Aureli, Stop City

Stop City, by Dogma (2008). English text here. Dogma is the firm of which Pier Vittorio Aureli is a member.

Rainbow Warrior, Doug Richards, 1985

The Rainbow Warrior, bombed by French secret service agents in Auckland harbour. Doug Richards, 1985.

Hilberseimer’s High-rise City looks unpleasant.

How unpleasant would it be to live in Hilberseimer’s High-rise City (1924)? Check out the width of the road. Essay on Hilberseimer by Marisol Rivas Velasquez and Diego Barajas here [pdf]; image from The Art Institute of Chicago.

Paintings by Josh Keyes

“Eco-surrealism and dystopian folktales”: paintings by Josh Keyes.

Tainui burial stones

Tainui was one of the waka (canoes) used in by the Māori when they came from Hawaiki to Aotearoa New Zealand. After landfall near the East Cape, it followed the coast, was carried across to the Manukau Harbour, and travelled southwards to Kawhia. The waka was buried, and two stones, named Puna and Hine, were placed to mark its bow and stern. Photograph from early 1900s of Puna and Hine, from the Alexander Turnbull Library.

Flash cars, Murray Cammick

Flash cars on Queen St in the 1970s, photographed by Murray Cammick.

Fayum mummy portraits

Wikimedia Commons has an incredible collection of Fayum mummy portraits from 1st-3rd century Roman Egypt. They could be people from my street. The one above and this one are my favourites.