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Posted in culture on Aug 26th, 2010
The Hermitage is a massive residential property under construction in Kowloon (Hong Kong). I was living just next to its location, so I could see the progress of its development and I was very intrigued by the inside. Few weeks ago, I was walking in the adjacent Olympian shopping mall and I discovered that The [...]
Posted in culture on Jul 21st, 2010
Here are few pictures of Macau and its casinos. The place lost its appearance from the 19th and even 20th century. Found guilty: the massive arrival of new casinos, the construction of the airport and the merger of the Taipa and Coloane islands. You can still find very nicely preserved Portuguese buildings in Macau though, [...]
Posted in philosophy on Feb 18th, 2010
An article summarising the Heterotopia of Walt Disney World presentation that I gave in October 2009 is now published in the February edition of the Philosophy Now magazine. The article is part of a series of papers about ‘continental tales’ and the concept of narrative in Continental philosophy. Thanks to the team of the Philosophy [...]
Posted in art on Jun 20th, 2009
2 videos found while preparing the Dreams of Progress video art exhibition. “Slurb” by Marina Zurkow, 2009 “Forest of Cement” by Jisoo Kim, 2007
Posted in philosophy on Jun 9th, 2009
After this shameful European election 2009, emptied of any ambition and monopolized by national self absorption, the important question is: What happened to the European ideal? The exhibition ‘Dreams of Progress’ held in July at the Westminster Reference Library is looking at our past ideals. I’m curating the exhibition and I am reading a lot [...]
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