Main entry:

Blencowe, Chris, author.

Title & Author:

Moholy's edit : the avant-garde at sea, August 1933 / Chris Blencowe, Judith Levine.

Publication:

Zurich, Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishers, [2019]
©

Description:

197 pages (1 folded) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
I. CIAM 4: a debacle avoided -- 1. Reservations of `the poet of architecture' -- 2. Piraeus -- 3. Andreas Embirikos: a most untypical yacht-owner -- 4. Heracles Ioannides: `traveller without baggage' -- II. Moholy -- summoned to `drop everything' -- seizes a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity -- 1. The CIAM documentary and `film within' -- 2. Leger's harsh critique -- 3. The Corbusian view of Greece -- 4. Zervos's radical agenda -- 5. The incomparable light offers Moholy new creative possibilities -- III. From microcosm of the ancient Attic landscape to `forest of symbols' -- 1. Aegina: a most impressive dialogue between architecture and landscape -- 2. Tombros's monument to Rupert Brooke prompts a Corbusian response -- 3. Moonlight -- 4. Poros: introduction to a `determinedly anti-metaphysical' philosopher contrasted with Moholy's view of Greek island reality -- 5. Symposium: Moholy integrates the `psychological and human' into the discussion -- IV. The `film within' V.'What's in a name?' -- 1. An air of unreality -- 2. Infinite space: Le Corbusier's revolutionary project goes up in smoke -- 3. Serifos: a denuded island blessed with glorious architecture and wonderful smiling faces -- 4. Pleonasmos: increasing sense of `otherness' -- a nocturnal discussion on art, psychology and multiple identities -- VI. From magical caldera to the island of exile -- 1. Santorin -- 2.`The plastic feeling' contributes to a change of sensibility -- 3. Los: `giant kinetic sculptures' and political realities -- end of the `film within' -- VII. Moholy's letter to Sibyl -- VIII.`A good slice of art history might never have been written' -- 1. Mythical immersion: Le Corbusier relives the tempestuous night voyage in Homeric terms -- 2. After the party: Moholy scrambles to complete his letter while the CIAM agenda begins to seem somewhat distant -- 3. Sachlich deformation: impetuous kick scores unexpected revelation 4. Zervos's agenda absorbed and new interest in `archaism' -- 5. La Sarraz -- X. 'Experiences which we rarely expressed in words' -- Appendix -- The Personae -- Sources -- Image Credits.

Summary:

The 4th International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM), 1933 was held onboard the boat, Patris II, for four days at sea and in Athens. The artist and attendee László Moholy-Nagy prepared a visual documentary of the Congress. This book is built around Mohol-Nagy's documentary.

ISBN:

9783037785669 (hardcover)
3037785667 (hardcover)

Subject:

Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946. Architect's congress.
International Congresses for Modern Architecture (4th : 1933 : Athens, Greece)
International Congresses for Modern Architecture
City planning Congresses.
Modern movement (Architecture) Congresses.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Congrès.
City planning
Modern movement (Architecture)

Form/genre:

Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Levine, Judith, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 303250
Call No.: BIB 249363
Status: Available