Friends of the Future: A Conversation with Peter Smithson

2000; The MIT Press; Volume: 94; Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/779214

ISSN

1536-013X

Autores

Beatriz Colomina, Peter Smithson,

Resumo

Colomina:... so we are going to have to put our heads on. Tell me something about the Independent Group. Smithson: To be honest, my memories of it are fragmentary, in fragments. When I read descriptions of it I don't recognize other people's descriptions of what it was about, I simply don't recognize them. I suppose I regarded it as an arena to celebrate friendship with Eduardo Paolozzi and Nigel Henderson. At that stage of friendship, everything was amusing. You know, it is like a love affair. And consequently, the meetings were regarded as an opportunity to show off, really. Colomina: So it is more as a personal relationship that you remember it? Smithson: Yes. Of course, you know there was this so-called legendary first bravado

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