A Tent on the Roof of a Car

19th June 2020Uncategorized10th Berlin Biennale, Abdurrahim Buza, Albania, Alina Szapocznikow, Ana Mendieta, and other stories Chicago Architecture Biennial, Andreas Angelidakis, Andrew Angelo Harrison, Arben Basha, architecture, Aristide Antonas, Belkis Ayón, Candice Hopkins, Carl Echtermeier, Cornelia Gurlitt, Danai Anesiadou, Daniel Lind-Ramos, David Schutter, Dimitris Pikionis, documenta 14, Edi Hila, Edi Muka, Emily Jacir, Enver Hoxha, Ernest Barlach, Ernest Mancoba, Forensic Architecture, Gabi Ngcobo, Gabi Nkosi, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Gernot Minke, Gordon Hookey, Hasan Nallbani, Helen Molesworth, James Luna, Katrin Ladik, Leo von Klenze, Like Wind on Rushes, Mata Aho Collective, Mildred Thompson, Mischa Kuball, Mounira Al Solh, Nathan Pohio, Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika Gallery, Oskar Hansen, painting, Postcommodity, Ralph Hotere, Rasheed Araeen, Raven Chacon, Rebecca Belmore, Scott Daniel Williams, sculpture, Sedje Hémon, Sepake Angiama, Simone Leigh, Socialist Realism, Spiro Kristo, Stanley Whitney, The Unfinished Exhibition, Tshibumba Kanda Matulu, Vadim Sidur, Vlassis Caniaris, Wangechi Mutu, Whisper into a Hole, Whitney Biennial 2019, Yael Davids, Zef ShoshiMinus Plato

On this day commemorating incomplete emancipation, I offer you this unfinished blogpost in the form of three unanswerable questions: How many Republican sheep does it take to maintain Trump’s regime? How many armed militia statue-protectors does it take to maintain settler colonialism? How many commercial prisons does it take to maintain racist injustice? This blogpost […]

Empty Daybook – Gernot Minke on 20 May 1982

19th June 2020UncategorizedEmpty Daybook, Gernot MinkeMinus Plato

On May 20, 1982, I was invited to stay in the dome of the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy at New Gourna. Consequently I began to dream of building a dome house for myself. Five years later, we developed a technique at the University of Kassel to build domes from adobes (earth blocks) without formwork. Since […]