2008.03.24 taking sexy back
and, oh yeah, thick is definitely the new luxury!
2005.03.24 Re: Preserving listed buildings - on computers
I probably shouldn't give away too many of my ideas, but what the hell. I few years ago I thought I could offer virtual dream mansions on eBay. The gist of the idea was for me to advertise virtual architectural design services and the prospective client would receive a set of drawings/rendering of a fantastic house design. The client could then frame the drawings and tell all their friends they've had a mansion designed specifically for them. Of course, once a winning bid was had, I'd then further tempt the clients with extras, like a 'royal' bathroom suite or a 5 car garage cum carwash. Every mansion would have a room-size vault though.
(title in 45 letters or less)
WHEN A REAL HOUSE JUST ISNT ENOUGH GO VIRTUAL
I thought Neuschwanstein would look different inside. It looked too new or something.
Linderhof seemed cramped inside due to the overabundance of ornament.
Aalto's Baker House seemed cramped inside too, but that was because it was.
Le Corbusier's Carpenter Center was fun to see, but it also reminded me of a lot of models of student designs I've seen. Does a building up on columns somehow have an instant appeal?
The WWII bunker at Cape May Point actually does it all for me.
Now, there are a whole bunch of buildings that I've constructed in CAD and hence visited virtually which haven't disappointed at all.
To be honest, I hope everyone goes crazy over the prospect of "preserving listed buildings - on computer" because I believe everyone should get what they deserve.
Hey, does anyone else think it would be cool to see a reenactment of the 1939 New York World's Fair Sphere and Pylon at Ground Zero?
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2003.03.24 cracks in a niche with restricted entrance Étant Donnés' back door shares a niche with two Mondrians at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Composition with Blue (1926) hangs on the wall next to Étant Donnés' back door,
and Composition with White and Red (1936) hangs on the wall across from Étant Donnés' back door,
and it takes "2 KEY" to open Étant Donnés' back door.
Re: Pat Lipsky at Eizabeth Harris
"2 KEY" just happens to be inscribed above the lock on the door that leads into the space of Duchamp's Étant Donnés. This inscription has been there since (at least) March 2001, as far as I know. I'm guessing there is a special way to open that door. For me personally, I just like calling attention to the door because it is the real means of physically accessing Étant Donnés other than looking through the peepholes of Étant Donnés's front door. The "2 KEY" adds a chance coincidence to the 'aura' of the work, if you will. Of course, in the future the door will be repainted and "2 KEY" will be 'history'.
kiss my abstract did the same thing I did by calling attention to the "sculpture" next to the door, that is, finding a chance "artwork."
Yeah, it's just a little game.
I'm guessing Duchance finds humor in the Mondrian cracks vis-a-vis the Duchamp cracks (of the Large Glass in particular, which Duchamp retrospectively referred to as a(nother) [kind od] readymade).
