Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Foley '98) has taken a trophy wife, Anne (Danielle Beurteaux), who is younger than his own son Henrik (Ezra Keshet '99). The inherent problems in such a match provide much of the tension that drives the play. Frederik lacks the energy to seduce the innocent Anne, for whom the idea of marital duty is confined to being cheerful around her husband. Henrik, a young seminarian, is equally naive and is confused by the attraction he feels for Anne. The three lament their bizarre love triangle in a musical trio, though only Beurteaux's beautiful soprano can be heard consistently...
...Whose idea was it to put all the swing songs from your previous albums and compile them on Zoot Suit Riot...
...That was actually our manager's idea. At the time, he was the guy who sold the merchandise at the shows, and he used to complain that at every gig someone would come up to him and ask him, "Which album is the swing album?" So he had this idea to take all the swing tunes of the other three records and put them onto one, so we did that, and then added four new songs--one of which was "Zoot Suit Riot." And we actually put that out ourselves--this was before we got signed, and the whole swing...
...Potsdamer Platz as envisioned by Piano will be a meeting point that encompasses vast differences, where elements of the "sacred," like libraries, meet elements of the "profane," like cinemas and casinos. Even the act of construction, which involved 5,000 workers from all over the world, represented the idea of interaction, particularly symbolic when one considers that the Potsdamer Platz was famous as a site of intolerance. Already the praise is rolling in: Architecture Record said that Piano "single-handedly recaptured the long-lost romance of the skyscraper" with the Debis Tower that anchors the project. At no point, however...
...fact, was an important motif throughout the talk. As Piano noted, much of architecture lies in the invisible, in the memories and social life generated by the use of the space. What one sees--the physical architecture--is merely the tip of the iceberg. He expanded on this idea of "immateriality" in the last half-hour of the speech, presenting slides of his other works. Piano's work has consistently stressed the importance of space and transparency, or, as he put it, "lightness". The glass of Kansai Airport seems to show the open possibilities that flying offers. His Tjibaou Cultural...