Dear all,

please find below Tony Chakar's text "The Eyeless Map" (also exist in an extended version as book). Tony is an architect and artist living in Beirut. He will be giving a talk for the workshop (22 of September). He will also be leading a walking tour on that same day exploring the notion of catastrophic space Here is a post where you can get familiar with it.www.partizanpublik.nl/catastrophicspace/site.html

The Eyeless Map

Jackson Pollock’s paintings are really plans for imaginary ci… Continue

The imagery is very distant, but very nice!
enjoy
m.



The Royal Palms
. . . an absence of ruins

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Dispersing cupolas of cannon-smoke
Wreathed, like the wild parabolas of the sword
In this sea light, our islands’ architecture.
The howling mouths, the startled hair,
Stunned when the iron thunder spoke
Were never petrified in praise
Of felons, cannibals and castaways.

Here there are no heroic palaces
Netted in sea-green vines, or built
On maize savannahs the cat-thighed, stony faces
Of Egypt’s… Continue

Hello,

Thi is just to say that you guys can post material (images, texts) etc..in relation to the workshop.