Author: Marcus Trimble
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Platypus
“Remember, this is the country of the duck-billed platypus. When you are cut off from the rest of the world, things are bound to develop in interesting ways”. John Slater in ‘My Life as a Fake‘ – Peter Carey 2003
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Hermes Breeding Crocodiles
Hermes has begun breeding its own crocodiles in order to meet demand for its handbags. #not_the_onion (Old news, yes, but I found this hanging out in my drafts folder and thought it worth linking to)
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9 Day Traffic Jam
There is a 100km, nine day traffic jam outside of Beijing. Surely after nine days stuck between the same group of motorists, some form of economy and community must emerge. China Mielville’s novel ‘Iron Council‘ (not his greatest novel…) comes to mind, set on a train that is a linear, kinetic city.
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Tokyo Compression
Tokyo Compression. Michael Wolf 2010
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Christopher Nolan Generic
[Spoilers. Probably] Inception has been receiving its deserved attention. Primarily because it is a very good, smart action movie, but also, at least in this neck of the woods, because it is about urbanism, game design, and has characters described as architects. Of particular interest to me though is the portrayal of the generic downtown…
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Glitches
Glitches and The End of the Virtual World, by Robert Overweg. A series of artworks set in the borderlands of video games; the unfinished peripheral areas not meant to be found by gamers. via Mammoth