Entries in science fiction (2)

Monday
19Jan2009

I L.A.U.G.H beyond ROFL

Yeah, we've all seen Star Wars, right? In fact, we all love it, despite its thinly veiled Manichean pseudo-Christianity nonsense. CTlab loves it too. Mike even indulges in a spot of Millennium Falcon-based origami from time to time.

Apparently, someone - obviously dwelling in a place far, far away - hasn't seen the movies, and has been captured ... er, captured on tape outlining the plot of the original trilogy. From her perspective of cultural ignorance she does a grand job of telling it how it really is...

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Thursday
01Jan2009

Future Space: Architecture, Science Fiction, and Critical Geopolitics

Some interesting recent commentary on architectural futures, revolving around the writing of J.G. Ballard,  the associated scholarly research of University College London's Nic Clear, and teaching and work being done at Clear's Unit 15 at the Bartlett School of Architecture.

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