- Title
- Utopian voyages in the postpolitical era: analyzing the visions of the Russian paper architects
- Creator
- Ostwald, Michael J.; Chapman, Michael
- Relation
- The Utopia of Tradition: 12th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE 2010) . Identity and the Politics of Utopia [Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series, Vol. 229] (Beirut, Lebanon 15-18 December 2010) p. 63-75
- Relation
- http://iaste.berkeley.edu/2010conference.htm
- Publisher
- International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- The works of the Russian Paper Architects - etchings of unbuilt designs produced illegally during the Brezhnev era - remain the subject of conflicting interpretation as either utopian constructs or architectural fantasies. The delineation between these categories has traditionally been supported by political arguments that classify the former as ideologically motivated and the latter as diversionary or whimsical. In order to analyze this disagreement, this paper considers a selection of works produced by two of the most prominent members of the Paper Architecture movement; Brodsky and Utkin. Finally, the paper proposes an altemative reading of their work inspired by the post-political philosophy of Rancière.
- Subject
- Alexander Brodsky; Ilya Utkin; paper architecture; Utopia
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/927378
- Identifier
- uon:10128
- Language
- eng
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