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Ce sont les formes avec lesquelles nous redessinons notre visage : chaque jour, peau contre peau sur notre corps, elles esquissent une vie dont elles incarnent un secret qui ne peut qu’être vécu. Les formes de la mode ne sont pas seulement des outils de connaissance du monde et de nous-mêmes. Ce sont aussi des amulettes qui nous servent à inventer et à expérimenter de(...)
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Ce sont les formes avec lesquelles nous redessinons notre visage : chaque jour, peau contre peau sur notre corps, elles esquissent une vie dont elles incarnent un secret qui ne peut qu’être vécu. Les formes de la mode ne sont pas seulement des outils de connaissance du monde et de nous-mêmes. Ce sont aussi des amulettes qui nous servent à inventer et à expérimenter de(...)
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La vie des formes: philosophie du réenchantement
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Ce sont les formes avec lesquelles nous redessinons notre visage : chaque jour, peau contre peau sur notre corps, elles esquissent une vie dont elles incarnent un secret qui ne peut qu’être vécu. Les formes de la mode ne sont pas seulement des outils de connaissance du monde et de nous-mêmes. Ce sont aussi des amulettes qui nous servent à inventer et à expérimenter de nouvelles libertés. Liberté de ressusciter des possibles. Liberté de construire des significations inédites. Liberté de choisir ce que nous voulons être.
La vie des formes: philosophie du réenchantement
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Ce sont les formes avec lesquelles nous redessinons notre visage : chaque jour, peau contre peau sur notre corps, elles esquissent une vie dont elles incarnent un secret qui ne peut qu’être vécu. Les formes de la mode ne sont pas seulement des outils de connaissance du monde et de nous-mêmes. Ce sont aussi des amulettes qui nous servent à inventer et à expérimenter de nouvelles libertés. Liberté de ressusciter des possibles. Liberté de construire des significations inédites. Liberté de choisir ce que nous voulons être.
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Mes convictions
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Dès ses débuts, Jean Nouvel élabore une vision de son art dans la cité et compose des textes qui sont autant de contributions à une pensée humaniste. Soucieux depuis cinquante ans des enjeux de l’architecture, il pose sans relâche la question philosophique et politique : l’art de l’architecture peut-il permettre à chacun de vivre mieux et à tous de vivre ensemble ?(...)
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Dès ses débuts, Jean Nouvel élabore une vision de son art dans la cité et compose des textes qui sont autant de contributions à une pensée humaniste. Soucieux depuis cinquante ans des enjeux de l’architecture, il pose sans relâche la question philosophique et politique : l’art de l’architecture peut-il permettre à chacun de vivre mieux et à tous de vivre ensemble ?(...)
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Dès ses débuts, Jean Nouvel élabore une vision de son art dans la cité et compose des textes qui sont autant de contributions à une pensée humaniste. Soucieux depuis cinquante ans des enjeux de l’architecture, il pose sans relâche la question philosophique et politique : l’art de l’architecture peut-il permettre à chacun de vivre mieux et à tous de vivre ensemble ? Associant réflexions théoriques, prises de parole, textes poétiques, visions pour des projets,« Mes convictions » constitue la révélation d’une pratique littéraire continue, demeurée largement secrète et désormais rendue publique.
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Dès ses débuts, Jean Nouvel élabore une vision de son art dans la cité et compose des textes qui sont autant de contributions à une pensée humaniste. Soucieux depuis cinquante ans des enjeux de l’architecture, il pose sans relâche la question philosophique et politique : l’art de l’architecture peut-il permettre à chacun de vivre mieux et à tous de vivre ensemble ? Associant réflexions théoriques, prises de parole, textes poétiques, visions pour des projets,« Mes convictions » constitue la révélation d’une pratique littéraire continue, demeurée largement secrète et désormais rendue publique.
