Publisher: Spector Books, ISBN: 9783959057882, Edited by: ARCH+, Florian Hertweck, Christian Hiller, Felix Hoffmann, Markus Krieger, Marija Marić, Alex Nehmer, Anh-Linh Ngo, Milica Topalović, Nazlı Tümerdem, Format: Softcover, 290 x 230 mm, 216pp
Two English language issues of ARCH+ Magazine for Architecture and Urbanism are published in collaboration with Spector Books to accompany the exhibition. The first issue (ARCH+ The Great Repair – Politics of the Repair Society, May 2023) serves as a theoretical introduction to the topic, while the second (ARCH+ The Great Repair – A Catalog of Practices) introduces practices of repair and has been published on the occasion of the exhibition’s opening as a catalog.
The modern capitalist era, with its emphasis on growth and progress and an economic system based on consumption, wastage, and resources being bled dry, has led to the ruthless exploitation of people and nature. As a counter to this, “The Great Repair” project puts forward the idea of a repair society centred on practices of care, maintenance, and mending.