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Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Polarisation, wealth, perspective

I'm into the wee hours of the morning doing some work for a tutorial tomorrow... came across this video (whilst taking a tea break, of course, which actually tastes rather rank, but that’s another story) - a must see!
  • worldonfire
  • its by sarah mclaughlin; whatever you think of the music, that’s one heck of a message (yes its all been said before) but rarely put across so well, and actually carried out, I think, especially by a popstar type person.

    well, its back to the drawing board for me...

    Monday, March 28, 2005

    Institutionalising identity?

    Im doing a project to design a 'cultural institution' at the moment which has thrown up a lot of questions regarding identity politics and 'difference'. I decided to look at my own identity as a Sikh and to use this to inform the design of a cultural centre which would specifically cater for the needs of the contemporary Sikh demographic. So what better place to choose my site than Southall in West London; it was the primary point of settlement for the Punjabi Sikhs coming into the UK in the 50s and 60s. (Oh, if you're interested I must plug Dennis Morris's book, Southall; A Home From Home, a great collection of photos from that period - yeah, Morris is the guy who also travelled with and photographed the Sex Pistols and Marley!)

    This Sunday I'll be going down to the Vaiskai Festival in Southall, the biggest of its kind over here, should be rather interesting day. (nb. guess I should mention that Vaisaki marks the day (13th April) on which the tenth Sikh Guru initiated the Khalsa...)

    Thats all for now, folks...

    Sunday, March 27, 2005

    ...My first 'blog

    hello all... So, this is my first attempt at 'blogging', I probably shan't get to post that often for now (no great loss, indeed) as I'm busy with my finals... Here I come 'real world'!

    But, hey, you never know; it might be worth popping back sometime - I shan't promise to be intellectually cohesive or anything, we'll see what happens...

    Life in beautifully grimey London will probably figure somewhat as well architecture and the urban environment, after all, thats what I 'do'. So here's to my virtual sketchbook...