Double Take

Defamiliarization and estrangemet have been absorbed into contemporay architectural discourse by way of current philosophies calling for a return to the domain of real things. Estrangemet is the quality attributed to aesthetics that elongates, intensifies, or exaggerates the initial moment of engagement with an art form. Defamiliarization involves design techniques that allow the familiar to enter into multiple and heterogeneous relations. In these terms, the real is not conceived as stable or concrete, but is in fact inherently unstable or uncertain. This revival of realism curiously provokes a second glance at Andy Warhol’s contributions to twentieth century art through a contemporay lens. This paper outline these ideas and catalogs the work that emerged from a series of design studios that were conducted at Kent State University, Amherst College, and Savannah College of Art and Design from 2015 – 2017.

Volume Editors
Jasmine Benyamin, Kyle Reynolds, Mo Zell, Nikole Bouchard & Whitney Moon

ISBN
978-1-944214-28-9