ARC 597 | BLOW-UP Scale, Spectacle, and Spontaneity in Architecture

From the three articles, the words ‘situation’ and ‘spectacle’ proved to have a different dimension than its general use.In ‘preliminary problems in constructing as situation’ the author sees situations as a set of frames (process) where they can be collectively prepared and developed. In relation, a ‘spectacle’ is defined as a constructed false reality that may or may not show the real nature of a particular society.

Debora further explains that spectacle as an inaccessible actuality where people thrive to believe it to be the best of the reality. In his words “The spectacle reunites the separate,but reunites it as a separate” is an intriguing sentence. This proves that even though spectacle could have negative effects there might be a positive dimension that could achieve unity through separation.

Lucy Buchmann further elaborates about the implementation of situations in real world. she mentions about the difference between plans and situations. This could be related back to feedback in cybernetics. Where situations could be understood as feedback that needs to be addressed in order to reach an objective. Maybe our machines just need to be like the Trukese.