in the space between

Posted in architecture, city living, friends, questions & answers on June 12, 2009 by TOI

In the space between I can get lost, I can live.

Space between paper and real, between outdoor and indoor,  between the two faces of a wall, between public and private, between up and down, between mine and yours, between successful or not, between past and present, between conscious and unconscious, between what I am and what I think that I am.

There is always a gap, a space between, between my real and everybody else’s real. There is a gap between what we do and what we wanted to do, it’s not a line, a wall it’s not a line, it has thickness, the space between has thickness,  sometimes so big that you actually live inside and cannot scape. There is gap, it has no point to deny, I want to embrace the gap, the gap makes things interesting. a gap in the professional practice, in the understanding of our job, our life.

Unfolding the space between, discovering it, living in it, enjoying it, feeling confortable in the space between.

The space between cities, between friends, between jobs, between moments, between events, between your eyes and what you look at,  space between thoughts and words, between action and reaction.

I live in the space between

dedicated to a longtime friend.

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workspace as it should be.

Posted in MADRID, architecture, internet, questions & answers on June 2, 2009 by TOI

I am back at Madrid school of Architecture, my favourite place to work these days in Madrid due to a free Wifi network, a lot of work spaces with plugs and so on and with a very cheap cafeteria. Clases are over, and only a few exams missing for the students, but surprisingly the workstations are packed with people. It shows how high is the demand for this type of pleces, friendly spaces where to meet, connect to the internet, study, great access to one of the best architecture libraries I know, …. and a big parking lot for cars,

You can bring your drinks to the place you are working, there is a huge screen showing video-installations or different lectures, you can stay outside on the grass just chilling. If you have something “professional” to do and you don’t have your own office in town there is no better place than this, even if you have you own office it might be worth coming here, the atmosphere is so much lively and open.

I enjoy the feeling because I feel I belong to something other, something bigger, like if all these people would have a goal in common, it feels as if somehow we have some interest in common, I guess architecture in its wide conception.

When I was studying here I never came o the building to work, I always did it at home, no laptops at that time, no wi-fi system, no work spaces, just a few old computer for printing, what a huge change in a few years.

the feeling is like I always imagine my own office, completely free, nice chats everywhere,  a lot of effort but in a nice comprenhensive enviroment, almost as nice as google offices, but without free food.

was this an exercise of live blogging? Not sure what it is, can you blog “not live”?

lockers

Posted in "frefas", Installations, MADRID, architecture on June 1, 2009 by TOI

Madrid school of architecture LOCKERS!!!!!

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I am back. “sort of”

Posted in "frefas" on May 21, 2009 by TOI

It’s been one and a half months since last time I posted something in the blog, my longest drought ever. I am really sorry, I’ve been missing the blog and wanting to write but I could not get myself to do it. Basically writing emails, proposals and essays make me not to be willing to write on the blog afterwards. Every time I am on the computer I am writing, and most of the times it’s the same thing once and again, and then the answers to that and so on, so I don’t want to write on the blog, and there is no much to write about either. The only other exciting things I’ve been doing were going back and forth to Madrid (4 times) and London (2 times), reading, and doing house renovation at home. I improved a lot my tiling skillss as well as my false ceiling construction ones.

No much left over, hopefully moving again in 4 months or so, in the meantime maybe some more travelling, up in the air. Got some cool picks I’ll upload over the weekend.

It sucks.

blowing in the wind

Posted in travels, urban on the move, whatever on April 11, 2009 by TOI

a ride through the lands and roads of castilla,
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…the answer and the entertaiment in blowing in the wind my friend, we are riding through the wind
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countless, sameless, useless?? futureless? beautifulness????
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blue diamond sky in a spring afternoon, they roll as if they’re gonna be the forever.
timeless
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Perversion

Posted in personal, tamospaya, whatever on April 8, 2009 by TOI

Todo ha perdido su significado, todo se mezcla, te venden consignas en chistes, en anuncios, todo ha perdido su sentido y las cosas se han mezclado, ya no sabes de lo que hablas, ni lo que ves, ni lo que compras. Te venden una batidora de cocina que a la vez tiene un gel en el mango que hace que tu pene se haga mas grande, ese es el resumen que saco de una semana en contacto con la realidad mayoritaria de este país (españa-europa-elmundo). Nada funciona porque nada tiene un rol o un objetivo claro, todo tiene que valer para todo, y mañana además servirá para otra cosas porque si no será viejo y aburrido.

Viejo y aburrido es lo que me parecen la mayoría de las personas que me encuentro, sin nada que decir, sin nada que hacer, no se hacen preguntas en sus cabezas, no dudan, no cuestionan, son felices, se creen el estatismo de una realidad pasada. Me he quedado casi sin gente con la que hablar, al menos con los que puedo hablar ya no están aquí, ya no hablan este idioma, que tontería estar escribiendo esto en este idioma, que tontería estar escribiendo esto.

