Trans 46: Spolia
Trans 46: Spolia
| Author | |
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| Publisher | gta Verlag |
| ISBN | 9783856764982 |
| Idea Code | 250370 |
We persist in building, digging, finding, collecting, and assembling to produce meaning. ‘Spolia’ absorb energy from an external force and deform elastically. As archaeological tools at (de)construction sites, they form hidden testaments to political dependencies, ecosystem clashes, art in galleries, and even office tower elevators. Their input offers a strange simultaneity of icons that are immediate, available, and ready to be transformed. The output becomes remnants reorganised to serve architecture and its demands. More than 30 contributors reflect on the themes developed over four chapters: Meaning Quarry, Inherited Icon, Assemblage Shift, and Contemporary Ruins.
| 140 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 28 cm, pb, English/German |
gta Verlag
