[title]<br /><span class="titletitle"> <span class="texttitle">Brutalism</span> <br /> <span class="subtitle">the rage of materials</span> [scene 1 inert]<br /> hard surfaces are unforgiving<br /> proudly <span class="enlarge2x">inorganic </span> <br /> shaped into solid geometries [scene 2 mute]<br /> <span class="enlarge2x">agressive</span> and muscular <br /> rooted and weighty [scene 3 massive]<br /> colossal bulk radiates constancy<br /> <span class="enlarge2x">permanance </span><br /> in poured concrete [scene 4 cold]<br /> blandly <span class="enlarge2x">functional</span><br /> like an impassive bureaucrat [scene 5 inert]<br /> <span class="enlarge2x">elemental</span> like a force of nature<br /> mistaking solidity for permanence [scene 6 isolate]<br /> impervious to surroundings<br /> self-consciously <span class="enlarge2x">heroic</span> [scene 7 fortress]<br /> the <span class="enlarge2x">muscle</span> of concrete and steel<br /> weathering, crumbling a ruin in progress [scene 8 drear]<br /> living example of the poverty of economy<br /> <span class="enlarge2x">ruggedness</span> gone awry<br /><br /><br /> [scene 9 ideology]<br /> material rage takes many forms<br /> like intimidation by consumption [scene 10 glitz]<br /> the arrogance of materials is everywhere<br /> as much in stifling <span class="enlarge2x">gaudiness</span><br /><br /> [scene 11 articulation]<br /> as in overly refined exquisite detail<br /> or crushingly expensive finishing [scene 12 reverance]<br /> and in sensitivity so acute it’s depraved<br /> <br /> <br /> attenuated aesthetics so<span class="enlarge2x">worshipful</span> of surface, texture, form. [scene 13 force]<br /> cast iron projectiles, steel braces<br /> strong diagonal <span class="enlarge2x">buttressing</span><br /><br /> dynamicm pushing against dead weight [scene 14 reveal]<br /> an <span class="enlarge2x">organism </span>turned inside out,<br /> nothing hidden<br /> pipes and vents exteriorized [scene 15 poised]<br /> austere and self-confident,<br /> <span class="enlarge2x">bristling</span> with repressed hosility<br /><br /> [scene 16 pure]<br /> untouched by fantasy, unmediated raw power, <br /> raw surface, carrying traces of fabrication. [scene 17 rough]<br /> diminished by time but still uncompromising<br /> stark, enduring, <span class="enlarge2x">monumental</span> [scene 18 vast]<br /> proposing a determinism of size<br /> imperialism of scale driven by titanic ambition [scene 19 corroded]<br /> <span class="enlarge2x">decay</span> is an unappredciated stylistic trait<br /> adding a patina of time, erosion and loss [scene 20 ravaged]<br /> exposed to the furious<span class="enlarge2x"> elements</span>,<br /> in the war of attrition, materials always lose