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Dream Of A City 2011… Spring (春)

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In the last 12 months, I have travelled constantly and obsessively, attempting to re-capture moments from my past, and to experience new places and phenomena. During the same period, I have also restlessly shuttled between three cities that I called … Continue reading

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Art and the City – The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha المدينة و الفن متحف الفن الاسلامي، الدوحة

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I meant for this blogpost to be a comparative analysis between the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, and its sister museum, the Suzhou Museum, both designed by the American architect, I.M. Pei (who most famously plonked an inverted pyramid … Continue reading

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Home is a Non-place

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Marc Augé (1995), in his seminal book Non-places: introduction to an anthropology of supermodernity, sheds light on the concept of “non-places,” noting that: “[i]f a place can be defined as relational, historical and concerned with identity, then a space which … Continue reading

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