Bonjour Trissa-tesse
Jul. 9th, 2006 07:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
imomusA couple of weeks ago, citing Metabolist architect Kiyonori Kikutake's idea that "a Japanese room is determined by information, whereas a Western room relies on objects", 
I informed the world rather grandly that "my new apartment in Neukolln is going to be very "Japanese" in that sense: a corridor and two rooms stuffed to the gullet with information".
Now comes the pleasant moment when I have to design that. I don't yet have the information in the apartment (it's still very much a white shell, while the information -- in the form of books, CDs, records, magazines -- lies in various storage locations), but I have made a decision on the practicalities of the "stuffing to the gullet" bit. In a stunningly hypocritical reversal after my many condemnations of pluricide, I've resorted to a solution provided by the world's most monocultural furniture outlet, Ikea. I've started buying flatpacked Trissas, and I will fill my whole apartment with these stackable Trissas, which are sold as 12" LP crates, but can be turned into just about anything; a table, a shelving unit, storage boxes, lighting housing...
This might be the moment to repeat a black little joke I was telling as part of my unreliable tour of the Whitney. In the Steven Parrino room I announced: "There's bad news and good news in this room. The bad news is that the artist unfortunately passed away last year. The good news is that Ikea are making some of his three-dimensional works available as flatpacks. Of course, they've been given new names for the Ikea range. This one is called Svendqvist, and that one is Nordstam."
The last laugh, of course, belongs to Ikea. Assembling these flatpack Trissas has stripped the skin off my fingers and given me blisters... signed with a loving kiss, straight from the heart of the monoculture.
I informed the world rather grandly that "my new apartment in Neukolln is going to be very "Japanese" in that sense: a corridor and two rooms stuffed to the gullet with information".Now comes the pleasant moment when I have to design that. I don't yet have the information in the apartment (it's still very much a white shell, while the information -- in the form of books, CDs, records, magazines -- lies in various storage locations), but I have made a decision on the practicalities of the "stuffing to the gullet" bit. In a stunningly hypocritical reversal after my many condemnations of pluricide, I've resorted to a solution provided by the world's most monocultural furniture outlet, Ikea. I've started buying flatpacked Trissas, and I will fill my whole apartment with these stackable Trissas, which are sold as 12" LP crates, but can be turned into just about anything; a table, a shelving unit, storage boxes, lighting housing...
This might be the moment to repeat a black little joke I was telling as part of my unreliable tour of the Whitney. In the Steven Parrino room I announced: "There's bad news and good news in this room. The bad news is that the artist unfortunately passed away last year. The good news is that Ikea are making some of his three-dimensional works available as flatpacks. Of course, they've been given new names for the Ikea range. This one is called Svendqvist, and that one is Nordstam."
The last laugh, of course, belongs to Ikea. Assembling these flatpack Trissas has stripped the skin off my fingers and given me blisters... signed with a loving kiss, straight from the heart of the monoculture.
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Date: 2006-07-09 05:22 am (UTC)(ikea doesn't seem like relational design, or maybe it's at a just larger scale).
ikea has yet to make it's way to NZ, but is slowly appearing in homes thanks to people's Australian holidays...
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Date: 2006-07-09 06:36 am (UTC)That sound stick looks a bit precarious.
And I had no idea you were a double amputee.
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Date: 2006-07-09 06:50 am (UTC)you well with new abode now
finish unpacking
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Date: 2006-07-09 07:18 pm (UTC)she was responsible for the doctor who theme before synthesisers had yet been introduced to britain.
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Date: 2006-07-09 09:07 am (UTC)By the way, you just HAVE to give us a "tour de inventions". That thing to the right of the picture looks really neat with that yellow lamp on top!
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Date: 2006-07-09 10:51 am (UTC)i have watched it since 1993.
PROPS FOR ARTE!
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Date: 2006-07-09 11:29 am (UTC)Hmm, it's unfair that we don't have an all-culture network!
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Date: 2006-07-09 12:23 pm (UTC)http://www.arte-tv.com/fr/70.html#
and you can watch programs on demand, too:
http://www.artevod.com/home.do
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Date: 2006-07-09 12:28 pm (UTC)Watch by demand, yes, but you have to pay for it...
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Date: 2006-07-10 06:32 am (UTC)Something interesting to say....I hope.
Date: 2006-07-09 10:26 am (UTC)I was surprised to find when I moved to EU a few years ago that people don't have a very good opinion of IKEA there- percieved as generic or something, whereas in America they are well-off suburban and somewhat suburban. Of course now I live an hour from Nashville, Tennessee- IKEA is fancy designer stuff! You couldn't ask for more American nostalgia. Charming pictures of the kindergarden. Congrats on the housewarming- I hope you're fingers heal soon. They must have antibiotic cremes and bandages by some GMBH there...as for the media/information-what about wine crates and drawers hung on the walls? Collections of items can look like art that way- a giant ribbon pattern on one wall like a bulliten board to tuck flat things under. Hey! I think I'll try that in my own room...
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Date: 2006-07-09 11:38 am (UTC)I remember how impressive Michael Landy's flat in Fashion St was when I visited, divided up by colourful plastic crates he had cast up for one of his installations ... tried to find some pics but I couldn't.
I prefer a more minimalist stance myself. "Stuffed to the gullet" cleanly translates as "more to dust" to my mind.
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Date: 2006-07-09 04:22 pm (UTC)I've had a lot of coffee, so I might not be making sense.
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Date: 2006-07-09 09:26 pm (UTC)And that's how I feel about Ikea today. Its furniture tried to devour my body and soul, and I canimagine their names in some lost Old English epic poem. So right now, I will begin composing my follow-up to "Beowulf": "Grankulla, The Terrible"! (http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15585&catalogId=10103&storeId=12&productId=33218&langId=-1&categoryId=16110&chosenPartNumber=20058882)
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Date: 2006-07-10 07:44 am (UTC)Hmm, I think he needs a bit of prosthetic work. People are going to laugh every time he appears on screen, no matter how menacing the music is.
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Date: 2006-07-10 01:59 am (UTC)a Western room relies on objects?
Date: 2006-07-10 02:03 am (UTC)Re: a Western room relies on objects?
Date: 2006-07-10 06:10 am (UTC)Re: a Western room relies on objects?
Date: 2006-07-10 06:28 am (UTC)[ Shoes = Furniture ]
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Date: 2006-07-10 08:22 am (UTC)"Then you can get on with everything else."
I am waking up right now
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