2024-11-27T00:14:13-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150008795/cross-talk-the-agonist-by-clemens-finkelstein Clemens Finkelstein 2017-05-23T12:23:00-04:00 >2017-05-23T18:23:53-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d6/d6rp5s6qonmd579g.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A(nta)gonistic&mdash;a fragile web composed of the agonist, antagonist, and anti-agonist&mdash;is how the contemporary struggle unfolds in architectural discourse: an interrelated mess of pretension shooting bursts of polemic observations and sadomasochistic exposure, bouncing from media-outlet to media-outlet till incoherently strung shibboleths and their comments ooze through touchscreens and keyboards in an attempt to incite debate, leaving fingers sticky.&nbsp;</p>