Maglophile: The Unspectacular
An interesting thing seems to be happening to magazines (and architecture) over in Germany (& around the Netherlands). You could call it ‘Unspectacular’. Whereas in architecture what’s going on is seen as a reaction against the often chaotic approach post-modernism has plastered over recent architecture (see ‘Unspectacular Architecture’ in the latest issue of A10 [a10.eu/14]), [...]
Reading List March 2007
Jeez. After Colophon, I thought I’d need a break from looking at magazines but it seems to have only fed the addiction. Heaven protect my bank balance. I don’t know how I’m going to get through this lot. Lucky there’s loads of pictures to flick through, I guess. :) Marios magazine [mariosmagazine.com] Marios calls itself [...]
Forgotten Classics: Demon Seed
Demon Seed is a film about a computer that first traps and then coerces a woman into giving birth to it’s child. Based on the novel by the poor man’s Stephen King, Dean Koontz. It’s truly weird. Julie Christie plays the lead role as a warped but sort of cooly rational female cipher, flipped into [...]
