings of crisis, whether marred by major earthquakes, suffering the effects of economic embargo, or damaged by war. Since the destruction of the World Trade Center, his designs have taken on new meaning and significance. In The Storm and the Fall, Woods brings his visions to a new depth, moving them from feverishly rendered drawings to three-dimensional space. The book focuses on two recent Woods installations - one at the Houghton Gallery at New York’s Cooper Union, the other at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris.
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February 2004, New York
February 2004, New York
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Library : an unquiet history
Library : an unquiet history
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Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Matthew Battles, a rare books librarian and a gifted narrator, takes us on a spirited foray from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries, from the Vatican to the British Library, from socialist reading rooms and rural home(...)
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Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Matthew Battles, a rare books librarian and a gifted narrator, takes us on a spirited foray from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries, from the Vatican to the British Library, from socialist reading rooms and rural home(...)
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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June 2003, New York
June 2003, New York
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Library : an unquiet history
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Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Matthew Battles, a rare books librarian and a gifted narrator, takes us on a spirited foray from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries, from the Vatican to the British Library, from socialist reading rooms and rural home libraries to the Information Age. He explores how libraries are built and how they are destroyed, from the decay of the great Alexandrian library to scroll burnings in ancient China to the destruction of Aztec books by the Spanish—and in our own time, the burning of libraries in Europe and Bosnia.
Library : an unquiet history
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Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Matthew Battles, a rare books librarian and a gifted narrator, takes us on a spirited foray from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries, from the Vatican to the British Library, from socialist reading rooms and rural home libraries to the Information Age. He explores how libraries are built and how they are destroyed, from the decay of the great Alexandrian library to scroll burnings in ancient China to the destruction of Aztec books by the Spanish—and in our own time, the burning of libraries in Europe and Bosnia.
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June 2003, New York
June 2003, New York
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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The Wittgenstein House
The Wittgenstein House
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In 1926 philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein designed and built a house in Vienna for his sister. The only building designed by Wittgenstein, it crystallized his philosophy of architecture-notable for its clarity, precision, and austerity-and served as a foil for his written work. This detailed investigation of the house is based on 30 years of extensive research. It(...)
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In 1926 philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein designed and built a house in Vienna for his sister. The only building designed by Wittgenstein, it crystallized his philosophy of architecture-notable for its clarity, precision, and austerity-and served as a foil for his written work. This detailed investigation of the house is based on 30 years of extensive research. It(...)
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The Wittgenstein House
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In 1926 philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein designed and built a house in Vienna for his sister. The only building designed by Wittgenstein, it crystallized his philosophy of architecture-notable for its clarity, precision, and austerity-and served as a foil for his written work. This detailed investigation of the house is based on 30 years of extensive research. It examines the formal properties of the structure, including Wittgenstein's attention to proportion, detail, and color. It is also the story of one man's relationship to this extraordinary building: in 1971, author Bernhard Leitner was instrumental in saving the Wittgenstein House from destruction and having it declared a national landmark.
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In 1926 philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein designed and built a house in Vienna for his sister. The only building designed by Wittgenstein, it crystallized his philosophy of architecture-notable for its clarity, precision, and austerity-and served as a foil for his written work. This detailed investigation of the house is based on 30 years of extensive research. It examines the formal properties of the structure, including Wittgenstein's attention to proportion, detail, and color. It is also the story of one man's relationship to this extraordinary building: in 1971, author Bernhard Leitner was instrumental in saving the Wittgenstein House from destruction and having it declared a national landmark.
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October 2000, New York
October 2000, New York
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Longtemps insolite et singulière, la réhabilitation de l'existant est en passe d'être systématiquement envisagée dans les grands projets architecturaux et urbains. En cause ? La priorité donnée aux vertus écologiques du réemploi, qui s'est récemment greffée sur le souci fondateur de la préservation du patrimoine. Ancienne abbatiale, piscine municipale, gare désaffectée,(...)
