modern preserves

"Preservation is not the enemy of modernity but actually one of its inventions."
Rem via David.

rise

I wonder how soon we'll be able not only to digitally store, but also resuscitate.

neglect

Note to self: reflect on the value of neglect.

tragedy

Photo by Jaime Martínez

How is Mexico City different from other oceanic spaces? Amid the steam of tamale stalls, the smell of epazote, and the cries of street vendors, there's a sense of deferred tragedy, our preferred strategy for coping with chaos.

Juan Villoro, "The Metro".

thriller

Contemporary participatory urbanism in Mexico City.



I can only think of Heriberto Yepez's affirmation:

"Mexico, a culture that now floats on nothing."

eightfold

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Burian's Four O'Gorman Dichotomies:

1. Cosmopolitanism vs Nativism
2. Mechanicism vs Organicism
3. Abstraction vs Figuration
4. Technology vs Representation

Or, the Mexican Modernist Dharma Wheel

*Wiring detail in O'Gorman's Casa Estudio Diego Rivera. Photo by Tal Schori.

MMDID

The O'Gormans play chess at home. From LIFE.
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MMDID: Mexican Modernist Dissociative Identity Disorder