Hipsters (evolutia fireasca a Urbanilor)

In Romania erau cunoscuti pana acum drept "Urbani", dar termenul corect international este "Hipster". In ultimul an observ ca se trece la notatia internationala:

They are to be called ~Hipsters~

Learn some definitions:



Have some fun:

ZAHA HADID :: DOROBANTI TOWER

Inca nu stiu multe despe viitorul turn facut de arhitecta Zaha Hadid, dar sunt foarter bucuros si o sa incerc sa explic de ce cred ca este un lucru foarte bun pentru Bucuresti si pentru arhitectura din Romania.

Ca (fost) arhitect ma si bucur, sunt si un pic ingrijorat de concurenta careia trebuie sa ii faca fata arhitectii romani. Dar concurenta creste calitatea asa ca e bine.

Pentru oras este genial. E ca si cum RATB pe langa flota de Mercedes ar adauga si cateva "autobuze Lamborgini" sau chiar "autobuze Bugatti Veiron". Lucrarile arhitectilor atat de celebrii sunt piese de colectie. Bucurestiul este deja un colectionare destul de bogat, are zone istorice, un Balcescu-Magheru cu niste exemple de modernism de toata mandria, Horia Creanga etc...

Dar piesa asta, Turnul din Dorobanti, e o adevarata bijuterie. E genul de lucrare care are toate sansele sa aiba rasunet international. Tot PR-ul acesta rasfrangandu-se asupra orasului. E un reper. Daca totul va merge bine, si chiar se va construi, o sa aduca Bucurestiul un pas mai aproape de orasul viitorului la care am visat de cand eram mic.

Limbajul arhitectural este surprinzator de fin si elegant pentru un obiect la asa o scara.
Si este realizat cu mijloace foarte simple, folosete extraordinar structura pentru a crea un gradient. De abia astept sa vad detalii, terminatii, soclul si multe altele atunci cand va fi gata.

Sper sa revin cu mai multe detalii cand o sa aflu cu cine va lucra, daca va fi un birou partener, ce ingineri structuristi locali va folosi - si alte detalii despre cum a strabatut hatisul birocratic si cum a rezolvat problema parcarilor.

Link la site-ul oficial.

It's a great 2009 :)

You ain't artsier

What makes a scene ? It's just a group that does the same thing in a community with maybe a hint of competitiveness. We have words like street-cred. But more about that later.

Let's take the skate scene. It's about learning how to do better tricks and that's just fun. There are many scenes. Hackers have their scene. Then there is the Demoscene closely related. What they have in common is playing with some skill / talent / technique.

This can continue with different genres of music. Music making that is. I'm taking bands, maybe garage bands, but this doesn't cover the fans of the band, that's a different story altogether.

Which brings me to art. Contemporary art. This is a good place for frauds to hide in plain sight. But it's not that bad, it probably was like that even way back. This matter will be sorted off by time - into the forgotten and the revered.

What then with contemporary art ? It spawns an interesting community around it. Bystanders. + Poser artists. + Maybe some PR for some of the unproven / untested posers. + Praisers. + PLUS DRESSERS

DRESSERS just need to hang - it's rather an endeavor of little effort. See - buy - imitate - repeat. Find trendy spot - pose -> Yey!

That's what i think of hipsters in Romania. With them being called URBANS here.
A term they happily embrace.

But the terribly funny thing about this scene is that it's like it's made for frauds.
There is no way to measure - not even the only currency of appearance - it's too subjective. There is no technical thing or skill. Maybe that's why > The whole hipster scene is trying to rub shoulders with tangent scenes - be it skaters - musicians - or non-phony-artists. And in no way is that harmful. It's just funny. Like anything that takes itself too seriously.

I WANT TO GET TO SEE THE DAY TO HEAR SOME DUDE OR CHICK SAY:

"That's so funny and retarded, last night i dressed like fucking Screech in a club - just like that picture i saw when i was studying what hipsters dress like in the US - man that was so funny and retarded."

OR

"I took fashion to such dumb extremes tonight baby, people can not think i really do this for real or they'd be even more duchebags than i'd be if i'd be taking myself seriously"

Welcome to self irony. Or just tell me it's some postmodern attitude i don't understand.
Whatever you say I'll tell you that geeks got more street-cred in my book.

I know many cool people in many scenes. I look at them and i see they aren't trying hard to prove anything with how they dress or what they do or where they choose to hang.

It's like the old joke with "who has the biggest car - and what's he trying to compensate for?".

here's the original version of the song - unmixed - but it's got a nice video.



And the cherry on the top is that i really think most if not all of these people are at least smarter than the average. Go figure :)

Make it real

by Rob Sheridan

Stickers

Watch the data. Love the data. Beautiful data.

From: gapminder.org
Play with the data [+]

Music with comments

Joris Delacroix - stéréotypé (jonas rmx) (demo) by Jonas (aka vanyisvany)

I missed a muvi

Yea, i wanted to see Iron Man, now they dont have it no more.
Did you miss anything ? Check here.







Go on, check back a few weeks.

define:"token resistance"

The Italian army reached the Aurelian Walls on 19 September and placed Rome under a state of siege. The intransigent Pius IX decided that the surrender of the city would be granted only after his troops had put up a token resistance, enough to make it plain that the take-over was not freely accepted.

London Underground

longtime no post. Back with some music. What do I know about London ? Nothing !

but i heard this:

Discover Amateur Transplants!

How to be a Better EMO !

Why not listen to some OLD PUNK MUSIC ?

Let me know if it helps :P

One up!

This the first building i have seen grow from absolute scratch.

I can remember the first time i saw the ground dug in the shape of what was to become this nice fancy building.
After months of dragging my cursor over the plans it was right there, just a damned hole, but bigger than life.
I actually visualized the cursor being this huge 10 meter long thing, hovering above the ground.

I waited a lot of time to see the facade completed. Well here it is.

made by:
Simona-chief on this one, Horatiu-i stole a lot of craft from him, Diana, and Tudor(that would be me)

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'That Beat.....Oooo!'

Azi dimineatza la ora 7:45 ascultam Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip 'The Beat That My Heart Skipped' then i went to work but while sitting in the big important meetings and checking up on things on the site the song was still ringing in my ears. many hours later it was totally gone. my head was buzzing a little though. :)

Have you ever seen Ramones?