Manuel de Solà-Morales

(Vitòria, 1939 - Barcelona, 2012)

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O colectivo DOSE foi um dos vencedores do concurso internacional "Performance Architecture" organizado por Pedro Gadanho no âmbito da Guimarães Capital Europeia da Cultura.
A proposta BODYPHONIC - um gerador de som no espaço público - será construido este Verão no centro histórico de Guimarães.

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Última cena, Orfeu Negro, Marcel Camus, 1959. Bom Carnaval :)

A desire path (also known as a desire line or social trail) is a path developed by erosion caused by footfall. The path usually represents the shortest or most easily navigated route between an origin and destination. The width and amount of erosion of the line represents the amount of demand.

in WIKIPEDIA

Deerhunter - Desire lines

This city has, apparently, nothing strange about it ; it has streets, squares, gardens, new houses and old; it is in fact a city like any other. The only thing is that it has been governed by the same mayor for forty-five years, The reason for his long stay in office is simple; he had an exceptionally good idea. Instead of trying to suit the city to its inhabitants, like everyone else, he thought of suiting the inhabitants to their city.

Now, 45 years later , things are starting to go really well; the citizens that jump the lights, damage city property, complain about the unpunctuality of the buses or the lack of water at the times it is most needed , etc. . . . are ever fewer. Actually, as soon as a citizen commits some infraction, or complains about something to the public authorities, he is not punished or reassured that his complaints will he taken into account - instead, he is sent to the town hall where he will be a guest for a week, and convinced.

When this citizen returns home he is much changed: precise, loyal to the regulations, calm, always smiling, he does his duty conscientiously. In 45 years, nearly all the citizens have visited the town hall and so now they are nearly all model citizens.

Every so often, there is a serious accident. One may see then that the model citizens have a complex miniaturized mechanism in their heads and lots of litlle expanded polystyrol balls instead of their insides, under the bands of muscles in their chest and abdomen.

No-one knows much about this because everyone who has seen such an accident is kindly accompanied to the town hall to recover from the shock.

The town councillors, who were old , have all died during these 45 years; the mayor has immortalized them in splended plastic statues, life-size and in natural colours, which show them sitting round the Council table in characteristic poses.

The mayor is very pleased with the way things are going: he is now beginning to have great ambitions for his city; he is sure everyone will agree. Unfortunately. yesterday he had a fall, burst open and lost all his little balls. They're putting them back.


Twelve Cautionary Tales for Christmas: Premonitions of the Mystical Rebirth of Urbanism , (12 Ideal Cities), by Piero Frassinelli (Superstudio) in AD #12 1971

Arrancou ontem o GUI DANCE - Festival de Dança Contemporânea de Guimarães, no Centro Cultural Vila Flor, por onde vão passar algumas das melhores companhias internacionais, tais como Les ballets C de la B, Rosas e Peeping Tom, e ainda alguns trabalhos nacionais bastante interessantes (recomendo o da Sofia Dias e Vitor Roriz, premiado recentemente).

programa completo aqui

A BOLA
a bola afinal são três
a bola cheira bem
a bola desloca-se de baixo para cima
a bola em tempos era redonda
a bola gira à volta da terra
a bola já não é redonda
a bola move-se
a bola na tv engorda 3 kilos
a bola nunca será inocente
a bola nunca será só uma bola
a bola não dorme
a bola não se deixa enganar
a bola não tem cultura
a bola não tem segredos
A bola não é copy paste
A bola não é redonda
a bola participa
a bola pica
a bola rebola
a bola repete-se
A bola sabe de CSS
A bola saiu à rua
a bola será redonda
a bola tem 12 pernas
a bola tem a forma que o governo quiser
a bola tem Blur
a bola tem educação
a bola tem olhos
a bola tem outra escala
a bola tem peso
a bola tem razões que a razão desconhece
a bola tem rigor
a bola tem sexo
a bola vai deixar de ser redonda
A bola volta sempre a casa
A bola é Apple
A Bola é Azul
a bola é chinesa
a bola é criativa
a bola é da forma do google translation
a bola é da forma que a Moody's quiser
a bola é da forma que o Guerra quizer
a bola é de cotão
a bola é igual a todas as outras
a bola é irónica
a bola é laranjinha
a bola é mesmo redonda
a bola é piramidal
a bola é que manda
a bola é redonda
a bola é russa
a bola é social
a bola é triste
a bola é um x-acto
a bola é vermelha
a bola é X
a bola é às cores

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