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août 2025
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Théorie de l’architecture
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Peter Dubé's Desire as ''Praxis: Towards a Queer Surrealism'' dives deeply into the intricate connections between surrealism and the cultures of same-sex attracted queer men, unraveling the complex interplay of the erotic, affect, and the occult. In his groundbreaking first non-fiction work, acclaimed author Dubé-celebrated in *Quill and Quire* as a leading voice in gay(...)
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Peter Dubé's Desire as ''Praxis: Towards a Queer Surrealism'' dives deeply into the intricate connections between surrealism and the cultures of same-sex attracted queer men, unraveling the complex interplay of the erotic, affect, and the occult. In his groundbreaking first non-fiction work, acclaimed author Dubé-celebrated in *Quill and Quire* as a leading voice in gay(...)
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Desire as Praxis: Towards a Queer Surrealism
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Peter Dubé's Desire as ''Praxis: Towards a Queer Surrealism'' dives deeply into the intricate connections between surrealism and the cultures of same-sex attracted queer men, unraveling the complex interplay of the erotic, affect, and the occult. In his groundbreaking first non-fiction work, acclaimed author Dubé-celebrated in *Quill and Quire* as a leading voice in gay surrealist fiction-invites readers on a journey that transcends traditional boundaries. This bold study illuminates the transformative potential of the subversive in literature, life, and sheer magic(k). Dubé's work offers new possibilities with profound personal, poetic, and political significance. Join him in this captivating exploration of the exciting intersections of desire, creativity, and identity.
Desire as Praxis: Towards a Queer Surrealism
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Peter Dubé's Desire as ''Praxis: Towards a Queer Surrealism'' dives deeply into the intricate connections between surrealism and the cultures of same-sex attracted queer men, unraveling the complex interplay of the erotic, affect, and the occult. In his groundbreaking first non-fiction work, acclaimed author Dubé-celebrated in *Quill and Quire* as a leading voice in gay surrealist fiction-invites readers on a journey that transcends traditional boundaries. This bold study illuminates the transformative potential of the subversive in literature, life, and sheer magic(k). Dubé's work offers new possibilities with profound personal, poetic, and political significance. Join him in this captivating exploration of the exciting intersections of desire, creativity, and identity.
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On Cosmogonic Eros
On Cosmogonic Eros
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Ludwig Klages' 1922 book, ''On Cosmogonic Eros'' ( ''Vom kosmogonischen Eros''), delves into the realms of mythology, the esotericism of ancient mystery cults, and the science of consciousness to construct a profound metaphysics of life. At its core, Klages presents Eros as an "Eros of distance," from which springs forth the essence of ecstasy and de-selfing. This(...)
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Ludwig Klages' 1922 book, ''On Cosmogonic Eros'' ( ''Vom kosmogonischen Eros''), delves into the realms of mythology, the esotericism of ancient mystery cults, and the science of consciousness to construct a profound metaphysics of life. At its core, Klages presents Eros as an "Eros of distance," from which springs forth the essence of ecstasy and de-selfing. This(...)
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On Cosmogonic Eros
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Ludwig Klages' 1922 book, ''On Cosmogonic Eros'' ( ''Vom kosmogonischen Eros''), delves into the realms of mythology, the esotericism of ancient mystery cults, and the science of consciousness to construct a profound metaphysics of life. At its core, Klages presents Eros as an "Eros of distance," from which springs forth the essence of ecstasy and de-selfing. This intriguing concept suggests that experiencing separation and distance can lead to extraordinary states of transcendent bliss and a dissolution of the self. Furthermore, Klages argues that this ecstatic experience serves as the foundation for the emergence of symbolism, the cult of the dead, ancestor worship, as well as the creation of original poetry and art. Klages' work offers a concise and engaging exploration of these key concepts, intertwining mythology, esoteric knowledge, and the study of consciousness to illuminate the enigmatic nature of life and the transformative power of Eros.
