Author: owen

When I saw the site tina-b.com in my referrers, I thought, Oh, I didn’t know my friend Tina B. had her own web page. Turns out its The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, and tina-b stands for “This Is Not Another Biennial.” Maybe if I kept up on my contemporary art news this wouldn’t be a surprise to me (sorry, alma mater). In any case, thanks for the link, tina-b!

The architects just as other competition critics mind that the winning project by Czech-born British architect Jan Kaplicky, dubbed “octopus” due to its shape, did not meet one competition condition.

Worth a click just for the rendition of the proposed building in its natural habitat. I think I’m happy for anything that will derail an attack of the Blob.

I Served the King of England on the big screen. This is one of the many Czech novels I tore through while I was in Prague. Salon reviews.

You’ll have to live someone other than southeast Ohio to catch it, I assume.

From the New York Times:

”Aug. 21 is a very special day for the Czech Republic — it’s the 40th anniversary of the Soviet invasion in 1968,” she said afterward. ”I of course had a Russian competitor against me. She was winning with such a long throw,” she added, and said she wondered if she’d be able to turn the date to her advantage.

via Kottke

The Wall Street Journal reviews The Cabinet of Wonders, a new novel for tweens loosely based on the story of Prague’s Astronomical Clock.

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