“1945-1998″ by Isao Hashimoto
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The video depicts the number of nuclear explosions conducted in various parts of the globe from 1954-1998.
Cognitive Surplus visualized
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Sunday, July 25 /
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| By David McCandless, a London-based author, writer and designer |
Identity politics divides us; Fiction connects us
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Monday, July 19 /
Turkish writer Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction (TED talk)
She finishes by recalling a Sufi poem by Yunus Emre (ca. 1238 - 1320)
Come, let us all be friends for once
Let us make life easy on us,
Let us be lovers and loved ones,
The earth shall be left to no one.
Architecture is War
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"Architecture and war are not incompatible.
Architecture is war.
War is architecture.
I am at war with my time, with history,
with all authority that resides in fixed and frightened forms.
I am one of millions who do not fit in,
who have no home, no family,
no doctrine, nor firm place to call my own,
no known beginning or end,
no 'sacred and primoridal site'.
I declare war on all icons and finalities,
on all histories that would chain me with my own falseness,
my own pitiful fears.
I know only moments, and lifetimes that are as moments,
and forms that appear with infinite strength, then 'melt into air'.
I am an architect, a constructor of worlds,
a sensualist who worships the flesh, the melody, a silhouette against the darkening sky.
I cannot know your name. Nor can you know mine.
Tomorrow, we begin together the construction of a city."
(Lebbeus Woods; Manifesto)
Sky and Sand
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Tuesday, July 6 /
In the nighttime
when the world is at it's rest
you will find me
in the place I know the best
dancin', shoutin'
flyin' to the moon
(you) don't have to worry
'cause I'll be come back soon
and we build up castles
in the sky and in the sand
design our own world
ain't nobody understand
I found myself alive
in the palm of your hand
as long as we are flyin'
All this world ain't got no end
in the daytime
you wil find me by your side
tryin' to do my best
and tryin' to make things right
when it all turns wrong
there's no fault but mine
but it won't hit hard
'cause you let me shine
and we build up castles
in the sky and in the sand
design our own world
ain't nobody understand
I found myself alive
in the palm of your hand
as long as we are flyin'
this world ain't got no end
Credit: Paul Kalkbrenner
when the world is at it's rest
you will find me
in the place I know the best
dancin', shoutin'
flyin' to the moon
(you) don't have to worry
'cause I'll be come back soon
and we build up castles
in the sky and in the sand
design our own world
ain't nobody understand
I found myself alive
in the palm of your hand
as long as we are flyin'
All this world ain't got no end
in the daytime
you wil find me by your side
tryin' to do my best
and tryin' to make things right
when it all turns wrong
there's no fault but mine
but it won't hit hard
'cause you let me shine
and we build up castles
in the sky and in the sand
design our own world
ain't nobody understand
I found myself alive
in the palm of your hand
as long as we are flyin'
this world ain't got no end
Credit: Paul Kalkbrenner
