If the act of collecting is deprived of the aura of preciousness and the mannerist elegance that collectors and antique dealers, with their precious archives, secret recesses, treasures and obsession for unique pieces, used to wrap themselves up with, all we would be left with would be the mania and the vertigo of a form of art that, more and more frequently, is giving way to the logic of global financial capitalism and to the tricky world of auctions, in which the best offer is always the most economically advantageous one[1]. But, what are the core principles of collecting? What are the characteristics of the act of collecting? Can a city be understood as a collection of parts? These are some of the questions from which a research on the subject of the complex theme of collecting, understood as a writing practice between the domains of art and architecture, may begin.
A city as a collection. Collection as a writing practice between art and architecture, in Guya Bertelli, Paola Bracchi, Pasquale Mei (eds.) OC - Open City International Summer School. FEEDING (the) LANDSCAPE. A new dynamic museum for agriculture. Santarcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli, 2016
Lina Malfona
2016-01-01
Abstract
If the act of collecting is deprived of the aura of preciousness and the mannerist elegance that collectors and antique dealers, with their precious archives, secret recesses, treasures and obsession for unique pieces, used to wrap themselves up with, all we would be left with would be the mania and the vertigo of a form of art that, more and more frequently, is giving way to the logic of global financial capitalism and to the tricky world of auctions, in which the best offer is always the most economically advantageous one[1]. But, what are the core principles of collecting? What are the characteristics of the act of collecting? Can a city be understood as a collection of parts? These are some of the questions from which a research on the subject of the complex theme of collecting, understood as a writing practice between the domains of art and architecture, may begin.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.