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When Guy Debord identified the image consumerism of “the society of the spectacle” in the 1960s, he could not have forecast that language would threaten to eclipse the image in the medium of personal technology, creating a world of ubiquitous legibility. Today, we read anytime and anywhere, on screens of all sizes; we read not only newspaper articles, but also databases,(...)
I read where I am : exploring new information cultures
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When Guy Debord identified the image consumerism of “the society of the spectacle” in the 1960s, he could not have forecast that language would threaten to eclipse the image in the medium of personal technology, creating a world of ubiquitous legibility. Today, we read anytime and anywhere, on screens of all sizes; we read not only newspaper articles, but also databases, online archives, search engine results and navigational structures. We read while out on the street, at home or in the office, with a complete library to hand - but less and less we read a book at home on the couch. In other words, we are, or are becoming, a different kind of reader. I Read Where I Am contains texts about the future of reading and the status of the word in the digital age from designers, philosophers, journalists and politicians, looking at both sides of the argument for printed and digital reading matter.
Épistémologie et réseau
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Now that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture? 'Curate' is now a buzzword, applied to everything from music festivals to artisanal cheese. Inside the art world, the curator reigns supreme, acting as the face of high-profile group shows and biennials in a way that can eclipse and assimilate the contributions of(...)
Curationism: how curating took over the art world and everything else
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Now that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture? 'Curate' is now a buzzword, applied to everything from music festivals to artisanal cheese. Inside the art world, the curator reigns supreme, acting as the face of high-profile group shows and biennials in a way that can eclipse and assimilate the contributions of individual artists. Curatorial-studies programs continue to grow, and the business world is adopting curation as a means of adding value to content. Everyone, it seems, is a curator. But what is a curator, exactly? And what does the explosive popularity of curating say about our culture's relationship with taste, labour and the avant-garde? In this vibrant, revelatory and original study, David Balzer travels through art history and around the globe to explore the cult of curation, from superstar curator Hans Ulrich Obrist's war with sleep to Subway's 'sandwich artists.' Recalling such landmark works of cultural criticism as Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word and John Berger's Ways of Seeing, Curationism will change the way you look at art - and maybe even the way you see yourself.
Muséologie
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Jaipur, in Rajasthan, is renowned for its palaces and museums, its craft traditions and its distinctive pink shops and houses. A planned city within walls, it was built in pre-modern times according to a distinctive Indian theory of architecture known as vastu vidya. As architecture subsequently developed in India, in response to British and latterly post-colonial(...)
Arch Moyen-Orient
septembre 2002, London
Building Jaipur : the making of an Indian city
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Jaipur, in Rajasthan, is renowned for its palaces and museums, its craft traditions and its distinctive pink shops and houses. A planned city within walls, it was built in pre-modern times according to a distinctive Indian theory of architecture known as vastu vidya. As architecture subsequently developed in India, in response to British and latterly post-colonial policies, this system became increasingly marginalized and fragmented, decreasingly practised and understood. Taking Jaipur as a test case, the authors use this lost tradition to explain historic Indian buildings according to the rationale of their original architects. The authors also examine the place of traditional architectural theory in a modern context – Post-Modern architecture in India has often sought to recapture a spirit of the past, and yet been reluctant to engage with traditional theory. By chronicling the gradual eclipse of Indian architectural theory, the authors explain how this reluctance arose; they also describe the need and the terms for a fresh engagement with it. The result is an architectural biography of a city, and a concise history of Indian architectural theory over the last 300 years.
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Born in 1945 in Dalat, South Vietnam, French photographer Bernard Plossu has traveled extensively throughout his life, immersing himself in the cultures of Chiapas in Mexico, the American West, India, the Aeolian Islands and Niger. ''Bernard Plossu: The Still Hour'' gathers 106 images taken over the course of 30 years from Plossu’s travels in the South of France, Spain,(...)
Bernard Plossu: the still hour
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Born in 1945 in Dalat, South Vietnam, French photographer Bernard Plossu has traveled extensively throughout his life, immersing himself in the cultures of Chiapas in Mexico, the American West, India, the Aeolian Islands and Niger. ''Bernard Plossu: The Still Hour'' gathers 106 images taken over the course of 30 years from Plossu’s travels in the South of France, Spain, Greece, Italy and Turkey. In these black-and-white snapshots, the omnipresent white light eclipses people in a visual exercise that reflects on the real dimension of landscapes and architectures; the images shape a timeless space in an almost surrealistic, dreamlike journey through time and light.
Monographies photo
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A la différence de la critique architecturale, polarisée sur les projets exceptionnels et quasi absente du débat d'idées, la critique littéraire, théâtrale, cinématographique ou d'art est non seulement présente mais sollicitée par les médias. Aussi, les universités l'enseigne et tout un chacun n'hésite pas à s'y référer. Par ailleurs, l'architecture, surtout moderne ou(...)
Théorie de l’architecture
février 2008, Paris
La critique architecturale: questions - frontières - desseins
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A la différence de la critique architecturale, polarisée sur les projets exceptionnels et quasi absente du débat d'idées, la critique littéraire, théâtrale, cinématographique ou d'art est non seulement présente mais sollicitée par les médias. Aussi, les universités l'enseigne et tout un chacun n'hésite pas à s'y référer. Par ailleurs, l'architecture, surtout moderne ou récente, semble rater son rendez-vous avec le grand publie. Pourtant, c'est la seule production culturelle et matérielle à laquelle nul ne part échapper dès lors qu'il habite une ville ou parcourt la campagne. Unique recueil exclusivement consacré à la critique architecturale, l'ouvrage rassemble une vingtaine de textes de référence ou d'analyse critique d'auteurs issus d'horizons et de cultures très différents : presse quotidienne ou spécialisée, chroniqueur radio, sociologues, historiens des médias ou de l'architecture. Ensemble, depuis les années 1960, ils interrogent la posture de critique dans un métier plus accoutumé à l'anathème ou à la louange. Une attention particulière est accordée au phénomène de médiatisation actuelle des grands acteurs contemporains de la scène architecturale et l'éclipse des aspects touchant à l'architecture ordinaire pourtant le lot quotidien de notre environnement habituel. Au-delà de la diversité des mots et débats, affleure la question du râle de la critique architecturale à influer ou à transformer le monde bâti.
Théorie de l’architecture