Tuesday, June 14 2011
The Changing Nature of the Nature of Art
As artists have become less concerned with telling stories and more concerned with creating emotional connections and mimicking experiences, art has shifted from creating beauty to expressing the heady nature of 'truth'.
Friday, March 11 2011
‘The Secret Lives of Buildings’ & the Oft Egotistical & Obsessive People Behind Them
Edward Hollis is a stylistic illusionist, adopting a variety of voices and storytelling modes as he weaves his tales of dreams, ambitions, follies, and ruins.
Wednesday, September 22 2010
Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect
The opening argument in the film is that the “Rem Koolhaas” the viewer knows, the singular genius of media accounts, especially in America, is a convenient signifier that masks another “Rem Koolhaas”, one who is not singular, but plural, a walking composition of influences, ideas, theories and collaborations.
Thursday, May 20 2010
Buckminster Fuller’s World: Emancipation by Design
The World of Buckminster Fuller shows its subject as inspired by both nature and humanity, and as having a public interested in ideas, unvarnished.
Thursday, May 21 2009
Becoming Bucky Fuller by Loretta Lorance, R. Buckminster Fuller
This post-millennium rediscovery examines Fuller anew, seeking help with our most dire ecological and economic challenges within his philosophy of sustainability and technological balance.
Friday, April 17 2009
The Grid Book by Hannah G. Higgins
This is a meditation on media, representation and technology, and makes for a deeply textured and luxurious reading experience.
