a little bit of everything

oceans

2010-04-19T15:11:00.000-07:00

Once you can feel the oceans inside yourself, there is no need for sorrow; no need for fear...

art?

2010-03-18T14:26:00.000-07:00

Would it be by any chance possible that the western society treated art as a sphere diminished from their life and values, and put their abstract wealth in its restoration, turning it into a meta? While it has been an integral part of life in the Eastern, African, and Latin American cultures over centries? Wasn't it that the western art found its inspiration, following the industrial revolution, in what they labelled as the naive and the primitive?

Would it be that the western art seeks the escape from its own paradox?

modernism - postmodernism

2010-02-09T03:52:00.000-08:00

Modernist will of production represents the will to make the world a better place on the surface; to fix it underneath; to modify something that you are uncomfortable with; that you can't let it go on like this; to hope that you would be able to work on reaching and ideal; to dream about it; to believe it.

Postmodernist will of production represents the will to confrom to actuality; preferring not to show any unnecessary effort to modify or fix it; not to waste your energy; not to struglle; rather focusing finding the way that's in the best interest of the production process; and ignoring responsibility in the actions taking place since any action would be taken following the mechanisms of actuality and noone cannot be held responsible for them.

meaning...

2010-01-13T13:13:00.000-08:00

* What do I know about God and the purpose of life?
I know that this world exists.
That I am placed in it like my eye in its visual field.
That something about it is problematic, which we call its meaning.
This meaning does not lie in it but outside of it.
That life is the world.
That my will penetrates the world.
That my will is good or evil.
Therefore that good and evil are somehow connected with the meaning of the world.
The meaning of life, i.e. the meaning of the world, we can call God.
And connect with this the comparison of God to a father.
To pray is to think about the meaning of life.
o Journal entry (11 June 1916), p. 72e and 73e

* To believe in a God means to understand the question about the meaning of life.
To believe in a God means to see that the facts of the world are not the end of the matter.
To believe in God means to see that life has a meaning.
o Journal entry (8 July 1916), p. 74e

* There are two godheads: the world and my independent I.
I am either happy or unhappy, that is all. It can be said: good or evil do not exist.
A man who is happy must have no fear. Not even in the face of death.
Only a man who lives not in time but in the present is happy.
o Journal entry (8 July 1916), p. 74e

* The World and Life are one. Physiological life is of course not "Life". And neither is psychological life. Life is the world.
Ethics does not treat of the world. Ethics must be a condition of the world, like logic.
Ethics and Aesthetics are one.
o Journal entry (24 July 1916), p. 77e

* It is true: Man is the microcosm:
I am my world.
o Journal entry (12 October 1916), p. 84e

* What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about.
o Journal entry (12 October 1916), p. 84e

* It is clear that the causal nexus is not a nexus at all.
o Journal entry (12 October 1916), p. 84e

WITTGENSTEIN

the (in)between - castelvecchio

2010-01-04T14:07:00.000-08:00

the_city

2009-10-21T13:45:00.000-07:00

it's the end of the world as i know it

2009-10-21T12:16:00.000-07:00

life...

2009-09-21T12:09:00.000-07:00

How there are things you can do with your hands, instead of drafting in CAD; or how there are things in this life, greater than architecture...

the_inbetween

2009-09-06T14:03:00.000-07:00

order of chaos

2009-08-08T04:11:00.000-07:00

occupied void

2009-07-08T07:26:00.001-07:00

2009.07.08

education

2009-06-07T13:28:00.001-07:00

the challenge today is to be able to go against the stupefying education system while being educated in it

2006.04.26

2009-06-03T09:51:00.000-07:00

During the first years I began to study architecture, I realized that I should not only develop my understanding of architecture but also consider how do the others perceive what I dream and design. I strongly believe the most important aspect of architecture, is the way we affect the life of others. Treating the final product as a complete process of thinking, perception of any relation defined or idea developed by the others, constitutes one of the most important components of any designed space. Being concerned by this matter of understanding and being understood, I’d like to carry on my graduate study at M.E.T.U. researching a subject in regard with the signification of an architectural design, both during the design and realization processes.

impossibility of harmony (?)

2009-05-21T07:52:00.000-07:00

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

George Bernard Shaw

bamboobox

2009-05-13T12:23:00.000-07:00

prefabricated single room units constructed out of bamboo;
hot bent bamboo beams are woven with split bamboo, like a basket...

bamboobox

2009-05-13T10:45:00.000-07:00

plastic wrapped woven bamboo container;
proposed as temporary dwelling on rooftops

2009-04-26T01:56:00.000-07:00

You don't have the luxury to miss life.

Nazım Hikmet

harmony...

