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Pol Bury. George Washington Bridge, 1967

yayyy yay yippee!

(take this picture)

Golden Village Multiplex Yishun 10 - Singapore (1992)

Designed by Geoff Malone International (GMI)

"The detailing of the external cladding is reminiscent of the Kirin Building in Osaka by Shin Takamatsu, with meticulously constructed junctions of stainless steel and profiled cladding juxtaposed with lighting tubes. Unlike Takamatsu's monochromatic facade, however, the colours used in Yishun 10 are predominantly red, white and silver, with "splashes" of other primary colours—all evoke the excitement and magic of "a night at the movies". Interestingly, the Kirin Building houses a film institute and cinema buffs will recall it being used for location filming of the movie Black Rain.

A central two-storey atrium has numerous restaurants arranged around its perimeter at first-storey. The automated ticket office is located in this central space. An escalator and stair-cases give access to the spacious second-storey foyer and thence to the ten individual cinemas on the third storey. A stair-lift permits access to the disabled.

In the main foyer, aside from the functional planning, the architect obviously derived much pleasure from the task of designing the sculptural sci-fi light fittings and multi-coloured fluorescent tube lighting in an otherwise slightly dimmed interior. Floor lighting beneath laminated glass blocks and multiple television monitor screens, with constantly changing images, all contribute to the "escapism" that is an integral part of a visit to the cinema.

For a brief interlude, the cinema-goer is transported out of the HDB township and the frantic rush of economic activity into a world of fantasy, glamour and enchantment. The Multiplex is "both a centripetal and a centrifugal force" in the urban landscape; it attracts patrons from a wide catchment area and projects an image of a vigorous and enterprising new town. It is ironic that, until the early 1990s, cinemas in Singapore were closing down for lack of patronage and some were being converted to churches. Now we see not only a revival of the genre, but as exemplified in the Golden Village Multiplex Yishun 10, it can create a special urban focus."

Scanned from:

Singapore - Architecture of a Global City (2003)

Cinema Builders by Edwin Heathcote (2001)

Unknown magazine (I'll try to track this one down)

La Biomista, Van Belle & Medina

POSTHUMAN ERA

house study

slowly spiraling

some linocuts. can't decide which ones I like better so I'll post both versions

Daniel Martin Diaz — Chrono (gouache, inks, oil paint, on birch wood, 2024)

Tia Keobounpheng — Who Do You Think You Are No. 8 (pencil, colored pencil, thread on wood, 2023)

the shape of me

Nostromo Bulkhead, Alien, Jon Cobb

Spiral study 21. Ballpoint 10x8” A4

Set 634, Gerold Miller, 2022

newlook magazine november 1985

When u get bloodborned

When u get bloodborned

Found craigslist image John Baldessari’s painting - EVERYTHING IS PURGED FROM THIS PAINTING BUT ART, NO IDEAS HAVE ENTERED THIS WORK (1966)

Illustrations for "Giant Space Structures: How We'll Build Them," from Popular Science, March 1979. (via Tough SF)

Tan Mu — The Glitch (oil and acrylic on linen, 2023)

Matt Magee [France] (b 1961) — ‘Variants’, 2022. Oil on panel (122 x 122 cm).

Wiener Werkstätte ‘Castell’ modular sofa, Hans Hopfer, 1972

Drum and Bass (Kesteren), Mathieu Mercier, 2002-19

oh hallelujah !!!

Alexis Mata — A Day in the Cactus Valley (oil on canvas 2024)

Untitled (From Connections), Anni Albers, 1983

Grzegorz Pieniak (Polish, 1994) - Untitled/Red Shoes (2024)