"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
[Redactor's note: In the Year 2889 was first published in the Forum, February, 1889; p. 662. It was published in France the next year. Although published under the name of Jules Verne, it is now believed to be chiefly if not entirely the work of...
Yoshitaka Amano's Angel's Egg, it's the simple answer: a 1985 animated movie directed by Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell). Following Amano's exhibition here in Italy and the movie's anniversary, it had been re-released in theatres but I had missed, I was curious, so I...
“Advanced BIM”: what does that even mean? “Advanced BIM” is one of those expressions that sound authoritative and yet, when you ask what it actually describes, the answers become very vague very quickly. The statement doesn't mean anything, and it drives me crazy equally quickly. In...
I arose the next morning almost at daybreak, and rushed to my microscope, I trembled as I sought the luminous world in miniature that contained my all. Animula was there. I had left the gas-lamp, surrounded by its moderators, burning when I went to bed...
Byung-Chul Han is a contemporary German philosopher born in Korea whose work explores the transformation of subjectivity, power, and social relations in late modern and digital societies. In the Swarm fits within this broader inquiry, focusing specifically on the effects of digital communication on perception,...
1. Prologue: The Add-On Debate (or, a False Choice) 1.1 “Use an Add-On” vs “Everyone Should Code” There are two stock answers that reliably surface whenever automation in BIM is mentioned: you should learn to code, you're nobody if you don't; you're being stupid: just use an add-on. The second...
I have a problem with the artistic current of the Macchiaioli, and my problem is that I always get them mixed up with Divisionism. And I don't like Divisionism, so I almost skipped this exhibition, and that would have been a shame because I do...
I discovered The Apothecary Diaries through the anime on Netflix: I generally don't like them but we're not getting good animation, I was desperate, and what caught my eye were the beautiful backgrounds in some of the promos. Then I switched to the manga. I...
This is the second book I read by this author, and I bought it for two reasons: I’m very fond of the world of illustrations, in every realm; I wanted to figure out whether the author’s faults in my previous read (The Making of Kubrick’s 2001: A...
