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Video of Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds

February 1, 2011 dig

Documentary of how the seeds were made.

ibm will be 100

February 1, 2011 dig

aas – decay of a dome

January 26, 2011 dig

Amateur Architecture Studio. via Architecture Biennale 2010. A bit more here and here.

Built spontaneously, illegally and temporarily, amateur architecture is equal to professional architecture. But amateur architecture is just not significant.

An early version of dome.

A short interview of Wang Shu in Domus.

rentvsbuy

January 24, 2011January 24, 2011 dig

Rent:Buy ratio of America’s 50 largest cities.

Shoutout to Aloe Blacc, cause I need,at least, a dollar.

[MDPLS] Assembling an Era

January 18, 2011 dig

An exhibition at the library.

Assembling an Era

The Miami-Dade Public Library System, 1971-1989

January 20 – March 27, 2011

Main Library, 1st and 2nd floor exhibition space, 101 W. Flagler Street, Miami, 305-375-2665

Reception and 40th anniversary kick-off event: January 20, 6:30 – 8:30pm

The 1970s and 80s represented a period of great progress, upheaval, and change in Miami-Dade County. Miami hosted both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. The Mariel Boatlift and McDuffie Riots happened simultaneously. 1983 saw both Surrounded Islands and Scarface. In 1971, at the very beginning of this important and volatile period, city and county libraries joined forces and formed the Miami-Dade Public Library System. In 1972, the Decade of Progress Bond expanded it with thirteen new branches.

Assembling an Era celebrates MDPLS’s 40th anniversary, bringing together materials from the Library’s special and reference collections to document this fascinating time and build associations between its popular culture, Miami history, and library stories. The show tells these stories through works on paper by Miami artists, Purvis Young canvas banner pieces, books, newspaper articles, a snapshot timeline, a special installation of every 1971 reference volume in the Library’s collection, a slide installation by Kevin Arrow, a sound station, and more.