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Reflections on life as a curator, researcher and arts writer. Also known as #wordgirl, making books, living with invisible illness and "connecting the dots that people can't see" (Richard Hsu, TEDxShanghai)…

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Tag: concrete

Hong Kong’s Architectures of Change

This weekend, whilst undertaking research for an article I’m writing for the forthcoming Transnational Dialogues publication about the artist and … More

Andreas Gursky, architecture, Barbican Centre, concrete, Concrete Living, democracy, democracy now, high-rise, Hong Kong, Hong Kong protests, Kowloon, Nick Frank, Occupy Central, Peter Stewart, photgrapher, Photography, Transnational Dialogues, Umbrella Revolution, urbanism

‘IN BETWEEN’ & ‘SIGNS OF LIFE’ by Phillip & Anthony Reed

During my Shanghai days, I met two brothers from the UK, twins Phillip and Anthony Reed. I first met Phillip … More

Anthony Reed, architecture, Brutalism, China, concrete, globalisation, Globalization, landscape, locale, ONE, Paul Gladston, Phillip and Anthony Reed, Phillip Reed, Photograph, Photography, psychogeography, Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai, urban, urbanism

The Tanks: Art in Action

Another art adventure from the last time I was in London, this time Tate Modern‘s new space and fifteen-week performance … More

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, architecture, ballet, Brutalism, concrete, Hetain Patel, Joan Jonas, Phillip Reed, Photography, Steve Reich, Sung Hwan Kim, Suzanne Lacy, Tate, Tate Modern, The Tanks, Turbine Hall, Whisper Minnesota Project

Concrete words

Hello Monday! And a great find first thing in the morning…when my love of text and typography, and brutal concrete … More

alphabet, architecture, Brutal, Brutalism, concrete, David McGillivray, design, Hayward Gallery, Text, typography

“Stand alone” – Concrete architecture

There is something about the simplicity of concrete…the shell foundations and basic structure of a building laid bare in the … More

architecture, Bandar Seri Begawan, Beijing, Brunei, concrete, Disneyfication, Disneyland, The Great Wall, wonderland

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