20140930

 the world within and the world without
  
  for geddes on a sunday

20140228



'a' is for architect
/ˈɑːkɪˌtɛkt

"the deviser, maker, or creator of anything"



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20130828



a wee publication
our model for small scale publishing




produced as part of impact 8 
print festival scotland 2013





20111206

louis didn't know the half of it

"where are your chimneys?"


"what chimneys?"


"your chimneys"


"what about them?"


"well, where are they?"


"there aren't any."


"what d'you mean there aren't any? you gotta have chimneys"


"but there isn't a fire."


"what are you talking about fire for? it's chimneys we need!"


"but chimneys are for fires- why would you have a chimney without a fire?"


"oh, come on! you've got to have a chimney"


"hmm, i'm not so sure..."


"go on! and you better not have a fire with that chimney, cos there's washing on the line next door."

20110722

continuous curatorial conversations . venice 2011









20110218

20110109




blur building . swiss expo . yverdon les bains . 2oo2

the idea of nothingness


“What’s the good of Mercator’s North Poles and Equators,
 Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?”
So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply
 “They are merely conventional signs!
“Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes!
 But we’ve got our brave Captain to thank:
(So the crew would protest) “that he’s bought usthe best —
 A perfect and absolute blank!”

"The Hunting of the Snark"

An Agony in Eight Fits

Lewis Carroll

illustration Henry Holiday

20110108

variation on a theme


20100701


beauty: complex simplicity

20100503

20100428





"The word resist is interestingly equivocal. It is not synonymous with words of ultimate negation like ‘dismiss’ or ‘ reject.’ Instead, it implies a measured struggle that is more tactical than strategic. Living changes us, in ways we cannot predict, for the better and the worse. One looks for principles, but we are better off if we control them, not the other way around. Principles can become tyrants, foreclosing on our ability to learn. When they do, they, too, must be resisted....





"Resist whatever seems inevitable.[...]


Resist the idea that architecture is a building[...]


Resist taking the path of least resistance.[...]


Resist people who are satisfied.[...]


Resist that feeling of utter exhaustion."

http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/architecture-and-resistance/





20100426

[rowan's] the·sis (thē'sĭs) 


n. pl. the·ses  (-sēz) 

1. A proposition that is maintained by argument.

2. A dissertation advancing an original point of view as a result of research, especially as a requirement for an academic degree.

3.A hypothetical proposition, especially one put forth without proof.

20100413

thanks ian


david maisal
history's shadow



20100411

once loved up close, 
loved now in a memory. 
as nature, 
uninhibited, 
reclaims some hold,
these walls sit quiet,
but assured.
additions and attritions of time
show on every surface,
confirming some certainty,
revealing some truth.


Followers