REPRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION
In an age of digital and bio-technological reproduction, the distinction
between the Produced and the Reproduced has become increasingly unclear,
calling into question what constitutes an "original". Innovations in
science, art, architecture and industry have developed amidst a preference
for the particular, at a time of actual de-particularization in the form of
globalization, media saturation and rapid population growth.
Given these circumstances, how have reproductive techniques and technologies
in science, industry, art and architecture influenced notions of
"authenticity"?
How have these innovations altered temporal and spatial relationships in art
and architecture compared to those of historical precedents?
What are the cultural, artistic, social and ethical implications of such
reproductions? What are the implications for production?
This issue of Thresholds seeks to include critical perspectives that address
and intersect a diverse range of disciplines including architecture, art,
science, ethics and beyond.
We invite essays, projects, analyses and other explorations. Essays are
limited to 2500 words. Digital copies of texts/ images/ etc. are required.
Please include a two-sentence biography of the author(s) for publication.
Thresholds aims to print material not previously published elsewhere.
Submissions are due Monday, March 18, 2002.
Please send materials or correspondence to:
Aliki Hasiotis, Editor
Thresholds
MIT Department of Architecture
Room 7-337
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
thresh@mit.edu
