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Caspar D. Friedrich (visual) and Louis Spohr (audio)
[Left: self portrait of SpohrRight: self portrait of C.F. David]In this edition of Duo we will travel to a time when art wasn't simply for shocking people and marketing, in that period an artist was somehow above (and occasionally misunderstood by) the rest. The best of them being perceived as geniuses struggling more or less in the world, tormented by their emotions, their creativity, their intelligence. Romanticism (the history of which I will address with another occasion) was mostly a north
Songjiang Hotel, China
Although it remained at the design level, the Songjiang Hotel is still an impressive idea. The Atkins design studio won an international competition for a hotel resort that is to be situated in a 100 meter deep quarry near Shanghai. I love the way the team coordinated by Martin Jochman integrated the building and all its annexes into the "man made natural" environment. Water has a special place in the complex because effectively the area is a lake at 100 meters bellow ground level. Imagine what
Iraq-Iran War and the threat of religious division
War is never a good thing even if there are certain individuals that see in war some positive aspects. Those who think in this way know war only through video games or through their twisted imagination. There is no glory in counting the lives you took or in bringing destruction.The Iraq-Iran War (Iran-Iraq War of First Persian Gulf War) started in September 1980 and ended in August 1988 with over a million dead in total. In Iran the conflict is also know as the Imposed War and the Holy Defense.
