The utopian sixties inspired revolutionary and alternative ways to live, love, and entertain—and equally radical spaces to do it in. Stimulated by the psychedelic drug culture, rebel designers and architects distorted space to create womblike coves and isolation chambers, forging a spatial vocabulary that still reverberates today. At the same time, the tune-in-turn-on-drop-out message lured youths into far-flung communes, often under the roofs of brightly painted geodesic domes draped and tie-dyed fabric. Idealistic and anarchic enclaves with names like Drop City and Morning Star redefined the concept of community, inventing a wildly spontaneous way of building and dwelling. For the first time, these ephemeral spaces are brought together in Spaced Out. The many never-before-published photographs and an inventive text by acclaimed author Alastair Gordon show in detail the spirit and ideas of this radical period.
Alastair Gordon (http://alastairgordonwalltowall.com/ ) is an author and award-winning critic who likes to explore urban and ex-urban spaces, especially marginal places like airports, beach houses, geodesic domes, and isolation chambers. He was born in Scotland and travels extensively, but has lived most of his life in or near New York City. He's published numerous books including "Weekend Utopia," "Spaced Out," "Naked Airport," "Beach Houses: Andrew Geller," "Romantic Modernist: The Life and Work of Norman Jaffe, Architect," "Long Island Modern," "Convergence: The Hamptons After Pollock," as well as the recently released "Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms," and "Qualities of Duration: The Architecture of Philip Smith & Douglas Thompson." He has been a feature writer and contributing editor for many different newspapers and magazines including WSJ., the Wall Street Journal Magazine, the New York Times, T Magazine, Architectural Digest, Town & Country, Le Monde, Dwell, Interior Design, Metropolis, House & Garden, the International Herald Tribune, Newsday and the New York Observer. Alastair is currently working on a book about Buckminster Fuller and serving as editorial director of Gordon de Vries Studio (gordondevriesstudio.com,) a publishing imprint that he founded and runs with his wife and partner Barbara de Vries. Read more at: http://alastairgordonwalltowall.com/
