JACQUES DERRIDA & PETER EISENMAN | Chora L Works

Scarce and unconventional object of Deconstructivist philosophy and architecture. Two different die cut patterns perforate the pages and distinguish the book into two halves. The colophon page and beginning of the book starts in the second half.

Features an extensive record of the collaborative project between Derrida and Eisenman. Includes transcripts, correspondance, and texts from Jacques Derrida, Peter Eisenman, Bernard Tschumi, Jeffrey Kipnis, Thomas Lesser, and Renato Rizzi.

Cover has minor wear at corners and shelf wear. Back cover has beginning of a slight crease at one edge. Inside pages are clean and crisp. Very good + condition.

"Chora L Works documents the unprecedented collaboration, initiated in 1985, between philosopher Jacques Derrida and architect Peter Eisenman on a project for the Parc de la Villette in Paris. Woven into the volume are discussion transcripts, candid correspondence, and essays, as well as sketches, presentation drawings, and models. Derrida and Eisenman's design process was guided by Plato's chora text from the Timeaus; their unique reciprocal relationship was an interchange - and transformation - of voices.” - from the back cover

8.5 x 8.5 inches