What the hell is going on here?

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“In Europe you are fascinated with image, and nothing else. In South Africa we still have the chance to make architecture that is useful and beautiful, so it’s much nicer place to practice. Here, you are held hostage to the image, and you have superstars […], the paparazzi photograph them, and it’s gone completely weird… I don’t understand this. I saw Jean Nouvel walking in yesterday, people treated him like he was a movie star, but he’s just an architect, like everyone else… what the hell is going on here?”

Jo Noero

Stolen from Biennale Channel on YouTube