Tag Archives: Modelling

Idealization and Abstraction

Let me start by saying thanks to everybody who came out and participated in last week’s event – it was an extremely interesting session led by Dr. Anjan Chakravartty who focused on what it means to represent things.  Looking back, … Continue reading

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Architecture in Combination with Representation, April 8th. @ 5:30pm

Dr. Chakravartty has kindly provided some words on the upcoming session:   Architecture in Combination with Representation   Picasso’s mural Guernica represents the aftermath of the bombing of a Basque town during the Spanish Civil War. Watson and Crick’s cardboard … Continue reading

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Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary

Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary The Drawing Center 35 Wooster Street, New York Through April 8 Though best-known as a composer, Xenakis trained as a civil engineer in Greece and travelled to Paris in 1947, where he ended up working … Continue reading

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But what’s the link?

It’s been just about a week since our first session (Architecture in Combination with Music), and despite an extremely  interesting presentation by Mani Mani (www.fishtnk.com) on his Tunable Sound Cloud, I still have questions on what it means to combine … Continue reading

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