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Ludwig Klages' 1922 book, ''On Cosmogonic Eros'' ( ''Vom kosmogonischen Eros''), delves into the realms of mythology, the esotericism of ancient mystery cults, and the science of consciousness to construct a profound metaphysics of life. At its core, Klages presents Eros as an "Eros of distance," from which springs forth the essence of ecstasy and de-selfing. This intriguing concept suggests that experiencing separation and distance can lead to extraordinary states of transcendent bliss and a dissolution of the self. Furthermore, Klages argues that this ecstatic experience serves as the foundation for the emergence of symbolism, the cult of the dead, ancestor worship, as well as the creation of original poetry and art. Klages' work offers a concise and engaging exploration of these key concepts, intertwining mythology, esoteric knowledge, and the study of consciousness to illuminate the enigmatic nature of life and the transformative power of Eros.
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In 1973, Derek Jarman set off from London to film the stones of Avebury. He was following in the footsteps of Paul Nash, who had photographed the ancient megaliths a generation before. Standing in that muddy field, by those stones, both artists had felt a direct connection to their hero – a man who had died a long, long time ago, yet who remained electrically alive to(...)
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In 1973, Derek Jarman set off from London to film the stones of Avebury. He was following in the footsteps of Paul Nash, who had photographed the ancient megaliths a generation before. Standing in that muddy field, by those stones, both artists had felt a direct connection to their hero – a man who had died a long, long time ago, yet who remained electrically alive to(...)
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William Blake and the sea-monsters of love
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In 1973, Derek Jarman set off from London to film the stones of Avebury. He was following in the footsteps of Paul Nash, who had photographed the ancient megaliths a generation before. Standing in that muddy field, by those stones, both artists had felt a direct connection to their hero – a man who had died a long, long time ago, yet who remained electrically alive to them. In this alluring and poetic odyssey, Philip Hoare traces the enduring legacy of William Blake and how he came to inspire so many creative lives. Reaching out of his past and into our future, Blake draws together the natural world and metaphysical realms, merging the human and the animal and the spiritual, firing up twentieth-century artists, filmmakers, poets, writers and musicians with his radical promise of absolute freedom. This stirring, deeply felt book brings us back to Blake and shows that art still has the power to create positive change.
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In 1973, Derek Jarman set off from London to film the stones of Avebury. He was following in the footsteps of Paul Nash, who had photographed the ancient megaliths a generation before. Standing in that muddy field, by those stones, both artists had felt a direct connection to their hero – a man who had died a long, long time ago, yet who remained electrically alive to them. In this alluring and poetic odyssey, Philip Hoare traces the enduring legacy of William Blake and how he came to inspire so many creative lives. Reaching out of his past and into our future, Blake draws together the natural world and metaphysical realms, merging the human and the animal and the spiritual, firing up twentieth-century artists, filmmakers, poets, writers and musicians with his radical promise of absolute freedom. This stirring, deeply felt book brings us back to Blake and shows that art still has the power to create positive change.
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« Sur la piste minérale » nous plonge dans une enquête captivante sur la production de l'espace urbain en Asie du Sud-Est, en retraçant la filière du sable au Cambodge. À l'aide d'une ethnographie dessinée, Dolorès Bertrais nous livre une réflexion originale sur la matérialité des villes au travers de la vie d'un grain de sable. Cette enquête révèle les mécanismes cachés(...)
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« Sur la piste minérale » nous plonge dans une enquête captivante sur la production de l'espace urbain en Asie du Sud-Est, en retraçant la filière du sable au Cambodge. À l'aide d'une ethnographie dessinée, Dolorès Bertrais nous livre une réflexion originale sur la matérialité des villes au travers de la vie d'un grain de sable. Cette enquête révèle les mécanismes cachés(...)
