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Lara Manzanares<br />

THRESHOLD : Working <strong>Bibliography</strong><br />

Lara Manzanares<br />

<strong>California</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Arts</strong><br />

Master <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Arts</strong> in Design, 2011<br />

* denotes an experience or activity<br />

*Manzanares, Lara. percipere. San Francisco: ongoing perception collections, 2010.<br />

Currently 20 individual pieces. http://percipere.wordpress.com<br />

“The english word perceive comes from <strong>the</strong> Latin percipere: to seize, obtain, or<br />

collect. Percipere comes from per+capere, which literally translates as thoroughly +<br />

take. Perception is not by any means a passive process. It engages all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> senses.<br />

Things don’t just happen to us – we play as much a part in <strong>the</strong> perception <strong>of</strong><br />

external stimuli as <strong>the</strong> forces that cause <strong>the</strong>m to occur. We are not information<br />

receptacles; we are active participants.<br />

This blog is an attempt to document my way <strong>of</strong> actively perceiving <strong>the</strong> world. Every<br />

few days – and sometimes every day if I can – I set aside time to collect and create.<br />

These sessions, or “perceptions,” are limited to thirty minutes, including ideation,<br />

construction, writing, recording, editing, etc. My posts, which mostly consist <strong>of</strong> a<br />

combination <strong>of</strong> audio and video, are <strong>the</strong> results <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se sessions – whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>y are<br />

“finished” or unfinished, spectacular or mediocre, logical or senseless.”<br />

Turner, Victor (Editor). The Anthropology <strong>of</strong> Experience. Chicago: Illini Books, 1986.<br />

This may be a good background read on anthropological <strong>the</strong>ories <strong>of</strong> experience.<br />

Amazon book summary: “Fourteen authors, including many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> best-known<br />

scholars in <strong>the</strong> field, explore how people actually experience <strong>the</strong>ir culture and how<br />

those experiences are expressed in forms as varied as narrative, literary work,<br />

<strong>the</strong>ater, carnival, ritual reminiscence, and life review.” The book has _ parts: The<br />

Concept <strong>of</strong> Experience, Narrative, Images, Reflexivity, and Enactments. I am<br />

particularly interested in exploring <strong>the</strong> essays “Ordinary and Extraordinary<br />

Experience” by Roger D. Abrahams, “The Argument <strong>of</strong> Images and <strong>the</strong> Experience <strong>of</strong><br />

Returning to <strong>the</strong> Whole” by James W. Fernandez, “Performance and <strong>the</strong> Structuring<br />

<strong>of</strong> Meaning and Experience,” by Bruce Kapferer, and “Magnitudes <strong>of</strong> Performance”<br />

by Richard Schechner.<br />

Turner, Victor. The Anthropology <strong>of</strong> Performance. Baltimore: PAJ Publications, 1988.<br />

Ano<strong>the</strong>r good thing to read up on for some background and <strong>the</strong>ory. It seems fairly<br />

anthropology-based, but I think I can draw out broader <strong>the</strong>mes. I’m interested in<br />

reading <strong>the</strong> chapters “Rokujo’s Jealousy: Liminality and <strong>the</strong> Performantive Genres,”<br />

and “Body, Brain, and Culture.”<br />

Turner, Victor. From Ritual To Theatre: The Human Seriousness <strong>of</strong> Play. Baltimore:<br />

PAJ Publications, 2001.<br />

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What I’ve read <strong>of</strong> this book so far has helped me vastly in my explanation <strong>of</strong> what<br />

exactly I’m trying to achieve with my work. It explains <strong>the</strong> experience-performance<br />

cycle, and talks about how performance is necessary to “finish” an experience. It<br />

has helped me figure out what exactly I was trying to do when I began my<br />

“percipere” blog, and what I continue to try to do in my current work.<br />

Turner, Victor. The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure. (place unknown):<br />

Aldine, 1995. (most <strong>of</strong> it available on google books)<br />

Mostly specific to Turner’s time in Africa, this book does however <strong>of</strong>fer a good<br />

explanation <strong>of</strong> liminal space from an anthropological and ritual view.<br />

