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===Georges Bataille, ''Architecture'', 1929===
===''Holes''===


[[File:DOCUMENTS-1929-2-cover.jpg|360px|link= Architecture|''Documents'' journal, 1929, Issue #2]]
[[File:UlsterUniBelfastHole.jpg|340px|link= Holes|Ulster University's big hole in the ground, 2017.]]


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"[[Architecture]]" is a short article written by French author, editor, and 'dissident surrealist' Georges Bataille (1897-1962) that was first published in the journal ''Documents'' in 1929. The article was the first entry in the ''Dictionnaire Critique'' (Critical Dictionary), a series of texts providing definitions for a heterogeneous range of words and concepts that were published over the course of ''Documents''' fifteen-issue lifespan.  
"[[Holes]]" are the negative space of the city. A hole is necessarily dug before a building can be erected, as permanent structures need foundations sunk underground to lend them stability. A hole dug deep enough into the ground in an urban site sometimes reveals evidence of previous habitation, and information about the development of the city that serve to disrupt or undermine contemporary understandings of history.


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Latest revision as of 15:05, 28 February 2022

Featured Article

Holes

Ulster University's big hole in the ground, 2017.

"Holes" are the negative space of the city. A hole is necessarily dug before a building can be erected, as permanent structures need foundations sunk underground to lend them stability. A hole dug deep enough into the ground in an urban site sometimes reveals evidence of previous habitation, and information about the development of the city that serve to disrupt or undermine contemporary understandings of history.

Continue Reading...