Cutting Matta-Clark : the anarchitecture investigation / Mark Wigley

Main Author: Wigley, Mark, 1956-...., AuteurSecondary Author: Matta-Clark, Gordon, 1943-1978, ArtisteCorporate Author (Secondary): Centre canadien d'architecture, Montr�eal, Canada, Éditeur scientifique;Graduate school of architecture, planning and preservation, New York, Éditeur scientifiqueLanguage: anglais.Country: Suisse.Publication: Description: 1 vol. (527 p.) : ill., facsimiles ; 24 cmISBN: 9783037784273; 303778427X.Dewey: 700.411Abstract: Parmi les nombreux spectacles pr�esent�es dans la l�egendaire galerie 112 Greene Street - un �epicentre artistique de la sc�ene du centre-ville de New York dans les ann�ees 1970 - le spectacle du groupe Anarchitecture de mars 1974 a fait l�objet des discussions les plus persistantes, en d�epit d�un manque total de documentation �a ce sujet. L'anarchitecture est devenue un mythe fondateur, mais il reste �a le comprendre correctement. Issue d'une s�erie de r�eunions organis�ees par Gordon Matta-Clark et refl�etant son int�er�et de longue date pour l'architecture, l'exposition Anarchitecture a �et�e con�cue comme une d�eclaration de groupe anonyme compos�ee de photographies sur l'intersection de l'art et du b�atiment. Mais est-ce vraiment arriv�e? Il n�existe que par le biais de traces archivistiques obliques et de la m�emoire des participants. Cutting Matta-Clark enqu�ete sur le groupe Anarchitecture en tant que sorte de s�eminaire de recherche collectif, �a travers des entretiens approfondis avec les protagonistes et un dossier de toutes les preuves disponibles. Le dossier comprend une collection de �cartes artistiques� aphoristiques de Matta-Clark, les 96 photographies produites par les diff�erents participants pour une �eventuelle inclusion dans l'exposition, ainsi que des images d'une vid�eo r�ecemment d�ecouverte du voyage en bus de Matta-Clark, d�esormais c�el�ebre, pour voir Splitting �a Englewood, New Jersey; Of the many shows at the fabled 112 Greene Street gallery - an artistic epicenter of New York's downtown scene in the 1970s - the Anarchitecture group show of March 1974 has been the subject of the most enduring discussion, despite a complete lack of documentation about it. Anarchitecture has become a foundational myth, but one that remains to be properly understood. Stemming from a series of meetings organized by Gordon Matta-Clark and reflecting his long-standing interest in architecture, the Anarchitecture exhibition was conceived as an anonymous group statement in photographs about the intersection of art and building. But did it actually happen? It exists only through oblique archival traces and the memories of the participants. Cutting Matta-Clark investigates the Anarchitecture group as a kind of collective research seminar, through extensive interviews with the protagonists and a dossierof all the available evidence. The dossier includes a collection of Matta-Clark's aphoristic 'art cards', the 96 photographs that were produced by the various participants for possible inclusion in the exhibition, and images from a recently unearthed video of Matta-Clark's now famous bus trip to see Splitting in Englewood, New Jersey.Bibliography: R�ef�erences bibliogr. Iindex..Subject - Personal Name: Matta-Clark Gordon 1943-1978 -- Critique et interpr�etation | Matta-Clark Gordon 1943-1978 -- Criticism and interpretation | Matta-Clark Gordon 1943-1978 Subject - Topical Name: Architecture et arts -- �Etats-Unis -- 1970- | Cr�eation collective (art) -- New York (N.Y.) | Art and architecture -- United States -- 20th century | rapport art-architecture Subject - Geographical Name: United States
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Livre Le Brrrazero
Salle de lecture
Prêt restreint 00000204

With contributions by Tina Girouard, Jene Highstein, Dickie Landry, Jeffrey Lew, Richard Nonas, Bernard Kirschenbaum, Susan Weil Kirschenbaum. Design: Integral Lars M�uller

R�ef�erences bibliogr. Iindex.

Parmi les nombreux spectacles pr�esent�es dans la l�egendaire galerie 112 Greene Street - un �epicentre artistique de la sc�ene du centre-ville de New York dans les ann�ees 1970 - le spectacle du groupe Anarchitecture de mars 1974 a fait l�objet des discussions les plus persistantes, en d�epit d�un manque total de documentation �a ce sujet. L'anarchitecture est devenue un mythe fondateur, mais il reste �a le comprendre correctement. Issue d'une s�erie de r�eunions organis�ees par Gordon Matta-Clark et refl�etant son int�er�et de longue date pour l'architecture, l'exposition Anarchitecture a �et�e con�cue comme une d�eclaration de groupe anonyme compos�ee de photographies sur l'intersection de l'art et du b�atiment. Mais est-ce vraiment arriv�e? Il n�existe que par le biais de traces archivistiques obliques et de la m�emoire des participants. Cutting Matta-Clark enqu�ete sur le groupe Anarchitecture en tant que sorte de s�eminaire de recherche collectif, �a travers des entretiens approfondis avec les protagonistes et un dossier de toutes les preuves disponibles. Le dossier comprend une collection de �cartes artistiques� aphoristiques de Matta-Clark, les 96 photographies produites par les diff�erents participants pour une �eventuelle inclusion dans l'exposition, ainsi que des images d'une vid�eo r�ecemment d�ecouverte du voyage en bus de Matta-Clark, d�esormais c�el�ebre, pour voir Splitting �a Englewood, New Jersey

Of the many shows at the fabled 112 Greene Street gallery - an artistic epicenter of New York's downtown scene in the 1970s - the Anarchitecture group show of March 1974 has been the subject of the most enduring discussion, despite a complete lack of documentation about it. Anarchitecture has become a foundational myth, but one that remains to be properly understood. Stemming from a series of meetings organized by Gordon Matta-Clark and reflecting his long-standing interest in architecture, the Anarchitecture exhibition was conceived as an anonymous group statement in photographs about the intersection of art and building. But did it actually happen? It exists only through oblique archival traces and the memories of the participants. Cutting Matta-Clark investigates the Anarchitecture group as a kind of collective research seminar, through extensive interviews with the protagonists and a dossierof all the available evidence. The dossier includes a collection of Matta-Clark's aphoristic 'art cards', the 96 photographs that were produced by the various participants for possible inclusion in the exhibition, and images from a recently unearthed video of Matta-Clark's now famous bus trip to see Splitting in Englewood, New Jersey

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