Saturday, June 14, 2008
Andy Warhol = Rem Koolhaas
Where I started going in my last post, but never reached, was my idea for a new architectural publication. Based upon Andy Warhol's Interview magazine, there should be an "Interview for Architects." So instead of interviews of celebrities and the glorification of their lives, we would interview architects and illuminate their offices and work.
The first half of magazine would be having architects interview other architects. One month Bernard Tschumi could interview Jun Aoki and then, the following month, Mr. Aoki could interview David Adjaye. And this cycle could continue, switching in and out of different architectural circles, geographical locations and allowing the evolving discussion to fluctuate depending upon the interests of interviewer and subject.
The second half of the magazine would be the general graphic design and layout. With the interviewer acting as a guest designer, each interview would be accompanied by a curated layout. So we would get Jun Aoki through the eyes of Bernard Tschumi; with the interviewer having a reasonable control over what we see and hear from the subject.
I hope that this format would lead to deeper analysis/criticism than is expected out of most architectural periodicals. With architects looking to outdo one another or pin their competitors, the possibilities for actual architectural discussion without the drivel about practice/sustainability/or other Arch. Record favorites could be avoided. Freeing architects to talk about architecture without being burdened by building.
But if this magazine were truly based upon Andy Warhol's model, there will need to be five pages of ads for every page of content. In that regard, maybe the project is better undertaken by Rem Koolhaas rather than myself.
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