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Mary Ellen Solt, Moonshot Sonnet (1964)

December 15, 2019 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

The Moonshot Sonnet is a concrete poem composed in 1964 by poet Mary Ellen Solt (1920-2007). The work is a poem created reformatting diagrammatic … [Read more...]

Two Exhibitions at Iris Clert Gallery, Paris: Yves Klein’s Le Vide (The Void, 1958) and Arman’s Le Plein (The Full-Up, 1960)

November 23, 2019 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Recently my work with color has led me, in spite of myself, to search little by little, with some assistance (from the observer, from the translator), … [Read more...]

Inner Space (The Book)

November 10, 2019 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 5 Comments

We present Inner Space, an essay we have written in connection to the curatorship of the homonymous exhibition at the 2019 Lisbon … [Read more...]

The Underlying Structure of Letters: Luca Pacioli’s Alphabet from De Divina Proportione (1509)

October 27, 2019 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Franciscan friar and mathematician Luca Pacioli wrote several books on mathematics and geometry. Among them, in 1497, Pacioli conceived De Divina … [Read more...]

Gareth Damian Martin, Postcards from The Continuous City, 2018

October 13, 2019 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

The Continuous City is an in-progress photographic series by Gareth Damian Martin. The British artist, game designer and writer explores video game … [Read more...]

Rabanus Maurus, De laudibus sanctae crucis, (810-814)

July 21, 2019 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Rabanus Maurus was a Benedictine monk, archbishop of Mainz, writer and poet who lived between c.780 and 856. A very sophisticated intellectual, he was … [Read more...]

The Shape of Knowledge: The Mundaneum by Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine

May 5, 2019 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Mankind is at a turning point in its history. The mass of data acquired is astounding. We need new instruments to simplify it, to condense it, or … [Read more...]

The Charterhouse of Padua, a Forgotten Place, (Marco Lumini and Alberto Michielotto)

April 28, 2019 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

We usually don’t accept text contributions for SOCKS, but we made an exception for this article on the Charterhouse in Padua, Italy featuring original … [Read more...]

The Abstract Textures of the Aurelian Walls. Photographs by Giampiero Sanguigni (2019)

April 7, 2019 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

The Aurelian walls have marked the line of defense of Rome for 16 centuries, from their construction (270 to 275 AD), until September 20, 1870, when … [Read more...]

(Review) Éric Alonzo, The Architecture of the Road, History and Theories (2018)

March 19, 2019 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

L’architecture de la voie. Histoire et Théories (“The Architecture of the Road, History and Theories”) is the bold title of a French volume that Éric … [Read more...]

Spatializing Knowledge: Giulio Camillo’s Theatre of Memory (1519-1544)

March 3, 2019 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Giulio Camillo Delminio (1480-1544) was an Italian Renaissance polymath. His most famous project, started in ca.1519 and carried on until his death, … [Read more...]

The Aesthetics of Taxonomy: Hokusai’s Manga (1814-1878)

February 10, 2019 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Starting in 1814, when he was already 55, Japanese artist Hokusai Katsushika published over 4000 small drawings on extremely varied subjects. The 15 … [Read more...]

Abstract Layers of Territory: Maps by David Lemm

February 3, 2019 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

David Lemm is a visual artist and designer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. His production ranges widely from illustrations to collages, multi-media … [Read more...]

Clusters and Growth: PREVI Housing Project by James Stirling (1976)

January 20, 2019 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

PREVI (Proyecto experimental de vivienda), (Experimental Housing Project), was a strategic low-cost project for experimental mass housing in Peru, … [Read more...]

John Mehegan, Jazz Improvisation (1959-65)

January 9, 2019 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

Jazz Improvisation is a series of 4 books edited by pianist, composer, lecturer, and critic John Mehegan between 1959 and 1965. Today considered … [Read more...]

The Thersilion in Megalopolis, Greece (370 BCE)

December 27, 2018 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

The Greek city of Megalopolis was founded between 371 and 368 BC in order to provide a counterweight to the power of Sparta and shortly belonged … [Read more...]

Luigi Moretti’s Structures and Sequences of Spaces (1952)

December 9, 2018 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

In 1952, Italian architect Luigi Moretti wrote an editorial for the 7th issue of the Italian magazine Spazio, (which he directed and designed), titled … [Read more...]

The Architecture of Cooking. Illustrations from: Urbain Dubois, La Cuisine Artistique, 1872

December 2, 2018 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Urbain Dubois (1818-1901) was a French chef, an innovator of the art of the cuisine and a prolific author. During his life, he authored a series of … [Read more...]

The Origins of The Plan: Forma Urbis Romae (between 203 and 211 CE)

November 4, 2018 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

The Forma Urbis Romae or Forma Urbis Severiana was a very large map of the imperial city of Rome (18 m long by 13 m high) carved on 151 marble slabs … [Read more...]

The Lenin Institute for Librarianship by Ivan Leonidov (1927)

October 30, 2018 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Ivan Illich Leonidov (1902-1957) designed the Lenin Institute for Librarianship (the collective scientific and cultural center of the USSR) in 1927 as … [Read more...]

Ana Frois, Greenhouses (2015-17)

October 21, 2018 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Ana Frois is a Portuguese architect and self-taught illustrator. Her drawings place together archetypal architectures with natural elements and small … [Read more...]

Monumental, Yet So Fragile: Arctic Landscapes by Emma Stibbon

October 14, 2018 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

German-born artist Emma Stibbon did her studies in England, where she currently works. Her production is mostly composed of monochrome drawings on … [Read more...]

Fausto Melotti, Weightless Constructions (1960’s – 1980’s)

October 8, 2018 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

“A score of weightless ideograms like water insects that seem to whirl on a brass structure screened by gauze thread”. Italo Calvino, Gli Effimeri. … [Read more...]

The Museum Inside The Telephone Network (1991)

September 27, 2018 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

“The Museum Inside The Telephone Network” was a 1991 exhibition that was not based upon any physical space. The show was only accessible to home … [Read more...]

When Vision becomes Space: Athanasius Kircher’s Camera Obscura (1646)

September 11, 2018 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

In his magnum opus on light, projections, and astronomy, Ars Magna Lucis Et Umbrae ("the Great Art of Light and Shadows," polymath Jesuit scholar and … [Read more...]

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