La gente sigue siendo muy paleta, esta como adormecida, esta muy adoctrinada, los mensajes que he escuchado me han dado mucho miedo, me parecia increíble seguir escuchando ciertas cosas, me parecia obsoleto, inmoral, indecente. El presidente hablaba en los mitines como los peores discursos comunistas de los años 20 y 30 en Rusia, la gente aplaudia enfervorizada, los programas de televisión eran terriblemente sesgados, los argumentos superficiales, la gente de 80 años ve la televisión de manera impasible y simpatiza, el mundo se suma en el oscuro pasado y en un futuro donde la relatividad se ha entendido como el todo vale.

Por eso prefiero seguir en mi realidad paralela, por eso prefiero seguir desconectado, sin tele, sin noticias, sin cierto tipo de realidad. Tengo necesidad de leer, todo se aclara pero el campo se agranda y necesito conocer más, leer más, investigar mas. La práctica profesional es inútil si no has definido una posición social y filosófica de antemano. Si no transmites una visión social de la actualidad, la profesión se convierte en un juguete de niños, un juego divertido y entretenido, pero que no merece la pena.

Mañana cuando vuelva al mundo online escribire esto traducido, quizas revisado, quizas extendido, quizas tenga alguna idea mas clara de cómo irme. Las ideas se aclaran, pero abren nuevos horizontes aun mas lejanos y que hacen banales intereses anteriores.

Por eso tengo claro que me quiero pirar, que si no puedo armar mis ideas de forma plausible e investigar como expresarlas es mejor irse, irse a otros mundos, a otras vidas, a bajos fondos, a mundos decadentes donde todo es mucho mas directo, claro e instintivo, es supervivencia, es franco, honesto, directo. Prefiero vivir noches sin fin, disfrutar la vida sin ligaduras, abusar del sistema y ser un parasito del mismo una vez que aprendes a vivir simplemente trapicheando.

Trapicheando significa escribiendo, traduciendo, haciendo renders, es decir trabajos temporales con plazos de entrega cortos y que no tienen una coherencia en el tiempo ni aportan una producción interesante o provechosa a la humanidad, es decir simplemente cumplen una necesidad pasajera e inútil de alguien. Le ofreces un servicio efimero en el momento que lo necesita. Pero no es un servicio que “produzca” aportes o resultados ni que vaya mas alla de si mismo. Una vez que aprendes a vivir trapicheando, (lo tengo en tareas pendientes), el resto del proceso es mas sencillo, viajar a donde uno le apetezca, según los vientos, alquilar espacios abandonados, cutres, olvidados, sencillo, unicos requisitos: un enchufe, internet, una ducha y un armario.

Apegarse a una cotidianeidad y a una serie de lastres como son hipotecas, creditos, compromisos, etc, no tiene sentido sin no se lleva un trabajo que sirva de algo. Si solo quieres un trabajo para ganar dinero para sobrevivir, entonces puedes vivir trapicheando, lo que ademas te da la libertad de cambiar de aires cuando quieras.

Si por el contrario tu trabajo aporta algo, sirve a la humanidad a la par que a ti, y te enriquece, es decir es lo que da sentido a tu vida, la cotidianeidad es probablemente un peaje que hay que pagar. Pues esa labor sera sin duda alguna una labor a largo plazo, condicionada a una serie de colaboraciones externas a tu propio trabajo y con un lugar fisico mas o menos constante o con pocas variaciones, y siempre variaciones dependientes de los requerimientos del trabajo, no de la voluntad.

weird and yet so familiar

Posted in MADRID, personal on April 3, 2009 by TOI

when you are not at home it can be painful to stay in a place for days just jumping from one meeting to a dinner, and waiting for a call or an email. I would prefer to be in a hotel room, but I am staying with relatives and that’s the real pain. I am loving univeristy library.

I should also explore more the city, but I’ve lived here for quite a few years already. Though I’ll try to do my best, there are a lot of things I haven’t done yet, not sure I wanna do them, but I’ll try to do some.

I am crashing at relative’s place in my own city, and that feels fucking weird, I am so unconfortable at the place and so happy in town, but when there is nothing to do, or no one to meet I don’t know how to spend time, time I would normally spend at home or at the hotel.

a proper post about madrid will follow.

visitors

Posted in Installations, friends, house inside on March 25, 2009 by TOI

I still think this was really cool.  Bedroom door – visitors trace

In one year and 3 months these were the people that visited me. (some missing)

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far far away donkey

Posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2009 by TOI

This is the view from my window these days-

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I can see the sun and palm trees….

London days. Stills

Posted in "frefas", Installations, London, architecture, personal on March 16, 2009 by TOI

Following the urban of the move post, here are some picks of my walks through London in my last week there.
This was My London. sort of

hackney. 100 football fields. wanna play?

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Old garages. I would love to renovate them and put my office here with a vibrant courtyard.
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Directions.
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Old magnetic Lloyd’s Building.
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Mutivideo-two screen cocktail layout.
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The curve @ The Barbican. 3D modifications
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Smithfields market. Brightful meat.
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Suitcases. My life in boxes once again
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