Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered : Spatial emotion in contemporary art & architecture (German/English)

Edited by Adam Budak & Heike Munder. Texts by Heike Munder and Adam Budak, Anthony Vidler, Mark Wigley, Philippe Rahm, Stephen Willats

ISBN 10: 2940271291 / ISBN 13: 9782940271290

Published by JRP | Ringier / Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, 2003

About this Item

Z : 17 X 24 cm, 191 Seiten/pages, 30 colour illustrations. - This anthology aims to exploit the psychological associations of space and the psychological reactions to it, such as agoraphobia, vertigo, and claustrophobia. The publication analyzes spatial emotion in contemporary art and architecture and maps its extremes and multiple overtones. With essays by Anthony Vidler on the relation between psychoanalysis and the perception of space, Mark Wigley on insecurity and design, Philippe Rahm on the emotional conditioning of space definition, and Stephen Willats on living conditions in social housing. Featuring works by such artists as Monica Bonvicini, Christoph Büchel, Jan Dibbets, Urs Fischer, H. R. Giger, Katarzyna Jozefowicz, Anish Kapoor, Daniel Liebeskind, Jane and Louise Wilson, Paul Noble, Gordon Matta-Clark, Paul Thek, Monika Sosnowska, and Décosterd & Rahm, the anthology also provides a visual survey of these topics in contemporary art. Designed by NORM, the book was distinguished in The most beautiful Swiss books competition in 2003.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1591104083270

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered : Spatial emotion in contemporary art & architecture (German/English)
• Publisher: JRP | Ringier / Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 2940271291
• ISBN 13: 9782940271290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Gegenwartskunst
  • Contemporary art

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Synopsis

This book is unread and as new. Bought for an architecture project that fell through hence not read.

Synopsis

This anthology aims to exploit the psychological associations of space and the psychological reactions to it, such as agoraphobia, vertigo, and claustrophobia. The publication analyzes spatial emotion in contemporary art and architecture and maps its extremes and multiple overtones. It contains essays by Anthony Vidler on the relation between psychoanalysis and the perception of space, Mark Wigley on insecurity and design, Philippe Rahm on the emotional conditioning of space construction, and Stephen Willats on living conditions in social housing.Featuring works by such artists as Monica Bonvicini, Christoph Buchel, Jan Dibbets, Urs Fischer, H R Giger, Katarzyna Jozefowicz, Anish Kapoor, Daniel Liebeskind, Jane and Louise Wilson, Paul Noble, Gordon Matta-Clark, Paul Thek, Monika Sosnowska, and Decosterd & Rahm, the anthology also provides a visual survey of these topics in contemporary art.Designed by Norm, the book was distinguished in "The Most beautiful Swiss books" competition in 2003.It was published on the occasion of the exhibition by the Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, and Laznia Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk.