GUILLERMO ARANDA-MENA

... PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE Welcome to the new Mayan Era - very best wishes for 2013 and beyond! This month's blog is a little random - past, present and future. Some are sketchy mind-maps done at the end of 2012 planing for the year(s) ahead. Some are cartoons, some are just photos and images of recent places and locations I encountered. Wintery images include my recent visit with Carla to the Swiss village of Vals  in the northeast of the country as to a handful images of Zürich. A juxtaposed videoclip of a drive by the sand dunes at Stockton NSW, Australia. It was filmed back in 2008 and recently edited by my sister Paulina. The maps towards the end are photos taken at the Palazzo Ducale in Venice. Interesting enough they show the world in a sketchy format! ... and this is just a reminder that in the precise art of mapping and cartography one should start, even if there are too many unknowns. Thinking that one can predict the future with certainty is a fallacy but at lea...

La Biennale di Architettura di Venezia - Noviembre 2012 [This blogpost is dedicated to  Oscar Niemeyer, Brasilian architect d esigner of UN Building, Brasilia City and countless modernist buildings. Dies at 104 -  2012-12-06 01:29:36.287 GMT] AUS Giardini: AUSTRALIA "Formations: New Practices in Australian Architecture. Presenting six innovative architectural groups, Formations explores unconventional structures and forms of architectural practice, from robotic fabrication to humanitarian causes. In doing so, the exhibition challenges traditional perceptions of the discipline, suggesting a different understanding of architectural practice and exploring the potential for new formations to effect change in a way rarely possible from the confines of conventional professional."  THE SITE: GIARDINI "The pavilions commissioned over the years by the various nations taking part in the Venice I...