On a sunny afternoon, while we were basking in the success of the Open Weekend, the high tide swept us off our feet, reminding me of ‘After London or Wild England’, by Richard Jefferies: “At the eastern extremity the Lake narrows, and finally is lost in the vast marshes which cover the site of the [...]
Its the day before our OPEN WEEKEND, for the Power of 8 project, and we are excited. Here are some images of our setup. The table will grow into some kind of cityscape / landscape hopefully over the course of two afternoons. More pictures then. This is work-in-progress and part of our public engagement efforts. [...]
Two years ago, I had made Haloumi curry for my last minute guests Yumiko, James and Chris. I had about ten minutes to cook up something, and the Turkish shop down the road did not have any paneer, so I decided to substitute it with Haloumi. Thankfully it went down quite well, but Yumiko ended [...]
In a conversation with Dougald Hine about the Power of 8 project, he mentioned the Dark Mountain Project that he had been working on, with Paul Kingsnorth. Today is the launch of this project, and to coincide with that event, here’s a video of Dougald explaining the story behind it. You can read and download [...]
A quick update regarding The Power of 8 project. We are opening the first phase of the project to the public with an ‘OPEN WEEKEND’ at the Watermans Gallery on 25th and 26th July, from 1pm to 4pm on both days. This is part of the London 2012 Open Weekend and the Cultural Olympiad, organised [...]
“Because I know that time is always time And place is always and only place And what is actual is actual only for one time And only for one place”. Revisited one of my all time favourite films, Sans Soleil, by Chris Marker. Highly recommended.
Being busy doing this project, which is a lot of fun, so go check it out whenever you get a chance. New posts will be added to it regularly.
As part of Superflux’s endeavour to understand the values that will underlie the changing design scene in the India in the coming years, especially when there seems to be a sudden interest in the country’s economy, I thought I’d start with ‘Eames Report‘ (written in April 1957). Charles and Ray Eames Although hugely famous in [...]
