Ablinger Franz Great CfP by Eleanor Saitta (Structure Light Design Research Collective). It is now evident that postmodernism is dead. It has not ceased to function, exactly. The tools it gave us for the analysis of culture still work to the same degree they did previously. It remains a functional standpoint for understanding the effects of traditional … Read more
Wasn’t the fall of the Berlin Wall supposed to set the world free and end history? In the 20 years since, communities worldwide have voluntarily retreated behind walls and security cameras. Link
In terms of the great implosion of the global economy which began on Wall Street in late 2008, the Greek financial collapse is a storm in a retsina glass. The sums concerned are trivial by the standards of modern multitrillion-dollar high finance, or indeed by the standards of the Bundesbank. But the rights and wrongs … Read more
You gotta love evolution. Japanese people have special tools that let them get more out of eating sushi than Americans can. They are probably raised with these utensils from an early age and each person wields millions of them. By now, you’ve probably worked out that I’m not talking about chopsticks. The tools in question … Read more