Announcing a 2 day conference “Tomorrow, Today: Woman Life Freedom” Wednesday April 19th / Thursday April 20th at the University of the Arts London. Continue reading
June 17th Dark Morph: ‘The So(ng)qe/Tovuto Kyrrahafið Sound Field’ On view until June 30, 2019 at ‘The Ocean Space’ as part of the Venice Biennial, this sound installation is by Dark Morph, the newly formed duo of composer Carl Michael von Hausswolff and musician and vocalist Jónsi of Sigur Rós. Launched with a vinyl album … Continue reading
An interview with Helene Kazan, artist, curator and PhD candidate at the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths University, London Kazan discusses her recently curation of the exhibition and public program Points of Contact, in Lebanon, multi-media responses and investigations into the evolving architecture of the lived/ built environment of Lebanon, at Goethe-Institut, Lebanon. Points … Continue reading
This week and next: for 37 years, visionaries and tech pioneers have been visiting Dubai to witness the technology and innovations that are ‘set to change the world.’ Is it all for the better? Where are the ethics and quality of life predictions by the kind of people predicting future markets? From handbag sized nuclear … Continue reading
This week: as the 57th Venice Film festival opens in Venice, we hear from Biennale artist Antoni Abad on his boat tour project “The Venice Ones Doesn’t See”. Abad uses the internet as a creative & research platform, although he began his career as a sculptor. For The Venice One Doesn’t See or Unveiling the … Continue reading
At moments when seismic shifts in the global status quo are making history, some of humanity’s most revealing questions are asked. This week The Times, the BBC, Time magazine and the LA Times posted articles speculating over whether McDonald’s, arguably either the flagship of US values, and /or of global capitalism (which Pope Francis recently … Continue reading
This wrecked Greek Ship is one of the most marvelous attractions in Kish Island. Kish itself, is one of the most scenic spots in the whole of Iran – a country full of astounding geographical and architectural delights to choose from. On the link below you can view the ship in clear 360º splendour. The … Continue reading
Cheetahs mostly live in savannah of Africa, but Iran is the only place in the world where the cheetahs can be seen in snow covered deserts in winter. In an incredible feat of adaptability, in hyper-arid areas where summer temperature exceed 50C, these cheetahs can tolerate freezing temperatures during winter. Aside from their breath-taking beauty … Continue reading
Engineer Azzam Alwash sets us straight about a green kind of paradise in Iraq, over which he calls for an Iraqi-Iranian-Turkish-Syrian Blue Revolution across boundaries to work on saving the Tigirs and Euphrates, for the environment. We have broadcast a talk about Iraq’s marshes before on Six Pillars, recorded at the Venice Biennial as part … Continue reading
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