"Metapolis: Project 972" is an intriguing and thought-provoking collaboration between architect Zaha Hadid and choreographer Frederic Flamand bringing 14 agile dancers, three monumental silver bridges, and a dense mesh of audio-visual technologies to the stage in Beirut. View full entry
"Urban Legends: The City in Maps," at the Oaklandish gallery near Jack London Square, is about “how we encounter the nooks and crannies of a city, how you find a city by accident... the accidents of city life, things you stumble upon.” City|Space hosts this international exhibit... View full entry
Fresh on the heels of the assorted controversies at the Barcelona Forum, it has been announced that Moneterrey Mexico will host the Forum of World Cultures in 2007. The length, though, seems to have been scaled back from 5 months to 3. Forum BCN runs until 9/26/04 ( AP | El Economista ) View full entry
George W. Bush's war on words, or simply a Freudian slip? View full entry
Remember the Biosphere 2? As Beverly points out in her just updated phlog, it's worth another look. View full entry
Starting October,18 2004 the Bauhaus Kolleg will focus on the development of transnational public realms in urban metropolitan areas. In times of economic globalization, multi-media based communication and transnational migration urbanity transcends national boundaries and global spaces that lack... View full entry
Ãœber features a new essay from writer, philosopher, musician and lover of fine Scotch and instant rice Rob Theakston. View full entry
Considered by many as the wittiest graffiti artist in London, and by some as the most relevant visual artist of the moment, Banksy is stirring up a three and a half ton fuss with his latest work, a 20' bronze statue of justice dressed as a hooker. The £22,000 statue was cemented into... View full entry
The publicity-shy photographer was a founding member of the Magnum picture agency in 1947(...)Regarded as one of the pioneers of photojournalism, his pictures now hang in art galleries around the world. - BBC |NYTimes. (related: Magnum) View full entry
Newsflash for London dwellers: Banksy is having an unveiling of his newest public project tonight at 7:30 pm sharp. Info in Event Calendar. View full entry
The Bay Area Segway Enthusiasts Group (SEG) organised a Polo match! It looks dangerous. Watch short movie (3,5MB) Quicktime Via Protein feed. View full entry
Bobby Fisher, global chess champ and, now, 'enemy combatant'. View full entry
Art was deemed too stressful for passengers and workers to view in light of the heightened security following 9/11. View full entry
One of the leading photographers to come from Hungary, Revesz visited Tokyo last week for the opening of his exhibition "New York,'' running at the UMU exhibition space in Roppongi Hills through Aug. 5. View full entry
New online exhibition at The American Museum of the Moving Image called "The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004" (frm FreshAir) View full entry