Blur: The Making of Nothing

Elizabeth Diller; Ricardo Scofidio

ISBN 10: 0810921235 / ISBN 13: 9780810921238

Published by Harry N. Abrams, 2002

About this Item

First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN COVER AND CONTENT PAGES. New protective mylar applied to dust jacket before shipping. See photos for more information. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Blur: The Making of Nothing
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810921235
• ISBN 13: 9780810921238
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 0.65 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Part scrapbook, part anthology of short stories, Blur: the making of nothing traces the creation, from conception to realization, of a media pavilion for the Swiss Expo.02 whose primary materials are steel and fog. The document exposes this process as a complex orchestration of theorists, engineers, meteorologists, contractors, competing fog manufacturers, and government officials within the context of turbulent politics and conflicting concepts of national identity. The book is organized chronologically as a collection of artifacts, including sketches, correspondence, construction drawings, and photographs; narratives can be discovered weaving through one another across the four-year period. The publication is not only the permanent manifestation of a temporary structure; it also documents schemes and ideas abandoned in the course of developing the pavilion.

About the Author

Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, as the New York based, internationally renowned, husband-and-wife firm of Diller + Scofidio, are the first architects to be awarded a prestigious MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant. Diller is a Professor of Architecture at Princeton University and Scofidio is a Professor of Architecture at Cooper Union in New York City.