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Ut^MIN tVtKblbLt £ f I *- Above all, what is missingfrom the world is asense ofwhatis in operation as the world. Even so, it can be stated without hesitation that each ofus is involved (or ought to be involved) in an ongoing process ofself-invention. Ifeach person must invent herselffurther out ofwhat she has at her disposal, we should at least have readily available a reference guide to all that a person can possibly rally to the cause ofbeing a person. When I assign a meaning to something, I do it on the basis ofwhat? In this, as in all instances, the questioner herselfis the big question, the greater context. Being a person is an astounding event or series of events. Astounding in its variegated ordinariness. Does variegated ordinarinessexistonlyalwaystodwindleawaytowardadrearyend?Whyshould the astounding series of events that is a person have to come to an end? But in regard to a whole person, what constitutes the whole ofit? The body-person cannot be studied apart from her surroundings. What wields itself as the architectural body? To what extent do architectural surrounds guide behavior? Can architectural inflection of thought and feeling be calibrated precisely? DESTINY REVERSIBLE ARAKAWA/GINS GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM REVERSIBLE DESTINY - ARAKAWA/GINS ORGANIZED BY MICHAEL GOVAN GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM SOHO JUNE 25-AUGUST31, 1997S THIS EXHIBITION IS MADE POSSIBLE BYGENEROUS SUPPORT FROM FUNDINGGROUPA/G,TOYOTA, SHISEIDO, ANDTHE JAPAN FOUNDATION DEUTSCHETELEKOM IS A PROUD SPONSOROF THEGUGGENHEIMMUSEUM SOHO AND THE DEUTSCHETELEKOMGALLERIES. Unlessotherwisenoted, allworksareintheartists' collection. ©1997TheSolomon R Guggenheim Foundation, NewYork All rightsreserved AllArakawaandMadelineGinsworks © 997ArakawaandMadelineGins 1 Usedbypermission Allrightsreserved. ISBN0-8109-6902-5(hardcover) ISBN0-89207-188-5 (softcover) GuggenheimMuseumPublications 1071 FifthAvenue NewYork,NewYork 10128 Hardcovereditiondistributedby HarryN Abrams, Inc. 100FifthAvenue NewYork, NewYork 10011 Design Michael Sumner, Burning Books, SantaFe Editing,designassistance MelodySumnerCamahan Projecteditor EdwardWeisberger CoverbyArakawaandGins Printed in BelgiumbySnoeckDuca|u&Zoon Contents 222 140 Judging Landing Sites Terrain Introduction ARAKAWA AND GINS MICHAEL GOVAN ANDREW BENJAMIN 238 150 11 Reversible Destiny Cities Dear Neverending Architectonic Landing Site(s) ARAKAWA AND GINS ARAKAWA AND GINS Reflective Wherewithal, JEAN-FRANCOIS LYOTARD, 256 MADELINE GINS AND ARAKAWA 164 Isle of Reversible Destiny—Venice Films ARAKAWA AND GINS ARAKAWA AND GINS 14 258 The Road to Critical Resemblances 168 Reversible Destiny Houses House: Report of a Mapping Architectural Body ARAKAWA AND GINS CHARLES W. HAXTHAUSEN ARAKAWA AND GINS 312 38 188 Types of Function EarlyWorks Ubiquitous Site*Nagi's ARAKAWA AND GINS ARAKAWA Ryoanji*Architectural Body ARAKAWA AND GINS 313 42 Reversible Destiny Questionnaire To Think, To Invent, To Be 195 ARAKAWA AND GINS Invented: Reflections on The Sites of Reversible Destiny Mechanism of Meaning RADOVAN IVSIC AND ANNIE LE BRUN 314 RUSH Selected Bibliography F L. 200 54 Site of Reversible Destiny—Yoro 317 The Mechanism of Meaning ARAKAWA AND GINS Selected Exhibition History ARAKAWA AND GINS 208 112 Out of Balance Testing the Limits of Brain Plasticity: BERNHARD WALDENFELS Or, Why Is There a Wall Down the Middle of the Tub? 214 GEORGE LAKOFF Four Architects on Reversible Destiny JOHANNES KNESL, ED KELLER. 124 GREG LYNN, JESSE REISER Saving Not MARK C TAYLOR