Title & Author:

Spectres of the state avant-garde / edited by Junghyun Park, Sangho Kim, Jane Misun Shim, Seongtae Park.

Publication:

[Seoul] : Propaganda, [2018]

Description:

263 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
This book is the official catalog for Spectres of the State Avant-garde, Korean Pavilion, 16th International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia.
Catalogue of the exhibition at the Korean Pavilion, 16th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, May 26-November 25, 2018, Venice, Italy.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

The 2018 Korean pavilion explores the complex relationship between architecture and the state. For young Korean architects coming of age during the early years of military dictatorship in 1960s, the oppressive developmental state provided the only viable platform for showcasing their imaginative prowess and advancing their utopian agenda. The exhibition highlights the schism between political power and imagination, and the inherent contradiction between political system and utopian ideology through the apparent paradox of working for the "state" as "avant-garde" architects. The legacy of, or the wreckage from, the "State Avant-garde", whose naive optimism transcended the fragility of the civic society, may offer an intriguing possibility today for an alternate path toward a politically-charged urban form as opposed to the more normative, or neutralised concept of free space as public amenity

ISBN:

9788998143572 (paperback)
8998143577

Subject:

Korea Engineering Consultants Corporation Exhibitions
International Architectural Exhibition (16th : 2018 : Venice, Italy)
Architecture and state Korea (South) Exhibitions.
Architecture Korea (South) History 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture and state Korea Exhibitions.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Corée Expositions.
Architecture Corée Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Corée du Sud Expositions.
Architecture
Architecture and state
Architecture Korea History 20th century Exhibitions
Korea

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
History

Added entries:

Pak, Chŏng-hyŏn (Architectural critic), editor.
Park, Junghyun (Writer on architecture) editor
Kim, Sangho (Editor) editor
Shim, Jane Misun editor
Park, Seongtae editor
International Architectural Exhibition (16th : 2018 : Venice, Italy)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 302582
Call No.: BIB 248762
Status: Available