Archive for December, 2009

Edible City: faces of the food revolution

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 17:55 No Comments

Above is the trailer for the forthcoming documentary from East Bay Pictures: Edible City which unfolds the story of the people who, in response to the global food crisis, have initiated a grassroots movement of growing a local and sustainable food system in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Edible City is currently in production [...]

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Online the 5th issue of Cluster: City

Friday, December 4, 2009 15:15 2 Comments

The full content of the fifth issue of Cluster – City – is now available online in English and Italian, all articles are also downloadable in pdf. ‘City’ was published in 2005, and marked a turning point for Cluster as thereafter ‘City’ – its functions, specializations, and in general its territorial organization – became the [...]

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NomadicMILK posts from Nigeria

Thursday, December 3, 2009 17:40 1 Comment

New media artist Esther Polak continues her journey across Nigeria executing her locative media art project Nomadic Milk that uses GPS technology to track the routes of a primary source of nutrition: milk. It is now possible to follow the project’s progress daily (or almost, depending on internet connection) from Nigeria at the blog space [...]

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Cities On Speed: a film series on megacities

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 18:25 5 Comments

The emergence of megacities over the last two decades has made it necessary to radically rethink the urbanization process. Vast urban agglomerations, the majority in developing countries and advancing economies, now home to over 50% of the world’s population, face immense economical, social and environmental challenges, but equally they generate opportunities in the these spheres [...]

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