tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16844478556974401122024-02-22T07:35:05.652+01:00mañanaramatomorrow never cameMario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-22473877242608679392011-10-09T18:47:00.000+02:002011-10-09T18:47:58.411+02:00final<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BlQzSFr-CzQ" width="420"></iframe><br />
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This blog is no more. Visit Mañananarama in the afterlife on <a href="http://mananarama.tumblr.com/" style="background-color: yellow;">Tumblr</a>.Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-90384130764112960922011-02-20T11:25:00.003+01:002011-02-20T11:34:09.520+01:00intermission<a href="http://homocinefilus.com/antiguos-monumentos-del-septimo-arte/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575716705646057298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrL0UaIRbhC7YkS1jOU6P6UqJlqrP3oSniSoY_vr230pO9pS7fQTJe0wnTozwIUfMkLZ2egMX0Ef_B1UgaRmCCYJEpVnct6PYBiLbOgPuwA-xNlxEyWABkM3bXV1hxukhaOA-pqLXbfjA/s400/INT-CINE-TERESA.jpeg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 235px;" /></a><br />
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In the meantime, please visit <a href="http://mananarama.tumblr.com" style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mañanarama</span> on Tumblr</a>.Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-65386823511648953242010-12-16T18:40:00.000+01:002010-12-16T18:42:07.612+01:00i'm home<p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=32466418&postcount=2010"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXBaUQ5CUR9O4AowXepwh6S1aeXLQws0SpvdE5ObLornwNFZVEZ95f14Lycbab2VOosaa7saiyEiRILM6uO2Q8y50EKFPWIhtnraLG85E9FXieKALcrhtuhVaZLkJ_4KSOsCGE3N0fCGP/s400/autos-df.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551336602270901234" /></a><br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-46559971904159844122010-10-15T09:56:00.002+02:002010-10-15T10:06:56.986+02:00cactus and sombrero<p><br /><br />Mexico:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.rubylane.com/shops/antique-ables/iteml/AA0002416#pic1"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4qi_FBHNRsebwyeTDRKS1h_6LvqQJgrNYF8g-STheSe6rO61gOosDdpZNTnYtW-8lMb1sZosOM3u9hF9Fppqm5ZuScJe-d4mZ5gXbzDfZuSHiBYEN8pSpu-736fNs_CdBp-z4gnDtuU6/s400/cactus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528180354918801218" /></a><br /><br />Narcostate Mexico:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2008/08/10/46971/mexicos-drug-traffickers-set-their.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 440px; height: 325px;" src="http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2008/08/10/10/492-WEBmexico.standalone.prod_affiliate.91.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Designer Narcostate Mexico:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tomo.com.mx/2010/10/14/nuevo-showroom-de-pirwi/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1ui1J6XjBLEOr6hgvaRzLm10kkSnCfvBLSFe7uzCPyBq3qXPJnzx9SkB8plL9TuXm7VH9bfXs4vyfG6rN7Xhkq3s2P1a_fDPpSJKbpTVqi6uKq_jRQETFowDu1-EOueNyjM1MgMmhxKh/s400/cactus-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528180954584609554" /></a><br /><p><br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-28833432700278718162010-09-12T13:39:00.014+02:002010-09-12T14:49:06.584+02:00flight of the calder<p><br /></p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://centrefortheaestheticrevolution.blogspot.com/2010/09/camino-real-mexico-city-used-to-be.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiALLUw1VAYhIAESe4KWcxPXqZnvBYUQRJWlY9sb04GRtwa4SvSQmITTXPqSy7TZiT8Qxg7kzy-eZ6-xSYbzuzguxA9qcD3rkvzUCGDtjzqMD2Mc8pxajuWxUpOen_L4WsT-aqs_rY-w7Uc/s400/calder-caminoreal.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516003100849856290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://centrefortheaestheticrevolution.blogspot.com/2010/09/camino-real-mexico-city-used-to-be.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxZiB6YVovid5uV62LaXd95K2Ps1sHhyWUMa8N1z47QkGvJva2gtk2_c7oOYXmhsWfaVHsrCkUbj_Wm1Qos6aHRlTdRlay_HytYUK9daaZ2s-bG0umJEbfQxSnYG_iva5ajAB8inDp9Oy/s400/d4189287x.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516003381732775954" /></a></p><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiALLUw1VAYhIAESe4KWcxPXqZnvBYUQRJWlY9sb04GRtwa4SvSQmITTXPqSy7TZiT8Qxg7kzy-eZ6-xSYbzuzguxA9qcD3rkvzUCGDtjzqMD2Mc8pxajuWxUpOen_L4WsT-aqs_rY-w7Uc/s1600/calder-caminoreal.jpeg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="hhttp://centrefortheaestheticrevolution.blogspot.com/2010/09/camino-real-mexico-city-used-to-be.