Blur : the making of nothing /
[by Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio].
- 384 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Love, marriage, divorce: The story of Extasia, from formation to demise -- Vapor: The architecture -- Politics of culture: Expo: national vs. global identity of Switzerland -- White noise, white out: The design and engineering of the fog system -- Gravityless: The design and engineering of the structural system -- Not a building: The stages of documentation for bid and construction -- Unspectacle: The conception, design, and engineering of the media project -- Selling airwaves: The politics and economics of sponsorship -- Reluctant icon: The dissemination of Blur -- Mounting evidence: The documentation of the construction process.
The book, "traces the creation, from conception to realization, of a media pavilion for the Swiss Expo.02 whose primary materials are steel and fog."
0810921235 9780810921238
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Diller + Scofidio. Blur Building (Expo.02, Switzerland)
Architecture and technology--History--Switzerland--Yverdon--21st century. Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--History--21st century.