Private Jokes, Public Places
T01836802999
An architecture student. Her thesis. The jury. Capturing the full character of architectural discourse,
Private Jokes, Public Places offers a disturbing yet humorous glimpse inside the contemporary world of architecture. Margaret, a young Korean-American student, presents her thesis for a public swimming pool to an all-male jury of famous architects. Safdie, a former architecture student at Columbia University and the son of prominent architect Moshe Safdie, uses this simple premise as a jumping-off point for a facile examination of academia, intellectual pretension and the failure of postmodernist culture. The play asks compelling questions about the state of the male/female power struggle, fears of disrupting the status quo and ultimately the importance of challenging tradition.
Archive :: production:T01836802999, play:S046284184, venue:V215
Production details
Running time 80 minutes
