julho 27, 2009

Diz que é uma espécie de crítico



"(...) O edifício de Siza Vieira distingue-se pela famosa pala suspensa, mas, excluindo-a, o que sobra faz lembrar as escolas primárias que o Estado Novo construiu nas antigas colónias africanas. Uma espécie de Bauhaus em pobrezinho."

O iminente (e subvalorizado) Eduardo Pitta em mais um exercício de perspicaz e pertinente critica arquitectónica.

julho 24, 2009

Ontem como hoje


"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way— in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. "

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julho 03, 2009

A semântica de um par de cornos

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The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye.
Therefore the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain.
Therefore whatever appears on television screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch it.
Therefore television is reality.
And reality is less then television (...) "

Videodrome, David Cronenberg. 1985

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