The Virtual Dimension
Architecture, Representation, and Crash Culture

The Virtual Dimension
Architecture, Representation, and Crash Culture

The Virtual Dimension
Architecture, Representation, and Crash Culture

I WOULD LIKE to thank the following people who in innumerable ways have made this book possible. First, to all of the brilliant contributors without whom this book would not be what it is, Margaret Janik for being my mirror, Stephen Perrella for his cantankerous late-night phone calls, Marcos Novak for his initial pivotal discussions, Chris Romero and Brian Kralyevich of Oscillation Digital Design Studio for an excellent job on an aggregate that we just couldn’t get off the ground,
Mark C. Taylor for being réal throughout, Kevin Clark for being the pusher, Emmylou Harris/Daniel Lanois, Lucinda Williams, and the McGarrigles for keeping me company, The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies
in the Fine Arts for their generous support, Kevin Lippert
for his encouragement, Mark Lamster for the arduous task of editing this beast, Sara Stemen for her design, and the entire staff at Princeton Architectural Press, my parents Margaret and Norman Beckmann who undoubtedly were sent from heaven, and finally to my daughter Kyra who is pure sunshine.

John Beckmann