One Barcelonian Shot: Slim Safont
“Look. If you had one shot or one opportunity. Would you capture it or just let it slip?” In 2002, Slim Shady aka Eminem’s alter-ego, violently shared his angst which moved a chord in each and every one of us, rap aficionado or not. To one Barcelonian, that song was a life changer. Overheard over …
Pathways to EXHALE
The stages of grief. The stages of loss. Grief over losing a connection – connection with another, connection with life, connection with nature – along pathways that lead us into cycles of growth, bloom, and decay. An ode to nature and an ode to life through nature. SNIK, at their best again. Under the simple …
LANDSCAPE X ARCHITECTURE X ART
From the Louvre, to El Prado or Rijksmuseum, fascinating constructions all over the world have safeguarded and preserved art for our pleasure. Yet inside such imposing art temples, one can often feel small, perchance disconnected. Confined to a closed space, albeit amazing from an architectural standpoint, we reach more often than not, a level of …
The Falling Angels
Scorched. Damaged. Bitten. Wounded. Undermined. Abused. Falling, falling… fallen? JDL Street Art once again grips us where it hurts the most, mirroring our freefall into a manmade darkness that can only last while we willingly give in and give out, while we willingly surrender to the dive and accelerate the fall. Falling, but not yet …
If Stonemasons Could Talk
What would they say? From hand chiseling blocks of stone to shaping, polishing and leveling stones with the use of a wide range of sophisticated power tools, these unsung heroes have been romancing the stone since the ancient times, contributing to the development of historic and modern structures. David de la Mano and Pablo S. …
My Right To Breathe
Fighting for basic human rights is quite an understatement for the Beiruti in me. From the right to health, education, water, electricity – not to mention basic women and people with challenges’ rights for equality – the list is endless and has literally become a survival roadmap for any local. Yet one basic and global …
The Future Was Born Yesterday
Hitting fifty might be a brutal and rough rite of passage. Some experiences seem incomplete, while others may have taken their toll and brutally accelerated our sinking into decrepitude. Yet in this day and age, fifty is the new twenty and the creative transformation of Abidjan’s La Pyramide (Côte d’Ivoire) is simply a case in point. …