The Concept of Homage in VAL’s E-temen-an-ki Project
The Concept of Homage in VAL’s E-temen-an-ki Project
Author(s): Gabriela SmetanováSubject(s): History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Architecture, Visual Arts, Aesthetics
Published by: Historický ústav SAV, v. v. i.
Keywords: visionary architecture; VAL; fantastic architecture; Brueghel’s Tower of Babel; homage; prospective architecture; Tatlin’s Tower
Summary/Abstract: The text is devoted to one of the eight projects of the Slovak art-architectural group VAL, active in the 1970s through the 1990s, the work of which falls into the category of visionary architecture. The following study is part of a broader historical-architectural research project involving VAL, one of the aims of which is an attempt to formulate an original conception of the group and to explore the possible development of their architectural thinking over time. Using the selected project E-temen-an-ki – Sheraton Hotel Babylon, it explores one of the characteristic motifs of the group’s work, which is the concept of homage, and the way it is grasped and manifested in the project.
Journal: Architektúra & Urbanizmus
- Issue Year: 57/2023
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 118-125
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
