In this small tome Svetlana Boym provides a richly imaginative exploration of the legacy of Tatlin's Tower; the legendary but un-bulit monument to the Third International of 1920, one of the iconic works of Russian Constructivism, from its original reception in the early 1920s to its ongoing re-interpretation by Soviet and international artists and architects over the course of the 20th Century and beyond. Architecture of the Off-Modern offers an alternative history of modernist culture that crosses boundaries between architecture, technology, history, and aesthetics and should appeal to a sophisticated and intellectual readership. Includes illustrations of Tatlin's work and its historical context, and of recent works by a variety of artists including Ilya Kabokov, Komar and Melamid, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Jane and Louise Wilson. A part of the FORuM Project Publication series published in association with the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at...
