We Sit Together /anglais: utopian benches from the Shakers to the Separatists of Zoar - Softcover

Cape, Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1616891599 ISBN 13: 9781616891596

Verlag: PRINCETON ARCHI, 2013

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"A beguiling, informative book." - New York Times "Highly entertaining." - New York Observer "Francis Cape may be the first person to physically investigate how different designs facilitated different social practices." - Forbes.com "A fascinating book." - The Daily Beast "An engaging tour of craft, technology, and community." - New York Times "Furniture lovers will be intrigued, as I was, with an exquisite group of reconstructed benches appearing in We Sit Together: Utopian Benches From the Shakers to the Separatists of Zoar, by famed artist Francis Cape. I can't explain it, but staring at these spartan designs -- indeed, they are sculptures -- brought me a sense of the serenity undoubtedly embodied in the communities that inspired these works." - San Jose Mercury News "[A]rtist Jonathan Cape set out to start a conversation "about communalism as both a historic and a contemporary alternative to individualism" through reconstructing and installing together in a gallery setting reproductions of twenty benches used at twelve American communal societies. We Sit Together encapsulates what he learned from that project The book lacks any extended reflections on the bench form over time and in different spaces. Yet it makes up for that with the refreshing perspective of a contemporary artist/furniture maker who has a strong sense of the power objects have to inspire change." - Chipstone

Reseña del editor:

Whether for protest, political or religious congress, solidarity, social companionship, eating, or comfort, sitting communally is one of the most powerful and prevalent of human social acts. This simple act of seating held special significance in numerous utopian communities that emerged in 19th century America and was given physical presence in the form of a variety of styles of wooden benches unique to these would-be arcadias. Renowned British artist Francis Cape is fascinated with these utopian benches and has reconstructed twenty-five of them following careful study and measurements. The results of Cape's bench building project are seen in We All Sit Together, which presents colour photographs and hand-drawn measured drawings of the benches, which come from both well-known utopian sects like the Shakers, and more obscure ones like the Separatists of Zoar. Cape also provides a written description of each bench and describes how the social or religious organization of the utopian community influenced the design of the bench. To be considered both as contemporary sculpture as well as furniture, the twenty-five benches evoke the accumulated aspirations that helped to shape them, while inviting collective engagement, speculation and discourse. The result is a fascinating look at a slice of Americana that will appeal to the collector, woodworker and student of American history.

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• Verlag: PRINCETON ARCHI
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1616891599
• ISBN 13: 9781616891596
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 95