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Sur la piste minérale : Enquête sur la filière du sable en asie du sud-est
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« Sur la piste minérale » nous plonge dans une enquête captivante sur la production de l'espace urbain en Asie du Sud-Est, en retraçant la filière du sable au Cambodge. À l'aide d'une ethnographie dessinée, Dolorès Bertrais nous livre une réflexion originale sur la matérialité des villes au travers de la vie d'un grain de sable. Cette enquête révèle les mécanismes cachés de l'extraction du sable et les jeux de pouvoir qui sous-tendent les transformations urbaines. Au-delà de sa mobilisation dans le secteur de la construction, le sable dévoile, de manière symbolique, un entrelacs de relations reliant humains et non-humains dans une toile complexe. Cet ouvrage s'appuie sur des théories croisées, du néomarxisme au néomatérialisme en passant par l'écologie politique, pour éclairer comment l'extractivisme capitaliste façonne les villes et exacerbe les inégalités socioenvironnementales.
Sur la piste minérale : Enquête sur la filière du sable en asie du sud-est
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« Sur la piste minérale » nous plonge dans une enquête captivante sur la production de l'espace urbain en Asie du Sud-Est, en retraçant la filière du sable au Cambodge. À l'aide d'une ethnographie dessinée, Dolorès Bertrais nous livre une réflexion originale sur la matérialité des villes au travers de la vie d'un grain de sable. Cette enquête révèle les mécanismes cachés de l'extraction du sable et les jeux de pouvoir qui sous-tendent les transformations urbaines. Au-delà de sa mobilisation dans le secteur de la construction, le sable dévoile, de manière symbolique, un entrelacs de relations reliant humains et non-humains dans une toile complexe. Cet ouvrage s'appuie sur des théories croisées, du néomarxisme au néomatérialisme en passant par l'écologie politique, pour éclairer comment l'extractivisme capitaliste façonne les villes et exacerbe les inégalités socioenvironnementales.
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Théorie de l’urbanisme
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How a form of multifamily housing with idealistic roots became a ubiquitous model promoted by both public entities and private developers. Eminent historian Joshua Freeman rescues garden apartments—typically low-rise multifamily residences that enclose or are surrounded by landscaped gardens—from their invisibility in the American landscape. He details their outsized(...)
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How a form of multifamily housing with idealistic roots became a ubiquitous model promoted by both public entities and private developers. Eminent historian Joshua Freeman rescues garden apartments—typically low-rise multifamily residences that enclose or are surrounded by landscaped gardens—from their invisibility in the American landscape. He details their outsized(...)
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Garden apartments: The history of a low-rent utopia
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How a form of multifamily housing with idealistic roots became a ubiquitous model promoted by both public entities and private developers. Eminent historian Joshua Freeman rescues garden apartments—typically low-rise multifamily residences that enclose or are surrounded by landscaped gardens—from their invisibility in the American landscape. He details their outsized influence on housing policy and social policy as they helped upgrade living standards for working people. Inspired by the architectural innovations and socialist politics of British garden cities, Red Vienna, and German modernist housing in the 1920s, these large, centrally managed projects were mostly not public housing, but their capitalist developers worked with governments to keep down rents. The results were often relatively small apartments and large communal spaces, aimed at fostering actual American community.
Garden apartments: The history of a low-rent utopia
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How a form of multifamily housing with idealistic roots became a ubiquitous model promoted by both public entities and private developers. Eminent historian Joshua Freeman rescues garden apartments—typically low-rise multifamily residences that enclose or are surrounded by landscaped gardens—from their invisibility in the American landscape. He details their outsized influence on housing policy and social policy as they helped upgrade living standards for working people. Inspired by the architectural innovations and socialist politics of British garden cities, Red Vienna, and German modernist housing in the 1920s, these large, centrally managed projects were mostly not public housing, but their capitalist developers worked with governments to keep down rents. The results were often relatively small apartments and large communal spaces, aimed at fostering actual American community.
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décembre 2025
décembre 2025
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Théorie de l’urbanisme
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Catastrophes, bombed-out cities, large-scale political transformations: “Image complexes” of humanitarian and ecological upheaval document the world as a sequence of catastrophes. But who decides how events are presented, determines the resolution of our visual worlds, and controls the circulation or censorship of images? Eyal and Ines Weizman trace the history of the(...)
