July 15th, 2008 · Comments Off
CCTV television headquarters, Rem Koolhaas.
New York Times, In Changing Face of Beijing, a Look at the New China:
“(…) Mr. Koolhaas has set out to express the elasticity of the new global culture, and in the process explore ways architecture can bridge the gap between the intimate scale of the individual life and the whirling tide of mass society. The image of authority he conveys is pointedly ambiguous. Imposing at one moment, shy and retiring the next, the building’s unstable forms say as much about collective anxieties as they do about centralized power.
He has carved out ample space for places of social exchange. The interior of the building is conceived as an endless loop of public activities, with cafes, viewing decks and galleries extending up through one leg of the structure and back down through the other, where it connects to an underground subway.
The architect sees the dividing line between public and private spheres as an active battleground, one that is constantly shifting and readjusting as society’s norms change and evolve. For now, however, it is not the architect who will determine the degree of openness at CCTV but the company’s government-appointed board of directors.”
Bijbehorende interactieve kaart met commentaar: Architectural Monuments in a Reshaped Beijing.
Tags: architecture,beijing,china,rem koolhaas
June 10th, 2007 · Comments Off
ArtForum: “Ai Weiwei contribution to Documenta 12 is titled Fairytale, but in China, where Ai is as famous as a movie star, people have acerbically taken to calling it “Yellow Peril.” The original concept for the artwork was simple: Round up 1,001 Chinese people from the artist’s sprawling, blog-mediated social network, give them matching clothes and luggage, fly them en bloc to Kassel, billet them on bamboo bunks in Ai-designed temporary quarters inside an old textile factory, and set them to wandering the city for the three-month duration of the show, which opens June 16. ”
Zie ook China Daily en natuurlijk Ai Weiwei’s weblog. (met plaatjes).
Tags: ai weiwei,art,china,documenta
May 12th, 2007 · Comments Off
PCworld: “A majority of Google shareholders today voted against an anti-censorship proposal that took aim at the way the search giant conducts its business in China and other countries that engage in active censorship.”
Het voorstel luidde:
- Data that can identify individual users should not be hosted in Internet-restricting countries, where political speech can be treated as a crime by the legal system.
- The company will not engage in pro-active censorship.
- The company will use all legal means to resist demands for censorship. The company will only comply with such demands if required to do so through legally binding procedures.
- Users will be clearly informed when the company has acceded to legally binding government requests to filter or otherwise censor content that the user is trying to access.
- Users should be informed about the company’s data retention practices, and the ways in which their data is shared with third parties.
- The company will document all cases where legally binding censorship requests have been complied with, and that information will be publicly available.
The Funds’ Stockholder Proposal, Internet Censorship
Tags: censorship,china,google,privacy
April 18th, 2007 · Comments Off
Spiegel: “Über Tibet zwangen sie Wolken zum Niederschlag – der Umwelt zuliebe. Denn die Himalaja-Gletscher schmelzen, Dürre droht.”
Tags: china,climate,climate change,tibet,weather
January 20th, 2007 · Comments Off
China Daily: “In the caverns deep in the mountain in Anshun of southwest China’s Guizhou Province, live nearly a hundred villagers. People of the Tajing village, all from the Miao minorrity group, have lived there for centuries.”
Tags: china,troglodyte
September 19th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“Met Volker Wessels voor aanleg en Reggefiber voor exploitatie doet Wessels wat de Rijksoverheid nalaat: Nederland de toekomst van ICT bezorgen.”
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BODY ART > GRAFFITI ON GIRLS
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“Whenever she tries to promote herself, it falls flat. Books, records, movies, etc. don’t work for Paris. Because she’s actually a platform. Like Digg and YouTube.”
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“An in-depth look at the man behind Apple’s design magic “
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“This pizza is modeled after Patsy’s on 117th street in NYC. I have been working on this for SIX years, but FINALLY I can report that I have achieved my goal.”
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“A German art student briefly fooled police by posing as one of China’s terracotta warriors at the heritage site in the ancient capital, Xian.”
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“It’s got suicide bombers, political kidnaps and intercontinental war. It’s got filthy propaganda, rampant paranoia and secret treaties …”
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Flickr minicards, 10 cards delivered to your door for free!
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“Het is nog onduidelijk of er interesse van het publiek is voor wonen op de Afluitdijk. De eerste reacties op de plannen zijn niet zo enthousiast. Voor veel mensen is de afsluitdijk een winderige en desolate plek.”
