Lecture: tonight / tomorrow
Tonight and tomorrow, I’ll give some lectures at C-Space from these blog essays. 06 May 18.30h, ‘Cities’ lecture no. 1, Michael YUEN 20.00h, Corpus Callosum (2002) film screening, …
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Closing doors
Closing doors
Two years before the French revolution of 1848, the French printer, politician, writer, anarchist and son of a barrel maker, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, wrote a letter …
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A straight line
A straight line
Sitting down to think about an exhibition in the Beijing spring, my mind first turned to the news that on Monday some twenty plus artists …
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Travelling with books
Travelling with books
I am partially native to many cities and foreign to others. As I move from city to city, I roll a small red bag …
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The Lecture
The Lecture
Two men sat in a bar. They looked similar, about the same age, weight and height. They went by the same name. Michael. They were …
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The public sphere
The public sphere
“All ran to meet their chains thinking they secured their freedom,” I recall for you from Rousseau’s Second Discourse, “for although they had enough reason …
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A preface to Gilgamesh
A preface to Gilgamesh
There are many versions of the story of Gilgamesh. This is a preface not for one but for all this versions. Herbert Mason opening summation is …
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Imagination
Imagination
If I have a message, it is this: life can be made better, not by the repetition of old phrases but by the application of …
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Breakage
Breakage
My reading leads me do believe Machiavelli was the first to seriously use broken-ness as a tool of investigation. When he wrote The Prince, the …
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an outsider, Conlon Nancarrow
an outsider, Conlon Nancarrow
Outside is not a question of degrees. The outsider holds some secret knowledge, a private solo joke which only old age will articulate. It is …
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Cities
Cities
对不起，我写英文 I’ve started blogging over at Miji at Yan Jun’s site. I’m publishing drafts of essays that will eventually become a talk at alsospace. Some …
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Gilbert Simondon
Gilbert Simondon
Imagine what Simondon is writing against. Le Corbusier and the space race, they come to mind–and also the sleek lines of homeware modernist design. Or, …
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Baking to welcome the year of the tiger
Baking to welcome the year of the tiger
After my first steps in this world, I’m sorry I’ve been a little silent. Listening to Yanjun’s audio posting and reading the blog has been …
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A draft of an interview about DICA with Edward Sandersan
A draft of an interview about DICA with Edward Sandersan
i just finished looking over this interview. i thought parts might be relevant. (please don’t share with other just yet.) especially, we seemed to have talked …
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Hello!… from Michael
Hello!… from Michael
everybody, hello! this is cooking @ the shop 每人， 你好！。。。在 the shop 这是做饭 actually, this is my first blog posting ever. finally, i’ve joined web 2.0. it …
Author: michael