Main entry:

Arakawa, Shūsaku, 1936-2010, artist.

Title & Author:

Reversible destiny : Arakawa/Gins / Guggenheim Museum.

Publication:

New York, New York : Guggenheim Museum Publications, [1997]
New York, New York : Hardcover edition distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [date of distribution not identified]
©1997

Description:

323 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 32 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Guggenheim Museum Soho, June 25-August 31, 1997.
"Organized by Michael Govan, Guggenheim Museum Soho, June 25-August 31, 1997"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-316).
Introduction / Michael Govan -- Dear neverending architectonic reflective wherewithal / Jean-François Lyotard, Madeline Gins and Arakawa -- The road to critical resemblances house : report of a mapping / Charles W. Haxthausen -- Early works / Arakawa -- To think, to invent, to be invented : reflections on the mechanism of meaning / F.L. Rush -- The mechanism of meaning / Arakawa and Gins -- Testing the limits of brain plasticity : or, Why is there a wall down the middle of the tub? / George Lakoff -- Saving not / Mark C. Taylor -- Judging landing sites / Andrew Benjamin -- Landing site(s) ; Films ; Architectural body ; Ubiquitous site : Nagi's Ryoanji ; architectural body / Arakawa and Gins -- Sites of reversible destiny / Radovan Ivsic and Annie le Brun -- Site of reversible destiny-Yoro / Arakawa and Gins -- Out of balance / Bernhard Waldenfels -- Four architects on reversible destiny / Ed Keller, Johannes Knesl, Greg Lynn, Jesse Reiser -- Terrain ; Reversible destiny cities ; Isle of reversible destiny-Venice ; Reversible destiny houses ; Types of function ; Reversible destiny questionnaire / Arakawa and Gins.

Summary:

Over the last three decades, Arakawa (Shusaku Arakawa, b. 1936) and Madeline Gins (b. 1941) have created a remarkable body of work that bridges disciplines and seeks to expand the definition of artistic practice. This volume, published on the occasion of a major exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum SoHo, features two important collaborations, The Mechanism of Meaning, 1963-73, 1996, and their "reversible destiny" architecture projects, begun in 1971

ISBN:

0810969025 (hardcover)
9780810969025 (hardcover)
0892071885 (softcover)
9780892071883 (softcover)

Subject:

Arakawa, Shūsaku, 1936-2010 Exhibitions.
Gins, Madeline Exhibitions.
Arakawa, Shūsaku, 1936-2010 Themes, motives.
Gins, Madeline Themes, motives.
Arakawa, Shusaku, 1936-
Gins, Madeline.
Arakawa, Shūsaku, 1936-2010.
Conceptual art Exhibitions.
Architectural design.
Architecture Human factors.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Designs and plans.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) History 20th century Exhibitions.
Space (Architecture) Exhibitions.
Art conceptuel Expositions.
Design architectural.
Architecture Facteurs humains.
Architecture 20e siècle Dessins et plans.
Espace (Architecture) Expositions.
Architecture, Modern.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Conceptual art.
Space (Architecture)
Themes, motives.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Architectural drawings.
History.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Arakawa, Shūsaku, 1936-2010, writer of added commentary.
Benjamin, Andrew E., writer of added commentary.
Gins, Madeline, artist.
Gins, Madeline, writer of added commentary.
Govan, Michael, curator.
Govan, Michael, writer of introduction.
Haxthausen, Charles Werner, writer of added commentary.
Ivšić, Radovan, writer of added commentary.
Keller, Ed (Architect), writer of added commentary.
Knesl, Johannes, writer of added commentary.
Lakoff, George, writer of added commentary.
Le Brun, Annie, writer of added commentary.
Lynn, Greg, writer of added commentary.
Lyotard, Jean-François, 1924-1998, writer of added commentary.
Reiser, Jesse, writer of added commentary.
Rush, Fred Leland, writer of added commentary.
Taylor, Mark C., 1945- writer of added commentary.
Waldenfels, Bernhard, 1934- writer of added commentary.
Guggenheim Museum Publications, publisher.
Guggenheim Museum Soho, sponsoring body.

We have decided not to die
Arakawa/Gins

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 192252
Call No.: ND37.A659 (ID:97-B3346)
Status: Available