HeyJaredThe Architecture of Contemplation
Weekly, Hardeep Kaur, co-founder of design studio, per se London, sits down with a fellow human, and asks, where do they go for rest, respite, and contemplation? She digs into the big ideas that fuel them, learnings gleaned and how they relate to the big picture.
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A Reading from the Reading Room | The Crying of the Wind, Ireland (opens the original)
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This week, we have The Crying of the Wind, Ireland by Ithell Colquhoun. The Architecture of Contemplation is a platform to explore the ways in which presence can be regained in a pace driven culture. As part of this exploration, and linked to this contemplative container, is my experiment opening up my personal library as a shared space for unoptimised time - The Reading Room. People can book in for a two hour slot, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The desire is to create a space for attention
Alienation and Re-Worlding | TAOC Contemplation (opens the original)
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Welcome to Contemplations with me, Hardeep Kaur. Today we are contemplating a particular kind of alienation that occurs in a world where technology grows in primacy. The work of Günther Anders emerges as a guiding provocation - in a world where humans become obsolete in the shadow of technologies that overpower their makers, a sense of shame emerges, which in turn further unmoors, and untethers us from all that feels familiar. The mythic figures of Prometheus and Circe are called upon to explore
A Reading from the Reading Room | The Good Ancestor (opens the original)
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Readings from the Reading Room. The Architecture of Contemplation is a platform to explore the ways in which presence can be regained in a pace driven culture. As part of this exploration, and linked to this contemplative container, is my experiment opening up my personal library as a shared space for unoptimised time - The Reading Room. People can book in for a two hour slot, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The desire is to create a space for attention and presence to be brought back into re
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