Grand gestures / Adam Jasper, Stefan Neuner (eds.)

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jasper, Adam, editor.

Neuner, Stefan, editor.

Series:

Gta papers ; 2504-2068 4.

GTA papers, 2504-2068 ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Political aspects.

Architecture.

Buildings--Political aspects.

Buildings.

Architecture and society.

Architecture--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

151 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Zurich : GTA Verlag, [2020]

Summary:

Many political leaders wish to leave a monumental mark on the fabric of a city, but no one wishes to be remembered for a grand gesture. A grand, symbolic project may shape city identity and serve its needs, but a grand gesture is a performance in which the intention fails to line up with the result. Modernity is populated by many grand gestures. If they tend to failure, it is failure of an interesting kind and one characterized by irony. Irony is not merely the inevitable outcome of any grand historical gesture, but appears as a mysterious force, seemingly guiding events to maximize the resulting anti-climax.--amazon.com

Contents:

A short guide to gestures / Stefan Neuner and Adam Jasper

From the gta archives / Daniel Weiss

The smell of politics / John Macarthur

Elevated infrastructure / Maarten Delbeke

Specters of Edo Castle / Liam Ross

Sonnenberg : dark days ahead / Sarah Nichols

Plate glass and celluloid / André Bideau

"Rome is no longer in Rome" / Berthold Hub

Grand Hotel / Davide Spina

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783856764074

3856764070

OCLC:

1230548135