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Terms and conditions applyA Landscape of Events
Bernard Tschumi, Paul Virilio and Julie Rose
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Format: Book
Pages: 130
Publisher: MIT Press
Date Published: Dec 2000
Stock Code: 23160
Binding: Paperback
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In a Landscape of Events, the celebrated French architect, urban planner, and philosopher Paul Virilio focuses on the cultural chaos of the 1980's and 1990's.
'It was a time' he writes, 'that reflected the "cruelty of an epoch, the hills and dales of daily life, the ususal clumps of habits and commonplaces."
Urban disorientation, the machines of war, and the acceleration of events in contemporary life are Virilio's ongoing concerns.
He explores them here in events ranging from the media coverage of the Gulf War to urban rioting and lawlessness. Some will see Virilio as a pessimist discouraged by 'the acceleration and reality of time,' while others will find his recording of 'atypical events' to be clairvoyant in this fascinating and contemporary look at the many modern landscapes in front of us.
'It was a time' he writes, 'that reflected the "cruelty of an epoch, the hills and dales of daily life, the ususal clumps of habits and commonplaces."
Urban disorientation, the machines of war, and the acceleration of events in contemporary life are Virilio's ongoing concerns.
He explores them here in events ranging from the media coverage of the Gulf War to urban rioting and lawlessness. Some will see Virilio as a pessimist discouraged by 'the acceleration and reality of time,' while others will find his recording of 'atypical events' to be clairvoyant in this fascinating and contemporary look at the many modern landscapes in front of us.
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