SPECTACLE & SENSATION

Etymological:spectacle (n.) mid-14c., "specially prepared or arranged display," - from Old French spectacle, from Latin spectaculum "a show, spectacle,” - from spectare "to view, watch," frequentative form of specere "to look at,”

→ AN OBSERVATION REDUCED TO our VISUAL SENSE.

SPECTACLE & SENSATION

SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE

SOCIETY OF THE

SPECTACLE

SOCIETY OF THE

SPECTACLE

SPHERES by PETER SLOTERDIJK

bubbles

globes

foam

bubbles

Haus-Rucker-Co

Fly Head, Helmet, from the Environment Transformer project. 1968

bubbles

Haus-Rucker-Co

1968

bubbles

Haus-Rucker-Co

1968

bubbles

bubbles

bubbles

SOCIETY OF THE

SPECTACLE

SPHERES by PETER SLOTERDIJK

bubbles

globes

foam

globes

globes

globes

globes

globes Cargo Lifter, 2004

globes Cargo Lifter, 2004

globes The Naked World of Spencer Tunick, Amsterdam 2006

globes Diller+Scfidio, Blur Building, 2002

foam

Bertrand GoldbergMarina City TowersChicago 1964

Kisho KurokawaNakagin Capsule Tower Tokyo, 1972

Robert HookeDrawing of Structure of Cork

foam

foam

bubbles

globes

foam

Society of SpheresSociety of SeparationSociety of Spectacles

Mass of Individual Insular Universes

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WHAT IF…

ARCHITECTURE IS’NT SPECTACULAR?

Koolhaas & Vriesendorp, Captive Globe Revisited 1994

WHAT IF…

EVERY BUILDING IS ARCHITECTURE?

…IS SPECTACULAR SENSATION ?

Liquidrom, Berlin, GMP, 2002

Liquidrom, Berlin, GMP, 2002

Liquidrom, Berlin, GMP, 2002

SPECTACULAR SENSATION

Liquidrom, Berlin, GMP, 2002

Liquidrom, Berlin, GMP, 2002

Liquidrom, Berlin, GMP, 2002