Mark Wigley - Staedelschule Architecture Class (SAC) Lecture Series - January, 2018

MARK WIGLEY: CUTTING MATTA-CLARK: THE ANARCHITECTURE PROJECT 08 JANUARY 2018 In his lecture, Cutting Matta-Clark: The Anarchitecture Project, Marc Wigley addresses the work of architect-artist, Gordon Matta-Clark, and opens the lid on how the so-called Anarchitectureexhibition in 1973 continues to influence and inspire a contemporary architectural and artistic imagination. However, while Matta-Clarke’s radical operations on buildings intervene on our assumptions about space and social life, the The Anarchitecture Project is shrouded in the mythology of the architect-turned-artist and not fully understood for how it opens up onto a speculative horizon for contemporary thought and practice. Wigley’s lecture is in part rooted in his contribution to the book, Cutting Matta-Clark: The Anarchitecture Project (ed. James Graham, Lars Müller Publishers, 2014). Since establishing himself on the international scene in 1988 as co-curator with Philip Johnson for the exhibition, Deconstructivist Archi