Good Morning Andrew
Conceptually Oriented, Practically Confused
07-26-2010
The built environment, like language, has the power to define and refine sensibility. It can sharpen and enlarge consciousness. Without architecture feelings about space must remain diffuse and fleeting.
Yi Fu Tuan
from “Space and Place”
How I Became Modern (Again)
Josef Albers. Shielded from Homage to the Square: Ten Works by Josef Albers. 1962
03-28-2010
There is something peculiar about the way we attribute the clarity of some photographs to the world itself. I try to reinforce that paradox by making photographs that convince the viewer that those revelations, that order, that potential for meaning, are coming from the world and not the photograph.
— Frank Gohlke, 1979
MY BLOG IS A TYPEWRITER
Friend and fellow former Nebraskan, Chris Fettin, has a great blog reflecting on his travels throughout South America. (Trust me, I am infinitely jealous!) I’m especially smitten with his commentary on the iPad, books, and what happens to media when digitized.
Public | Private
Calhoun Square in Uptown, Minneapolis is undergoing a transformation to make it a viable commercial space. So far they have succeeded in making several transitional public spaces. We’ll see how this plays out. Will the tenants be drawn to these new spaces? Most importantly, will any people actually fill these new environments?