Publisher's Synopsis
"AA Files 48" features studies of topography and urban life by Russian artists Olga and Alexander Florensky and work by Klein Dytham architecture. Paul Davies presents a user's guide to Las Vegas; Brett Steele looks at the parallel development of modern architecture and modern advertising through the works of Mies van der Rohe. Antoni Malinowski, Peter Wilson and Michael Nyman reflect upon the points of contact between art, architecture and music, while avant-garde musicians Ryoji Ikeda and Carsten Nicolai speculate on the potential for creating structure through sound. The Files contain reviews also.
