Architecture between Spectacle and Use

'In recent times, critics have accused architecture of entering too fully into the “society of the spectacle” and falling prey to corporate advertisement and consumerist display. Are such judgments justified, or are the new buildings, projects, and ideas that have generated such excitement and public interest a creative response to the fundamental social, cultural, and economic needs of a wider public? Based on the 2005 Clark Conference, Architecture Between Spectacle and Use examines the ways in which architecture finds itself caught between the art of display and the accommodation of use—and asks whether the discipline has learned from the social idealism of earlier modern movements, from new technologies, and from environmental sensitivities, or whether it has abandoned its historical aims and ambitions in favor of celebrity and spectacularity.' - from back cover.

Includes contributors' biographies.

Alternative title

Clark Studies in the Visual Arts

Access level

Onsite

publisher

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, United States)

editor

Anthony VIDLER

Location code

REF.CLS2

Language

English

Keyword

architecture, visual culture, art theory, space, capitalism

Publication/Creation date

2008

No of pages

184

ISBN / ISSN

9780300125542

No of copies

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

Introduction - Anthony VIDLER

Questioning the Spectacle

Spectacle Architecture Before and After the Aftermath: Situating the Sydney Experience - Terry SMITH

Their 'Master's Voice': Notes on the Architecture of Hans Scharoun's and Frank Gehry's Concert Halls - Kurt W. FOSTER

'The Way the World Sees London': Thoughts on a Millenial Urban Spectacle - Mark DORRIAN

Media as Modern Architecture - Beatriz COLOMINA

Histories and Genealogies

The (Trans)formations of Fame - Mark JARZOMBEK

Monumentality in the Pictorial Still - Sarah Williams GOLDHAGEN

Acid Visions - Felicity D. SCOTT

Redefining Spectacle

Nonstandard Morality: Digital Technology and Its Discontents - Mario CARPO

Architecture's Expanded Field - Anthony VIDLER

Toward a History of Quantity - Mark WIGLEY

Image Building - Hal FOSTER

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Art Writing