As a person who is coming from ex-soviet country, where ideas of Le Corbusier were a reality, I can tell you that I was living in a utterly ugly place with no emotion, no hope, no life. His ideas should be a prime example of failed vision and one man’s unchecked pride. These people who still consider him a great architect are either delusional or disconnected from reality.
Was the emotional experience because of the architecture , or did the architecture allow the changes in thought process to event ? Similar to cold therapy in psychology , does simplfication of our envioronment allow us to resolve inner turmoil ? A brief memory , when placed into a mental hospital by the Childrens father and the local police , the room they put me in had no window , and a strange clock face with no hands on it . I kid you not . As the people would be brought in , I would talk with them , and I felt that we were more of a gathering of sensitive souls , getting them off the street for what was going to be a rough weekend , as it was full super moon - However this experience of no window no clock hand , was kind of funny , The clock face was literally 24 inches diameter , it was large , obvious and purposeful . In a way , I feel that the work of Le Corbusier is likewise , removing the curtain from the green room ( in the wizard of oz ) revealing the inner workings of the story - A fashion that emerged in clock making , actually , where the gearing was revealed as a statement of beauty . I often feel that this movement , like Bauhaus - was a way to see and feel deeply , into time , to ERASE the reasoning that had brought Europe into a time of horrific warfare experiences . Removal of the artifice , no difference than the emergence of pink spandex disco pants , replacing the long Annie Hall skirts of the early 1970's -- Horrible and refreshing at the same time . I do respect your comment and know that it is heart felt , as is mine .
PS , below was written first , now this : Once I was IN Marseilles , there was an old fashioned carousel , going around and around . There was a man with silver paint on the body , standing still . You know those mimes that don't move , and it is really quite fascinating . Both of these public art happenings were illustrating elements of time -- the energy , and the stillness . I know that the work of Le Corbusier , son of a clock maker , had the essence of time running in his veins -- there is a watchmaker building in Switzerland , its a cube on its side , like sinking into the earth , at an angle, then the offices are , you know , level , so people can walk -- this is just fun and games , but ultimately , the message keeps changing as our culture changes . Perhaps the fuck you that it was created with , lets say Tant Pis or the flick of the finger to tweak away a bug or some dust , when asked " but what about the rain leaking through the roof ? " -- this attitude now is gone , and replaced with a poetic depth of message , which is that the earth brought forth , and the earth will re take hers . I feel that the message is actually a lot more profound now than when the art was being created . As an artist , we are driven to create , and many times , the message is unknown to even us . The rationale of the unconscious artist is perhaps MORE likely to be replicated over and over in the artists work , without deviation , and thus allow the AI of visual or sonic language to be influenced for all of humanity . I think that your comment , about the style being utterly ugly , is absolutely honest and true , and wonderful for me to contemplate , because we ARE walking in the valley of the shadow of death . The sinking building , with the people working in the upper triangle of light and air , like a slow motion sinking Titanic and the band playing one more song -- was a horrible and ugly image to me . Yet - a point of truth . Now , my question to me and perhaps to yourself is -- WHAT MAKES IT BE NOT UGLY < what makes it become lifted up -- There is a movie I want to suggest to you to watch , I have to look it up , I will comment again , one more time only I promise ! I am kicking the bucket here !
Ok , this is my third message , read from bottom post to top - The movie is : Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe , filmed brilliantely by Hiroshi Teshigahara . If you watch this movie , your emotional experience of dealing with Le Corbusier Architecture will be matched by an alternate reality and you will be able to better contemplate your life experiences that you had , and that you want to have .
As a person who is coming from ex-soviet country, where ideas of Le Corbusier were a reality, I can tell you that I was living in a utterly ugly place with no emotion, no hope, no life. His ideas should be a prime example of failed vision and one man’s unchecked pride. These people who still consider him a great architect are either delusional or disconnected from reality.
Was the emotional experience because of the architecture , or did the architecture allow the changes in thought process to event ? Similar to cold therapy in psychology , does simplfication of our envioronment allow us to resolve inner turmoil ? A brief memory , when placed into a mental hospital by the Childrens father and the local police , the room they put me in had no window , and a strange clock face with no hands on it . I kid you not . As the people would be brought in , I would talk with them , and I felt that we were more of a gathering of sensitive souls , getting them off the street for what was going to be a rough weekend , as it was full super moon - However this experience of no window no clock hand , was kind of funny , The clock face was literally 24 inches diameter , it was large , obvious and purposeful . In a way , I feel that the work of Le Corbusier is likewise , removing the curtain from the green room ( in the wizard of oz ) revealing the inner workings of the story - A fashion that emerged in clock making , actually , where the gearing was revealed as a statement of beauty .
I often feel that this movement , like Bauhaus - was a way to see and feel deeply , into time , to ERASE the reasoning that had brought Europe into a time of horrific warfare experiences . Removal of the artifice , no difference than the emergence of pink spandex disco pants , replacing the long Annie Hall skirts of the early 1970's -- Horrible and refreshing at the same time .
I do respect your comment and know that it is heart felt , as is mine .
PS , below was written first , now this : Once I was IN Marseilles , there was an old fashioned carousel , going around and around . There was a man with silver paint on the body , standing still . You know those mimes that don't move , and it is really quite fascinating . Both of these public art happenings were illustrating elements of time -- the energy , and the stillness . I know that the work of Le Corbusier , son of a clock maker , had the essence of time running in his veins -- there is a watchmaker building in Switzerland , its a cube on its side , like sinking into the earth , at an angle, then the offices are , you know , level , so people can walk -- this is just fun and games , but ultimately , the message keeps changing as our culture changes . Perhaps the fuck you that it was created with , lets say Tant Pis or the flick of the finger to tweak away a bug or some dust , when asked " but what about the rain leaking through the roof ? " -- this attitude now is gone , and replaced with a poetic depth of message , which is that the earth brought forth , and the earth will re take hers . I feel that the message is actually a lot more profound now than when the art was being created . As an artist , we are driven to create , and many times , the message is unknown to even us . The rationale of the unconscious artist is perhaps MORE likely to be replicated over and over in the artists work , without deviation , and thus allow the AI of visual or sonic language to be influenced for all of humanity . I think that your comment , about the style being utterly ugly , is absolutely honest and true , and wonderful for me to contemplate , because we ARE walking in the valley of the shadow of death . The sinking building , with the people working in the upper triangle of light and air , like a slow motion sinking Titanic and the band playing one more song -- was a horrible and ugly image to me . Yet - a point of truth . Now , my question to me and perhaps to yourself is -- WHAT MAKES IT BE NOT UGLY < what makes it become lifted up -- There is a movie I want to suggest to you to watch , I have to look it up , I will comment again , one more time only I promise ! I am kicking the bucket here !
Ok , this is my third message , read from bottom post to top - The movie is : Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe , filmed brilliantely by Hiroshi Teshigahara . If you watch this movie , your emotional experience of dealing with Le Corbusier Architecture will be matched by an alternate reality and you will be able to better contemplate your life experiences that you had , and that you want to have .
People always have a lot of questions for former Soviet citizens.
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