This past year numerous dramas have competed for our attention: sub-prime mortgages, banking meltdown, bailout, stimulus, pandemic, bankruptcy. The all-consuming effort to follow these events seldom leaves a moment to contemplate the explanations themselves. What is the stated dilemma, context or motive for any one of these problems? And most importantly, how does a problem’s formulation determine its proposed solution? Volume 20 is dedicated to the art of storytelling. It presents the storylines of current events and architecture to show that while the truth is important, so is the ability of fiction to elevate fact. Perhaps the best way to understand our era is through narratives that distort, pervert and animate reality?
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no, alas it’s not in here - at first the theme was more oriented on ‘Crisis’ itself, but this changed in the process. If you’re wondering were (and if) the Imagining Recovery result will be published, contact C-Lab
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bookmarked on: Friday, 5 February 2010, 08:41 | Dark Roasted Blend: Surprised Astronauts (Funny Pics) Allen Steele once wrote a book "Rude Astronauts". Well, today we have a short and sweet page called "Surprised Astronauts" - maybe somebody will write a book around it, too.
Surprised by what? We can only guess... Nanobot swarms, aliens with indigestion, invincible totalitarian spies, or inept blondes in spacesuits, you fill the blanks.
bookmarked on: Friday, 5 February 2010, 06:13 | All City Writers Through historic and detailed documentation deriving from a singular urban episode, the New York City Subway, All City Writers wants to investigate the evolution and the consequences of a countercultural phenomenon, which in the last decades has provoked a change in the rules of aesthetics and communication in modern day society.
Explore the vast archive of Volume and its predecessor Archis. All the issues since 1993, their covers, full tables of content and a growing amount of articles are online.
July 29th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
is Imagining Recovery comp included in this issue?
July 29th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
no, alas it’s not in here - at first the theme was more oriented on ‘Crisis’ itself, but this changed in the process. If you’re wondering were (and if) the Imagining Recovery result will be published, contact C-Lab