The in-flight magazine of easyJet airlines recently ran a fashion spread shot—unbelievably—at Eisenman's crumbling Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe. Talk about trashy
The in-flight magazine of easyJet airlines recently ran a fashion spread shot—unbelievably—at Eisenman's crumbling Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe. Talk about trashy. A|N Blog
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i dunno... considering it's already been defaced, fornicated on and can be seen strewn with litter... a fashion shoot in an urban setting, albeit a memorial, hardly seems... terrible.
i mean, a neo-nazi bbq would be far, far worse.
i don't get all of the hoo-ha over this. even with the models in it, it photographs beautifully and is just as eery and evocative.
the first comment on the AN website sums it up: "I understand the concept, intellects understand it, but it doesn’t convey the topic successfully, as it is really just an urban playground."
Dear Peter,
Now I finally understand sustainable design.
how does a few hundred cracks in concrete become "crumbling"
For all the theory that’s supposed to be informing this project, it’s no more than just the latest in a long series of Eisenman’s grid games. That it gets applied to a memorial is less important to him no doubt than the further demonstration of geometrical dexterity.
Funny thing is I’ve heard him lecture on this project not by way of generative processes or warped grids, but about the -experience- of the place. Under that justification: let the children play, let the tourists be amused, let me jump on top of the blocks (I did!), and let the fashion photographers shoot!
EasyJet, Ink publishing, and some random stylist have responded genuinely. Maybe you should be directing your exasperated attacks elsewhere.
how do you mean? eisenman's grid games are highly theorized and permeate the greater project of his career.
(fyi, i am asking out of interest to your post and not an attack)
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