2009-03-15T10:21:00.000-07:00

"...the ultimate state of harmony is death. For living things and systems, harmony means the resolution of conflicts and the achievement of a final, 'peaceful,' state."

dmz - lebbeus woods

flying memory

2009-02-15T05:03:00.000-08:00

running away

2009-02-15T04:59:00.000-08:00

in between

2009-02-13T04:30:00.000-08:00

value / deger

2009-02-11T13:21:00.000-08:00

Architecture is condemned to face the intrinsic paradox of the notion of value.

Mimarlik, deger kavraminin icsel celiskisiyle yuzlesmeye hukum giymistir.

2009-02-11T09:04:00.000-08:00

Architecture does not solve problems. Its distinction, if any, lies in the quality of problems it creates.

Lebbeus Woods

penceremden dunya

2009-02-08T03:39:00.000-08:00

The Architect in Havana

2009-01-31T04:44:00.000-08:00

Considering the redefinition of architecture’s role in the light of the previous discussion, it should be stated that the notion of "private property" is not the main concern regarding such a role, but it is rather the "capital" which constitutes the basis in any economic systems.
Particularly because of this reason, architecture’s role is irrelevant in Havana: It is not possible to integrate itself in the production of the city neither via state or private capital. The current situation of the discipline would be summarized as follows: Architecture in Havana (most possibly Cuba in general) has access to very limited national capital and restricted foreign capital (some restoration projects and some restricted foreign investments). Therefore the current validity of the discourse is minimal and consequently the exercise of the practice is restricted.
However, the "production of space" is still practiced actively in Havana, both by the state and the citizens. The Cuban society under transformation produce their own space, with their own means. Current political paradigms give way to the possibilities for public initiatives to produce space under the toleration of the state. And these spaces are not necessarily "confirming" but possible to "challenge" the state hegemony in the city.
Since any "role" architecture would take on cannot be without the "production of space" in a society, this field of influence between the "formal" and "informal" seems to be the right place to look for it in Havana... The "margins".

G.U.

inspiring...

2009-01-09T13:55:00.000-08:00

Alex Gopher's The Child from H5

complexification of complexity

2009-01-07T10:43:00.000-08:00

i'm going slightly mad
i'm going slightly mad
it finally happened- happened
it finally happened - oh yes
it finally happened
i'm slightly mad
just very slighltly mad

and there you have it

consciousness...

2009-01-03T03:44:00.000-08:00

found somewhere hard to find outside Havana

_(it brings back to) consciousness
_the reasons that-they do not contribute-to the well-being-they are not been worth
_it works-it creates-it lives-revolution

hoşgörü (toleration)

2009-01-02T08:16:00.000-08:00

It doesn't matter what you believe in if you think everyone else is wrong.

- Matthew Good

and it makes me wonder...

2008-12-30T16:31:00.000-08:00

Last night I came upon a stranger
He smiled at me and this is what he said
If you're troubled send your mind out on vacation
Let it wonder like the wild geese in the west

Mighty Rearranger
Mighty Rearranger
Mighty Rearranger

Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation

ışıl'dan çalıntı...

2008-12-30T16:05:00.000-08:00

"Sınanmamış liberallik" sadece sözdeyse, sınanmamış istekler ve idealler de sadece teoride varlar. Eğer onları seçme zamanımız geldiğinde bu idealleri hayatımıza dahil edemiyorsak o idealler gerçek midir? Yoksa rüyalarımızda yaşatmayı sevdiğimiz ütopya olarak kalmasını yeğlediğimiz tatlı düşler midir? Bu ideallerin bazen tam da orada ayakta durduklarını bildiğimiz halde onlara gitmekten neden korkarız? Belki de hayatımızın anlam yitirmesi demektir bu bizim için, budur neden. Gerçekten istediklerimiz uzaktadır çünkü biz güçlü olamamışızdır. Kendi gölgemiz bizi korkutur.

200,000 years of evolution...

2008-12-29T03:23:00.000-08:00

and there is: The law of war (also law of armed conflict, LOAC) is law concerning acceptable practices relating to war. In cases other than civil wars, it is considered an aspect of public international law (the law of nations).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_war

great irony from Banksy on the Israeli West Bank barrier,
which I remembered watching the news this morning...
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/pictures/image/0,8543,-10405256016,00.html

2008-12-29T03:02:00.000-08:00

the age of universe equals:
68650 times MANKIND
1880822 times CIVILIZATION
19614286 times MODERNITY
204925373 times COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

wondering about our assumptions since today?

all values are approximate :)
produced as a part of my research regarding the issues of
sustainability, climate change, global warming etc. at TU Delft,

april 2008

2008-12-29T02:42:00.000-08:00

UNIVERSE...............13,730,000,000(±120.000.000)
SUN.....................4,570,000,000
EARTH...................4,540,000,000
PROKARYOTES.............4,000,000,000
ANIMALS...................600,000,000
LAND PLANTS...............475,000,000
MAMMALS...................200,000,000
APES.......................25,000,000
MANKIND.......................200,000(Africa)
CIVILIZATON.....................7,300(Mesopotamia)
RENAISSANCE.......................700
ENLIGHTENMENT.....................300
INDUSTRIAL REVOlUTION.............250
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY................67

2008................................0

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all values are approximate :)

produced as a part of my research regarding the issues of

sustainability, climate change, global warming etc. at TU Delft, april 2008

2008-12-29T02:35:00.000-08:00

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.

