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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
The artist is (no longer) present – Marina Abramovic @Moma
-> The artist is (no longer) present - Marina Abramovic @MomaAnna Adriani é stata a New York ieri alla chiusura della performance di Marina Abramovic e ci manda questi impressioni. // These are the impressions of Anna Adriani, who was at yesterday's closing ceremony of Marina Abramovic's much discussed performance at the Moma. Che emozione essere al MOMA di New York oggi, proprio nel momento in cui Marina ...
continue..The opinion
Magazine -> #7 ChaosThere’s a lot of talk going around about order and disorder, and there’s a common opinion that the two concepts are diametrically opposed to each other. But nature is not at all that “orderly”. The laws of thermodynamics clearly tell us that disorder is growing everywhere in the universe. And if we look at any business enterprise, we can...
continue..The Lord who teaches
Magazine -> #23 Emotion and SurpriseAn exercise on the rings is an amazing feat that demands perfect harmony between mind and body. But how much emotional balance do you need to make it to the top? A good level of equilibrium between mind and body is an essential factor in performing complex actions like a ring exercise. The ability to manage your emotions and your body at the same ...
continue..Man and his space. Contexts of life
Magazine -> #5 The Dictatorship of the ConsumptionArtemide and Moroso, two companies confirming the contemporary relation between man, design and habitat. Why are consumers attracted by your products, what do they base their purchasing choice on? Carlotta de Bevilacqua Gismondi: Light today is conceived as something that is fundamental to improve and personalise environmental qualities in ever...
continue..Freed passion
Magazine -> #4 PassionA quick review of the artistic passions, emotional drive, irresistible attractions and unmotivated fury of artists that are capable of making history. Marina Abramovic and her boyfriend Ulay run in great strides towards each other, as if attracted by a magnet. Their bodies slam into each other. They fall, they get up, they do it again and agai...
continue..Rigor and creativity: the way to success
Magazine -> #1 Timetables and scoreboardsWE HAVE ASKED MICHEL ROTH, CUISINE DIRECTOR OF THE RITZ HOTEL IN PARIS, HOW IMPORTANT TIME IS IN A KITCHEN WHERE DAILY ROUTINE IS CHARACTERISED BY LITTLE TIME AND HECTIC RHYTHMS. Passion does not take time into account. I do not count the hours I spend at work, but I do count the time it takes to do a job: there are time limits that are dictated b...
continue..Cogito ergo sum
Magazine -> #20 Home MadeCogito ergo sum, it reads on what is probably the most famous work by German artist Rosemarie Trockel. In actual fact, it is not a painting but a frame containing a piece of knitting like Grandma used to do. The insight of Descartes meets feminine handiwork, through a subtly sophisticated critique of Cartesian dualism, which will not leave us alone...
continue..#21 Senti-mentally
#21 Senti-mentally -> Magazine“Senti-mentally”: these two linguistic particles and their two meaning potentials normally make up one word. We’ve split it here, though, with a hyphen, as a sort of interlude. This sort of “in-betweenness” in a way conveys the meaning of this issue’s topic. On the one hand, there is the sentient part of the word, which admirably corres...
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