Machine Craft
Ongoing
FABRICATIONS IN STEEL AND OTHER MATERIALS
VARIOUS LOCATIONS
“The standardization of the practical machinery of life implies no robotization of the individual, but, on the contrary, the unburdening of his existence from much unnecessary dead-weight so as to leave him freer to develop on a higher plane. Efficient and well-oiled machinery of daily life cannot of course constitute an end in itself, but it at least forms a point of departure for the acquisition of a maximum of personal freedom and independence… Here, at the focal point where civilization and culture meet, a clearer light is shed on the fundamental difference between an ordinary commercial product, the humble output of a calculating brain, and the work of art.. It is true that a work of art remains a technical product, but it has an intellectual purpose to fulfil as well which only passion and imagination can achieve.”
- Walter Gropius, 'The New Architecture and The Bauhaus’
