architecture; globalisation; esthetics; venustas; garden follies; architecture-sculpture; borders of art; cultural capitalism; city branding
Abstract :
[en] Late modernity and its corollary, cultural capitalism, demand that everybody adopt
self-sculpture as a life project. This phenomenon, which Bell describes as an « aesthetic
justification of everyday life», seems to have led cities to exhibit themselves as well –in a
Bilbao effect - and architecture to put on a show of itself. But what becomes of the artistic field’s
limits and of beauty in the face of this new contemporary injunction? These are the questions
we intend to tackle as a contribution to the seminar on venustas in the age of world market.
Disciplines :
Philosophy & ethics Architecture Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Dawans, Stéphane ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Architecture Site Lambert Lombard > Architecture Site Lambert Lombard
Language :
French
Title :
Architectura & Venustas : la tentation de la folie à l’heure du capitalisme tardif
Publication date :
24 June 2010
Event name :
european symposium on research in architecture and urban design 5th edition
