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Philosophy, Art(theory), and Literature (Part 1)
The following essays examine the intricate relationship between philosophy and the arts. On the one hand, they demonstrate how philosophy has influenced the arts. For example, they show how Husserl's and Merleau-Ponty's reformulation of the affective sphere of the body led to a disruption of the metaphorical order of the body inherent in artistic representation. On the other hand, they reveal how the analysis of fictional characters can lead to a revision of philosophical ideas, such as Husserl's concept of presentification. The complex interplay between philosophy and literature is also discussed in depth. Finally, ethical and axiological problems, in theory and praxis, that arise in both philosophy and art(theory), are explored in more detail. Together, these contributions offer a broader and deeper understanding of the interplay between art and philosophy, two fields that have often been at odds.
Mass Housing
Shortlisted for the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 2021 (The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain) "It will become the standard work on the subject." Literary Review This major work provides the first comprehensive history of one of modernism's most defining and controversial architectural legacies: the 20th-century drive to provide 'homes for the people'. Vast programmes of mass housing – high-rise, low-rise, state-funded, and built in the modernist style – became a truly global phenomenon, leaving a legacy which has suffered waves of disillusionment in the West but which is now seeing a dramatic, 21st-century renaissance in the booming, crowded cities of East Asia. Pro...
Dekonstruktivismus in der Architektur?
Philip Johnson und Mark Wigley versammelten 1988 in ihrer ebenso erfolgreichen wie umstrittenen Ausstellung »Deconstructivist Architecture« Namen, die heute zur internationalen Elite der »Starchitects« gehören: Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Coop Himmelb(l)au und Bernard Tschumi. Simone Kraft legt nun, mehr als 25 Jahre später, erstmals eine Untersuchung zu den Widersprüchlichkeiten der Ausstellung vor. Sie macht sich intensive Archivrecherchen und Informationen von Zeitzeugen zunutze, um die ungewöhnlichen organisatorischen Hintergründe zu rekonstruieren und argumentative Schwachstellen des kuratorischen Konzepts zu beleuchten. So wird schließlich am Beispiel der sieben ausgestellten Architekten eine Annäherung an einen fundierte(re)n Begriff von der dekonstruktivistischen Architektur ermöglicht.
New Commitment
Finalist for 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner of 2012 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play Winner of 2012 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play A deeply humorous, unflinching portrait of grief and loss, Sons of the Prophet depicts a Lebanese-American family in rural Pennsylvania beset by an absurd string of tragedies. At the play’s center is Joseph Douaihy, a once-promising world-class runner now sidelined by injury. As Joseph confronts his deteriorating health, he is also forced to face the death of his father, an ailing Uncle, and a desperate boss beset by her own tragedies. Deftly keeping its various storylines in careful balance, Karam’s play confronts, with abundant intelligence and great sympathy for human frailty, the inevitability of loss and the equally inevitable comedy resulting from our attempts to cope with is consequences.
Architektur und Geometrie
Architekturen können geometrisch beschrieben werden. Doch inwieweit wirken geometrische Grundmuster – als formale Ordnungssysteme – auf die Erzeugung, Findung und Konzeption von Architektur zurück? Anhand exemplarischer Beispiele formaler Ordnungspraxis legt Ekkehard Drach Verschiebungen, Überlagerungen, Diskontinuitäten und Brüche offen. Er zeigt: Selbst scheinbar übersubjektive, geometrisch generative Entwurfsverfahren können nicht außerhalb ihrer Bindung an Konvention, soziale Praxis und zeitlichen Kontext verstanden werden.