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Longtemps insolite et singulière, la réhabilitation de l'existant est en passe d'être systématiquement envisagée dans les grands projets architecturaux et urbains. En cause ? La priorité donnée aux vertus écologiques du réemploi, qui s'est récemment greffée sur le souci fondateur de la préservation du patrimoine. Ancienne abbatiale, piscine municipale, gare désaffectée,(...)
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L'inachevé : Le jeu des métamorphoses
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Longtemps insolite et singulière, la réhabilitation de l'existant est en passe d'être systématiquement envisagée dans les grands projets architecturaux et urbains. En cause ? La priorité donnée aux vertus écologiques du réemploi, qui s'est récemment greffée sur le souci fondateur de la préservation du patrimoine. Ancienne abbatiale, piscine municipale, gare désaffectée, entrepôts industriels à l'abandon, usines, moulins et ateliers à l'arrêt : la destruction est la solution d'une époque révolue ; paradoxalement rétrograde. L'auteur de cet ouvrage, acteur de la transformation de la gare d'Orsay en musée, et concepteur entre autres de La Piscine à Roubaix et du musée de Valence, a été l'un des pionniers en France de la métamorphose architecturale.
L'inachevé : Le jeu des métamorphoses
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Longtemps insolite et singulière, la réhabilitation de l'existant est en passe d'être systématiquement envisagée dans les grands projets architecturaux et urbains. En cause ? La priorité donnée aux vertus écologiques du réemploi, qui s'est récemment greffée sur le souci fondateur de la préservation du patrimoine. Ancienne abbatiale, piscine municipale, gare désaffectée, entrepôts industriels à l'abandon, usines, moulins et ateliers à l'arrêt : la destruction est la solution d'une époque révolue ; paradoxalement rétrograde. L'auteur de cet ouvrage, acteur de la transformation de la gare d'Orsay en musée, et concepteur entre autres de La Piscine à Roubaix et du musée de Valence, a été l'un des pionniers en France de la métamorphose architecturale.
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May 2025
May 2025
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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The success of "social distancing" as a strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic resonates acutely with neoliberalism’s destruction of the very notion of society itself. This was most famously expressed by Margaret Thatcher’s dictum "there is no society," which supplies the title of this anthology—with a question mark added. How can we deal with the paradoxical mix of(...)
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The success of "social distancing" as a strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic resonates acutely with neoliberalism’s destruction of the very notion of society itself. This was most famously expressed by Margaret Thatcher’s dictum "there is no society," which supplies the title of this anthology—with a question mark added. How can we deal with the paradoxical mix of(...)
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There is no society? Individuals and community in pandemic times
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The success of "social distancing" as a strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic resonates acutely with neoliberalism’s destruction of the very notion of society itself. This was most famously expressed by Margaret Thatcher’s dictum "there is no society," which supplies the title of this anthology—with a question mark added. How can we deal with the paradoxical mix of solitude and common experience that the pandemic entails? How can culture and critical discourse even continue when public space has been shut down upon the advice of epidemiologists? Such are the questions tackled by the authors of this anthology—some of today’s leading theorists of capitalist affect and experience.
There is no society? Individuals and community in pandemic times
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The success of "social distancing" as a strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic resonates acutely with neoliberalism’s destruction of the very notion of society itself. This was most famously expressed by Margaret Thatcher’s dictum "there is no society," which supplies the title of this anthology—with a question mark added. How can we deal with the paradoxical mix of solitude and common experience that the pandemic entails? How can culture and critical discourse even continue when public space has been shut down upon the advice of epidemiologists? Such are the questions tackled by the authors of this anthology—some of today’s leading theorists of capitalist affect and experience.
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February 2022
February 2022
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Social
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Despite attempts to promote the aesthetics of ruins in Russia - from Catherine the Great's construction of fake ruins in imperial parks to Josef Brodsky's elegiac meditations - ruins have never achieved the status they enjoy in Western Europe. While the Soviet Union was notorious for leveling churches, post-Soviet Russia has only intensified the practice of massive(...)
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Despite attempts to promote the aesthetics of ruins in Russia - from Catherine the Great's construction of fake ruins in imperial parks to Josef Brodsky's elegiac meditations - ruins have never achieved the status they enjoy in Western Europe. While the Soviet Union was notorious for leveling churches, post-Soviet Russia has only intensified the practice of massive(...)
