Annette Koh
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“Surely, such singing* takes place on the street, but the street is also exposed as a place where those who are not free to amass, freely do so. I...”
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This little company from Kenya makes toys from slippers that...
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Contingent Continents: The World Over
Hundreds of ants industriously eat away at a map of the world in Rivane Neuenschwander’s video work, ...
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By Justin Hillgrove.
Absolutely delightful!
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I love the filthy, unlicensed, off-brand characters hustling Times Square. It’s just perverse that 20 years ago, the neighborhood transitioned from...
The tensions in the structure of consumption point to a world that is becoming more homogenous overall, with fewer cultures, religions, languages, etc., but in which most individuals have far more variety at their fingertips.
In other words, for the world, variety has diminished. For the individual, variety has increased.
Sack, Robert D. (1988), The Consumer’s World: Place as Context. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 78
Images from top to bottom: 1) Korea Herald,”The rich aroma of coffee! ‘Hidden treasure’ cafes loved by Seoulites” 2) Espresso News & Reviews, South Korea’s fetishized coffeeshops 3) Chosun Ilbo, “More coffee shops open all night” 4) BiBimBlog: Grace in Korea, Coffee in Korea!
Richard Sennett. The Civitas of Seeing. (via nomadaresearch)
The Emancipatory City starts out with Sennett’s quotation which is one that is often trotted out in discussions of the decline of public space and the privatization/suburbanization of daily life. Even in cities that remain determinedly city-like, encountering difference is not a given. There are swaths of San Francisco (at least in the early 2000s) where you could go several weeks without seeing anyone under 18 or over 65. For a town that loves to fly the freak flag, it was a generational monoculture by neighborhood.
“the overwhelming feeling of overlooking vast cities and their intertwined abstracting lines, shapes and lives.” Print by Pete Yahnke Railand at Just Seeds.
I’ve thought a lot about the 1988 Olympics and its impact on Seoul (especially Gangnam), but I’m pretty excited to learn about all the other post-Olympic cities.
Via The Olympic City update #7
We’re excited to announce that the next city in The Olympic City project is… Sarajevo. Sarajevo hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics, and subsequently endured the longest siege of a capitol city in modern history during the Bosnian War (1992-1996). The city is still in the process of reconstruction, but it’s growing quickly. We’re interested to look at what remains of the ‘84 Games, and how it’s integrating with the new Sarajevo.
Jon will be photographing the city in a few weeks, and he’ll be posting updates and photos for you as he explores.
And we’re in the last week of our Kickstarter campaign, so please help spread the word! Here’s the link: http://kck.st/KxGmoH
Project first seen via citybreaths:
Yesterday I got to know about an upcoming project of Gary Hustwit. He’s the guy behind Helvetica, Objectified and, most recently, Urbanized. His next thing will be a photo book about the legacy of the Olympics in former host cities. I think that’s an interesting question to ask: what will a…
