Recently, I had yet another book proposal turned down by a publisher. Merely the last in a long line of many. Still, it left a bitter taste of disappointment in my mouth. Steve Latham I have to conclude, I think, that either my work is simply not good […]
Author: ThePrisma
Creating memorials, building identities
The displays are a form of ‘guerrilla memorialisation’, as they are forays by a small minority into a world controlled by the ideologies of the perpetrators, in the belief that even a small seed of change, is a sign of hope. It is an attempt by the victims, to get […]
Monte abierto
“Monte abierto” is the disclosure of a world in which the generation of things happens through the reciprocal and embodied relationship between people, materials, and nature. And it’s also the name of the project for the Argentinian Pavilion at the 2021 London Design Biennale, curated by Franca López Barbera. […]
Portugal’s hidden housing crisis: a cocktail of tourism and investment
The boom that has made Portugal into such a desirable destination for investors, tourists, and even digital nomads is literally forcing the Portuguese people onto the streets. All over Lisbon, there are stickers which read, Your vacation: our eviction. There are symptoms of a larger economic and social crisis that affect us all, where profit comes before people and usually at their expense.
What Colombia is asking for is a different government
The dominant class in Colombia must be worried by the dimensions that the National Strike protest movement is reaching, as it entered its second month and shows no sign of fading. Juan Diego García The government of Ivan Duque and of the far right of Alvaro Uribe Vélez […]