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mkRcHNYzyadpw6BP7FEeav2GEWWg-sP4Up3QHC-TQsb3RQO1hqPJomLoxtTED-Y-8bFFHkC_L1JUN2HwMDBED5dokdxt-wQIAModOmKO7KJIfjPjKLOEy1nn9INMWlLcD8ntJF4PxVPz/s400/800px-Untitled_sculpture_by_Alexander_Calder,_1968,_Centro_Cultural_de_Belem,_Portugal,_--FOP--_.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516004794822969234" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>The dashing Pablo León de la Barra has a great series of posts on his latest trip to the homeland at the <a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://centrefortheaestheticrevolution.blogspot.com/%22">CFTAR</a> blog. <div><br /></div><div>The <a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://centrefortheaestheticrevolution.blogspot.com/2010/09/camino-real-mexico-city-used-to-be.html">latest one</a> features a series of before and afters of the Mexico City Camino Real Hotel (1968), detailing the tragic refitting of the interiors in NAFTA moderne style (paradoxically, by the original architect, Ricardo Legorreta, no less).</div><div><br /></div><div>It's particularly disheartening to see a once stark and dramatic lobby that was presided over by an electric-orange spider-like Calder turned into a tacky snack bar. </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://centrefortheaestheticrevolution.blogspot.com/2010/09/camino-real-mexico-city-used-to-be.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-ouo2RgKda1xI8lCzQ__XRuk9a7g2e3TDfCIHWR-p_IClj2kW-C2z4qRHuEWkjiGqMX8v69iIAYlkkugbAoj8Iv5Wq5PKlg3nRL9oX2TVvo1wk8_66WfYNyIwjQQjosT41mDduypb8wn/s400/Picture+8.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516007861587637730" /></a><br /></div><div>Pablo reports that the sculpture was eventually auctioned at Christie's and sold to some Portuguese fellow with better taste and sense of historical and aesthetic merit than the sad lot of Mexican barons that now handle the hotel.</div><div><br /></div><div>So goes modernity in Mexico.</div></div><p><br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-15888741192578849462010-09-07T06:12:00.003+02:002010-09-07T06:20:49.424+02:00fiberglass ambassadors<p><br /></p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/13/lerner.php"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 288px;" src="http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/13/mexicanRainGod.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></p><p><br /></p><blockquote><i>Je ne passe jamais devant un fétiche de bois, un Boudha doré, une idole mexicaine sans me dire: C'est peut-être le vrai dieu</i>. </blockquote><p><br /><a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://books.google.es/books?id=dyqoYJYLwfwC&lpg=PA84&ots=an2EhuGPVW&dq=%22Je%20ne%20passe%20jamais%20devant%20un%20f%C3%A9tiche%20de%20bois%22&pg=PA84#v=onepage&q=%22Je%20ne%20passe%20jamais%20devant%20un%20f%C3%A9tiche%20de%20bois%22&f=false">Charles</a> via <a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://books.google.es/books?id=BUpy84dJzZsC&lpg=PA448&dq=walter%20benjamin%20mexican%20embassy&pg=PA448#v=onepage&q&f=false">Walter</a></p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-91732587781938795492010-09-02T17:47:00.006+02:002010-09-02T17:51:28.200+02:00lost<p><br /><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://aqui-df.blogspot.com/2007/09/bamer.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCpwLXF_lLK4KyMt7iEqNMAwntCnJ7hmAZI2I8QK3eRX3WgoUK5gZTFNl_hJ-JGFu9AkI5kJ3adCIL1dqA_dnPYPwqKmhbZ5q-9FCRdCMy7BP0onJWnuT0Vyerh3yl3R-1XV1TNvFnOW-i/s400/%5Bcentrobis_04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512344153502008498" /></a><br /><br />How do you preserve what's already <a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://aqui-df.blogspot.com/2007/09/bamer.html">lost</a>?<br /><p><br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-29234058372151038052010-08-28T09:40:00.004+02:002010-08-28T09:51:26.720+02:00transition<p><br /><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=34592356&postcount=2749"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixL60QtsiDV_yRWL7uX_Fva6c7VWeYWfy5s5CaArv2ugGvhFsrY2D66a3Qzcps1NVDhU1TRHd6Vsfv6ITAKmSU_j_2be26ylIut4a2LDbU1o5fvLTup7tFFJCb3f5gMTZDWjEOOCa0JHPs/s400/revolution.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510364850510936754" /></a><br /><p><br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-46896041992039726382010-08-24T07:36:00.007+02:002010-08-24T07:44:13.868+02:00modern preserves<p><br /><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mananarama.tumblr.com/post/828619482"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 400px;" src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5rnu5vfLo1qzyh2zo1_500.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />"Preservation is not the enemy of modernity but actually one of its inventions." <br /><a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://www.arch.columbia.edu/files/gsapp/imceshared/aml2193/Koolhaas_04.pdf">Rem</a> via <a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://htcexperiments.org/2010/08/20/oma-on-preservation-as-urbanization/">David</a>.<p><br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-35681313101743924912010-08-07T12:39:00.008+02:002010-08-07T13:05:25.634+02:00peace train<p><br /><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=25939462&postcount=535"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 371px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzaTbP-txQm4gXo-YIk_Rt2b6ZDWjONgDPbAvByZyCxieYn478a0dmiQ66LdB1HciKPob3rwv5d50WpK97AKuShn8J_NrS_tm_SW7iwR2p_YnydD1OcfDrDMEBeENqFZvYFT_jYRhgTOw/s400/metro68_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502620167593171026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=25939462&postcount=535"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6fFJ9yPwajpCVvezzs0cdrlBdFme1Wrc2iFHTV0xbZo8uaqPuA5MCcFePUUcEibMtSWcDGP7Vatx1PLJefXm0znNFMN1lvdxmPc9pM8zcmAIhyphenhyphenvaSfFh4Bc14c9IKXPWR8mDXZmFoHLx/s400/metro68_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502620158255812178" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=25939462&postcount=535"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_O0w3BH4yLwg254ZlrkahnhMOFVDZdm5ArR6N7IxfPar1P7xC_XBYrCYuC8Bh5Fe7oa0dKS-oLfNZQQEz1qa9AuqUN0f1VcTD2sWRpeRmtccfkUJmGyqr8qA-TqyTsk3a-FmTeJXOyBS/s400/metro68_03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502620157182996882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=25939462&postcount=535"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3IhOTaKprkqf-Ih_sRzL4NdTUwzb29Gk-3k2TP9xzMZBMKPvNDwiNo8HCLNfBCS1r3oFKv8huMlkkt7rA_d968yb2_Q1cV6vP3xTqN1IfqJuCcXVPtbvtcvPb1K0bOfLAJ4YvqJ5VOJf/s400/metro68_04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502620149809471970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=25939462&postcount=535"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfhDpTuNh1S_SaAyk6XS0d1cqvmL0Ri4WSpuTWpcfNAmV0Ev-9DTsYW3fdY9jbjUTSVPv2UP0hMNFY1AxpiFZbTfGO5OX40KHTjifrAFwjb8tKQpzlj8aMwT59_74Jfxspk2yKzsfGDFh/s400/metro68_05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502620142058331522" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=24318684&postcount=452"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXW8sgCQiy4wHJyoUOsTKhXY6ksRY1KSwruKcyZ7qztBq_2-PbxxddL06JsmyCmZ8UJZy1bVnoCnHP6rq1BrLPgya-dau4V0ArAMuXGAO5aehu3P66zvZ7mBb3uP381HZrPCD7TmGKxMI/s400/metro68_06.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502622291094001378" /></a><br /><p><br />The aestheticized infrastructure of the<a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookinfo.phtml?o=libros&bnr=11024"><span style="font-style:italic;"> Revolución Pacífica</span></a>.<br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-79654034254558935152010-08-01T20:37:00.006+02:002010-08-01T20:42:58.776+02:00old<p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=19174029&postcount=41"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 387px; height: 600px;" src="http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8503/archivo52al5.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><p><br /><blockquote><a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2010/07/deborah-aschheim-nostalgia-for-the-future/">When I was growing up, the future was limitless possibility, jet-age, space-age techno-utopia. “Modern” meant new. <span style="font-style:italic;">Now, modern means old</span>, and the future I grew up seems dated, irresponsible, obsolete.</a> (Deborah Aschheim)</blockquote> <br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-86980469696663369482010-07-22T18:02:00.005+02:002010-07-22T18:11:11.718+02:0034 - 61<p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.esteticas.unam.mx/revista_imagenes/inmediato/inm_covarrubias01.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 440px; height: 328px;" src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5yv3qoN3Q1qzyh2zo1_500.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=39764158&postcount=6310"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 667px;" src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5yvdlctn01qzyh2zo1_500.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-57969777690892599412010-06-10T18:12:00.001+02:002010-06-10T18:13:52.783+02:00burnout<P><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mananarama.tumblr.com/post/683997934"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 500px;" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3t3jaiqTY1qzyh2zo1_500.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-68856565534938495892010-05-27T19:31:00.007+02:002010-05-27T19:53:51.803+02:00oh-woh babyI was unaware of the African-American Female Singing Norteño Covers on Youtube sub-genre.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y1VAysgeIjA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y1VAysgeIjA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t2ClZDCiIi8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t2ClZDCiIi8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EeeHvk3aooQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EeeHvk3aooQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/obw7NnNYdR8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/obw7NnNYdR8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p4vmiIZBYno&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p4vmiIZBYno&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7og2lmmNDAQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7og2lmmNDAQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-22740199440279263842010-05-27T11:37:00.004+02:002010-05-27T11:43:12.431+02:00rise<p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://aqui-df.blogspot.com/2007/10/endangered-imgs.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrx0ONrN_glQD3P0yQuW5T4YJs_hYKwBfQY2BHuArKzwjGI_oiNXAaeFvQOjbwehb-7ELR3EGETDjCUvoI3_-HorbrcKZKuOoNDw2vzgzFDG6xzkvE4RpUOSiwJluCzZaD0FE99nGfiSKe/s400/centro_11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475882066395272642" /></a><br /><br />I wonder how soon we'll be able not only to digitally store, but also resuscitate.<br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-40266701074233587222010-05-24T13:06:00.002+02:002010-05-24T13:11:52.248+02:00neglect<p><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://diariodefiestas.com/el-lookbook-de-uriel-urban/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VJ_ndRj-g0obH2WahtH_VFvRgVjaZjleqaPoSu5-xdPmiOcWqLZSAImGW_t401dD5IgvLnp0vCh53ZRPlKpL0A_IsEtf8d-HdtfcelAFpC1xKx9XWpSV1Xb5MLss16L0YbkVfJcU0uFm/s400/diariodefiestas-1.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474792517776492610" /></a><br /><br />Note to self: reflect on the value of neglect. <br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-49864903825245564052010-05-20T17:19:00.002+02:002010-05-20T17:21:47.589+02:00authoritarian representation<p><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=26531888&postcount=145"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_iqPetmNOrTlHvuo5KxE6ZP6-TNRx-NKbiDATw54KFP75DOuzS-9VBlRiC5aGG53kYhFoyf3Dla91tUGkwjxI-W1fxXA2TDl_5rVFSpQdMw5qm-6LUeHuW3f4X71ARDJggNH3JI-0PL1/s400/tlatle_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473372428466603954" /></a><br /><br />Architecture as <a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=gDeVlUB3vvEC&lpg=PP1&dq=against%20architecture&pg=PR10#v=onepage&q&f=false">authoritarian representation</a>.<br /><p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-89653105532696612582010-05-19T09:54:00.005+02:002010-05-19T09:56:55.364+02:00sentimental<p><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sweetlittlegame.blogspot.com/2006/12/price-is-right.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDbcFstGvWt7g7HMFiHmRUjGdduRI5HR2-0ySIJfCzAEMOoHXQwVLyvUWFxncfArgExiUa1J00L4QnenvgqKkXpVJboopyoLN3jqOgfrxBOlttHT5sR36Y9N3KZ7_wcQkzgccD16xoH_QQ/s400/%5Bsanremo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472886542282991378" /></a><br /><br /><a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/02/the-tiki-wars/2084/">How do we distinguish the historic from the sentimental?</a>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-55693787065019978642010-05-13T21:38:00.008+02:002010-05-13T21:49:01.863+02:00left<p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=28698130&postcount=725"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cbt3dlyj8FpO83HiFQEodTfnCdXuxOkd4XiS7VXM_gfWygYiELCk11QOQMZYSc4QPORfdxRgFRKPkwsZYPimlXCq80piPzRfnDzPAA8a6YrD2e8-zz5v3i6fLuiN3JCHib2J5RJ3GJM_/s400/avjuarezuu0.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470843440751013058" /></a><br /><br />So little is left of so many things.Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-87791622858701702472010-04-09T10:21:00.008+02:002010-04-09T11:35:40.173+02:001965<p><br /><p><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=8742143483092286611&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br /><div>Luis Buñuel, <a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_of_the_Desert">Simon of the Desert</a>. (1965)</div><br />More on The Desert, faith, technology, consumerism, gadgetry and endless-loop mutually dependent negative relationships:<br /><br />Sam Jacob, "<a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://www.strangeharvest.com/2010/03/more-scenes-in-cartoon-deserta.php">More Scenes in Cartoon Deserta</a>". (2009)<br /><br />Reyner Banham, <a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:0FL1fYs5f5UJ:mashupstudio.pbworks.com/f/Banham_The%2BGreat%2BGizmo.pdf+the+great+gizmo+banham&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjiLXYyyoNNfofhP7xnVu52UxpZW_TFqOzoKEwsIfhFPjlJuDmslOK3ph8EZe30Asw34HrDqDFO6wT3VPSY2nKa7adRKKxzccKurmrERaOGd9jPM8jaVqzTvyrlfLEdFhPqYK3M&sig=AHIEtbRkDDpo9MVnRPSGHXy10IDzw2GG6w">"The Great Gizmo"</a>. (1965)<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Footnote 1. Consider that while gadgets might fail consumer capitalism hasn't. Gadgets aren't only delivered everywhere anywhere: they are the means of delivering consumer culture, everywhere anywhere. The magical-mechanical coffin is only the medium.<br />Footnote 2. Modern Consumerist Cities as the ultimate Desert.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Footnote 3. Buñuel takes the fall of Simon as the fall of Heroic Modernisms. (Vid. Spain under Franco or Post-Revolutionary Mexico.) Consumer culture was the final nail on the coffin for Revolution. The calm of consumer culture conquers the scary wilderness of sociopolitical disruption.</span><br /></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">#lgnlgn</span></div></div></div>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-47350752524947784422010-03-07T20:37:00.002+01:002010-03-07T20:45:51.096+01:00rocky<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://postalesinventadas.blogspot.com/2008/12/jardines-de-pedregal-mexico-d.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41n7BdQil6rroxDyQoljOjjM-8gP9uNWkM4D8SC_PgF5D_1wq9Rr9MPgTdwUxHwi-N-Y-n9kmyXZoaBRZ1aN1cL_ZuKej-DlqzxTn-t4y2IrCiQYgBeOUG28I0RKj5QQ_rbNjrNZPVjQ5/s400/%5BF-Jardines+de+Pedregal-Mexico+D.F..jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445978585627170578" /></a><div></div><blockquote><div>By the 1940s the expansion of the city made this relatively flat -- albeit very rocky -- area of interest to speculators, among whom was the architect and landscape gardner Luis Barragán...</div><div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>(Whoa. First time I see <a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=54qsy2ponSIC&lpg=PA65&ots=YngxATCnP1&dq=barragan%20ejido%20pedregal&pg=PA64#v=onepage&q=&f=false">someone</a> refering to Barragán as a "speculator".)(Which makes him even more representative of Mexican modernist architecture.) </div>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-78543754085461345392010-03-02T14:23:00.004+01:002010-03-02T14:29:20.552+01:00modern mexico city, 1942<p><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n5z32Li4AbA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n5z32Li4AbA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></p><p><br />From <a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0280534/">James A. Fitzpatrick</a>'s "Traveltalks: The Voice of the Globe". </p><p>Via <a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://twitter.com/andreslajous">@andreslajous</a>.<br /></p><p></p>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-50869800610738226632010-02-25T18:26:00.003+01:002010-02-25T18:32:04.973+01:00rootless<p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCRfLQrNBiIboYG0fV2dJz8saKNXl1gmkTrHRdErM5you_szlXnqNIRyh5ZmXnhzVoI27EcelEo8OsIZEBcbtzzjQ3t9TAoiNA2AYJc-eVcTS5m7l2Pns_DvEGEhWd_0AIJ_GWs-5NWI6/s400/imageshack-3.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442234352004822818" /></p><div><p><br />"The rootless nature of Juárez is like a mold in the atmosphere." <a style="background-color:yellow" href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/09/29/030929fa_fact_guillermoprieto#ixzz0gZNXnROy">Alma Guillermoprieto</a></p></div>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-29976319077771701832010-02-13T10:51:00.003+01:002010-02-13T10:54:41.727+01:00what<p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=495552"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80b7b2OkgpVTfPf9T6MD1EgOmoFKTdLcIV8wrhPMKQgXjAubm7N4K06RrKosC6-cP8Nt3n6uTTWhFa_S6-92XYxP6D8iKHs6TNpxBXXh-pBfqt8oGRLmiWxinbeLuhyrNYkPpuLojLft3/s400/juarez_archi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437663823020651234" /></a><br />Have to figure out what architecture in a place like Ciudad Juárez is exactly. For Monday.Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684447855697440112.post-55834973116789951782010-02-08T19:47:00.002+01:002010-02-08T19:49:59.443+01:00juarez (and bette davis as empress carlota)<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1f2eJa8XOc4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1f2eJa8XOc4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Mario Ballesteroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860860849865490238noreply@blogger.com0