Andrew Schroeder

Sometimes you just have to bail on the geographic center of your life.

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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.

Just an average day for an average man in a shockingly green sweater vest. I’ve been shamelessly browsing through Bing Maps and enjoying the bird’s eye view feature. Perhaps the greatest joy of not making photographs is tracing the places where I used to make photographs. Twisted and torturous, I know. Anyway, the above image is one of my favorite “awkward” public spaces. It is a pair of small, well-tended green spaces located in the center of the George Washington Bridge on/off ramps. If you get a chance to travel that far north on Manhattan Island, I highly recommend exploring the area. The Inwood Hills forest is the last bit of natural tree growth in the city.

More Empty Utopian Architecture, Montreal, 2009

To be brutally honest, there hasn’t been much color in my life recently. Visually, my attention has been focused on making black and white images for the past couple of weeks and have just not been “thinking in color”. Philosophically, I find myself being drawn into the idea of “gray” – a middle tone that seems appropriate for a world that is neither black and white, right or wrong… (more…)

A great site that is holding my attention hostage this morning. Check it out for a variety of fresh perspectives on one of the most important issues in the contemporary city. Few sites I have come across investigate what makes public spaces successful, desirable, and heavily used in the same way that Project for Public Spaces does. Joy.

And bit more of failed public space from my own travel experiences.

Map ©Lauren van Wyke 2009

A few days ago I received this amazing map from a fellow artist and friend, Lauren van Wyke. I love this idea of us both being suspended in the air at the same time… stuck in the netherland which is air travel.

Thank you Lauren.

La Tourette ©JMTP on Flickr

I’m digging JMTP’s photostream on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmtp/

Tengo Sed

I’m thirsty to travel again after making a pilgrimmage to the great state of Iowa this weekend. Yes. I went to Iowa. However satisfying as a deluxe tostada from Taco Tico may be… I wish that I were in Mexico City at the moment.

Just a couple quick links before the workday really kicks off:

Sinking of Thirst: Mexico City and Water
Dry Taps in Mexico City: A Water Crisis Gets Worse