February 2010
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My Namesake, R.I.P.
I was saddened, and, I admit, a little freaked out, to learn that a namesake, one of the several other Andrew Jaffes out there, has died. This Andrew Jaffe was a journalist who covered the advertising business: he was an executive and editor at AdWeek magazine, from where he also ran the Clio advertising awards.
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Beyond Entropy II
I’ve been in Geneva now for a couple of days. We spent yesterday visiting CERN, trying to inspire the artists, architects and scientists alike (I’ve collaborated with people here, but I’ve never visited before). A mockup of a section of the CERN tunnels. More pictures here. You can also check out Peter Coles’ blog for
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Beyond Entropy
I’m in Geneva for a few days as part of a project called “Beyond Entropy: When Entropy Becomes Form“, sponsored by the Architectural Association back in London, the brainchild of Stefano Rabolli Pansera and others at the AA. It brings together eight trios of architects, artists and scientists to produce works to be shown at
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Climate Change: Who Should I Believe?
Today I went to a talk by Chris Rapley, a Professor at UCL and currently director of the Science Museum in London (across the quad from Imperial), “Climate Change: Who Should I Believe?”. In a department full of academic scientists (including a few working on the climate, such as our head of department, Professor Jo
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Crash: Homage to JG Ballard
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I went to see the new show at London’s Gagosian Gallery, Crash: An Homage to JG Ballard. It assembles work from mostly well-known artists with some connection to the recently-deceased Ballard or his themes. So there are the obligatory car crashes from Warhol, referencing the eponynmous Crash, probably Ballard’s best-known novel. Indeed, works about cars
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