2024-11-24T06:44:01-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149946427/aris-janigian-waiting-for-lipchitz-at-chateau-marmont Orhan Ayyüce 2016-05-20T14:54:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:10:02-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/21/21u1xbwh54e5ec7e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The other day,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Aris-Janigian/e/B001K7Y0LW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aris Janigian</a> described his latest work to me, &ldquo;the book is deeply rooted, both thematically and philosophically, in the meaning of architecture for making a home in the world.&rdquo;</p><p>After attending to his first reading in Los Angeles and relating to my own complexity I replied, &ldquo;diaspora is sad but also helps us to imagine freely and unabashedly.&rdquo; &nbsp;</p><p>Waiting for Lipchitz at Chateau Marmont is a relentless energy told in pockets of rapid crossfire that sprays Los Angeles with insights of deep observations written in breaths.&nbsp; In it, nothing is spared and sacred. From your car mechanic to the food you dine in immigrant restaurants and to the&nbsp;examination of your own ethnicity in this equally intrepid city.</p><p>Aris Janigian&rsquo;s novel is a pair of brilliantly imaginative mind and observant eyes offering rhythmically connected subtexts in colorful gonzo frames with extended meanings of a poetic state of mind.</p><p>The writer will sign and read from his book on Saturday, May 21 (tomorrow) at N...</p>