Patchen, Kenneth. We Meet. New York: New Directions, 2008<br />

(Original publication dates <strong>of</strong> content: 1946, 1957, 1958, 1970)<br />

He usually managed to be <strong>the</strong>re when<br />

He arrived. A horse, his name was<br />

Hunry Fencewaver Walkins—he’d sometimes<br />

Be almost too tired to make it;<br />

Because, since he also hated being alone,<br />

He was always on <strong>the</strong> alert to pop forth<br />

At a full run whenever <strong>the</strong> door opened.<br />

Then one day it happened—<br />

He didn’t get <strong>the</strong>re in time!<br />

Of course he couldn’t risk opening <strong>the</strong> door—<br />

So, panting, he just stood <strong>the</strong>re in <strong>the</strong> hall—<br />

And listened to <strong>the</strong> terrible sound <strong>of</strong> himself weeping<br />

In that room he could never, never enter again.<br />

Kenneth Patchen’s poems don’t “go” anywhere. They hover between <strong>the</strong> beginning<br />

and <strong>the</strong> end. They make no sense, and <strong>the</strong>y make all <strong>the</strong> sense in <strong>the</strong> world.<br />

Brilliant.<br />

Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through <strong>the</strong> Looking-Glass.<br />

London: Penguin, 1998, (Original publication dates 1865 and 1872, respectively)<br />

This publication serves multiple purposes. It is an example <strong>of</strong> how an author<br />

successfully interprets <strong>the</strong> in, <strong>the</strong> out, and <strong>the</strong> in-between in a time <strong>of</strong> cultural<br />

upheaval (It was first published soon after Charles Darwin’s Theory <strong>of</strong> Evolution)<br />

using wild storytelling. I generally think <strong>of</strong> myself as <strong>the</strong> character Alice, making my<br />

way through spaces and making sense (or nonsense) <strong>of</strong> everything around me.<br />

Hayes, Joe: Retold by. La Llorona / The Weeping Woman. El Paso: Cinco Puntos,<br />

2004.<br />

This story, a traditional Mexican / New Mexican / Latin American ghost story, tells<br />

<strong>of</strong> a woman caught in between life and death. She wanders, like Alice, but not<br />

aimlessly. She is looking for her children, whom she murdered. She is, in effect,<br />

trapped in a drawn-out liminal space, unable to let go <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> time that came before<br />

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<strong>the</strong> transition away from life. The storytelling style in this and o<strong>the</strong>r ghost stories<br />

warn us away from this frightening in-between space. This story may have<br />

historical ties to <strong>the</strong> story <strong>of</strong> La Malinche – <strong>the</strong> indigenous companion <strong>of</strong> Hernán<br />

Cortés. She is seen as both a traitor and <strong>the</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mestizo race, both<br />

revered and despised. La Llorona is also a song, a haunting musical piece that is<br />

tender, vengeful, wistful and exuberant, all at <strong>the</strong> same time.<br />

Derrida, Jacques. The Truth in Painting. Chicago: University <strong>of</strong> Chicago Press, 1987.<br />

“It is finality-without-end which is said to be beautiful (…). So it is <strong>the</strong> without that<br />

counts for beauty; nei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> finality nor <strong>the</strong> end, nei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> lacking goal nor <strong>the</strong><br />

lack <strong>of</strong> a goal but <strong>the</strong> edging in sans <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pure cut, <strong>the</strong> sans <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> finality-sansend”<br />

(89).<br />

“From this point <strong>of</strong> view beauty is never seen, nei<strong>the</strong>r in <strong>the</strong> totality nor outside it:<br />

<strong>the</strong> sans is not visible, sensible, perceptible, it does not exist. And yet <strong>the</strong>re is some <strong>of</strong><br />

it and it is beautiful. It gives <strong>the</strong> beautiful” (90).<br />

“A piece <strong>of</strong> waste land has no fixed limit. Without edge, without any border<br />

marking property, without any nondecomposable frame that would not bear<br />

partition. Vague is a movement without its goal, not a movement without goal but<br />

without its goal. Vague beauty, <strong>the</strong> <strong>only</strong> kind that gives rise to an attribution <strong>of</strong><br />

pure beauty, is an indefinite errance, without limit, stretching toward its orient but<br />

cutting itself <strong>of</strong>f from it ra<strong>the</strong>r than depriving itself <strong>of</strong> it, absolutely. It does not<br />

arrive itself at its destination” (92-93).<br />

“Parerga have a thickness, a surface which separates <strong>the</strong>m not <strong>only</strong> (as Kant would<br />

have it) from <strong>the</strong> integral inside, from <strong>the</strong> body proper <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ergon, but also from<br />

