Quote for Today: Rebecca Solnit
Walkers are ‘practitioners of the city,’ for the city is made to be walked. A city is a language, a repository of possibilities, and walking is the act of speaking …
Inspiring the Cities of the Future: 45 Incredible Futuristic Scifi 3D City Illustrations
This gallery from Inferno Development contains beautiful eye candy from the world of 3D science fiction illustration. Anyone who thinks that the shape of the modern city is not changing …
Quote for Today: Georges Limbour
Having spent a long time in open spaces, whether sea or desert, it is a luxury to be able to take refuge in towns with narrow streets which provide a …
Quote for Today: Cole Swensen
…a ghost is a knot in the otherwise smooth flow of time, an electrical storm in a jewelry box, grief perfectly aligned. And sometimes a ghost is a shared thing; …
Painting the Face of the Arab Spring: Street Art of Tripoli, Beirut, and Cairo
Art starts conversations and inspires thought that frightens tyrants. What is the future of art in a society in transition? Synkroniciti is excited to share three jaw-dropping short films produced …
Quote for Today: Thomas Pynchon
“If the City Paranoiac dreams, it is not accessible to us. Perhaps the Ci-ty dreamed of an-other, en-emy city, float-ing across the sea to invade the es-tuary . . . or …
Thoughts on A Foggy Day in Jersey City
This article from nj.com stirs up an interesting issue. A work of art called Release is causing some alarm in Jersey City. Created by Roger Sayre and Charlotte Becket, professors at Pace University, this …
Quote for Today: Olivier Messaien
I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for …
From the Country to the City: 30 Years by Shan Ren
The band Shan Ren (山人), or Mountain People, hails from the remote Yunnan Province in southwestern China and combines indigenous folk music with rock and reggae. Utilizing varied instruments from local …
Quote for Today: Italo Calvino
The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the …