Saturday 18 September 2010

Species of Spaces


An extract from 'Moving in' by Georges Perec, from Species of Spaces and Other Pieces.

.......making firm  driving in  pinning together  hanging up  arranging  sawing  fixing  pinning up  marking  noting  working out  climbing  measuring  mastering  seeing  surveying  pressing hard down on  priming  rubbing down  painting  rubbing  scraping  connecting  climbing  stumbling  straddling  mislaying  finding again  rummaging around  getting nowhere  brushing  puttying  stripping  camouflaging  puttying  adjusting  coming and going  putting a gloss on  allowing to dry  admiring  being suprised  getting worked up  growing impatient  suspending judgment  assessing  adding up  inserting  sealing  nailing  screwing  bolting.......

Species of Spaces i a seminal work about space; how we use it, how we think about, how we should/could think about it, interact with and interpret it.

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