ISBN: 9780934418713 - Automatic Cities: The Architectural Imaginary in Contemporary Art (museum of Conte) (5 results)

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued, 160 pages; very good condition, clean and crisp; no internal marks, Foreign shipping may be extra.

hardcover. Condition: Used; Like New. First Edition; First Printing. Tight, clean and crisp. A gently read book in excellent condition. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. ; Illustrated boards. Issued without dustjacket. Numerous full-page color plates. Essays by Robin Clark and Giuliana Bruno. Published on the occasion of the exhibition on view in La Jolla, California, from September 26, 2009 to January 31, 2010.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: New. The "architectural imaginary" describes architecture in its broadest sense: images of cities drawn from collective experience and imagination. Hailing from 11 countries, each of the 14 artists who have contributed to Automatic Cities engage the psychological and sociopolitical aspects of architecture through their work, mapping the influence of the architectural imaginary on contemporary visual art. The book is organized into four thematic groupings. Matthew Buckingham, Ann Lislegaard and Paul Noble treat architecture's relationship to language; "Architecture and Memory" includes installations by Saskia Olde Wolbers, Hiraki Sawa and Rachel Whiteread; "Architecture as Model" encompasses installations by Michael Borremans, Los Carpinteros, Catharina van Eetvelde and Katrin Sigurdardottir; and the theme of surveillance is explored by Jakob Kolding, Sarah Oppenheimer, Julie Mehretu and Matthew Ritchie.…