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Robbery as Art

The theatrical scene is a jewelry shop in Greece where a robbery is operated. The actors enter covered; they are conscious that they are filmed. This kind of acting in front of the CCTV cameras directs a particular choreography where the actors have to hide whatever may be characteristic in their moves and appearance. The theatrical rules concerning the two actors are here different than the ones we find in Bertold Brecht's or Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski's theories on theater acting. The actor here has to be invisible through his capacity to operate quickly and with the most common moves. The actor has to avoid anything that would characterize him as the hero of an act or as a function of his self.

metallic box

(found here)

transistor archaeologies

the hinge as a time structure

[from the Oxford Dictionnary]

We could construct a possible ontology of architecture based in the concept of hinge. The hinge would then be a generator of every possible architectural condition: the control of difference in space would be undertaken by the hinge. Furthermore : we could read the Georg Simmel's essay about the bridge and the door as a particular silent honor to this architectural piece that is absent but maybe omnipotent in the text. If we keep thinking in a Simmel's background we could also add in this "hinge syllogism" a particular view connecting the possibility of constructing views over the fragmentary and the "holistic". Still the hinge can be proved to be the regulator of this particular mutation from the part to the whole for which Simmel writes in his Philosophy of the Landscape.

cyprus again

An interesting table was set with Athanasiou, Yoka, Pilidou, Antonas, Toumazis and Papoulias. Some considerations and reactions after our presentations in Nicosia were recorded, in Greek. The next day, during a long walk, a particular emphasis was given to new unimportant aspects of the heterogeneous city. Unremarkable places still offer the most remarkable views. The new Jean Nouvel's construction site is maybe one of them: the quality this huge dig will not be compared to the final architectonic result. Nevertheless the dig is now a real important building.

London open air bookshop

Greek version of Neufert, old edition of the book that every European architect kept in his cupboard before its content (frequently updated) became digital. We can read Neufert as a Norbert Elias book's extension, covering the changes of what a modern stable life was supposed to mean. Also check anarchitecture.

Found here in yannikos' del.icio.us account.

Lebbeus Woods about architecture in BLDG blog:

[ ... ] "we’re living in a very odd time for the field. There’s a kind of lack of discourse about these larger issues. People are hunkered down, looking for jobs, trying to get a building. It’s a low point. I don’t think it will stay that way. I don’t think that architects themselves will allow that. After all, it’s architects who create the field of architecture; it’s not society, it’s not clients, it’s not governments. I mean, we architects are the ones who define what the field is about, right?
So if there’s a dearth of that kind of thinking at the moment, it’s because architects have retreated – and I’m sure a coming generation is going to say: hey, this retreat is not good. We’ve got to imagine more broadly. We have to have a more comprehensive vision of what the future is".