Theory
Vitruvius to Alberti to Palladio – Principles
Vitruvius — the Roman architect and engineer of the 1st century BCE — outlined Six Principles of Architecture (architecturae principia sex) in De Architectura (Book I, Chapter 2). These six ideas became the foundation of Western architectural theory. Here’s a …
caravels and churches
Today, I was working on a call for submissions by a set of eminent curators, to submit an artwork that may be selected in an art festival that will be happening on the west coast of India in December. While …
feldenkrais method vs yoga nidra (NSDR)
Feldenkrais method is a somatic method, but different from Yoga Nidra or NSDR
kat kitay’s critique of speculative futurists
“I don’t want to be a cyborg or haunting alien; I’m barely scraping by in this human form. I can’t follow artists into the imaginary while real war rages across every sector – military, ideological, economic, symbolic. Yet the speculative …
a fake kantian in jesse armstrong’s mountainhead
hi! there is a reference to immanuel kant’s categorical imperative in jesse armstrong’s mountainhead. was the reference philosophically correct, uttered by the character played by steve carrel. please elucidate. ChatGPT said: In Mountainhead, Randall Garrett—Steve Carell’s character—makes a dramatic declaration: “I …
History of everyday life – Alf Ludtke
Alf Ludtke, what is the history of everyday life and who are its practitioners