Friday, October 14, 2011

Tomás Saraceno's Cloud Cities




BERLIN ARCH LINK : Cloud Cities at Hamburger Bahnhof

Tomás Saraceno's Cloud Cities (2011) at Hamburger Bahnhof, my favorite art space in Berlin. Reminds me of some of my early expat drawings. Beautiful.

Sunday, October 09, 2011

Zadie Smith on Maximalism

This is how it feels to me | The Guardian

While preparing to give a workshop on complex art forms driven by custom code, I flashback to Norman Bryson's description of Chinese Maximalism in his class on contemporary Chinese and Japanese art. By tapping into Wikipedia magic (however occasionally misguided), I find literary connections and am led to this compelling article by Zadie Smith. Enjoy...