Workshop
California Polytechnic State University
At the invitation of Professor Tom Di Santo, Cardillo discusses the phenomenology of self-documentation of his work in the lecture ‘Architecture of a historiography: antoninocardillo.com’ during a visit to his project, Casa Elogio del Grigio, as part of California Polytechnic State University’s History Theory Workshop.
Thanks to Brianna Ruland
Introduction
Tom Di Santo
This talk is part of our History Theory Workshop, and Antonino Cardillo, In addition to the tour of his architectural project Elogio del Grigio, is going to give us a lecture. He will discuss how to present your work in the most positive light, emphasizing the importance of taking control over your own representation. This includes doing your own PR, photography, and post-production, rather than hiring others to do this work for you. He will also talk about the phenomenological aspects of his work, not just his house, but his other projects as well. Originally from Trapani, Sicily, he now works in Munich and has also worked in London. So, please give your undivided attention to Antonino.
Lecture
Antonino Cardillo
Architecture is a perceptual phenomenon. Its occurrence in the world is also the consequence of a historiography. A stratigraphy of interpretations extended over time that defines the existence of a work. In 1936, Lionello Venturi distinguished the history of judgement on art from the history of art.[1] From this follows the importance of documenting the interpretations of others. This awareness led me to the construction of the website antoninocardillo.com: an architecture of self-analysis, an archaeology between possible senses and meanings, where the misleading concepts of ‘present’ and ‘past’ dissolve in the uniqueness of time.
Note
- ^ Lionello Venturi, History of Art Criticism, E. P. Dutton and Co., New York, 1936.
Visit
Students at California Polytechnic State University visit the House Elogio del Grigio. Photography: Brianna Ruland