Discursive Architecture: Tactics for Critical Intervention in the Work of BAVO - Couverture souple

Boie, Gideon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9462088993 ISBN 13 : 9789462088993

Editeur : NAI Publishers, 2024

Synopsis

• An extensive reflection on the defining moments of more than twenty years of BAVO, research collective focusing on the political dimension of art, architecture and urban planning


• A philosophical perspective on social architectural issues


• With different tactics for critical intervention in architecture

Criticism is largely an unprofessional affair, more often than not a friendly service, at best a civil service for the good cause of architecture culture. In any case, it is poorly paid and not meant to be taken seriously. Therefore architect-philosopher Gideon Boie proposes to rethink criticism on the basis of overidentification: a counter-strategy in which artists identify with the current trends in such an excessive way that it becomes rather difficult to digest.

In Discursive Architecture, Boie reflects on the practice of BAVO: the collective he co-founded with Matthias Pauwels in the early 2000s. Boie sketches how the strategy of overidentification and its wider psychoanalytical framework allows us to explore new critical tactics. The interventions of BAVO tackled various urgent social issues, ranging from regional development, city marketing and art in the public space, to spatial management, humane detention and mental healthcare.

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• An extensive reflection on the defining moments of more than twenty years of BAVO, research collective focusing on the political dimension of art, architecture and urban planning


• A philosophical perspective on social architectural issues


• With different tactics for critical intervention in architecture

Criticism is largely an unprofessional affair, more often than not a friendly service, at best a civil service for the good cause of architecture culture. In any case, it is poorly paid and not meant to be taken seriously. Therefore architect-philosopher Gideon Boie proposes to rethink criticism on the basis of overidentification: a counter-strategy in which artists identify with the current trends in such an excessive way that it becomes rather difficult to digest.

In Discursive Architecture, Boie reflects on the practice of BAVO: the collective he co-founded with Matthias Pauwels in the early 2000s. Boie sketches how the strategy of overidentification and its wider psychoanalytical framework allows us to explore new critical tactics. The interventions of BAVO tackled various urgent social issues, ranging from regional development, city marketing and art in the public space, to spatial management, humane detention and mental healthcare.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NAI Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9462088993
• ISBN 13: 9789462088993
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 270
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible