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Synthetic land

December 1, 2019June 8, 2020 by Michael Shanks

Project Urban Futures – [Link] Mouth of the River Maas, Port of Rotterdam. Artificial land. On an earlier visit for the International Advisory Board, Rotterdam, November 2009.

Representing nothing in particular

October 2, 2018May 4, 2020 by Michael Shanks

An exercise in asemic gathering.

second hand costume

March 9, 2018August 5, 2020 by Michael Shanks

Sheila Gwilliam amidst her extraordinary collection of vintage costume. I asked her which was her favorite. “Jack and Danny’s” – London Street, Bath UK – [Link]

no window on the past

December 15, 2017May 4, 2020 by Michael Shanks

Paul Noble – new work – interiors

November 4, 2017November 30, 2017 by Michael Shanks

Paul Noble’s latest work is now showing at the Gagosian Gallery in San Francisco – [Link] G is for ear Nobson New Town, Paul’s extraordinary world, appears in the drawings he has produced since the mid 1990s. I met Paul in 2013, wrote an essay for the great exhibition of his work at Boijmans Van…

urban futures – the cultural field

November 2, 2017November 6, 2017 by Michael Shanks

For nearly ten years I have been serving on the International Advisory Board in Rotterdam [Link] – offering comment on the city’s life and plans. This year we turned to culture in the city. A group of us joined a year long process to reach out to stakeholder groups and institutions, to the people of…

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