Tags: afsluitdijk,apple,architecture,art,board game,businesscards,china,design,fiber,food,graffiti,housing,jonathan ive,nl,paris hilton,piza,reggefiber,reverse enginering,terrorism,totem,war
June 10th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“As Wednesday morning dawned, northern Norway was hit with an impact comparable to the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima.” – Nooit meer slapen.
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“Italian artist Marco Boggio Sella travelled to Burkina Faso in search of people who had never heard about the moon landing. “
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“The rainmaking army uses rockets, artillery and aircraft to sow chemicals and artificially induce rain in times of need, said an official with the bureau’s Department of Forecasting Services and Disaster Mitigation.”
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“Rockets launched with chemicals to trigger rain after huge storm”
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“Contextual integrity ties adequate protection for privacy to norms of specific contexts, demanding that information gathering and dissemination be appropriate to that context and obey the governing norms of distribution within it.”
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“New Scientist has discovered that Pentagon’s National Security Agency, which specialises in eavesdropping and code-breaking, is funding research into the mass harvesting of the information that people post about themselves on social networks.”
Tags: burkina faso,china,cloud seeding,culture,data mining,literature,marco boggio sella,meteorite,moon landing,norway,nsa,privacy,space,w.f. hermans,weather
April 4th, 2006 · Comments Off
Tags: china,economics,hema,mao,propaganda
March 15th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“… how islamic countries train their women police” In burka.
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“Intussen vond ik juist die meer-dan-menshoge tekeningen krachtig en prachtig als altijd – waar de doeken aan de oppervlakte blijven hebben zij de combinatie van het poëtische met het directe die het werk van Schleiffert zo sterk maakt.”
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“Chongqing is the fastest-growing urban centre on the planet. Its population is already bigger than that of Peru or Iraq, with half a million more arriving every year in search of a better life.”
Tags: charlotte schleiffert,china,iran,urban,video,women
February 5th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“I V Y Paris is a pretty cool arts collective and gallery with an ambitious agenda. They run an arts newsletter, salon, a Europe-wide rundown of featured listings, a still-germinating but promising guide to Paris hottness, and of course, a blog.”
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““The level of forgery is so high that even our experts, who are very skilled, were unable to see that the paintings were fake,” said Anna Kiseleva, head of the expert department at Grabar.”
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“In mainland China, it’s still a bit early for Impressionist, Modern paintings,”
Tags: art,art market,china,paris,russia
January 30th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“It is Google’s policy not to censor search results. However, in response to local laws, regulations, or policies, we may do so. “
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“Given the recent fuss about the government asking for search terms and what qualifies as personally identifiable information, I want to explain why IP address logging is a big deal.”
Tags: censorship,china,data mining,google,ip-adress,privacy
January 27th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“Amsterdammers die tijdens het WK voetbal een straatfeest willen houden, kunnen daarvoor subsidie krijgen van de gemeente.” Imperialisme van de pret. (H.J.A. Hofland)
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” Francisco van Jole beschuldigt Engelfriet onverwacht, live op de Tros-radio, van strafbare sexuele handelingen met kinderen en concludeert dat dat de reden voor Engelfriet moet zijn om anoniem te willen zijn. ” Stevige analyse van weinig fraai interview.
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“Right wing groups in France have for weeks been handing out pork soup to the hungry. But dietary concerns mean that Muslims and Jews are excluded. Which is exactly the point.” Identity soup.
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google.cn follow up…
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Interview Joshua Schachter.
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THE ONE YOU LOVE – T-SHIRT (Front: The one you love. Back: Am I only the one you love?)
Tags: amsterdam,belgium,china,del.icio.us,engelfriet,food,france,francisco van jole,google,identity,internet,josua schachter,music,racism,rufus wainwright,shop,world cup
January 17th, 2006 · Comments Off
“The main function of Jingjing and Chacha is to intimidate, not to answer questions,” our reporter was told by officials in charge of The Internet Security and Surveillance Division of Shenzhen Public Security Bureau. The Internet has been always monitored by police, the significance of Jingjing and Chacha’s appearence is to publicly remind all netizens to be conscious of safe and healthy use of the Internet, self-regulate their online behavior, and maintain harmonious Internet order together.” (Rebecca MacKinnon: China’s Big Bro and Sis now have names and faces!)
Maar soms wordt de Chinese repressie aangenaam uitgedaagd:
Tags: china,digitaal burgerrecht,internet,repression,voyeurism
