Thursday, May 6, 2010

The Architecture of Containment


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Being transported by boat, this 'containment' structure suddenly provoked fond memories of Aldo Rossi. Images of the Teatro del Mondo, a floating, temporary container for culture, physically in motion, and San Cataldo, an eternal container for earthly remains, spiritually in repose, combine to layer meaning over this obscure object, a container for chaos.   Architectures of the above and the below.

                                                                                                                         

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