I suppose it is because the traditions of art writing come with such baggage, earned, no doubt, but distracting. The same for architecture. So I've tried to reconfigure the discussions of things in the art and architecture world as cultural objects that can float more freely. This allows legitimate discussion of politics, anger, pain, joy not as personal qualities, but as markers of the culture the person – the artist or architect – finds themselves in.
There is so much we are not allowed to discuss, especially in architectural critique.
I love that you avoid previous labels and describe/accept Material Culture as an apt grouping: performance, art object, assemblage, sound, costume.
I suppose it is because the traditions of art writing come with such baggage, earned, no doubt, but distracting. The same for architecture. So I've tried to reconfigure the discussions of things in the art and architecture world as cultural objects that can float more freely. This allows legitimate discussion of politics, anger, pain, joy not as personal qualities, but as markers of the culture the person – the artist or architect – finds themselves in.
There is so much we are not allowed to discuss, especially in architectural critique.