Paul Scheerbart – Glass Architecture
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Tao Wells’ sculpture Tower of Light was inspired by the philosophy of Paul Scheerbart, who proposed that the Earth should be covered in glass architecture, harnessing the natural quality of light. His work is relatively difficult to find in English. Enjoy!
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“Let me protest first against the expression ‘world war’. I am sure that no heavenly body, however near, will involve itself in the affair in which we are embroiled. Everything leads me to believe that deep peace still reigns in interstellar space.” (Paul Scheerbart, in Walter Benjamin, On Scheerbart)
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“The surface of the Earth would change greatly of brick architecture were everywhere displaced by glass architecture. It would be as though the Earth clad itself in jewelery of brilliants and enamel. The splendor is absolutely unimaginable. And we should then have more exquisite things than the gardens of the Arabian Nights. Then we should have a paradise on Earth and would not need to gaze longingly at the paradise in the sky.” (Paul Scheerbart, Glass Architecture)
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March 13th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
What I like about this guy is that he was attempting to place/ code. embed his ideas into a material, I mean material has associations, concrete, plastic etc, and glass just is a spooky product, solid but see through, it is perpetually mystical, so this quality if ignored or buried will contribute to the fading of everything. And it has been, unfortunatly. But I tried to demonstrate that through photography and othe tech, this does nothave to be the way, it can be reframed, that ugly monlithis block of glassa and steel representing anonimity coudl be a giant illuminated doorway into the lives and concerns of those that are having to make the calls, the decesions of life and death on this planet.. those in business…..