 Gutterland JargonWatch™: "Genius or Spoofer?" Edition Thursday, February 16, 2006
The talk was as complex as Mayne's buildings and some architects were happy to glean what they could from it while others thought it just a verbal mess....One architect complained that it had all been pretentious rubbish while another thought Mayne was a complete chancer. Another said that the talk was full of cliché-ridden archispeak and that Mayne came across as a pained, self-conscious intellectual. So, genius or spoofer? The Pritzker judges obviously think that the former is the case. Read on yourselves for Mayne's ideas on "the concretisation of the world" and "reconfiguring our world." Then gasp at the hubris: "I'm redefining the notion of logic and how we interpret the world." · Complex...But Just What Did Mayne Mean? [Irish Times, via ANN] Reader Comments (1 extant) 1. Ask anyone who experienced the Mayne Maestro at Sci-arc (oh, what the hell - how about me?) and they (I mean me, or uh, I) will describe a vortex of words signifying everything or nothing depending on the time of day. We (meaning students and other scum) suspected peruvian marching powder (hey - it was the eighties Jay Mc fans) or, in the end, and more probable a jollier and much more innocent undiagnosed bi-polar disorder. But he was generally a decent critic because he always brought it back to what HE was interested in... and he did (probably still does) find that topic endlessy fascinating. We would just furrow our prevously smooth brows and drool mindlessly as we cut ourselves again and again with the little exacto blades... happy times indeed! Sorry about all the parentheses. By Deviated Septum at February 16, 2006 4:45 PMAll set here? Continue enjoying The Gutter... « House & Home Treasure Hunt: Um, Gardens? | Home | Danny Libeskind: Still in Control at Ground Zero » Back to top |
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The JargonWatch™ never stops. And today it brings us to Dublin, where one of our export Pritzkerians, Thom Mayne,