Bullet Lights

Archis.org has launched a blog about the architectural consequences of war. The blog, called Unbuilt, serves as a platform for dialogue and sharing ideas for reviving the city and land after (and often still in) conflict.

Edwin Gardner reflects about the presence of bullet holes in the buildings of Beirut. He looks at bullet holes from a different perspective and proposes a concept where the holes are replaced by lights. The idea is to reverse the meaning and experience of bullet holes and to introduce unexpected poetic moments of beauty, ambivalently mixed with the physical testimonies of violence.

It's probably not very realistic that such concept will materialize in a city where people have basic needs to worry about (survival, water, electricity?) but the idea is very beautiful and a lot more captivating than many of today's dark memorials and similar symbolic representations. (quote from Guerrila Innovation)

i'm here (but i'm really gone)

i used to have magazine clippings of andy goldsworthy's installations and i would look at them during states of statelessness (i declare that there is such a state and grammatically appropriate phrase. ha.) i used to place smiley faces on my band aids. right now, im just jobless (which doesn't necessarily mean I have less "jobs"), broke, but happy. poor, but kind. here, but really gone (as the great alanis wisely composed even before she pilgrimaged to india).