Founded in 1949, under the pretext of containing the danger of the Soviet Union, barely four years after the victory of the anti-fascist alliance in World War II, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is adding new ingredients in order to present itself as relevant. The organisation is now […]
In Focus
In Focus
Liberal pluralism: a revival of Roman emperor worship?
Hopefully noxii (doomed convicts, people noxious to society) are no longer being thrown to the lions as a means of both social control and entertainment. Nigel Pocock But, alas, both are still with us… The tabloids provide the entertainment, while the ideas with subtlety convey the Emperor’s ideals – […]
Disappointed intellectuals of the new Elizabethan age!
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 […]
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. […]
















