2024-11-23T21:59:42-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/74595169/editor-s-picks-318 Nam Henderson 2013-06-05T01:58:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/qh/qh0g2hvw4punyp3y.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> <a href="http://archinect.com/evanchakroff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Evan Chakroff</a> penned <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/74170538/art-basel-comes-to-hong-kong" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art Basel comes to Hong Kong</a> a report wherein Mr. Chakroff analyzed "<em>During the yearly art fair in Basel, Switzerland, the city is activated and reconfigured, and art is brought to the forefront of civic discourse. What, if any, impact could the fair have on daily life in a city of 7 million? How would this art world mega-event translate to the Hong Kong context?</em>"...</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/uk/uk24qcfv3f32dvm3.jpg" title=""></p> <p> <br><strong>News</strong><br><a href="http://archinect.com/orhan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Orhan Ayy&uuml;ce</a> drew our attention to <a href="http://occupygezipics.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#occupygezi</a> in Istanbul <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/74287325/solidarity-with-istanbul" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">where mass protests and battles are still raging over the government plans to build a "Shopping Mall&rdquo; on the site of an historic civic park</a>.</p> <p> <strong>Parad0xx86</strong> shared "<em>I was in Besiktas and Taksim today. Taksim is like a total war zone with windows smashed, cars turned upside down, beer cans all over the streets..All the buildings have anti-Tayyip graffitis. There are thousands of people in Taksim right now and they aren't going anywhere</em>". <strong>mantaray</strong> pointed out "<em>that NPR interviewed protesters today, and one of them turned out to be an a...</em></p>