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Making A Spectacle Of Society: Thoughts on Surreality
Author(s) -
Coates Nigel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2278
Subject(s) - spectacle , pleasure , work (physics) , sociology , aesthetics , visual arts , art history , art , media studies , political science , law , engineering , psychology , mechanical engineering , neuroscience
London‐based architect and designer Nigel Coates has had a long and distinguished international career. Here he explores his own work through the lenses of Surrealism, citing some of the influences that shaped his practice and introducing us to his recent project that reimagines London's historic Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens for the 21st century.