Moholy's edit : the avant-garde at sea, August 1933 / Chris Blencowe, Judith Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blencowe, Chris, author.

Levine, Judith, author.

Contributor:

George R. Gund Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modern movement (Architecture).

International Congresses for Modern Architecture--(4th : 1933 : Athens, Greece).

International Congresses for Modern Architecture.

Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946. Architect's congress.

Moholy-Nagy, László.

City planning--Congresses.

City planning.

Modern movement (Architecture)--Congresses.

Local Subjects:

City planning.

Modern movement (Architecture).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

197 pages (1 folded) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Zurich, Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

The 4th International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM), 1933 was held onboard the boat, Patris II, for four days at sea and in Athens. The artist and attendee László Moholy-Nagy prepared a visual documentary of the Congress. This book is built around Mohol-Nagy's documentary.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I.CIAM 4: a debacle avoided

1.Reservations of `the poet of architecture'

2.Piraeus

3.Andreas Embirikos: a most untypical yacht-owner

4.Heracles Ioannides: `traveller without baggage'

II.Moholy

summoned to `drop everything'

seizes a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

1.The CIAM documentary and `film within'

2.Leger's harsh critique

3.The Corbusian view of Greece

4.Zervos's radical agenda

5.The incomparable light offers Moholy new creative possibilities

III.From microcosm of the ancient Attic landscape to `forest of symbols'

1.Aegina: a most impressive dialogue between architecture and landscape

2.Tombros's monument to Rupert Brooke prompts a Corbusian response

3.Moonlight

4.Poros: introduction to a `determinedly anti-metaphysical' philosopher contrasted with Moholy's view of Greek island reality

5.Symposium: Moholy integrates the `psychological and human' into the discussion

IV.The `film within'

Note continued: V.`What's in a name?'

1.An air of unreality

2.Infinite space: Le Corbusier's revolutionary project goes up in smoke

3.Serifos: a denuded island blessed with glorious architecture and wonderful smiling faces

4.Pleonasmos: increasing sense of `otherness'

a nocturnal discussion on art, psychology and multiple identities

VI.From magical caldera to the island of exile

1.Santorin

2.`The plastic feeling' contributes to a change of sensibility

3.Los: `giant kinetic sculptures' and political realities

end of the `film within'

VII.Moholy's letter to Sibyl

VIII.`A good slice of art history might never have been written'

1.Mythical immersion: Le Corbusier relives the tempestuous night voyage in Homeric terms

2.After the party: Moholy scrambles to complete his letter while the CIAM agenda begins to seem somewhat distant

3.Sachlich deformation: impetuous kick scores unexpected revelation

Note continued: 4.Zervos's agenda absorbed and new interest in `archaism'

5.La Sarraz

X.`Experiences which we rarely expressed in words'

Appendix

The Personae

Sources

Image Credits.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Gund Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9783037785669

3037785667

OCLC:

1028825867