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a place through which the world passes,
for the sustenance of that place and our situated selves,
and for our very sense of being in-place.

a place from which we go to a world which is immediate and present and to hand.

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vuls:

Daniel Bejar, The Visual Topography of a Generation Gap (#2, Brooklyn, NY) , 2011, unique object, brass keys, adhesive , 6 5/8” x 2” x 7/8” 

(via ianborthwick)

pedrobotton:

Haus Truog “Gugalun” by Peter Zumthor in Versam, 1994

(via sexytecture)

"If you design the object without the financing, you’re an academic; if you design the marketing without the object you’re a politician; if you design the financing without the object, you’re a capitalist."
‘How to Make Unsolicited Architecture’, Volume magazine, 2007. via rory hyde dot com blog (via futurepractice)

farbbewegung:

Laura Allen and Mark Smout. Sketches for the Lanzarote Landscape.

likeafieldmouse:

Hiroshi Sugimoto - Seascapes (1980-93)

Artist’s statement:

Mystery of mysteries, water and air are right there before us in the sea. Every time I view the sea, I feel a calming sense of security, as if visiting my ancestral home; I embark on a voyage of seeing.”

1. Caribbean Sea, Jamaica 

2. Sea of Japan, Hokkaido

3. Tasman Sea, Ngarupupu

4. Black Sea, Ozuluce

5. Red Sea, Safaga

6. Tyrrhenain Sea, Scilla

(via streamsofcontext)

pigneguymichael:

“This conversion of a landfill into a farming landscape was based on three key factors: topography, hydraulics and vegetation. The topographic system was addressed by the capping project. Whereas the project for closure of the landfill involved channels and embankments, the landscape restoration project had recourse to farmed terraces, tree-planted plots and fields of crops.”

(via thehungryarchitect)

2/22/2013

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capitalism, riot shield, sculpture,

pootee:

RIOT SHIELD WITH COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL EQUATION USED IN FINANCIAL MARKETS CONTAINING DERIVATIVE INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS, 2012


Sculpture

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(Source: thejogging)

theabsolution:

“Your Body of Work” Exhibition in São Paulo, Brazil.

by Olafur Eliasson

(via contemplati0n)

Daehyun Kim, NYTimes

1/21/2013

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art, Black and White,