In aesthetics, the uncanny valley is a hypothesized relationship between the degree of an object’s resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to such an object. The concept of the uncanny valley suggests…
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Life and death at Lake Palcacocha: Environmental uncertainty in the Peruvian Andes // Part I
Text by Noah Walker Crawford Images by Alexander Luna –-– A dark cloud hangs over Lake Palcacocha. At 4500 m above sea level in the Peruvian Andes, the nights are full of biting winds. Jesús…
Legitimate Territory
At the Middle East Centre of the ‚London School of Economics’ Dr. Zeynep Kaya and I discussed the emergence of (kurdish) nationalism and the interrelation of liberal democratic notions to ethnic nationalist claims. ‚the meaning…
Kaffeeküche
In the Saarland, the mine canteens are called Kaffeeküche – literally Coffee Kitchen. They are a tiled mixture of canteen, pub, newsstand and corner shop, selling washing detergent and canned sausage among other things. After…
in the making of smoothness
last week i began to work with the wonderful sarah amores. 13 points in a square were the constraints to create a walking pattern. as she is walking from one point to the next, she…
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picture from ‘The Smooth and The Striated’ movement research shot taken by New York based photographer Emma Pratte at Jack Chrystal Theater in Manhatten.
Mine damage
In Lebach-Falscheid, right next to the Nordschacht, the tunnels extend for over 70 kilometres. The entire village has sunk three metres during the last decade, sometimes involving multiple earthquakes a week. Walking through the village,…