Its only about two years old, but the Canadian Association of Cultural Studies held quite the conference at McMaster in Hamilton last week - Culturepoles: City Spaces, Urban Politics & Metropolitan Theory with FutureCities concurrent events and ongoing panels at the Art Gallery of Hamilton (scroll down to “adult programs”). We can’t attend …we… […]
CARACAS, HECHO EN VENEZUELA
How is Caracas made?
Current discussions in architecture and urbanism continue to consider individual use, guides to consumption, and the appropriation of space as the limits of what is possible in urban territories. Yet, appropriation and consumption do not imply a transformation of social and spatial relations. Since being in Caracas […]
Wow. How did I miss this?
What does a “lead artist”, as opposed to a designer or an architect, contribute to the nitty-gritty business of urban planning? Traffic light installations? The Impossibility of Bus Lanes in the Mind of Someone Driving? “It is an experimental concept,” says Heatherwick. “This approach would be unique to Milton […]
Matt Webb presented his project Glancing - I’m OK, You’re OK at ETech a few days ago, and I was very impressed.
Glancing is an application to support small groups by simulating a very limited form of eye contact online … The model for Glancing is people sitting at work, focused on their own stuff. Every […]
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