Another failed utopia.

Pickman’s Cellar

Pigeon Code

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Portals

united we stand…

Journey into the Infraordinary

город тумана

This is the best surviving picture of last night’s walk through the fog. Lately, there have been quite a lot of foggy days, and I love taking routes that differ from my everyday commute. If I have the time, I try and get deliberately lost. And I explore this new, other city in which everything is transformed. Far away objects have often vanished completely, while distances between you and the things that remain are impossible to judge. Noises are softened, yet you encounter sudden weird intense bursts of smell: pine resin, petrol, rotting leaves. It’s like walking through a dream, or a surrealist painting. You start to expect some strange beast behind every corner. Maybe my personal favourite city monster, the petricore (that you can recognize by its scent like wet asphalt). But the atmosphere, so radically different from the waking day-city that envelops you on your way to work, is impossible to capture in a photograph.

And again: Go Steirischer Herbst!

Even for those who don’t recognize the house from Un Lun Dun, this project seems well worth checking out. Besides, it’s running 24 hours a day, so nobody can tell me they’re just too busy. Here’s their website (all in English): Truth is concrete.

Subtle Invasion, pt. 2

Recent observations suggest we’d better keep an eye on our local graffiti artists…

tree!