THE FORGOTTEN ETHICS: this is brutal – this is honest – this is live
Based on the idea that Brutalism was an attempt to create an architectural ethic, rather than an aesthetic and that it had less to do with materials and more to do with honesty – an uncompromising desire to tell it like it is, architecturally speaking – Theurich’s new work for Venice will be LIVE, will be HONEST.
Brutalism, identified by its chunky peculiarity and concrete oddity is both adored and loathed, understood and condemned. But as its national demolition is routinely being called for, an insurgence in its popularity has emerged, only to illuminate the current isolation between politics and architecture – a relationship once intrinsic to our fabric of life. In her new performance, the artist will question the ethics of politics and architecture.