<strong>the</strong> outside, from <strong>the</strong> wall on which <strong>the</strong> painting is hung…” (61).<br />

*Doe, John & Jane. The Doorway. San Francisco: Lara’s U.S. Census Employment,<br />

2010.<br />

Throughout <strong>the</strong> past summer, I worked as an enumerator for <strong>the</strong> 2010 Census. I<br />

spent 20-30 hours a week seeking out and standing in doorways. Occasionally I<br />

was invited inside, o<strong>the</strong>r times I was threatened and verbally abused. As Census<br />

Employees, we were not allowed to set foot through a doorway unless invited in. At<br />

times, however, even my proximity to <strong>the</strong> doorway was enough to cause a resident<br />

to come unhinged. I thought it very interesting that such a seemingly forgotten or<br />

dismissed space, a space without history, a space that people are in every day but<br />

never spend time in - could trigger such strong emotions.<br />

Hayes, Joe (retold by). “El Terrible Tragadabas,” from Tell Me A Cuento / Cuéntame<br />

Un Story. El Paso: Cinco Puntos, 1998.<br />

“El Terrible Tragadabas” is a children’s story with roots in Spain. It tells <strong>of</strong> a monster<br />

(<strong>the</strong> Tragadabas, or glutton) who hides behind <strong>the</strong> door <strong>of</strong> a small town’s general<br />

store. The three main characters take individual trips to <strong>the</strong> general store, knock on<br />

<strong>the</strong> door and have a brief verbal exchange with <strong>the</strong> monster, who warns <strong>the</strong>m not<br />

to open <strong>the</strong> door. They do anyway, and <strong>the</strong> monster jumps out and tries to<br />

swallow <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

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“The Message <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Myth.” Moyers: Joseph Campbell and <strong>the</strong> Power <strong>of</strong> Myth.<br />

Prod. Ca<strong>the</strong>rine Tatge. PBS. WNET, New York. 22 May 1988.<br />

While <strong>the</strong> entire Power <strong>of</strong> Myth series is a valuable resource, in this particular<br />

segment Joseph Campbell explores duality in myths and stories. It is a good<br />

reference for how we function and handle transition through stories and rituals.<br />

*Class: “Pure Music.” San Francisco: Zambaleta World Music and Dance School,<br />

2010. Teacher: Gautam Tejas Ganeshan, New Directions in Indian Music<br />

Last semester and this summer, I took three classes in Indian Classical Voice and<br />

“Pure Music” with Gautam. He opened my eyes to a new way <strong>of</strong> looking at music –<br />

he showed how Indian music embraces and uses <strong>the</strong> space in between notes nearly<br />

as much as <strong>the</strong> notes <strong>the</strong>mselves.<br />

Khan, Hazrat Inayat. The Mysticism <strong>of</strong> Sound and Music: The Sufi Teaching <strong>of</strong><br />

Hazrat Inayat Khan. Boston: Shambala, 1991.<br />

It’s difficult to explain this book right now – all I can say really is that when I think<br />

about my past work and try to explain it, all I know is that deep inside it, inside<br />

everything, <strong>the</strong>re is a sort <strong>of</strong> a “buzzzzzzzzz-hummmmmmmm” that emanates<br />

from a deeper place than can be explained. This sound – or ra<strong>the</strong>r, it’s more than a<br />

sound, it’s a vibration – does not <strong>only</strong> apply to myself, but is present in everything<br />

around – <strong>the</strong> harmony <strong>of</strong> all objects, <strong>the</strong> buzz-hum for example, <strong>of</strong> an entire<br />

stadium full <strong>of</strong> people milling around and interacting as viewed from <strong>the</strong> Goodyear<br />

