Moholy's Edit: Ciam 1933: The Avant-Garde at Sea Contributor(s): Moholy-Nagy, László (Photographer), Blencowe, Chris (Author), Levine, Judith (Author) |
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ISBN: 3037785667 ISBN-13: 9783037785669 Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.6" (1.25 lbs) 200 pages |
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Publisher Description: The Greek island sequence montaged by L szl Moholy-Nagy into his legendary documentary Architects' Congress can be interpreted, like his provocative Photoplastiks, as a "message in a bottle" thrown into the sea that "might take decades for someone to find and read." Capturing the incomparable Greek light, it presents a compelling glimpse of the four days and nights in August 1933 when the elite of the European architectural and artistic avant-garde--in Greece for the 4th International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM)--took to the Aegean in a barely seaworthy "nut shell" that would bring them close to the brink of disaster. The "motley crew" included Le Corbusier, Fernand L ger, Am d e Ozenfant, Sigfried Giedion, Cor van Eesteren and Otto Neurath. Crucial to the success of the surreal odyssey were various members of the Greek avant-garde. Drawing on previously unpublished material--Moholy's poetically ironic letter to his wife, Sibyl, Ghika's candid memoirs of Le Corbusier and forensic examination of the architect's sketchbooks--the authors reconstruct the epiphanies, debates and, inevitably, estrangements at this critical moment in European history. |