Category Archives: art/architecture

Academy: Animated Feature Symposium

Posted on March 5, 2010 by twotreatises

3/4/10 Intro: 21 films available to be nominated this year, and you must watch all to nominate at all; this year’s diversity: 2 “classic” animation, one CG and two stop motion Coraline 3D clip #1 (into the other world) Henry … Continue reading →

Posted in art/architecture, movies/photography | Tagged coraline, disney, dubin, fairy tales, fantastic mr. fox, gaiman, grimm, Ireland, new orleans, princess and the frog, secret of kells, snow white, triptychs, up | Comments Off

Experimental Film in a Museum Context [panel]

Posted on January 20, 2010 by twotreatises

@ LACMA, 1/19/2010, Part 1 (of 3): Location brief notes: Rita Gonzalez (Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art) and Alex Klein (Ralph M. Parsons Curatorial Fellow, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department) Intro: -Anthony McCall: “In recent years, the art world has paid a … Continue reading →

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uncertainty

Posted on August 19, 2009 by twotreatises

“I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.” — scientist Richard Feynman (in this interview [youtube clip]) “To create a space that never existed is what interests me.” — architect … Continue reading →

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threes and fours

Posted on March 3, 2009 by twotreatises

words of the day: quatrefoilin architecture: 1, 2, 3and trefoilrelated: trefoil knotand triquetra

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history is written on the sands

Posted on January 21, 2009 by twotreatises

In this “historic time” (as people enjoy saying), it’s interesting (though admittedly not necessarily that worthwhile) to consider how we’ll be viewed through the lenses of history — what true facts will remain and what misinformation will have crept in. … Continue reading →

Posted in art/architecture, history/memory, language, travel | Tagged castles, history, i love wikipedia, incorrect use of phrases, new york, phrases, public transit | 1 Comment