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fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

Psychology says the reason boomers get emotional watching old home movies isn't the people in them - it's the background, the furniture nobody saved, the wallpaper nobody photographed, the ordinary details of a life that felt permanent until it wasn't - Silicon Canals

Everyday household spaces and objects hold profound emotional significance and preserve memories more powerfully than people realize, creating lasting impacts when they disappear.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
4 weeks ago

Exhibitions to see during Mexico City Art Week

Taking over the colourful Casa Gilardi, Luis Barragán's last commissioned residence, built for the advertising executive Francisco Gilardi in the mid-1970s, the German artist Gregor Hildebrandt transforms the house's stylish rooms with an ever-expanding exhibition of his enigmatic works across various media. Known for transforming outmoded analogue recording media-including audio cassettes, VHS tapes and vinyl records-into paintings, sculptures and large-scale installations, the Berlin-based artist's conceptual works explore themes of memory, nostalgia and the physical representation of intangible sound and sight.
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Renovation
fromDesign Milk
3 months ago

An Apartment in Brazil That Honors Nostalgia and Aging Gracefully

A 1,022-square-foot Brasília apartment preserves family memories while improving accessibility and social spaces so multiple generations can live and gather comfortably.
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