PolskiField
CSA3 Warsaw+ Field Trip Blog
Post any relevant info & resources here before, during and after the trip.
Post any relevant info & resources here before, during and after the trip.
Apr 01
Mar 28
“ Is it not strange that while we are all aware of the world’s changeability,
architecture pretends to be invariable? In a liquid reality only that has
a chance to survive which is liquid, ambiguous, which constantly revives
and redefines itself. From this point of view, architecture, constrained by
technology, investment processes, architects’ and developers’ swollen
egos, mental habits requiring Vitruvian permanence from it, appears as
increasingly lumbering. It lays a claim to eternity, forgetting about experiences
of the past and closing its eyes to the future. This is a grotesque
and dangerous stance in an era of rapid flows of information and capital
that can at any moment upset the global order.
architecture pretends to be invariable? In a liquid reality only that has
a chance to survive which is liquid, ambiguous, which constantly revives
and redefines itself. From this point of view, architecture, constrained by
technology, investment processes, architects’ and developers’ swollen
egos, mental habits requiring Vitruvian permanence from it, appears as
increasingly lumbering. It lays a claim to eternity, forgetting about experiences
of the past and closing its eyes to the future. This is a grotesque
and dangerous stance in an era of rapid flows of information and capital
that can at any moment upset the global order.
» 'Hotel Polonia'
polish pavilion - Venice Biennale 2008 - very interesting
Mar 26
» Kinoteka: 7th Polish Film Festival in UK
This film festival based in London is also touring the country with a short stop at the Gulbenkian, Canterbury towards the end of April
Mar 07
» sauna clip 'Eastern Promises'
I couldn’t find any typical gangster movie scenes of steam baths/saunas - of which there are loads! - but this one gets the idea acrossthis is exactly the clip I was talking about - and in many ways is a typical gangster scene in a steam bath, just translated to the russian mafia in London by Cronenberg (the baths it was filmed in are Ironmonger Row municipal baths, just off old street in east London I believe)
see also this clip which Youtube offered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChMAIiG38Lc&NR=1
Is this true about the Russian attitude to Tattoos? It might be important to find out - is there an equivalent on the urban ‘body’ of a tattoo? A semi-permanent mark on the city’s flesh - the context wherein these marks are made to represent or commemorate past sins could be a useful analogy
Baths are also very important in the development of gay culture in metropolitan areas - see for instance the continental baths in New York, one of the birthplaces of House music in north America, as both Larry Levan & Frankie Knuckles both played music there before they became celebrated as innovators in the Paradise Garage (NY) and the Warehouse in Chicago respectively
Mar 06
Mar 05
Mar 04
lightlane by Altitude (click image for readable text) see: http://dustbowl.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/light-lane-concept-from-altitudes-alex-tee-and-evan-gant/
Mar 03
Time analysis of potential users
