How to Play the Environment Game

Yat Shun Kei

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    Abstract

    This paper looks at a 1973 exhibition, How to Play the Environment Game, as a rare collaboration between the Arts Council, the architectural profession and community groups. Curated by the architect Theo Crosby, the exhibition capitalised on the contemporaneous debates on preservation and the ecological
    crisis, in order to launch fervent attacks on large-scale speculative real-estate development. This paper will examine how the curator negotiated with the interests of the various parties involved in the exhibition and created a temporary space for an antagonistic cooperation. Looking at a moment when the concern for architectural preservation and environmentalism overcame political divides, this paper will investigate the problem of consensus in the production of architectural discourse.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMediations
    Subtitle of host publicationInternational Conference Proceedings
    EditorsAdrien Friend, Cathy Jones, Karolina Raczynska, Saba Golchehr, Rosa Ainley
    PublisherRoyal College of Art
    Pages258-269
    Number of pages12
    ISBN (Print)978-1-910642-18-4
    Publication statusPublished - 21 Nov 2016
    EventMediations: Art & Design Agency and Participation in Public Space - Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
    Duration: 21 Nov 201622 Nov 2016
    https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/mediations-art-design-agency-and-participation-public-space/

    Conference

    ConferenceMediations
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityLondon
    Period21/11/1622/11/16
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    Keywords

    • preservation

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