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Complexity : architecture, art, philosophy / edited by Andrew Benjamin.

Contributor(s): Benjamin, Andrew E.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Journal of philosophy and the visual arts: Publisher: London : Lanham, Md. : Academy Group ; Distributed to the trade in the United States of America by National Book Network, 1995Description: 96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.ISBN: 1854904175; 9781854904171.Subject(s): Complexity (Philosophy) | Architecture -- Philosophy | Art -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 720.1
Contents:
Introduction / Andrew Benjamin -- On machines / Fľix Guattari -- The complexity of language / Jean-Jacques Lecercle --The table and the field : drawing board, construction site / Bernard Cache -- [Nu]-molecular sexes : the problem of becoming woman / Kath Renark Jones -- Blobs / Greg Lynn -- Rehearsing complex painting / Andrew Benjamin, Fabian Marcaccio -- Images of absence -- Chrristine Buci-Glucksmann -- Woman as objet a between phantasy and art / Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger -- The politics of complexity in architecture / Christian Girard -- Responding to the question of complexity / Bernard Tschumi -- Housing complexity / Arakawa and Madeline Gins -- Madeline Gins : Helen Keller or Arakawa / Mary Ann Caws.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Cork Centre Architectural Education Lending 720.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00155635
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

JPVA Journal of Philosophy and the Visual Arts No 6 Complexity Architecture / Art / Philosophy 'Beginning with complexity will involve working with the recognition that there has always been more than one. Here however this insistent "more than one" will be positioned beyond the scope of semantics; rather than complexity occurring within the range of meaning and taking the form of a generalised polysemy, it will be linked to the nature of the object and to its production. Complexity, therefore, will be inextricably connected to the ontology of the object. What this means is that complexity, in resisting the hold of a semantic idealism on the one hand, and the attempt to give to it the position of being the basis of a new foundationalism on the other, becomes a way of thinking both the presence and the production of objects.' Andrew Benjamin The Journal of Philosophy and the Visual Arts has set new standards in its exploration of themes central to philosophy's relation to the visual arts, illuminating areas of art criticism, architecture, feminism as well as philosophy itself. Rather than simply reflecting current trends it provides a forum in which the real developments in the analysis of the visual arts and its larger cultural and political context can be presented. Articles by well known philosophers and theorists, as well as some lesser known, together with writings by artists and architects allow a strong interdisciplinary approach reflecting the Journal's roots in post-structural theory. Previous issues include: Philosophy & the Visual Arts (No 1) Philosophy & Architecture (No 2) Architecture, Space, Painting (No 3) The Body (No 4) Abstraction (No 5)

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Andrew Benjamin -- On machines / Fľix Guattari -- The complexity of language / Jean-Jacques Lecercle --The table and the field : drawing board, construction site / Bernard Cache -- [Nu]-molecular sexes : the problem of becoming woman / Kath Renark Jones -- Blobs / Greg Lynn -- Rehearsing complex painting / Andrew Benjamin, Fabian Marcaccio -- Images of absence -- Chrristine Buci-Glucksmann -- Woman as objet a between phantasy and art / Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger -- The politics of complexity in architecture / Christian Girard -- Responding to the question of complexity / Bernard Tschumi -- Housing complexity / Arakawa and Madeline Gins -- Madeline Gins : Helen Keller or Arakawa / Mary Ann Caws.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Architecture/Art/Philosophy
  • On Machines (F. Guattari)
  • The Complexity of Language (J. Lecercle)
  • The Table and the Field-Drawing Broad, Contruction Site (B. Cache)
  • N-Molecular Sexes: The Problem of Becoming-Woman (K. Jones)
  • Blobs (G. Lynn)
  • Rehearsing Complex Painting (A. Benjamin & F. Marcaccio)
  • Images of Absence (C. Buci-Glucksmann)
  • Woman as Objet a Between Phantasy and Art (B. Ettinger)
  • The Politics of Complexity in Architecture (C. Girard)
  • Responding to the Question of Complexity (B. Tschumi)
  • Housing Complexity (A. Gins & M. Gins)
  • Madeline Gins: Helen Keller or Arakawa (M. Caws)