Critical Spatial Practice 05 - Mark von Schlegell: Ickles Etc.

In this novel, noted contemporary science fiction writer Mark von Schlegell imagines architecture in the year 2090 through the character Henries Ickles, Los Angeles s most misunderstood info-architect. Technological, environmental and social catastrophes have changed the meanings of culture, nature, and landscape forever. But in what remains of the international urban scene, architecture still refuses to admit it hasn t been modern since the early 20th century. In the fifth book from the Critical Practice series, von Schlegell puts the sci-fi back in notions of speculative aesthetics. A collection of interconnected comical stories set in New Los Angeles, Danish Expansion, St. Louis, Ickles, etc. explores the future of architectural practice in light of developments in climatology, quasicrystalography, hyper-contemporary art, time travel, and the EGONET. With artwork by Louise Lawler. Following New Distopia, this is von Shlegell s second novel to be published by Sternberg.