Re: [-empyre-] time and space and movement

2012-03-18 Thread Ana Valdés
Thank you Eduardo for sharing my nostalgy of Visby and of Sweden :) I was nostalgic of Montevideo when I was in Sweden :), now it's exactly the opposite. The thing is someone asked me when I was deported to Sweden in the 80:s and now when I am back in Montevideo how was exile and I said exile is no

Re: [-empyre-] time and space and movement

2012-03-18 Thread Eduardo Navas
Hi Ana, Reading your description of Visby reminded me of my visit and stay in the island of Gotland a couple of years ago, when I also had the pleasure to meet you in person. It was a wonderful experience‹thanks for making that possible with the Swedish Traveling Exhibitions. I also found myself

[-empyre-] change of the order of the guests

2012-03-18 Thread Ana Valdés
Dear empyreans: I got a message today from Leandro Delgado warning me about his problems this week with deadlines and work. And Diego moved this week from Montevideo to Florianapolis in Brazil to continue his phd. Conclusion: we change the order of the guests and I asked Teddy Cruz and Brian Holmes

Re: [-empyre-] de Sabela

2012-03-18 Thread Ana Valdés
Dear all. I am really grateful for being participating in this forum. Through this week I felt empowered and much richer, a constant instance of reflexion. I am sorry for not having so much time to answer to all your appreciations, links and contributions. Thanks to all and more specially to Ana. I

[-empyre-] de Sabela

2012-03-18 Thread Sabela de Tezanos
Estimados todos, Estoy realmente agradecida por haber participado en este foro. A lo largo de esta semana, ha sido y continúa siendo una instancia de enriquecimiento y reflexión constante para mí. Lamento no disponer de tiempo para haber podido responder a muchas de sus apreciaciones, enlaces y ap

Re: [-empyre-] network critical: immanent effects

2012-03-18 Thread Antonas Office
Dear Ana Valdés, Thank you for your question. I was answering to Simon Taylor's question about "what the network city might look like? an anatomy of utopia?". You are right we are into a long tradition of co-existence in the city. The Internet partly continues the history of the city. We can lo

Re: [-empyre-] network critical: immanent effects

2012-03-18 Thread simon
Dear Aristide Antonas, this is such a generous answer, I thank you. It brings out all that I had in mind. Best, Simon Taylor On 18/03/12 20:29, Antonas Office wrote: Dear Simon Taylor, Thank you for bringing Albert-László Barabási in the discourse. I am very interested in your observation

Re: [-empyre-] network critical: immanent effects

2012-03-18 Thread Ana Valdés
Dear Antonas, I apologize if I ask you to develop what you mean with "they city will be a network city and it would not look like a realized utopia." Are not all cities networked cities? Is not a city a hub of networks, connecting people to each other, services, open spaces and houses? Again, if we

Re: [-empyre-] network critical: immanent effects

2012-03-18 Thread Antonas Office
Dear Simon Taylor, Thank you for bringing Albert-László Barabási in the discourse. I am very interested in your observations. My idea about your question will be that the ruling concept in this distinction between the network and the "real" world is the concept of protocol. In the net we seem t