Contingent Excess

This “visual essay” was written in response to an invitation to write a thousand word essay accompanied by one image. It addresses the definition, by the author, of architecture as an act of contingent excess. Without disagreeing with George Bataille’s understanding of excess as waste, I argue that,...

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Autor principal: Catherine Ingraham
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Rosenberg & Sellier 2020-09-01
Colecção:Ardeth
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Acesso em linha:http://journals.openedition.org/ardeth/1109