Comments on: Cathedrals 01 - The Mall

By: The Simulacra » Cathedrals 02 - The Stadium

The Simulacra » Cathedrals 02 - The Stadium — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:48:58 +0000

[...] next candidate I would like to consider as part of my Modern Cathedrals series (Part 1 here) is the [...]

By: Seb

Seb — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:45:08 +0000

interesting idea - I dunno what else you have on the list, but have you considered the football stadium and the night club as major places of worship for English people these days?

By: Suzy

Suzy — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:20:48 +0000

See Walter Benjamin’s The Arcades Project (1930s ish) - he focuses on the increase in consumerism in 19th century France and describes the “new” department stores as ‘temples’ to consumerism/ capitalism. Really interesting collection of opinions.

By: sam

sam — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:39:24 +0000

this should make for a fantastically interesting series. look forward to reading more.