Blimp. I am hoping that reading this book will help me elucidate some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />

intuitions and help me explain <strong>the</strong>m more effectively.<br />

Lynch, David. Mulholland Dr. Los Angeles, 2001.<br />

David Lynch’s storytelling style – seemingly random, but primally interconnected –<br />

he tells much more than a story. The crux <strong>of</strong> his piece is in <strong>the</strong> passage that we go<br />

through but that is never explicitly shown in <strong>the</strong> movie. His visuals draw out <strong>the</strong><br />

meta: A doorway that is gone through turns completely black as <strong>the</strong> camera<br />

encounters it, and <strong>the</strong> resulting “emergence” on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r side, is as if we have been<br />

taken through some kind <strong>of</strong> a portal. Doorways are, for Lynch, more than just<br />

doorways.<br />

Sottsass, Ettore. Design Metaphors. Milan: Idea Books, 1987.<br />

Really great, contemplative book. Contains some interesting visualizations in <strong>the</strong><br />

section “Design for <strong>the</strong> destinies <strong>of</strong> man” in particular. Doorways are used as<br />

metaphors for our trek into <strong>the</strong> future . The installations in <strong>the</strong> book use<br />

architectural and design elements comprised mostly <strong>of</strong> fabric and string and places<br />

<strong>the</strong>m in mountains, deserts, etc.<br />

Campbell, Joseph (editor). Man and Transformation: Papers from <strong>the</strong> Eranos<br />

Yearbooks. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1964.<br />

This may come in handy – not sure yet exactly how-<br />

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*Manzanares, Lara. Busking. San Francisco: Street Singing by Lara, 2010.<br />

For <strong>the</strong> past ten years, I have played publicly for money at Farmer’s Markets. Within<br />

<strong>the</strong> last year, I have moved my busking practice into <strong>the</strong> streets <strong>of</strong> San Francisco’s<br />

Mission District. I have, in effect, placed myself in what is, for many people, a<br />

transitional space. I interact with people directly in <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir journey from<br />

one point to ano<strong>the</strong>r: I am <strong>the</strong> soundtrack for a few seconds <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir in-between.<br />

Bhabha, Homi. The Location <strong>of</strong> Culture. London: Routledge, 1994.<br />

While this book mainly deals mainly with issues particular to post-colonialism, it<br />

might be an interesting read in order to explore Bhabha’s idea <strong>of</strong> inhabiting liminal<br />

space as a form <strong>of</strong> resistance. Also – we are living in a post-colonial world, and<br />

through this reading I might find ways to expand my explorations outward from<br />

myself and apply <strong>the</strong>m to broader social <strong>the</strong>mes.<br />

*Manzanares, Lara. Form Studio Journal. San Francisco: handwritten journal, 2009.<br />

During explorations for CCA’s Form Studio class in 2009, I kept a journal with<br />

sketches and thoughts inspired by Martin Venezky, and my classmates’ and my<br />

own explorations. This is an invaluable process resource. It contains a wealth <strong>of</strong><br />

ideas which will inform <strong>the</strong> research and development methods <strong>of</strong> my <strong>the</strong>sis<br />

exploration.<br />

*Manzanares, Lara. Essays. San Francisco: song essays presented in a blog, 2009.<br />

http://lmanzanares.blogs.cca.edu/<br />

Like <strong>the</strong> Form Studio Journal, this piece will guide my exploration process and help<br />

me work through difficult spots. When I began this journal, it was a chore. I came<br />

home every day and told myself, “I don’t want to do this, I just want to sing…” And<br />

<strong>the</strong>n I thought, well hey, who says I can’t? At that moment, an entire world <strong>of</strong><br />

possibilities opened up, and <strong>the</strong> results that I produced went well beyond those <strong>of</strong> a<br />

“classroom journal.” I use this as a (much-needed) reminder that I can trust myself.<br />

World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1989.<br />

I photocopied a couple <strong>of</strong> images, and looked up <strong>the</strong> definition <strong>of</strong> 'threshold'<br />

Kandinsky, Wassily. Point and Line to Plane. New York: Dover, 1979. ("Originally<br />

published in 1926 as Punkt und Linie zu Flache, <strong>the</strong> ninth in a series <strong>of</strong> fourteen<br />

