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Title: Chora L Works: Jacques Derrida and Peter Eisenman by Jeffrey Kipnis, Peter Eisenman, Thomas Leeser, Jacques Derrida ISBN: 1-885254-40-7 Publisher: The Monacelli Press Pub. Date: July, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 1.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: MIndless Exchange
Comment: As Jacques Derrida becomes more discredited every day, (French intellectuals are rushing to distance themselves from his now seen-to-be-absurd positions) you have to wonder can Eisenman's inevitable fall from the pedestal of fad popularity be far behind. This impossibly arrogant book has all of it's pages punctured by small holes that make a reading impossible. For Eisenman, this childish gimmick, must seem amusing, albeit in a trite, predictable sort of way. But that sort of pride comes with a price. But even Derrida, low as his standards were soon found to be, discontinued further exchanges with Eisenman. As the architectural community likewise finds Eisenman to be the embarrassing soul he always was, you don't want to be one of the few left with this ridiculous volume on your shelf.
Rating: 1
Summary: Simply Ridiculous
Comment: OK. So we all know that Eisenman is architecture's biggest fool, and it is easy to add to the lore of humor about this intellectually pathetic nincompoop, but if you had any doubts about how much of a con-man he really is, this book will dispel such lingering thoughts. Firstly, you have to see past the incredible arrogance of publishing a work that is perforated with holes, eliminating any effective opportunity to read the pages. Eisenman apologists (mostly gullible students, or intellectual wannabe's), will make the most infantile claims about this gimmick, citing it as 'challenging', transgressive' and all the other predictable buzzwords used to justify the rubbish that is written in the name of critical discourse today. Bear in mind too, that Jacques Derrida abandoned all communication with Eisenman when he eventually realised that Eisenman really had nothing of interest to add to contemporary theoretical debate, and admitted that this collaboration was a professional embarrassment. - In truth, the small holes may be the only worthwhile part of this otherwise ridiculous book.
Rating: 3
Summary: Don't buy this book because of Eisenman
Comment: Yes, Peter Eisenman is quite a fool, as the other reviewers' remarks make aptly clear. He does not measure up to Hadid or Libeskind, two architects among many others in an especially stong contemporary field who vie for 'best project' in serious international competitions. No, do not buy this book because of Eisenman -- any more than you would buy any other book because it had his name on it.
But this book was not, thank God, written by one person, which is perhaps why the other reviewers fail to notice what's so special about it. The significant essays in this book are by Jacques Derrida, and what's more they give very elegant, fine philosophical answers to difficult questions that have motivated Derrida's thought since the 60s -- but until this book came out one could only guess at the fuller technical philosophical context of Derrida's thought in, say, Of Grammatology. So skip Eisenman - as even Derrida was forced to do and end his relation with Eisenman shortly after this book came out, when he became irritated with the man's complete vacuousness and inability to comprehend anything remotely theoretical.
In short, strip it of Eisenman, discard the punch-card ballot box look (apparently the publisher is located in Florida?), and take the Derrida. You'll be glad you did. The book merits 5 stars without the BS, but gets about 3 stars due to the cluttered context.
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Title: Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation by Gilles Deleuze, Francis Bacon, Daniel W. Smith, Tom Conley ISBN: 0816643415 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Peter Eisenman : Diagram Diaries by Peter Eisenman ISBN: 0789302640 Publisher: Universe Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Daniel Libeskind : The Space of Encounter by Daniel Libeskind, Jeffrey Kipnis, Anthony Vidler ISBN: 0789304961 Publisher: Universe Books Pub. Date: 21 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Return of the Real: Art and Theory at the End of the Century (October Books) by Hal Foster ISBN: 0262561077 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture by Kenneth Frampton, John Cava ISBN: 0262561492 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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