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Architecture of oblivion : ruins and historical consciousness in modern Russia
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Despite attempts to promote the aesthetics of ruins in Russia - from Catherine the Great's construction of fake ruins in imperial parks to Josef Brodsky's elegiac meditations - ruins have never achieved the status they enjoy in Western Europe. While the Soviet Union was notorious for leveling churches, post-Soviet Russia has only intensified the practice of massive destruction and reconstruction. "Architecture of Oblivion "examines the role of ruins in the development of Russia's historical consciousness from the 18th century to the present. This original work from a leading authority on the subject will appeal to historians of Russian culture and thought, literature and art scholars, and general readers interested in ruins.
Architecture of oblivion : ruins and historical consciousness in modern Russia
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Despite attempts to promote the aesthetics of ruins in Russia - from Catherine the Great's construction of fake ruins in imperial parks to Josef Brodsky's elegiac meditations - ruins have never achieved the status they enjoy in Western Europe. While the Soviet Union was notorious for leveling churches, post-Soviet Russia has only intensified the practice of massive destruction and reconstruction. "Architecture of Oblivion "examines the role of ruins in the development of Russia's historical consciousness from the 18th century to the present. This original work from a leading authority on the subject will appeal to historians of Russian culture and thought, literature and art scholars, and general readers interested in ruins.
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June 2011
June 2011
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Avec cet essai pionnier, Muriel Pic montre que Sebald, représentant le plus inventif de la théorie critique en littérature, s’appuie sur la pensée de Walter Benjamin pour fonder un matérialisme littéraire. Celui-ci s’impose comme la solution poétique et politique permettant de pallier un déficit des mémoires face à la destruction, et, en premier lieu, de la mémoire(...)
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Avec cet essai pionnier, Muriel Pic montre que Sebald, représentant le plus inventif de la théorie critique en littérature, s’appuie sur la pensée de Walter Benjamin pour fonder un matérialisme littéraire. Celui-ci s’impose comme la solution poétique et politique permettant de pallier un déficit des mémoires face à la destruction, et, en premier lieu, de la mémoire(...)
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W.G. Sebald-L'image papillon ; L'art de voler
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Avec cet essai pionnier, Muriel Pic montre que Sebald, représentant le plus inventif de la théorie critique en littérature, s’appuie sur la pensée de Walter Benjamin pour fonder un matérialisme littéraire. Celui-ci s’impose comme la solution poétique et politique permettant de pallier un déficit des mémoires face à la destruction, et, en premier lieu, de la mémoire allemande. Écrivant dans sa langue maternelle depuis l’Angleterre, voué à l’errance mélancolique, Sebald travaille une prose de l’exil en suivant les traces de Chateaubriand, Stendhal, Kafka, Nabokov, ou Simon. Critique à l’endroit des canons de l’histoire positiviste, l’écrivain en refuse les représentations et désigne un autre lieu de vérité : les images.
W.G. Sebald-L'image papillon ; L'art de voler
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Avec cet essai pionnier, Muriel Pic montre que Sebald, représentant le plus inventif de la théorie critique en littérature, s’appuie sur la pensée de Walter Benjamin pour fonder un matérialisme littéraire. Celui-ci s’impose comme la solution poétique et politique permettant de pallier un déficit des mémoires face à la destruction, et, en premier lieu, de la mémoire allemande. Écrivant dans sa langue maternelle depuis l’Angleterre, voué à l’errance mélancolique, Sebald travaille une prose de l’exil en suivant les traces de Chateaubriand, Stendhal, Kafka, Nabokov, ou Simon. Critique à l’endroit des canons de l’histoire positiviste, l’écrivain en refuse les représentations et désigne un autre lieu de vérité : les images.
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December 2009
December 2009
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Art Theory
Art Theory
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"Botanical Drift" explores the hermeneutics, historicization, semiotics, and symbiosis of plant diversification, species cultivation, and destruction—past and present, extant and extinct—around the globe. Plant histories are explored as commodities and colonial as well as decolonial devices by significant and diverse feminist, art-historical, and anthropological(...)