Bauhaus books edited by Walter Gropius and L. Moholy-Nagy.")<br />

Need to figure out what this guy was up to.<br />

N 70 .K313<br />

Abbott, Edwin A. Flatland: A Romance <strong>of</strong> Many Dimensions. New York: Dover, 1952.<br />

Need to read this, will be a quick read – Interesting way <strong>of</strong> expressing visual<br />

qualities in a spatial and narrative way… brings <strong>the</strong> flat visual into architectural<br />

and temporal headspace. Also related to Kandinsky’s <strong>the</strong>ories as well as Mondrian’s<br />

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vertical/horizontal treatment <strong>of</strong> lines and finding equilibrium.<br />

Kachurin, Pamela Jill. Soviet Textiles: Designing <strong>the</strong> Modern Utopia. Boston: MFA,<br />

2006.<br />

Not sure about this one yet – Universality <strong>of</strong> <strong>text</strong>iles, weaving / grid pattern relates<br />

to Mondrian’s <strong>the</strong>ories, and <strong>of</strong> course Constructivist “rebuilding.” Interesting to<br />

note: Patterns on <strong>the</strong>se <strong>text</strong>iles are printed on top <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fabric. What would it mean<br />

to embed <strong>the</strong> pattern into <strong>the</strong> actual weaving <strong>of</strong> it? This may be a stretch, but I’ll<br />

keep this book around for now. May come in handy when developing methods for<br />

<strong>the</strong> actualization <strong>of</strong> graphic representations.<br />

Hirschorn, Thomas. Utopia, Utopia = One World, One War, One Army, One Dress.<br />

Boston, San Francisco: Institute <strong>of</strong> Contemporary Art (Boston); CCA Wattis Institute<br />

for Contemporary <strong>Arts</strong>, 2005. (Part <strong>of</strong> an exhibition by <strong>the</strong> same name)<br />

Have not read yet – Contains some interesting pieces about <strong>the</strong> prevalence <strong>of</strong><br />

camouflage clothing – camouflage as <strong>the</strong> syn<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>of</strong> figure/ground, universal<br />

equilibrium…<br />

Rotzler, Willy. Constructive Concepts: A History <strong>of</strong> Constructive Art from Cubism<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Present. New York: Rizzoli, 1989.<br />

Photocopied some images from this book. May re-visit for fur<strong>the</strong>r research<br />

Cirlot, J.E. A Dictionary <strong>of</strong> Symbols. London: Routledge 1962.<br />

Looked up threshold.<br />

Cabarga, Leslie. Advertising Spot Illustrations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Twenties and Thirties: 1,593<br />

Cuts. New York: Dover, 1989.<br />

Photocopied several pages for past image research<br />

Schaer, Roland; Claeys, Gergory; Sargent, Lyman Tower. Utopia: The Search for <strong>the</strong><br />

Ideal Society in <strong>the</strong> Western World. New York: Oxford, 2000.<br />

Good look into <strong>the</strong> past. Pp. 278 - 297, 316-331.<br />

HX 806 .U7918<br />

Zegher, Ca<strong>the</strong>rine; Krauss, Rosalind; Buchloh, Benjamin; Coessens, Piet; Borja-Villel,<br />

Manuel J.; Chevrier, Jean-Francois. Art and Utopia: Limited Action. Barcelona:<br />

Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 2005. (Catalog for a show <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same<br />

name.)<br />

Excellent visual resource. Comprehensive catalog <strong>of</strong> modern curated toward an<br />

exploration <strong>of</strong> ideas <strong>of</strong> utopia, along with quotes from artists.<br />

Weinhart, Martina; Hollein, Max (editors). Nichts / Nothing. Exhibition Catalogue:<br />

Nichts / Nothing, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt: published by Katje Catz Verlag, 2006.<br />

Have not looked at yet<br />

N 6494 .C93 N53<br />

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Virilio, Paul. Speed and Politics: An Essay on Dromology. Paris: Semio<strong>text</strong>(e), 1977<br />

(original French), 2006 (English translation).<br />

Need need need to read this<br />

Foster, Hal; Krauss, Rosalind; Bois, Yve-Alain, Buchloh, Benjamin. Art Since 1900:<br />

Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2005.<br />

Reading this book was ano<strong>the</strong>r breakthrough moment – too much to write now –<br />

Harrison, Charles and Wood, Paul. Art in Theory: 1900-2000. Malden,<br />

Massachusetts: Blackwell, 2003.<br />

Great resource to read essays and writings directly from <strong>the</strong> artists <strong>of</strong> modernism.<br />

Ferrier, Jean-Louis. Art <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 20th Century: The History <strong>of</strong> Art Year by Year from<br />

1900 to 1999: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture. Turin: Chene-Hachette, 1999.<br />

Photocopied some images from this as well as a Kandinsky essay about painting<br />

and music.<br />

Man, Felix H. 8 European Artists. London: Heinemann, 1954.<br />

Picasso's alphabet<br />

Hughes, Robert. The Shock <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> New: The Hundred-Year History <strong>of</strong> Modern Art -<br />

Its Rise Its Dazzling Achievement, Its Fall. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1991.<br />

Good modern art source, to be used along with art since 1900.<br />

N 6447 .H84<br />

Dabrowski, Magdalena. Contrasts <strong>of</strong> Form: Geometric Abstract Art 1910-1980.<br />

New York: Museum <strong>of</strong> Modern Art, 1985.<br />

Pictures <strong>of</strong> constructivist artwork, some essays that looked valuable but have not<br />

read yet.<br />

Traum & Trauma / Dream & Trauma: Works from <strong>the</strong> Dakis Joannou Collection,<br />

A<strong>the</strong>ns. Wien: Hatje Cantz, 2007.<br />

Good to look at to see contemporary artists and how <strong>the</strong>y're dealing with this.<br />

Double-check at <strong>the</strong> library for citation, it's in german and is confusing.<br />

N 6488.5 .J63 T73<br />

Rossington, Michael; Whitehead, Anne (editors). Theories <strong>of</strong> Memory: A Reader.<br />

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2007.<br />

Haven't read yet. Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se essays may be useful.<br />

Grad Design Library<br />

Stein, R. Conrad. The Mexican Revolution: 1910 - 1920. New York: Macmillan, 1994.<br />

Pictures <strong>of</strong> some revolution photos + art as an example <strong>of</strong> trauma or turmoil as a<br />

catalyst to creativity; surrealism <strong>of</strong> Mexican woodcuts and calaveras<br />

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Barck Jr., Oscar Theodore; Blake, Nelson Manfred. Since 1900: A History <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

United State In Our Times. New York: Macmillan, 1974.<br />

Political cartoons from 1910-1930 or so capture <strong>the</strong> spirit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> times…<br />

Scherman, David E. (editor). Life Goes to War: A Picture History <strong>of</strong> World War II.<br />

New York: Time Life, 1977.<br />

Intro essay that I haven't yet read<br />

Amsler, Jean. The Illustrated History <strong>of</strong> Europe. Paris: Editions du Pont Royal, 1960.<br />

Useful image source for historical time periods.<br />

Purvis, Alston. The Ballets Russets and <strong>the</strong> Art <strong>of</strong> Design. New York: Monacelli<br />

Press, 2009.<br />

Random find. Amazing human + machine type photos <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ballet<br />

dancers from <strong>the</strong> 1920s. What were <strong>the</strong>se guys up to?<br />

Doors + Architecture<br />

Crouch, Dora and Johnson, June. Tradtions in Architecture: Africa, America, Asia,<br />

and Oceania. New York: Oxford, 2001.<br />

Doors across cultures, also check out p. 334+<br />

NA 208 .C76<br />

Rybczynski, Witold. The Most Beautiful House in <strong>the</strong> World. New York: Penguin,<br />

1989. Chapter 7 (pp. 143-167)<br />

Really beautiful book - a thoughtful journey into <strong>the</strong> societal norms <strong>of</strong> building.<br />

NA 7120 .R93<br />

Oliver, Paul. Dwellings. London: Phaidon, 2003.<br />

Not looked at yet - good overall reference book to have on hand.<br />

NA 7125 .O443<br />

Strickland, Carol. The Annotated Arch: A Crash Course in <strong>the</strong> History <strong>of</strong><br />

Architecture. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2001.<br />

General review <strong>of</strong> architecture for someone with limited experience in <strong>the</strong> field.<br />