Then I realised God doesn’t work that way,

so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness.

- Emo Philips

found on Banksy's website, under the manifesto link...

http://www.banksy.co.uk/manifesto/index.html

bize...

2008-12-28T14:51:00.000-08:00

Türkiye’deyken geldi aklıma bunlar.

Uzun bir aradan sonra ilk defa televizyon izlerken.

Sonra babamla sohbet ederken yine farkettim,

Aşağı yukarı üç yüz yıldır üretemeyen bir toplum olduğumuzu.

Şans olarak değerlendirdiğimizi bu süre içindeki nadir üretkenliğimizi...

Ve sonra onun gibisi bir daha gelmez diyip geçiştirişimizi bunu.

Gösterdiğimiz en kayda değer başarımız olan bağımsızlığımızı koruyabilmiş olmanın hafifliğini...

Ve sonrasında bir süreliğine nasıl da üretken olabildiğimizi farkettim.

Ne kadar Batı’dakileri uydurmaya, uygulamaya çalışmakla kısıtlı kalmış olsa da.

Ve nasıl olmuş da bir noktada durmuşsa?

İşte dedim, bu yüzden Türkiye hakkındaki bütün bu tartışmalar.

Avrupa Birliği’ne girebilmek ya da girememek...

Kendi kendimizle olan sorunlarımızı çözememek...

Budur içinden çıkılamayan kısır döngümüz gibi geldi o an bana.

Atamamak gibi üzerindeki o uyuşukluğu bir türlü.

Bir türlü kendinize gelemediğiniz kötü bir gün...

Padişahlardan, ağalardan, beylerden arda kalan kanıksanmışlıklar...

Medet ummak üzerine hayatlar...

Farkına varmalıyız bunca zaman sonra dedim,

Medet ummaktan vazgeçmeliyiz belki.

Odaklanmalı, harekete geçmeli...

Kendimiz nasıl üretken kılabiliyorsak öyle...

Neden yok bir Türk araba firması?

Neden yok bir Türk mimar dünyanın her tarafında işleri olan?

Neden bahsetmez insanlar bu memlekette Neo-Kemalizm diye birşeyden hala?

Neden yazılmaz, çizilmez, üretilmez doğru dürüst?

Düşünülmez adamakıllı?

Deseler ki var bir sürü başarılı insanımız orda burda,

Sorup dururum kafamın içinde, hangisi gerçekten bize özgü birşey üretebilmiştir diye...

Sağlamıştır diğer kültürlerle etkileşime girebilmemizi?

Dönüp bakmasını dünyanın bize?

Sıralarsınız bana çok bilindik isimler belki,

Peki onların bu topluma katkısı ne derece?

Getirdikleri ve götürdükleriyle...

Belki de başkalarının görmek istediği gibi göstermektir bu toplumu başarılarının sırrı...

Ya da bırakmak herşeyi arkanızda,

Ve onlar gibi olmak onların “medeni” topraklarında...

Yabancılaşmak bu memlekete...

Yitirmek samimiyetinizi kendi toprağınıza,

Ve de kendinize...

Hatırladığımız gün o “amacın” neden telaffuz edildiğini ta en başta,

Ve gerçekten anladığımızda anlamını,

İdeolojilerin ve söylemlerin ötesinde...

İlkindiğimizde ve kendimize geldiğimizde,

Bıraktığımız gün sadece Batı’yla aynısını yapabilmekten mutlu olmayı,

İşte o gün, çok uzun bir aradan sonra, başlayacağız sanırım üretmeye...

Kendimize güvenmeye,

Ve yolumuzu çizmeye...

28 aralık 2008

gürhan uçaroğlu

fits very well to my situation lately...

2008-12-27T13:04:00.000-08:00

credit goes to Luuk Bode (or Lennard Schuurmans!?)
the thing is; i saw it in a gallery on Witte de With in september 2007, though i cannot find it online anymore. wanted to share it anyways...

42

2008-12-27T05:59:00.000-08:00

“There is a theory that states: 'If anyone finds out what the universe is for it will disappear and be replaced by something more bizarrely inexplicable.' There is another theory that states: 'This has already happened....'” DNA