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the REM / Peter show at the AA
2006.01.31 12:16
Looks like it was a reenactment to me...
delirium enacted
2001.09.30
I just looked up the words delirious and delirium in the dictionary, and many aspects of the definitions do in fact describe Rem Koolhaas' behavior in New York last night. He did display aspects of a wandering mind at times. He didn't so much seem confused, but the moving podium he spoke from did provide a sense of disorientation. His 'speech' was kind of disordered, but not as much as his notes seemed to be. There was a definite restlessness (and when he deliberately moved his seat away from Venturi and more towards the center stage, maybe that was a beginning sign of delusion of hallucination). As to excitement, if it was there, then it was much subdued.
--Stephen Lauf, A Quondam Banquet of Virtual Sachlichkeit: Part II, p. 268.
plus this
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