NA 200 .S77<br />

Hanson, Julienne. Decoding Homes and Houses. Cambridge: Cambridge University<br />

Press, 1998.<br />

Ra<strong>the</strong>r dense and technical, but maybe useful. Have not looked at yet.<br />

NA 7328 .H26<br />

Alexander, Christopher. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. New<br />

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York: Oxford, 1977.<br />

Awesome. Totally awesome. I might like to own this book.<br />

NA 2500 .A445<br />

Isozaki, Arata. Japan-ness in Architecture. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006.<br />

Great resource and enjoyable read – talks about Japanese notions <strong>of</strong> space<br />

(including ‘ma’), ritual, tradition, utopia, time, Japan and <strong>the</strong> western world, etc….<br />

Articles/Papers<br />

Nute, Kevin (Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Architecture). " 'Ma' and <strong>the</strong> Japanese Sense <strong>of</strong><br />

Place Revisited: by Way <strong>of</strong> Cyberspace. " Japan: Muroran Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology,<br />

date unknown.<br />

This paper initiated a bit <strong>of</strong> a breakthrough for me in its comparison <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Japanese sense <strong>of</strong> place (‘ma’) and its view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> threshold as an event ra<strong>the</strong>r than<br />

a place, to our movement through internet “places.”<br />

Stalder, Laurent. "Turning Architecture Inside Out: Revolving Doors and O<strong>the</strong>r<br />

Threshold Devices." Journal <strong>of</strong> Design History (2009) 22(1):69-77<br />

Really great find- Stalder explores <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> technological innovation <strong>of</strong> doors,<br />

specifically revolving doors and "air curtains," and explores <strong>the</strong> larger societal<br />

con<strong>text</strong> <strong>of</strong> our continual technological advances in <strong>the</strong> paradoxical space <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

doorway. He also talks about how <strong>the</strong> technological advances create a<br />

deconstruction and compartmentalization <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> human body in <strong>the</strong> act <strong>of</strong><br />

passage.<br />

Bois, Yve-Alain. “The Iconoclast.” from <strong>the</strong> book Piet Mondrian, 1872-1944.<br />

Boston: Bullfinch, 1995.<br />

Very valuable resource for <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> my core ideas <strong>of</strong> duality, equilibrium,<br />

movement, stillness, universality, etc., and <strong>the</strong> language that goes with <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

Understanding what Mondrian was trying to achieve and how he did it are<br />

informing my current process.<br />

Kracauer, Siegried; Correll, Barbara; Zipes, Jack. "The Mass Ornament." New German<br />

Critique, No. 5 (Spring, 1975), pp 67-76<br />

I read this early on and <strong>the</strong>n set it aside. It seems to be making a comeback-<br />

Compartmentalization <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> body, deconstruction from whole body into sets <strong>of</strong><br />

parts; patterns, demythologization, plus a strange mix <strong>of</strong> de-ritualization and<br />

hyper-ritualization.<br />

Kahn, Louis (Lecture). "Silence and Light - Louis I. Kahn at ETH, Zurich,<br />

Switzerland."From Complete Work 1935-1974. Boston: Birkhauser, 1987.<br />

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Kahn talks about silence, light, and <strong>the</strong> musicality <strong>of</strong> his architecture.<br />

Architectural Design Journal:<br />

The following set <strong>of</strong> articles is from <strong>the</strong> same issue <strong>of</strong> Architectural Design. I have <strong>only</strong> had<br />

a chance to skim <strong>the</strong>m, but <strong>the</strong>y merit fur<strong>the</strong>r attention. Here's a piece from <strong>the</strong> journal's<br />

colophon: "...Images <strong>of</strong> blasted buildings or events such as Hurricane Katrina exemplify <strong>the</strong><br />

sense <strong>of</strong> 'immediate impact'. But how is this trauma to be understood in its aftermath, and<br />

in urban terms? What is <strong>the</strong> response <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> discipline to <strong>the</strong> post-traumatic condition? On<br />

<strong>the</strong> one hand, one can try to restore and recover everything that has passed, or o<strong>the</strong>rwise<br />

see <strong>the</strong> post-traumatic city as a resilient space poised on <strong>the</strong> cusp <strong>of</strong> new potentialities...”<br />

