2024-11-15T22:33:36-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/7390578/dubai-graphic-encyclopedia-brusselssprout-no-3 ignacio.gomez 2011-05-23T18:58:45-04:00 >2011-05-23T19:27:14-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/n4/n4jtjs65brhnax82.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> <a href="http://www.brusselssprout.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brusselssprout no. 3</a> presents &ldquo;Dubai Graphic &amp; Visual Encyclopedia&rdquo;.&nbsp; To consider compiling an encyclopedia (of any kind) in post-Wikipedia times is can exercise in emotional withdrawal.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> From a position of bewilderment and confusion we choose to act by producing and employing another tool from the land of the naive and outdated, represented by encyclopedic work, devoid of all logic and meaning considering current cultural conditions and speed. What the first edition Dubai graphic and visual encyclopedia presents is a reality that acts as a counterpoint to all the excess of attempts to decipher and understand Dubai. Attempts that are mostly unable to uncover items that shed light on the question &lsquo;What&rsquo;s it all about&rsquo;?<br><br> Organizing scanning devices for the entire physical reality and processing information in much the same way as the early explorers did in order to reach unknown lands. The encyclopedia will be updated periodically so as to provide an authentic (temporal) guide ...</p>