2012 01/52

8/12/2019 2012 01/52

1/9

Stefano Mirtis

facebook wall

01/52

2012

timeline archive:

a personal collectionof curiosities

Stefano Mirtis

facebook wall

https://www.facebook.com/stefano.mirti.3
https://www.facebook.com/stefano.mirti.3

8/12/2019 2012 01/52

2/9

Stefanos facebook timeline 01/52 2012

New York, NY, United States

I like very much Maurizio Cattelan's quote and I

like even more his work Bidibidobidiboo. The

squirrel committing suicide is really a perfectrepresentation of a lot of things happening now.

Reading the newspaper I am really impressed by

all these people committing suicide. Because of

work, because of the lack of work, because of a

lot of various reasons. In Greece compared to lastyear, they have an impressive 40% increase (on

suicides). I guess Italy is not much better. Some

other cheerful images of Maurizio Cattelan at:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/...

The answer is within you and

it is wrong.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.275131502545783.65050.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.275131502545783.65050.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-York-New-York/108424279189115?ref=stream&viewer_id=1344697023

8/12/2019 2012 01/52

3/9


A Library

The reason we went to see Toyo Ito's library at

Tama Fine Art University was because ofAlessandro Scandurra. I would have lived without,

but he (as well as Rachaporn Choochuey) really

wanted to go.

They were right. It is one of the finest building ofIto-san. Much more fascinating than the Sendai

Mediatheque or other very famous buildings. A

small but fantastic piece of architecture. Way

beyond Louis Kahn (who was already perfect).

Some more images from my silly iPhone at: http:

//www.facebook.com/media/set/

Here an article on dezeen where you get all the

info needed about the library: http://www.dezeen.com/.../tama-art-university-library-by.../
http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/11/tama-art-university-library-by-toyo-ito/http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/11/tama-art-university-library-by-toyo-ito/https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.290899970968936.68077.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.290899970968936.68077.268422276550039&type=1

8/12/2019 2012 01/52

4/9


January 3, 2012

"...Mi sono impegnata, ho fatto carriera, ho avuto

cinque minuti di soddisfazione." (read on this

morning newspaper)

Shinjuku Station

Something Like Mantegna's

Christ, but Here Is Shinjuku

-a lonely (but very stylish and in some extent very

sleeping) homeless gent around Shinjuku Station-

In this trip to Tokyo, the real big change since ten

years ago has to do with homeless.

By then, homeless people had their blue tent

towns in lots of places. They were in Ueno park,

around Shinjuku, along the river. Now there
https://www.facebook.com/pages/%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%BF%E9%A7%85-Shinjuku-Station/131648516881717?ref=stream&viewer_id=1344697023

8/12/2019 2012 01/52

5/9


aren't anymore tents (or, if there are, they are

well hidden).

Japanese economy didn't recover since then.

Where are the homeless? Where they stay? Who

pushed them out?

University of Pennsylvania

Inhabitating Geometry

Very sad. Anne Tyng died yesterday. More about

the great exhibition celebrating her work and

spatial intuition (hold in Philadelphia last year) at:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.275924549133145.65213.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/UnivPennsylvania?ref=stream&viewer_id=1344697023

8/12/2019 2012 01/52

6/9


MM1 Pero

A couple of weeks ago I went to Pero to see a

small exhibition by Joy Holland. There was this

scale model for a publicbuilding/space/environment to be done in April,

really really nice. Very simple. A space defined by

modules. Very pinky, very beautiful. Now the

exhibition is over, more images of ms Holland

works at: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/...

An Adaptive Reuse Project

(Very Nice)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.276420049083595.65305.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.276420049083595.65305.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.276420049083595.65305.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/pages/MM1-Pero/164593166896658?ref=stream&viewer_id=1344697023

8/12/2019 2012 01/52

7/9


Capsule Hotel in Tokyo

The last night in Tokyo, with Alessandro Scandurra

we stayed at a capsule hotel in Shinjuku area. A

experience. The capsules, the public bath,

wearing the japanese pijama and all the other

endless parts of a truly fascinating ritual. If you go

to Tokyo you shouldn't miss it. More images of our

special exploration at: http://www.facebook.

com/media/set/

Full report from another traveler: http://www.

yesicanusechopsticks.com/capsule/
http://www.yesicanusechopsticks.com/capsule/https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.282384451820488.66410.268422276550039&type=1http://www.yesicanusechopsticks.com/capsule/http://www.yesicanusechopsticks.com/capsule/https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.282384451820488.66410.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.282384451820488.66410.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/alessandro.scandurra.5https://www.facebook.com/pages/%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%BF/126173920764508?ref=stream&viewer_id=1344697023

8/12/2019 2012 01/52

8/9

8/12/2019 2012 01/52

9/9

Only when he left, I was told he was Giorgio

Corsetti, a superhero of Italian indipendent &

experimental theatre. Very nice to be ignorant in

several fields, because I appreciate things more

and better

Here the link with some images to his version of

Franz Kafka's America, a truly stunning play: http:

//www.facebook.com/media/set/...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.294810437244556.68691.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.294810437244556.68691.268422276550039&type=1

2012 01/52

Documents

Transcript of 2012 01/52