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Catastrophes, bombed-out cities, large-scale political transformations: “Image complexes” of humanitarian and ecological upheaval document the world as a sequence of catastrophes. But who decides how events are presented, determines the resolution of our visual worlds, and controls the circulation or censorship of images? Eyal and Ines Weizman trace the history of the(...)
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Before & After: The architecture of disaster
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Catastrophes, bombed-out cities, large-scale political transformations: “Image complexes” of humanitarian and ecological upheaval document the world as a sequence of catastrophes. But who decides how events are presented, determines the resolution of our visual worlds, and controls the circulation or censorship of images? Eyal and Ines Weizman trace the history of the before-and-after image from nineteenth-century photography to contemporary satellite images and discover a gap that not only conceals the devastating event: it is the human subject itself that is in danger of disappearing from the images. Does humanitarian work, the documentation and reconstruction of war crimes, in which people’s fates and rights should be at the center of attention, paradoxically enter a post-human phase? How can the gap between images become a site of critical counter-reading rather than a symbol of erasure? In the context of their current research, Eyal and Ines Weizman discuss the history, present, and future of the paradigm of the before-and-after image in an exclusive conversation with Marie Glassl.
Before & After: The architecture of disaster
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Catastrophes, bombed-out cities, large-scale political transformations: “Image complexes” of humanitarian and ecological upheaval document the world as a sequence of catastrophes. But who decides how events are presented, determines the resolution of our visual worlds, and controls the circulation or censorship of images? Eyal and Ines Weizman trace the history of the before-and-after image from nineteenth-century photography to contemporary satellite images and discover a gap that not only conceals the devastating event: it is the human subject itself that is in danger of disappearing from the images. Does humanitarian work, the documentation and reconstruction of war crimes, in which people’s fates and rights should be at the center of attention, paradoxically enter a post-human phase? How can the gap between images become a site of critical counter-reading rather than a symbol of erasure? In the context of their current research, Eyal and Ines Weizman discuss the history, present, and future of the paradigm of the before-and-after image in an exclusive conversation with Marie Glassl.
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août 2025
août 2025
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Théorie de l’architecture
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Featuring a redesigned cover, ''Home Made Russia'' compiles over 220 artefacts of Soviet culture, each accompanied by a photograph of the creator, their story of how the object came about, its function and the materials used to create it.The Vladimir Arkhipov collection includes hundreds of objects created with often idiosyncratic functional qualities, made for use both(...)
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Featuring a redesigned cover, ''Home Made Russia'' compiles over 220 artefacts of Soviet culture, each accompanied by a photograph of the creator, their story of how the object came about, its function and the materials used to create it.The Vladimir Arkhipov collection includes hundreds of objects created with often idiosyncratic functional qualities, made for use both(...)
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Théorie de l’art
Théorie de l’art
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août 2025
août 2025
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Home Made Russia: Post-Soviet Folk Artefacts
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Featuring a redesigned cover, ''Home Made Russia'' compiles over 220 artefacts of Soviet culture, each accompanied by a photograph of the creator, their story of how the object came about, its function and the materials used to create it.The Vladimir Arkhipov collection includes hundreds of objects created with often idiosyncratic functional qualities, made for use both inside and outside the home, such as a tiny bathtub plug carefully fashioned from a boot heel; a back massager made from an old wooden abacus; a road sign used as a street cleaner’s shovel; and a doormat made from beer bottle tops. ''Home Made Russia'' presents a unique picture of a critical period of transition, as the Soviet regime crumbled but was yet to be replaced with a new system. Each of these objects is a window, not only into the life of its creator, but also the situation of the country at this time. Shortages in stores were commonplace, while wages might be paid in goods, or simply not paid at all. These exceptional circumstances lent themselves to a singular type of ingenuity, respectfully documented in intimate detail by Vladimir Arkhipov.
