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Revolution – Almost But Not Quite
Two aspects came to mind from the conversation between the translator Donald Nicholson-Smith and the art historian Timothy J Clark: one was the challenge of ‘translation’, the other the revival of interest in ’68. Transposition The occasion was Nicholson-Smith’s new English translation – ‘The Revolution of Everyday Life’ – of the “Traite de savoir-vivre a […]
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Light – Magic – Life
Light is magic. The popular success of the Light Show at the Hayward Gallery is living proof of that. http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/hayward-gallery One could spend hours just watching how spectators – from very young to very old – interact with the various ways artists are manipulating light, creating illusions, curiosity and unforeseen reactions. Light has always been […]
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Money and Music
Festivals, ‘a must’ for cities Festivals have become almost ‘a must’ for cities in their competition for attention and position on global city rank orders. The ‘City of London Festival’ has completed its first half century of existence last year and has established itself firmly as a prominent city festival. (City of London Festival 2013m […]
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OC 56: Greening the City Globally?
Ecobuild, a trade fair in London promoting “sustainable building” has been going from strength to strength for nine years, despite the financial crisis and various changes of hands. In 2011, UBM acquired International Business Events who owned ecobuild and planned to make ecobuild global, starting with an exhibition in Shanghai alongside its show expobuild and […]