Sunday, July 19, 2009

summer reading


excellent.

"noone belongs here more than you" by miranda july - disappointing
"how we are hungry" by dave eggers - boring
"im keller" by philipp reemtsma - intersting, not finished yet

könig einsam

der beste artikel über michael jackson ist nicht online.

group of like-minded people+self expression+instant feedback

analog version of what the web is good at (go to 12:20) - before the web was around.

Joanie 4 Jackie from Miranda July on Vimeo.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

sanduhr, sanduhr

song

Ich und mein Computer
Wir waren mal ein Team
Plastik mit dem Apfel
Ich werd dich nie verstehen

Zehn Stunden Arbeit, kein Back-Up gemacht, Programm abgeststürzt, Computer kaputt Alles ist weg, Festplatte voll, Falsche Version, Update verpasst, Kein Handbuch dabei, RAM zu klein


Sanduhr, Sanduhr,

Prozessor zu langsam, Cracks runtergeladen, Virus eingefangen, Netzteil vergessen, Akku ist leer Druck mir das mal aus! Düse verstopft, Patrone ist leer Kabel zu kurz schick mir das mal rüber! Ist nicht angekommen falsche Version, Update nicht verfügbar Viereckige Augen, Bildschirm ist schwarz Bei Google gesucht, gar nichts gefunden Auktion verpasst Software gezogen, ist schon wieder alt.

Ich und mein Computer
Wir waren mal ein Team
Plastik mit dem Apfel
Ich werd dich nie verstehen

Passwort vergessen Gerät nicht gefunden, Kein Steckplatz mehr Wackelkontakt CD nicht beschriftet Fehler unbekannt, Seite läd nicht hoch Kreditkarte gehackt, alles weg Plug n' Play, versteh ich nicht Drag n' Drop, versteh ich auch nicht Deleten und Error


Sanduhr, Sanduhr


kein Dongle dabei, keine Flatrate Posteingang voll, Trojaner eingefangen Software am Arsch, Kontakte gelöscht PIN Code vergessen, Überweisung nicht möglich Mauszeiger bewegt sich nicht Datenüberschuss, kein Wireless Lan E-Mail nicht beantwortet, Spam beantwortet zu wenig Megabyte


Sanduhr, Sanduhr
Sanduhr, Sanduhr
Sanduhr, Sanduhr
Sanduhr, Sanduhr

Ich und mein Computer
Wir waren mal ein Team
Plastik mit dem Apfel
Ich werd dich nie verstehen

travel reports




in may09, a friend of mine sent me pictures from his trip to iran.
"... any other conceptions you hold you'll probably have to revise" he wrote. it made me want to go there immediately. and i wish now a had done so.

representation


a pattern still in use *
from an exhibition about maps and travel reports.

* hartz4 hieß mal stütze - ein wort, das eine zukunftsperspektive beinhaltet. ich bin mit einem anderen bild von arbeitslosigkeit aufgewachsen als das, das jetzt in den medien gemalt wird.
*und auch mein bild vom islam war anders gefärbt als es das jetzt wird.

neda

it's the first time in my life that i see a person dying. i witness the actual moment when her soul leaves her body. the moment when her eyes look straight at me, then loose control. her heart keeps on pumping blood through her veins, but the vein has a hole, the body is leaking, turning the pavement red. she is gone.
that moment is just a little bit longer than the blink of an eye. and if i wanted to, i could witness it over and over again, just by hitting the play button. i stumbled upon it on facebook, a place that is about sharing private moments.

it's maybe the most private moment in a person's life. and i have no right to witness it. i don't know that person, i am not close to her, she never trusted me. and now she has no chance to not share this moment with me - and with millions of other people. i don't want that and who know's whether she wanted that.
instead she is turning into a piece of propaganda.

see also note via fresser
ps: why eg is her video in this article?

Sunday, June 21, 2009

analog audio


thanks phil

words (tbc)

unique words

english
serendipity*
pretentious
selfconcious
seascape
cityscape
....

german
weltanschauung
lebenseinstellung
....

french
esprit
....

*"serendipity is looking in a haystack for a needle and discovering a farmer's daughter" Julius Comroe Jr.

sitzen



endlich mal eine ausstellung mit sitzgelegenheiten, die außerdem noch schön und clever in das raumkonzept eingefügt wurden.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

ny

people like her is what i like about ny.

people like him is what can make the us a pretty uncomfortable place to be in.

analog=real?

most articles about the internet talk about "the internet and the real world". what is "not-real" about the internet? didn't anybody coin a good phrase for the "offline world" or the "analog interaction" or the "non-digital communication" or "physical research" yet? there must a good word for it somewhere out there.

i remember the first time somebody showed me photoshop. i was totally disappointed. i expected a completly new and for me strange way of interaction and creation. instead i found a pencil, a brush, a rubber and a ruler and many more features i knew from the "real world".

facebook profiles = poesiealbum
sms = sending notes on the back of your name card with a messanger in eg paris of the 19th century
bounced email = rohrkrepierer

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

mother


'what images keep you company in the space where you work?'
Sophie Calle: 'In my studio there is a stuffed giraffe that I bought when my mother died, to replace her. Her name is Monique too, and she looks at me from on high with sadness and irony, just like my mother did.'....'I don't think my mother would have chosen to return as a stuffed giraffe in the studio of her daughter, but she is dead.'
via arts counselling

reclaim the city


freeclimbing in vienna



surfing

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Saturday, June 13, 2009

public space


this is the courtyard of the museum quatier in vienna. there are always people hanging out, meeting up, mingeling, surrounded by several museum, restaurants and bars. it is public and it's being used. it's brilliant. and the thing that makes it work are those yellow objects. this is what potsdamer platz in berlin could have been like. let's see if they'll use their second chance with the stadtschloss.

wortschöpfungen




aus dem museum für plansprachen in wien

ohne quote


ich unterstelle mal, daß heute bei kaum einem kongress soviele frauen vertreten sind wie auf diesem foto (esperanto kongress 1906)