Archive for October, 2005

Atmospheres of Democracy

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

On the same day that Marc Tuters posted on locative space and mentioned Making Things Public. Atmospheres of Democracy, an exhibition curated by Bruno Latour & Peter Weibel earlier this year, the accompanying book arrived in the post.
From the online exhibition:
“The reason for such an undertaking is that we live in rather discouraging times as […]

Playing by the rules

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Need for More Playgrounds, 1913
New York Bureau of Municipal Research, Report on a Survey of the City Treasury, Assessment, Works, Fire and Property Departments, with Appendices: Prepared for the Civic Survey Committee
“The tendency is to establish playgrounds in the suburbs where land is cheap, but they should be just as numerous in the heart of […]

Space and Culture Volume 8

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

November 1 2005, Volume 8, No. 4
Ella Chmielewska - Logos or the Resonance of Branding: A Close Reading of the Iconosphere of Warsaw
Kathryn Yusoff - Visualizing Antarctica as a Place in Time: From the Geological Sublime to “Real Time”
Andrew Wood - “The Best Surprise Is No Surprise”: Architecture, Imagery, and Omnitopia Among American Mom-and-Pop Motels […]

Opening up science

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

On Will Alsop’s new design for the Institute of Cell and Molecular Science at Barts and The London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry:
“The design introduces the radical concept of flexible space into research laboratories. For good measure–from the outside and from an overhead gallery–it makes the community aware of what’s happening.
This type of […]

Airport Announcement

Sunday, October 9th, 2005

Date: Tuesday 11th of October 2005Venue: GB051 Brunel University, Uxbridge UK
Timetable:
1 pm - 2:30 pm: Postgrad Workshop (reading to be distributed)3 pm - 5 pm: Staff Workshop
Prof Rob Shields will be visiting Brunel in October and has agreed to conduct a series of informal seminars about airports, communications and mobility. Rob Shields is a […]

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