Arguably created by Barbara Stafford, Showing Seeing is a way of presenting a visual artifact from the world. Usually under multiple lenses, this exercise dissects our visual understanding in this world in the context of the thing itself. In this version Gerhard Richter’s work at the High Museum is examined. What makes his work communicate on so many wavelengths and so many levels of understanding? “Look Dad, I’m 3d,” a 4 year old exclaimed while looking through the eleven paned installation. What have you said?
in this edition, architect and assistant professor gernot riether is questioned about digital design, bernard tschumi’s paperless studio at columbia’s gsaap, global architecture, and his time with powerhouse architecture studio- reiser and umemoto.
visual art and the hands have taken a back seat lately; from Bilbao, to Berlin our art world has become digital. Watch how the images evoke emotion. Do we lose something in the “Maya’s” of the world?
I write this in the Philadelphia International Airport, serving a five-hour layover back to Atlanta from a study abroad in Barcelona; I guess you don’t have to go through Hartsfield-Jackson to get to Heaven or Hell after all. This is an open letter to the next mayor of Atlanta, the call of a professor for reflection on understanding the fabric of a city from a multivalent perspective. Where might this “open-letter” be opened? Is the AJC or Creative Loafing still open for business, or could this letter just find its way to Atlanta’s new public space- the blogosphere? Facebook is out; I don’t belong. What about actual physical space with real humans?
That idea is rather disconcerting. Where might one voice their opinion or pose a public question in the Mayoral race? In Barcelona, as in San Francisco and other major cities, one (or many) might be able to voice a public political opinion in spaces like Placa St Jaume or Washington Square. These places are for a politically aware public. I wonder if this is what Churchill meant when he said “We shape our dwellings and afterward our dwellings shape us.” I think that could be applied to public spaces as well.
I can just imagine marching with a group to the mayor’s office with a policy concern, and finding out that there is not enough room to stand on Trinity Avenue because of the narrow sidewalks, and then being turned away. I could hear them saying something like, “Could you kindly go to the STATE CAPITOL building over there on Capital Avenue; they have all the power and would be happy to help you. Oh and could you stand across the street in the Atlanta’s monumental space. What is it called…?” Oh yeah, a parking lot. Read the rest of this entry »
in this edition, architect and assistant professor gernot riether is questioned about digital design, bernard tschumi’s paperless studio at columbia’s gsaap, global architecture, and his time with powerhouse architecture studio- reiser and umemoto.
