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Eisenman was rocked in his socks!
2005.11.15 13:17
Ah yes, Santa Monica giving birth to Santo Agostino...
So Mr. Piesenman, you mention in "The Wicked Critic" (2000) that "This document [the Ichnographia], then, is a useful example for Tafuri for two principal reasons: first, in his montage of actual buildings, fantasy buildings, and buildings moved from their actual site..." It's worthwhile noting that no where does Tafuri ever mention that some buildings within the Ichnographia are moved from their actual site, yet within the Encyclopedia Ichnographica as published at www.quondam.com 1998-2000 there is much note of buildings within the Ichnographia that Piranesi moved from their actual site. Moreover, that Piranesi moved some buildings from their actual site is indeed part of the original material within the analysis of the Ichnographia at www.quondam.com. Are you really sure that you did not know about this information and just conveniently decided not to reference it?
If I or a student asked you which buildings within the Ichnographia are moved from their actual site, what would your answers be?
I can still remember discussing the forthcoming special issue of ANY on Tafuri with Mark Wigley while having Thanksgiving dinner 1999 at the Zenghelis/Gigantes', and how Wigley himself asked, "When is that [issue] going to come out?"
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