Abandon Architectures [NAME] Publications_Object Aside Series

We find ourselves living victims within a world of ‘structural residues’, occupying an environment that has been materially, graphically and linguistically shaped by previous generations.

Abandon Architectures reflects upon El Ultimo Grito’s interest in how contemporary culture incorporates, re-uses and re-interprets the systems and structures it has inherited. Within this context the challenge is to create new ‘objects’, which can be typologically disentangled from our conventional (learned) understandings of the world, and thus offer alternative ways to live, work and communicate.

Abandon Architectures
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Object Aside Series EL ULTIMO GRITO / ABANDON ARCHITECTURES

[NAME] Publications Editors Gean Moreno and Ernesto Oroza

Printed in Hong Kong, 2009 ISBN 13: 978-0-9840566-2-0 ISBN 10: 0-9840566-2-9

Concept, Contents and Texts El Ultimo Grito (Roberto Feo & Rosario Hurtado)

Texts Editor Laura Potter

Graphic Design El Ultimo Grito & Optimastudio

Photographs Found Objects: Dialogues: Mario Feo Found Objects: Line: Mario Feo Kreuzberg Café: Sven Baumann Island and Circle Ceiling Lamp: Allison Dring Imaginary Architectures: Michael Torque NOWASTEEUR poem: Zaunka Adventures in a blank wilderness: Enrique Corrales Oscar Narud’s portrait: Hanne Brett Stanley Picker Gallery: Gareth Gardner La Casa Encendida: Miguel Angel Blanco Bombay Sapphire: Mario Feo

© of texts: the authors © of photographs: the authors

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Gean Moreno and Ernesto Oroza for inviting and trusting us with the production of the first book of the ‘Object Aside Series’.

Thanks to Sergio Feo, for his work and dedication to this book that goes far beyond the line of duty.

To Daniel Charny, Laura Potter, Diego Sanmartin and Matt Ward for the conversations over great food (usually cooked by them), their comments and contribution to the contents of this book.

To Mario Feo for making the time to take photographs for this book and to Elba Feo for her thoughts.

To Kingston (University London) Design Department, Goldsmiths (University of London) Design Department and Royal College of Art Design Products Department for their support.

Many thanks to Carmen Gomez, Francisco Hortigüela, Hilaria Hurtado and Ilka Schaumberg for always being there for us.

To Eduardo Alonso, Stuart Bannocks, Sven Baumann, Max Borka, Allison Dring, Gala Fernandez, Sam Hill, Pilar Hurtado, Susana Hurtado, Nathalie de Leval, Liran Levi, Massimo Lunardon, Vanesa Moreno, Roland Nachtigäller, Oscar Narud, Gloria Rodríguez, Jerszy Seymour Daniel Schwaag and Zaunka for their friendship and help with this project.

Berlin 12.07.2009