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Blue Monday: Stories of Absurd Realities and Natural Philosophies

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AUDCs first book captures three moments in modern culture that offer glimpses into our increasingly perverse relationship to architecture, cities, and objects. The first, Ether, explores Los Angeles telecom hotel One Wilshire, a 39 story building of utter banality and complete mystery. The second, the Stimulus Progression, looks at the strange story of the Muzak Corporation and the invention of a culture of horizontality. The third, Quartzsite, Arizona, visits a desert town of some 3,000 people in the summer that swells to over a million residents every year as a horde of modern nomads descends upon it in their Recreational Vehicles. AUDC �Robert Sumrell and Kazys Varnelis� explores the strange reality around us in a lively mix of philosophy, photography, architectural drawings and models, and new media.

Language: English

Pages: 175

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Actar

Release: May 21, 2022

ISBN: 8496540537

ISBN 13: 9788496540538

Blue Monday: Stories of Absurd Realities and Natural Philosophies

3.8/5 ( ratings)

AUDCs first book captures three moments in modern culture that offer glimpses into our increasingly perverse relationship to architecture, cities, and objects. The first, Ether, explores Los Angeles telecom hotel One Wilshire, a 39 story building of utter banality and complete mystery. The second, the Stimulus Progression, looks at the strange story of the Muzak Corporation and the invention of a culture of horizontality. The third, Quartzsite, Arizona, visits a desert town of some 3,000 people in the summer that swells to over a million residents every year as a horde of modern nomads descends upon it in their Recreational Vehicles. AUDC �Robert Sumrell and Kazys Varnelis� explores the strange reality around us in a lively mix of philosophy, photography, architectural drawings and models, and new media.

Language: English

Pages: 175

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Actar

Release: May 21, 2022

ISBN: 8496540537

ISBN 13: 9788496540538

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