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The Affects of Realism: Or the Estrangement of the Background |
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| Authors: | Michael Young |
| Abstract: | Affect is not just about mood and fantasy; at its best, it is an aesthetic provocation that can generate a profound questioning of the nature of reality. The 19th-century Realist writers and artists understood this – and its political implications – well. After examining the theme with reference to the writings of an international array of cultural critics, architect Michael Young – cofounder with Kutan Ayata of the New York-based studio Young & Ayata – presents a project by his firm that is subtly designed to trigger affective sensations of defamiliarisation. |
| Keywords: | Gustave Courbet The Stone Breakers Fredric Jameson The Antinomies of Realism Gustave Flaubert Émile Zola Leo Tolstoy ‘sensation’ ‘affect’ ‘realism’ Madame Bovary Soviet Union Constructivism/Suprematism Clement Greenberg ‘Avant-Garde and Kitsch’ ‘osteanenie’ Victor Shklovsky ‘Art as Technique’ ‘Art as Device’ Peter Zumthor Therme Vals Graubünden Switzerland Asymptote Architecture Yas Viceroy Hotel Abu Dhabi Greg Lynn Zaha Hadid Architects UN Studio Juhani Pallasmaa Steven Holl Fantasy Sci-Fi Star Wars Avatar The Avengers Transformers Lo-Fi/Sci-Fi Europa Report Moon Anti-Viral Primer Her Young & Ayata Wall Reveal ‘Close-Up’ group exhibition CSI-Arc Gallery Los Angeles Fry Reglet Walter Benjamin |
