Jorge Luis Borges and J.G. Ballard, somewhere in the 60s
“It’s only a writer like Borges whose fame is not dependent on any movie.” -Ballard (via Ballardian: the World of J.G. Ballard » Borges y Ballard)
mutually occluded
“Looking at this image I sense that despite the fence the arms of the global south aren’t waiting or reaching for hand outs (as the media might have us believe) but striving for the right to their own opportunity, and with their own presence and equal determination to those who seek to block them will somehow manage to get through.” (via Subtopia: of Steel and Bone)
“ From now on, buildings will be made in a factory.
architect David Fisher (Dubai’s twirling tower | csmonitor.com)
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‘surveillance’ floor lamp by bastian bisehoff & per emanuelsson (via stockholm furniture fair 08: greenhouse schools pt. 1)
“Eschewing Appalachia might be risky but by no means suicidal. Clinton said in her victory speech on Tuesday night that no Democrat has won the White House since 1916 without taking West Virginia. True. But they all could have won without it. The margins of victory in those races ranged from 23 to 515 electoral votes. West Virginia has five.” (via Skirting Appalachia - New York Times)