Surrealism And Architecture

Description:
This edited collection examines a long overlooked topic: the relationship of surrealist thought to architectural theory and practice. It offers a model for a new approach to historically rigorous analysis of interdisciplinary artistic practice.

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction Thomas Mical 2 'Un salon au fond d'un lac ': The Domestic Spaces of Surrealism Krzysztof Fijalkowski 3 Aragon's Armoire Gray Read 4 'Home Poor Heart ': The Architecture of Cornell's Desire Dickran Tashjian 5 Matta's Lucid Landscap Bryan Dolin 6 Menace: Surrealist Interference of Space Silvano Levy 7 Daphne's Legacy: Architecture, Psychoanalysis and Petrification in Spyros Papapetros Lacan and Dali 8 The Ghost in the Machine Alexander Gorlin 9 'The Gift of Time ': Le Corbusier Reading Bataille Nadir Lahiji 10 Introjection and Projection: Frederick Kiesler and his Dream-Machine Stephen Phillips 11 Invernizzi's Exquisite Corpse - The Villa Girasole David J. Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, Paul Lewis 12 The Casa Malaparte: A Metaphysical Architecture Jacqueline Gargus 13 Modernist Urbanism and its Monsters David Pinder 14 Surrealism and the Irrational Embellishment of Paris Raymond Spiteri 15 Re-enchanting the City: The Utopian Practices of the Paris Group of the Jill Fenton Surrealist Movement 16 Landscape Surrealism Fernando Magallanes 17 Surreal City: The Case of Brasilia Richard Williams 18 Latencies and Imago: Blanchot and the Shadow City of Surrealism Michael-Stone Richards 19 Surrealism's Unexplored Possibilities in Architecture Jean La Marche 20 The Most Architectural Thing Kari Jormakka 21 Acropolis, Now! Jim Williamson Notes on contributors Bibliography