Title & Author:

Chora L works : Jacques Derrida and Peter Eisenman / edited by Jeffrey Kipnis and Thomas Leeser.

Publication:

New York : Monacelli Press, 1997.

Description:

207 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Publication is pierced through and through by square holes.
Venice/Cannaregio drawings -- Transcript one / Jacques Derrida, Peter Eisenman, Jeffrey Kipnis, Thomas Leeser, Renato Rizzi -- Chora / Jacques Derrida -- Transcript two / Jacques Derrida, Peter Eisenman, Alain Pelissier, Renato Rizzi -- Drawings 1-7 -- Model 1 -- Transcript three / Jacques Derrida, Peter Eisenman -- Drawings 8-18, 27-38, 46-49, 51-53 -- Transcript four / Jacques Derrida, Peter Eisenman, Thomas Leeser -- Drawings 54-62 -- Transcript five / Jacques Derrida, Peter Eisenman, Thomas Leeser -- Correspondence -- Model 2 -- Transcript six / Jacques Derrida, Peter Eisenman, Jeffrey Kipnis, Thomas Leeser, Renato Rizzi -- Why Peter Eisenman writes such good books / Jacques Derrida -- A+U drawings -- Transcript seven / Jacques Derrida, Peter Eisenman, Jeffrey Kipnis -- Introduction / Bernard Tschumi -- Parc de la Villette drawings -- Separate tricks / Peter Eisenman -- Twisting the separatrix / Jeffrey Kipnis -- Letter to Peter Eisenman / Jacques Derrida -- Afterword / Jacques Derrida and Jeffrey Kipnis -- Pourquoi Peter Eisenman ecrit de si bons livres / Jacques Derrida -- A+U drawings -- Letter to Peter Eisenman / Jacques Derrida -- Correspondence -- Post/el cards: a reply to Jacques Derrida / Peter Eisenman -- Chora / Jacques Derrida -- Paris/La Villette drawings.
English and French.
Includes reproductions of CCA collection material.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "Les livres d'architectes = Architects' books", Centre canadien d'architecture, June 24-Sept. 26, 2004.

Summary:

Chora L Works documents the unprecedented collaboration, initiated in 1985, between philosopher Jacques Derrida and architect Peter Eisenman on a project for the Parc de la Villette in Paris. Woven into the volume are discussion transcripts, candid correspondence, and essays, as well as sketches, presentation drawings, and models. Derrida and Eisenman's design process was guided by Plato's chora text from the Timeaus; their unique reciprocal relationship was an interchange - and transformation - of voices.

ISBN:

1885254407 (pbk.)
9781885254405 (pbk.)

Subject:

Eisenman, Peter, 1932- Philosophy.
Derrida, Jacques.
Eisenman, Peter, 1932-
Derrida, Jacques, 1930-2004.
Deconstructivism (Architecture)
Whole and parts (Philosophy)
All (Philosophy)
Déconstructivisme (Architecture)
Tout et parties (Philosophie)
Deconstructivist.
21.62 history of architecture.
Philosophy
Bouwprojecten.
Parc de la Villette.
Architects United States 20th century.
Parc de La Villette (Paris, France)
Parc de la Villette (Paris, France)
France Paris Parc de La Villette
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Form/genre:

Transcripts.
Correspondence.
Autographs (Provenance) NNC
Distinctive presentations.

Added entries:

Derrida, Jacques.
Eisenman, Peter, 1932-
Kipnis, Jeffrey.
Leeser, Thomas.

Choral works

Holdings:

Location: Library main 194040
Call No.: NA44.E36.A35 1997
Status: Available