City on the Gulf: Koolhaas Lays Out a Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai

Great article in the New York Times March 3,2008
Architecture Review
City on the Gulf: Koolhaas Lays Out a Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai:

"It has been 12 years since the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas unleashed his concept of “the generic city,” a sprawling metropolis of repetitive buildings centered on an airport and inhabited by a tribe of global nomads with few local loyalties. His argument was that in its profound sameness, the generic city was a more accurate reflection of contemporary urban reality than nostalgic visions of New York or Paris.

Now he may get a chance to create his own version.

Designed for one of the biggest developers in the United Arab Emirates, Nakheel, Mr. Koolhaas’s master plan for the proposed 1.5-billion-square-foot Waterfront City in Dubai would simulate the density of Manhattan....read the whole article

NYC Contemporary Art Fairs 2008

pictures and snippets from 2 daytrips running about the many art fairs this March 27-30 in NYC. We got to check out PulseNY, Volta , ArtNow, LA Art, Pool, and ScopeNY. Never made it to the Armory, Diva, Red Dot, or anything else. Luckily I only had to pay for Art LA and Volta and had free rides in and out of nyc. I was of course overloaded after just one fair and wanted to just sit in a cafe and write. whew. But I'm glad I got to see as much as I did. You'll probably notice a theme to the things that drew me this time around...I'm just obsessed with trash, development and the intersections of wild and manmade.


I'm as mesmerized by the views as the art. Pulse NY fair 2008. view from Pier 40....can't shake this waking dream feeling...it is the anniversary of when I had the Pier10 dreamvision on March 25th 1999.

and as I gaze out this window I can somehow see the Pier10 Dome...?


ok..back to this dimension....one of my favorite finds at Pulse was artist Tara Tucker's work at Rena Bransten Gallery.:

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