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“The Tower Project, or ‘this architecture which is not one”
FLOG no. 14 (April 2016)
FLOG no. 14 (April 2016)
The Tower Project (subtitled ‘This Architecture Which Is Not One’) frames a seemingly banal urban scenario of building a tower through Irigarayan concepts. Keyreferences in this pamphlet refer directly to quotes from This Sex Which Is Not One [TSWINO], as well as Andrea Wheeler’s “About being—two in an architectural perspective:an interview with Luce Irigaray” [ABT] and “The Forgetting of Air” [FOA] . These postcards are to be read alongside a cartoon strip presented at the exhibition, a pictorial preface that sets up the project narrative.
This set of postcards present the story of Bethlehem Steel, a US postwar steel giant that produced steel for major building landmarks nationwide (as featured on each card), but was driven into bankruptcy by the very things it created. As cities expanded, a surge in steel demands causedtower developers to look offshore for cheaper imports, marking the rapid demise of the local steel manufacturer.
This set of postcards present the story of Bethlehem Steel, a US postwar steel giant that produced steel for major building landmarks nationwide (as featured on each card), but was driven into bankruptcy by the very things it created. As cities expanded, a surge in steel demands causedtower developers to look offshore for cheaper imports, marking the rapid demise of the local steel manufacturer.
