1 May
1828 death of Barthélemy Vignon
[signs of] Otherwise Eyes
2000.05.01
Re: Wedge of Light is a SHADOW
2003.05.01 12:21
Re: The Future of War Aesthetics, Politics, Technologies
2003.05.01 16:40
progress
2003.05.01
On Rem Koolhaas: his work, his style, his leaving GSD?
2005.05.01 14:01
Paris 2054
2006.05.01 14:33
the state of drawing in education
2008.05.01 10:07
2008.05.01 12:38
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Re: Wedge of Light is a SHADOW
2003.05.01 12:21
John Young wrote:
The WTC pit is the ur-skyscraper experience, reminder of the sunken plaza so beloved in the 60s for hi-rises which offered more rentable space below ground level. That Libeskind wants to glamorize the aesthetics of the slurry wall, indeed is working with the structural engineer who designed it, shows what landmarking can be used for. The glazing over the sacred wall is a nice Damien Hirst sliced cow rip-off.
lauf-s replied:
And speaking of a "Damien Hirst sliced cow rip-off," how's this for something completely pre-Damien Hirst? It's even 1984!
if ever there were wedges...
Re: The Future of War Aesthetics, Politics, Technologies
2003.05.01 16:40
Perhaps all that is really happening is that many humans (especially the younger human element on this planet) have succumb to believing that if it isn't on a TV screen it just isn't real enough anymore.
When the Apostles asked Christ when Jerusalem would come to an end, He answered "when the desecration of desecration stands where it ought not." Thus, when a statue of Caesar was placed within the Temple precinct, the subsequent Hebrew revolt ended with the Fall of Jerusalem. Then, when the Apostles asked Christ when the world would come to an end, He answered, "Watch." Could it be that what Christ meant is that the world will end when everyone in the world will be doing nothing but watching TV, and that the Second Coming will occur via Christ taking over all electro-magnetic planetary communications whether plugs are pulled or not?
At least not in my lifetime.
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