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The Art Life- С Рождеством Христовым December 23, 2009Via Weetstraw.com
- С Рождеством Христовым December 23, 2009
- Ballardian
- A Near Future: Nic Clear’s Tribute to JG Ballard December 28, 2009JG Ballard's writing encompassed topics as diverse as ecological crisis, technological fetishism, urban ruination and suburban mob culture. In this extract from the September-October issue of Architectural Design, Nic Clear explores how Ballard’s understanding of architecture and architects made him one of the most important figures in the literary arti […]
- A Near Future: Nic Clear’s Tribute to JG Ballard December 28, 2009
- Cabinet
- A Dry Black Veil - Brian DillonBy the last decades of the nineteenth century, an obscuring perplex of ideas regarding dust hung above the inhabitants of the European city like overlapping clouds, variously threatening or inspiring with the weight of knowledge, quantity of filth, or degree of infection they contained. London, especially—having only lately escaped a mid-century chol […]
- A Dry Black Veil - Brian Dillon
- The Guardian Culture
- 'Why retire? Inspire' December 30, 2009 Tanya Gold
- Licensed to thrill December 30, 2009Commissioned by the Dutch secret service, Jill Magid's Authority to Remove exhibition at Tate Modern explores the 'human face' of espionageArray
- Blunt best-seller December 30, 2009 Sean Michaels, James Blunt
- Infosthetics
- Life Without Buildings
- Subverting the Spectacle of Modern Times: Charlie Chaplin and the Situationists[Still from Modern Times] “The construction of situations begins beyond the ruins of the modern spectacle. It is easy to see how much the very principle of the spectacle – nonintervention – is linked to the alienation of the old world. Conversely, the most pertinent revolutionary experiments in culture have sought to break the spectators […]
- Subverting the Spectacle of Modern Times: Charlie Chaplin and the Situationists
- New Shelton Wet/Dry
- ‘The more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.’ –ShakespeareIs it our experiences or our genes that make us who we are? Studying twins has revealed unexpected, and often unnerving, insights into the nature versus nurture debate. Imagine receiving a phone call out of the blue. You find the voice on the other end eerily familiar as it tells you some life-changing news: you are, [...]
- ‘The more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.’ –Shakespeare
- Quiet Babylon
- The Contest Deadline LoomsDon’t forget, the deadline for the b-list holy grails micrononfiction contest is January 1st, 2010. That’s really soon, so send in your entry. The rules are here and the post introducing the idea is here. I explained all of that in under 50 words. Imagine what you’ll do with 100. by Tim Maly for Quiet Babylon, 29/12/2009. [...]
- A Year in ReviewOne of my favourite traditions from LiveJournal is the automatic year-in-review post. Here’s how it works: You go to each month, take the first post of the month, take the first sentence of that post and transcribe it. The result is a cut-up-technique overview of how your year went. It doesn’t get your best posts, [...]
- The Contest Deadline Looms
- Triple Canopy
- Thinking Through Images #1“A screaming comes across the sky.”
- Thinking Through Images #1