Lahoud, Adrian. "Post-Traumatic Urbanism." Architectural Design, No. 207<br />

(September/October 2010), pp 14-23.<br />

Benjamin, Andrew. "Trauma Within <strong>the</strong> Walls: Notes Towards a Philosophy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

City." Architectural Design, No. 207 (September/October 2010), pp 24-31.<br />

Spurr, Samantha. "After <strong>the</strong> Event: Speculative Projects in <strong>the</strong> Aftermath."<br />

Architectural Design, No. 207 (September/October 2010), pp 51-57.<br />

Fisher, Mark. "Post-Apocalypse Now." Architectural Design, No. 207<br />

(September/October 2010), pp 71-73.<br />

Concerning <strong>the</strong> recent slew <strong>of</strong> apocalypse-<strong>the</strong>med movies: Why is it easier for us to<br />

imagine <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world than it is for us to imagine <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> capitalism?<br />

Videos<br />

Vitalic. Second Lives. Music video directed by Julien Henry. Song from <strong>the</strong> album<br />

"Flashmob." 2010? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuwRxha8zSU<br />

Overhead view <strong>of</strong> private place, bathroom stall - sacred + pr<strong>of</strong>ane<br />

World Order. Mind Shift.<br />

Music & Words by Genki Sudo / Takashi Watanabe, Movie by Genki Sudo.<br />

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ua64HbsBUo&feature=player_embedded#!<br />

Time, slowness, re-ritualization, celebration<br />

Bush Tries to Escape.<br />

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHjIb6trxBI&feature=related<br />

President George W. Bush tries to open a non-functional door in China.<br />

Old Japan Wooden Door. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIiGR2F9hrc<br />

A random traveler encounters a super-intricate and interesting Japanese door.<br />

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Kim, Ely. BOOMBOX.<br />

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2DLNLTTjvM<br />

http://www.welikehim.com/<br />

Yale grad student Ely Kim does 100 dances for 100 days.<br />

Understanding Automatic Door FAIL.<br />

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPqOQnpragc<br />

http://failblog.org<br />

Man runs through and shatters an automatic class door. Very strange, yet<br />

somehow relevant.<br />

Revolving Door Fail.<br />

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeafsydZaV4<br />

http://failblog.org<br />

Revolving door malfunctions and catches a person in it, shattering on both sides <strong>of</strong><br />

his body. Again – strange, yet somehow relevant.<br />

Tanaka Auto Door<br />

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UjFCGUfRow<br />

Futuristic Japanese design - door as a sort <strong>of</strong> membrane.<br />

Morph: Magic Door.<br />

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-zRH0dLJFs<br />

Playful claymation vision <strong>of</strong> a doorway to ano<strong>the</strong>r world.<br />

Mystery Guitar Man. Desert Music.<br />

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flh96MS9ouQ&feature=channel<br />

Mystery guitar man opens <strong>the</strong> door to his apartment and finds it is a portal to a<br />

desert land. He makes music using <strong>the</strong> cacti.<br />

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Helpful People:<br />

Gautam Tejas Ganeshan.<br />

Vocalist and teacher, New Directions in Indian Classical Music.<br />

Wendy Ju<br />

Thesis Advisor<br />

Ge<strong>of</strong>f Kaplan<br />

CCA Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

Jon Meyer<br />

CCA Pr<strong>of</strong>essor and Thesis Committee Member<br />

Brenda Laurel<br />

Chair, CCA Graduate Design.<br />

Barry Katz<br />

CCA Pr<strong>of</strong>essor and Thesis Committee Member<br />

Paul Trachtman<br />

Artist and Writer, Smithsonian Magazine<br />

Lifelong creative mentor<br />

Bruce McIntosh<br />

Designer<br />

Lifelong design mentor<br />

Mina Girgis<br />

Executive Director, Zambaleta World Music and Dance School<br />

Steve Schlei<br />

Close friend - The <strong>only</strong> one who understands my crazy-talk.<br />

Sean Ross, Julie Mendez, Hugh Hsin, o<strong>the</strong>r CCA classmates.<br />

Mom.<br />

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