Vidler traces the emergence of
a psychological idea of space from Pascal and Freud to the identification of agoraphobia and claustrophobia in the nineteenth century to twentieth - century theories of spatial alienation and estrangement in the writings of Georg Simmel, Siegfried Kracauer, and Walter Benjamin.
Forecast: Snow at The Renaissance Society presented a selection
of paintings, drawings, sculptural studies, and crystal and marble snowflake sculptures, which showcased the artist's
idea of snowflake patterns as blueprints for architectural
spaces and
psychological states.