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:: edward james also “appears” (so to speak) in magritte’s “the pleasure principle: portrait of edward
james” :: many have said this is a dali self-portrait; wikipedia, among other sources, says it’s james :: image
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:: monkton house, west dean, west sussex © crown copyright.NMR :: an interior view of monkton house
looking down a brightly decorated corridor :: the house was built in 1902 and designed by edward lutyens :: it
was redecorated in the 1930s in a style which was mainly influenced by salvador dali :: [image might be protected
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:: and this :: surreal :-: perhaps: but definitely not architecture :: pure
and utter nonsense :: this :-: thing :: cannot be included in any thoughts on
architecture :: does not even have the intellectuality of a salvador dali ::
a true genius :::: yet :::: picturesquely charming :: delightful :: playful :: this
is how architecture should be :: a highly individualistic expression ::
not some brain-dead cookie-cutter bourgeois architecture :: fearless
beyond creative :: borderline brilliant :: have we become too scared to
dare :: what would happen if we did build our own castles :: in an act of civil
disobedience :: snubbing our noses at the burocrats who dictate what our
world must look like :: so architects don’t hold the keys – the only keys – to
creative building design ::
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:: ideal palace of ferdinand cheval (hauterives, france) in 1879, french mail carrier ferdinand cheval
began building a structure that was inspired by the shape of a stone he tripped over one day :: thirty-three years
and many, many stones later, cheval’s “ideal palace” was completed :: made of stones bound together
with lime, mortar and cement, the palace is considered an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture ::
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:: and what has this got to do with architecture :: more like some homeless
shelter :: nothing worth wasting a thought on :::: yet :::: somewhat puzzling :: at first ::
kinda feminine :: that is: no brutal, angular male stuff :: but :: is it sophisticated ::
or just some male’s rambling thoughts :: aimless :: purposeless :: just for the hell of
it :: a paleo-habitat :: deeply embedded in man’s collective memory :: yeah :: the
cave :: surreal in a banal sort of way ::
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:: frederick kiesler. (american, born romania. 1890-1965) model for endless house project. 1960 :: images
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:: living in shelters, the future of the cavern :: the endless house , frederick kiesler -1950-1960
:: grotto for meditation and endless house attempt to satisfy both practical and spiritual human
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:: architecture :?: an antithesis to the ka’aba :?: antithesis to the static rigidity of
cathedrals :: no divine reflection of western ideologies :: that’s right :: definitely not
architecture :::: yet :::: serene beauty :: surreal in a magnificent way ::
tranquility :: awe-inspiring :: so much more architecture than so much
eurocentric architecture :: calmly reflecting on the rebellion that changed the
world :: then :: and still to this day :: powertecture :: surreal in as much as it
effortlessly overshadows the banality of mundane pretentious architecture :: or a virtual
surreality reaching deep down into the soul ::
:: the shrine of the book, which houses the dead sea scrolls, at the israel museum in west
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:: design for the entrance hall of a marylebone flat, david connor, 1985 :: museum no. E.5-2007 adam ants
flat, london, england :: a dramatic flat for a theatrical performer :: the flat was envisaged as a video set :: the
furniture was specially made and over scaled, fabrics were commissioned and the walls painted by stage artists ::
client: adam ant :: images could be protected by copyright ::
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:: what’s there to say :: the master himself :: if only albert camus could
have built a home :: ok :: so it wouldn’t have looked like this :: but it
would have been the pinnacle of architectural inventiveness ::
unrivaled by any who call themselves architects :: so it’s art :: much
like the art crawling all over gothic cathedrals :: only it is more
classical than eurocentric cookoo-eyed visions of classical stuff :: after
all :”: dream of venus :”: doesn’t get any more classical ::
:: eric schaal, façade of the dream of venus pavilion, 1939 :: eric schaal, salvador dalí and gala in
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the fish-headed ticket booth for dream of venus, 1939 :: images could be protected by copyright ::
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