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"Botanical Drift" explores the hermeneutics, historicization, semiotics, and symbiosis of plant diversification, species cultivation, and destruction—past and present, extant and extinct—around the globe. Plant histories are explored as commodities and colonial as well as decolonial devices by significant and diverse feminist, art-historical, and anthropological(...)
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Botanical Drift: protagonists of the invasive herbarium
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"Botanical Drift" explores the hermeneutics, historicization, semiotics, and symbiosis of plant diversification, species cultivation, and destruction—past and present, extant and extinct—around the globe. Plant histories are explored as commodities and colonial as well as decolonial devices by significant and diverse feminist, art-historical, and anthropological voices—from Germaine Greer to herman de vries—bringing new perspectives through photo-essays, fiction, performance, and interventions in ecological, film, and translation archives. Reflecting on experimental ecology—the undiscovered, underestimated, and undesired non-European flora and fauna—it challenges perception and inspires potentialities to bring new understandings of the undergrowth of the Kew Gardens botany collection.
Botanical Drift: protagonists of the invasive herbarium
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"Botanical Drift" explores the hermeneutics, historicization, semiotics, and symbiosis of plant diversification, species cultivation, and destruction—past and present, extant and extinct—around the globe. Plant histories are explored as commodities and colonial as well as decolonial devices by significant and diverse feminist, art-historical, and anthropological voices—from Germaine Greer to herman de vries—bringing new perspectives through photo-essays, fiction, performance, and interventions in ecological, film, and translation archives. Reflecting on experimental ecology—the undiscovered, underestimated, and undesired non-European flora and fauna—it challenges perception and inspires potentialities to bring new understandings of the undergrowth of the Kew Gardens botany collection.
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January 2018
January 2018
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Landscape Theory
Landscape Theory
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This is the first comprehensive overview of the life and work of the pioneering British concrete and sound poet Bob Cobbing (1920-2002). 'Boooook' addresses all aspects of Cobbing's career, with essays detailing his key roles in Better Books, London Film-makers' Co-op and the abAna trio, as well as his involvement in the Destruction in Art Symposium, Fylkingen and Writers(...)
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This is the first comprehensive overview of the life and work of the pioneering British concrete and sound poet Bob Cobbing (1920-2002). 'Boooook' addresses all aspects of Cobbing's career, with essays detailing his key roles in Better Books, London Film-makers' Co-op and the abAna trio, as well as his involvement in the Destruction in Art Symposium, Fylkingen and Writers(...)
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Boooook: The life and work of Bob Cobbing
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This is the first comprehensive overview of the life and work of the pioneering British concrete and sound poet Bob Cobbing (1920-2002). 'Boooook' addresses all aspects of Cobbing's career, with essays detailing his key roles in Better Books, London Film-makers' Co-op and the abAna trio, as well as his involvement in the Destruction in Art Symposium, Fylkingen and Writers Forum. Edited by William Cobbing and Rosie Cooper – and illustrated with reproductions of artworks, documents, posters, poems and film stills from the Bob Cobbing family collection – Boooook features contributions by Adrian Clarke, Arnaud Desjardin, Sanne Krogh Groth, Will Holder, Gustav Metzger, Andrew Wilson, and others.
Boooook: The life and work of Bob Cobbing
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This is the first comprehensive overview of the life and work of the pioneering British concrete and sound poet Bob Cobbing (1920-2002). 'Boooook' addresses all aspects of Cobbing's career, with essays detailing his key roles in Better Books, London Film-makers' Co-op and the abAna trio, as well as his involvement in the Destruction in Art Symposium, Fylkingen and Writers Forum. Edited by William Cobbing and Rosie Cooper – and illustrated with reproductions of artworks, documents, posters, poems and film stills from the Bob Cobbing family collection – Boooook features contributions by Adrian Clarke, Arnaud Desjardin, Sanne Krogh Groth, Will Holder, Gustav Metzger, Andrew Wilson, and others.
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February 2016
February 2016
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Acoustics
Acoustics
