the fine art which is left for us, now that sculpture, painting, and religious and civil architecture have become effete, and have passed into second childhood.
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Here's my new essay for @PlacesJournal on engaging landscape problems without presuming to solve them. (Well, it came out last week, but I was on vacation.)
placesjournal.org/article/th…
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The groundbreaking choreographer and dancer Anna Halprin, who created both high art and community projects that used dance as a recovery tool for people with serious illness, has died at the age of 100.
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Atlas of Material Worlds: Mapping the Agency of Matter for a New Landscape Practice. Pre-order now! amazon.com/dp/0367624168/ref…
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Next week Kristi Cheramie and I will be interviewing Jedediah Purdy about ethics, design, and the "commonwealth." Beyond excited about this. Broadcast begins 3/10 at 5:30pm EDT, tune in at the link below.
knowlton.osu.edu/events/2021…
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@rbhlms thanks for the mention over at Places. Not sure if you had come across it, but Anderson's "Problem Worrying" might be of interest: web.mit.edu/soa/www/download…
3. Jean-Pierre Protzen and David J. Harris, The Universe of Design (2010)
The most detailed collection and study of design theorist Horst Rittel's work. There's a half-dozen design doctorates in unpacking what's useful and what's not in Rittel.
taylorfrancis.com/books/e/97…
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Anyway: the essay owes much to many, but I'm particularly grateful for the opportunity to work with @jwlrt, Nancy Levinson, and the editorial staff at Places. They're delightful and their work made the essay much better.
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With a small landscape architecture practice and a gimlet eye, Sarah Cowles finds her way in and out of the city of Tbilisi, Georgia, during the pandemic. bit.ly/EXTRAORDINARYCONDITIO…
This is... not what I expected Günther Vogt to say. Better go watch the lecture, I guess.
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Hooray! This is open access. I have a short essay in here on "dredge". Big shout out to my friends @DredgeRC.
Published today at punctum books 🌏
ANTHROPOCENE UNSEEN: A Lexicon
Cymene Howe and Anand Pandian edit an expansive and immediate catalogue of the climate crisis toward “pluralizing perception and thereby open up the range of possible action.”
punctumbooks.com/titles/anth…
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Bernie Sanders announces that in the first 100 days of his admin he will sign an executive order requiring that all federal buildings be built in early 90s Soft Decon. "I'm talking Olympic Archery Range era Enric Miralles and Carme Pinos stuff, the real good stuff." Sanders said.