‘A spectral building diamonds itself’Failure as a generative site for contemporary art practice

Katrina Simmons

Hermann Finsterlin, b. 1887, Munich, Architect, painter, essayist, poet, toymaker.

Hermann Finsterlin, Study for a House of Sociability, c 1920,polychromed plaster and paint, 25.4 x 31 x 39.4cm.

Hermann Finsterlin, The House of God, model, 1918, and A mausoleum, model, 1919.

Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain, 1997.

Frank Gehry, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1993

Jorn Utzon, The Sydney Opera House, Sydney, AustraliaDesigned 1957,Completed 1973.

Philip Johnson, The Cathedral of Hope, Dallas, Texas, 1996.

Artist: Jeong -A KooTitle of the project: the bridge according to Jeong-A’s dreamYear: 1997Description: round bridge in the middle of the sea to be approached by boat.Source: Unbuilt Roads 107: Unrealized Projects, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Guy Tortosa, 1997

Hermann Finsterlin, World Architecture Building Blocks, 1916