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    Virilio Overexposed City

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    1. The document discusses Paul Virilio's analysis of cities in the 1960s-1970s. During this time, walls were erected and cities lost their purpose due to globalization and the energy crisis. 2. It explains that today's crisis is one of references and narratives as technology has replaced ends with means and grand theories with practical opportunities. 3. Hollywood is deemed more interesting than Las Vegas because it creates a synthetic space-time through cinema, while architecture now measures itself through technology instead of geology.

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    1. The document discusses Paul Virilio's analysis of cities in the 1960s-1970s. During this time, walls were erected and cities lost their purpose due to globalization and the energy crisis. 2. It explains that today's crisis is one of references and narratives as technology has replaced ends with means and grand theories with practical opportunities. 3. Hollywood is deemed more interesting than Las Vegas because it creates a synthetic space-time through cinema, while architecture now measures itself through technology instead of geology.

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    1. The document discusses Paul Virilio's analysis of cities in the 1960s-1970s. During this time, walls were erected and cities lost their purpose due to globalization and the energy crisis. 2. It explains that today's crisis is one of references and narratives as technology has replaced ends with means and grand theories with practical opportunities. 3. Hollywood is deemed more interesting than Las Vegas because it creates a synthetic space-time through cinema, while architecture now measures itself through technology instead of geology.

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    Virilio Overexposed City

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    1. The document discusses Paul Virilio's analysis of cities in the 1960s-1970s. During this time, walls were erected and cities lost their purpose due to globalization and the energy crisis. 2. It explains that today's crisis is one of references and narratives as technology has replaced ends with means and grand theories with practical opportunities. 3. Hollywood is deemed more interesting than Las Vegas because it creates a synthetic space-time through cinema, while architecture now measures itself through technology instead of geology.

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    Whatarethecharacteristicsofthe60'sand70'sfortheauthor?
    Howdoestheauthorexplainthecrisisofthepresent?
    WhyisHollywoodmoreinterestingthanLasVegas?
    Whatistheconditionoftechnologyandsciencetoday?

    OverexposedCity,PaulVirilio
    In1960'stherewerewallserected,MayorofPhiladelphiatheblackand
    white,theBerlinwall,BelfastandLondonderry,Beirut,
    Citieslikecompaniessufferedfrommultinatinaleconomy,Citiesbecame
    redundant
    In1970'stheenergycrisisandterrorism,andsafetymeasuresagainst
    terrorism.Theairportbecamelikeafort,withelectronicdevicesand
    cameras.
    Therecameaparadoxicalsituationregardingthefreedomoftravelling.
    Theboundarychangeditscharacterintimeandsodidtheentrance.
    "Togointothecity",isreplacedby"togotothecity".
    Lightnessandtransperancybecamethecharacterofthebuildings.
    Dayandnightlifechanged,transportationandtheothercommunication
    systemsgavewaytoadifferentlifestyle,citieslosttheirinhabitants.
    materialthingsmadebyphysicalelementschangedtoimmaterialsigns,
    wavesetc.
    Ifacrisisexisttodayitisthecrisisofreferences(ethical,esthetic)
    Thecrisisofmodernity'sgrandnarrativesofwhatLyotardspeaks,betraysthe
    presenceofnewtechnology,withtheemphasisbeingplaced,fromnowon,
    onthemeansandnottheends.
    Thegrandnarrativesoftheoreticalcausalityarereplacedbythelittle
    narrativesofpracticalopportunityandfinallyofthemicronarrativesof
    economy.
    Thecrisisofdimension:Urbantopology,agriculturalmechanization.Since
    thebeginningofthe20'thcentury,thedepthofthefieldofclassical
    perspectivehasbeenrenewedbythedepthoftimeofadvancedtechnology.
    Thedevelopmentofcinematographyandaeronauticsfollowedtheopennings
    ofthegrandboulevards.
    Fromtheaestheticsoftheappearanceofthestableimages,presentbecause
    oftheirstaticnature,totheaestheticsofthedissapearanceofunstable
    images,presentbecauseoftheirmotion,atransmutationofrepresentation
    hastakenplace.
    InthisperspectiveHollywoodismoreinterestingthanLasVegas.Asynthetic
    spacetimeiscreated.
    Architectonicsnowdoesnotmeasureitselfagainstthescaleofgeology,
    butwithstateofarttechnologies.

    Technologywascloselyassociatedwiththevisibletransformationsof
    substanceandsciencehasgraduallyturnedusawayfromthevisible.

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