In this thoughtful collection of essays on the relationship of architecture and the arts; Giuliana Bruno addresses the crucial role that architecture plays in the production of art and the making of public intimacy. As art melts into spatial construction and architecture mobilizes artistic vision; Bruno argues; a new moving space -- a screen of vital cultural memory -- has come to shape our visual culture. Taking on the central topic of museum culture; Bruno leads the reader on a series of architectural promenades from modernity to our times. Through these "museum walks;" she demonstrates how artistic collection has become a culture of recollection; and examines the public space of the pavilion as reinvented in the moving-image art installation of Turner Prize nominees Jane and Louise Wilson. Investigating the intersection of science and art; Bruno looks at our cultural obsession with techniques of imaging and its effect on the privacy of bodies and space. She finds in the work of artist Rebecca Horn a notable combination of the artistic and the scientific that creates an architecture of public intimacy. Considering the role of architecture in contemporary art that refashions our "lived space" -- and the work of contemporary artists including Rachel Whiteread; Mona Hatoum; and Guillermo Kuitca -- Bruno argues that architecture is used to define the frame of memory; the border of public and private space; and the permeability of exterior and interior space. Architecture; Bruno contends; is not merely a matter of space; but an art of time.
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57 of 59 people found the following review helpful. for they allow us to gain a better understanding of how far our society has comeBy JayahThis autobiography was assigned to me when I was a junior in high school. Three years later; as a sophomore in college; I was asked to read the book again for my class on Black Thought and Literature. I wish that I had taken the time to slow down and analyze Frederick Douglass narrative from a literal; analytical; and figurative perspective. Had I done that the first time aroundmdash;as opposed to treating the book as another required reading that I needed to speed-read throughmdash;I believe that my understanding would have been more in-depth and meaningful. The emotion and conviction with which the author writes is not only poetic and moving; but captivating as well. The imagery; combined with Douglass views on religions role in the enslavement of black bodies; masterfully paints a story that (in combination with other narratives) has; unfortunately; been lost throughout time. In fact; many Black writers during this period refused to publish their experiences for fear that they will be caught and returned to slavery. In other cases; some writers used pen names to add some anonymity to their experiences. Nevertheless; such works should be cherished and valued; for they allow us to gain a better understanding of how far our society has come; and how much more needs to be done to ensure a future where everyone is equal (in the truest sense of the word).0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Compelling narrative regarding the horrors of chattel slaveryBy gymgokiThis should be required reading for American history classes. Whereas the steady diet of slaveholder cruelty is burdensome at times; it must be endured because that is merely the truth. Douglass makes the intriguing observation that the institution of slavery turns humans into slaveholders with the attendant qualities of cruelty and blindness to their religious hypocrisy.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Must-Read for Every AmericanBy Paul WoodwardThis book should be required reading for every American. It is the true first-person account of a slave woman who lived in the mid-nineteenth century South I have never read anything that so thoroughly embedded me in the culture of the time. The effects of this terrible stain on our national history are still being felt today.
