It is a common misperception
that architects build buildings.
While drawings are the product
of their labor, it should not be
overlooked that these drawings
are neither of reality nor
experience - impossible views
are the currency of architects.

 

"Views of the Impossible"
2004

Featured in the catalogue accompanying
two nights of screenings the experimental
films of Gordon Matta-Clark, this essay draws
parallels between Matta-Clark, Eisenstein
and Piranesi.

City Slivers and Fresh Kills: The Films of
Gordon Matta-Clark was published by
San Francisco Cinematheque.

Read the full article.

Buy the Matta-Clark Catalogue from SFCinematheque.

Also available at Powells Bookstore, in Portland, Oregon;
the Centre Pompidou in Paris; and Amazon.com.