Home Made Russia: Post-Soviet Folk Artefacts
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Featuring a redesigned cover, ''Home Made Russia'' compiles over 220 artefacts of Soviet culture, each accompanied by a photograph of the creator, their story of how the object came about, its function and the materials used to create it.The Vladimir Arkhipov collection includes hundreds of objects created with often idiosyncratic functional qualities, made for use both inside and outside the home, such as a tiny bathtub plug carefully fashioned from a boot heel; a back massager made from an old wooden abacus; a road sign used as a street cleaner’s shovel; and a doormat made from beer bottle tops. ''Home Made Russia'' presents a unique picture of a critical period of transition, as the Soviet regime crumbled but was yet to be replaced with a new system. Each of these objects is a window, not only into the life of its creator, but also the situation of the country at this time. Shortages in stores were commonplace, while wages might be paid in goods, or simply not paid at all. These exceptional circumstances lent themselves to a singular type of ingenuity, respectfully documented in intimate detail by Vladimir Arkhipov.
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août 2025
août 2025
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Baldness and modernism
Baldness and modernism
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The original bald and unconvincing narrative that triggered this book is that put about by Alison and Peter Smithson in their 1981 Heroic Period of Modern Architecture, limiting modernism to 1915–1929. This fiction is re-contextualized with studies of iconic Bauhaus bald heads – Schlemmer, Itten, etc., such Literal Baldness is the subject of Part 1. Part 2 of Phenomenal(...)
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The original bald and unconvincing narrative that triggered this book is that put about by Alison and Peter Smithson in their 1981 Heroic Period of Modern Architecture, limiting modernism to 1915–1929. This fiction is re-contextualized with studies of iconic Bauhaus bald heads – Schlemmer, Itten, etc., such Literal Baldness is the subject of Part 1. Part 2 of Phenomenal(...)
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Baldness and modernism
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The original bald and unconvincing narrative that triggered this book is that put about by Alison and Peter Smithson in their 1981 Heroic Period of Modern Architecture, limiting modernism to 1915–1929. This fiction is re-contextualized with studies of iconic Bauhaus bald heads – Schlemmer, Itten, etc., such Literal Baldness is the subject of Part 1. Part 2 of Phenomenal Baldness unwinds the Bauhaus narrative put about by Walter Gropius, one that has held water for 100 years. Spin doctor Gropius manipulated his Bauhaus successes into a cornerstone of post WW2 modernism. Cracks in this story are now emerging along with the fact that Gropius was in hindsight, not a very good architect. Attacks on the Bauhaus like those by Rudolph Schwartz or Tom Wolf as well as a comprehensive list of Gropius hand-holders, and those edited out of his narrative are here explored. To conclude Gropius is compared to his contemporary Bruno Taut, a far more interesting and talented architect. This book like Peter Wilson’s previous "Bedtime Stories for Architects" or "Some Reasons for Traveling to Italy" is written in his unique anecdotal style, savoring Shandyisms and the quirks of history.
Baldness and modernism
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The original bald and unconvincing narrative that triggered this book is that put about by Alison and Peter Smithson in their 1981 Heroic Period of Modern Architecture, limiting modernism to 1915–1929. This fiction is re-contextualized with studies of iconic Bauhaus bald heads – Schlemmer, Itten, etc., such Literal Baldness is the subject of Part 1. Part 2 of Phenomenal Baldness unwinds the Bauhaus narrative put about by Walter Gropius, one that has held water for 100 years. Spin doctor Gropius manipulated his Bauhaus successes into a cornerstone of post WW2 modernism. Cracks in this story are now emerging along with the fact that Gropius was in hindsight, not a very good architect. Attacks on the Bauhaus like those by Rudolph Schwartz or Tom Wolf as well as a comprehensive list of Gropius hand-holders, and those edited out of his narrative are here explored. To conclude Gropius is compared to his contemporary Bruno Taut, a far more interesting and talented architect. This book like Peter Wilson’s previous "Bedtime Stories for Architects" or "Some Reasons for Traveling to Italy" is written in his unique anecdotal style, savoring Shandyisms and the quirks of history.
Classification:
livres
livres
Publication:
juin 2025
juin 2025
Sujet:
Théorie de l’architecture
Théorie de l’architecture
