die tempuratur der bedeutung

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:05:26 GMT

'Perhaps we should be happier in our cities were we to respond to them as nature or dreams; as objects of exploration, investigation and interpretation, settings for voyages of discovery. The "discourse" that has shaped our cities - the utilitarian plans of experts whose goal was social engineering - has limited our vision and almost destroyed our cities. It is time for a new vision, a new ideal of life in the city - and a new, "feminine" voice in praise of cities.'

- Elizabeth Wilson

'Repeated walks, circuits, attempts to navigate - to get to the heart of the labyrinth - proved frustrating. There was no centre. The geometry had been botched, the alignments twisted to flatter false imperatives: the money lake.'

- Iain Sinclair

My kindly friend the censor

Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:16:16 GMT

"I met the writer Douglas Rushkoff at a digital conference in Amsterdam and he surprised me by saying that his solution to the problem of privacy on the internet was not encryption but being morally good. Everything that can be known will be known, so you shouldn't do anything you feel bad about others knowing you do. THat doesn't mean you should become boringly respectable, though. Maybe the new transparency will mean a new tolerance for the complexities of human behaviour. Nixon got impeached when people heard his secret tapes, but the more people learn about Clinton's immorality, the more they seem to like him. I think the statement 'Your reputation used to depend on what you concealed, now it depends on what you reveal' probably wouldn't shock Oprah Winfrey or the late Diana Spancer much."

-Nick Currie

the body polemic

die tempuratur der bedeutung

My kindly friend the censor