Monthly Archives: July 2012

“To the traditional sounds of an English summer…”

Posted on July 30, 2012 by cosmopolitanscum

After the first weekend of the Games, it’s already becoming clear that the relationship between the city and the event is working well. This is partly because half the population of the British capital has apparently been scared into going … Continue reading →

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Nothing Will Be Restrained

Posted on July 27, 2012 by cosmopolitanscum

This short film essay looks at how man has built and talked about elemental architecture forms since the Tower of Babel. It takes the viewer inside the ArcelorMittal Orbit for the first time as well as placing it in historical … Continue reading →

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Poor Wee Wenlock

Posted on July 17, 2012 by cosmopolitanscum

Some people saw it as symbol of a military state’s collusion with the corrupt forces of international sport. To me it looked very much like a penis dressed as a policeman. When I read in this Guardian article that the … Continue reading →

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