http://www.citygenetic.com citygenetic Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:29:09 +0000 http://www.citygenetic.com en http://citygenetic.com/Cuentos http://citygenetic.com/following/citygenetic.com/Cuentos Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:29:09 +0000 citygenetic 2482649 por Carlos Tromben <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2482649/Imagen1b_640.jpg" width="640" height="640" width_o="700" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2482649/Imagen1b_o.jpg" data-mid="12518851" border="0" align="left"/> Casa Piloto Junto a la caseta del guardia y a un costado de las oficinas de la empresa inmobiliaria, la Casa Piloto los espera. Reja, citófono, antejardín, dos piezas, baño, living-comedor, cocina y dependencias. Eso dice el folleto. Por dentro la oferta cobra vida: las cortinas verticales cuelan la luz amarillenta de la ciudad, de los maceteros sobresalen flores de plástico. La madre toma nota de las cuatro sillas alrededor de una mesa, del mueble con copas y licores, del sofá es mullido y moderno. Imagina cumpleaños, cenas, almuerzos de fin de semana, desayunos apurados de lunes a viernes. Tras la primera puerta está la habitación de los niños, una 4 por 3 con ventana de corredera, doble litera, estante modular, escritorio y, encima de aquél, una lámpara y dos pósters gigantes de personajes Pixar-Disney. El padre observa y saca cuentas. De pronto se detiene. En el dormitorio nupcial hay alguien. Sentada en la cama, una muchacha observa la televisión. Es una visión inesperada, que rompe el efecto mercadotécnico de la Casa Piloto. Al ver a los visitantes se levanta de la cama, la alisa y los saluda con una sonrisa perfecta de vendedora. La madre comienza a asaltarla a preguntas, que la muchacha responde con amabilidad. El padre las observa en silencio y oye las risas de sus hijos que juegan en el jardín. ¿Es la felicidad total o sólo su prospecto? La madre sale con la muchacha a recorrer el resto del inmueble y el padre se queda solo, la nariz alargada para atrapar el perfume que aún permanece en el dormitorio. Se sienta en la cama, exactamente donde se sentó la muchacha, allí donde sus caderas quedaron marcadas como una leve depresión en el cubrecamas. El padre coge el control remoto y se siente transportado a un mundo ideal. Recorre todos los canales, apaga el televisor y sale. Se encuentra con la madre en la cocina; la muchacha le explica detalles sobre el termo eléctrico, la calefacción y la contundente modernidad de los muebles. El padre observa su blusa entreabierta y llama a los niños. La muchacha les entrega un set de folletos acerca de la urbanización, sus sistemas de recreación y seguridad. Menciona futuras extensiones del metro e inversiones en infraestructura que tarde o temprano se realizarán, acortando los tiempos de viaje hacia el centro de la ciudad. La familia aborda el vehículo coreano y emprende el regreso al departamento arrendado, del que pronto saldrán. -¿Qué te pareció? –pregunta la madre. Podría solicitar ese mismo lunes el préstamo hipotecario. Se ha informado concienzudamente acerca de los trámites, los plazos, las tasas de interés, los seguros y los impuestos. El valor total de la propiedad es de 1.450 UF. -Linda –responde, sin embargo, y contempla brevemente como la figura de la muchacha se va empequeñeciendo en el retrovisor. http://citygenetic.com/ABOUT http://citygenetic.com/following/citygenetic.com/ABOUT Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:16:34 +0000 citygenetic 2481031 CITY::GENETIC is an on-going project, a creative adventure and a meeting of inspired minds. A number of artists from different disciplines are sowing the seeds for a “genetic” experiment. They start with a single piece that represents the beginning of a story. Then they pass the seed to a second artist who makes the story evolve with a second piece. The process repeats until the creation of a genetic chain: the art work. Simultaneously, the curators of Citypulse send the same seed to another 3 artists in each discipline in order to create a total of 4 parallel stories per format, all sharing the original DNA. This site is updated continuously as the genetics of creative evolves. These artists are sowing the seeds: <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2481031/ARTISTS c_640.jpg" width="640" height="265" width_o="1966" height_o="815" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2481031/ARTISTS c_o.jpg" data-mid="13228513" border="0" align="left"/> http://citygenetic.com/Video http://citygenetic.com/following/citygenetic.com/Video Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:26:04 +0000 citygenetic 2395031 by Volkan Ergen http://citygenetic.com/Instories http://citygenetic.com/following/citygenetic.com/Instories Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:55:12 +0000 citygenetic 2380939 <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/Imagen1.jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="886" height_o="886" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/Imagen1_o.jpg" data-mid="12403812" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/Imagen2b_640.jpg" width="640" height="640" width_o="768" height_o="769" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/Imagen2b_o.jpg" data-mid="12629557" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/carlein_640.jpg" width="640" height="610" width_o="1181" height_o="1127" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/carlein_o.jpg" data-mid="13466675" border="0" align="left"/> BRANCH 1 Natalia Vial / Crina Prida / ©arlein 1. I am your child, mine. The stranger you already know, a secret protection. The dream you had. A ribbon of time flutters through us. 2. A moon waxes over the sea. Dry tubers stir in mud; my mouth opens into cold light. She who knows the orphan brushes her footprints away. 1. Yo soy tu niña, la mía. La desconocida que ya conoces, la protección secreta. El sueño que tuviste. Una cinta de tiempo que revolotea a través de nosotros. texts: (1) Ann Marie Simard [the seed] (2) David Hedley <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/Imagen1.jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="886" height_o="886" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/Imagen1_o.jpg" data-mid="12403812" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/4fbf0926398711e19896123138142014_7.jpg" width="612" height="612" width_o="612" height_o="612" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/4fbf0926398711e19896123138142014_7_o.jpg" data-mid="13231983" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/Lio_640.jpg" width="640" height="640" width_o="881" height_o="881" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/Lio_o.jpg" data-mid="13231986" border="0" align="left"/> BRANCH 2 Natalia Vial / George Lever / Lionel Muñoz <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/Imagen1.jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="886" height_o="886" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/Imagen1_o.jpg" data-mid="12403812" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/Ann Marie b_640.jpg" width="640" height="639" width_o="1146" height_o="1145" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380939/Ann Marie b_o.jpg" data-mid="13476133" border="0" align="left"/> BRANCH 2 Natalia Vial / Ann Marie Simard http://citygenetic.com/Music http://citygenetic.com/following/citygenetic.com/Music Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:32:46 +0000 citygenetic 2384725 <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2384725/cover no texts 700_640.jpg" width="640" height="640" width_o="700" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2384725/cover no texts 700_o.jpg" data-mid="13321066" border="0" align="left"/> city::genetic / branch 01 by Maps and Diagrams, Ylid, Joel Tammik 01 Maps and Diagrams - Athabasca Landing (seed) 02 Ylid - I'm so fucking cold 03 Joel Tammik - Kolmas 04 VDU - Realign 05 Mugwood Mutation - M1 06 Nullpointer - data export 6 07 Twisq Variations - wire recorder 08 Flotel - Treppenwitz 09 Origamibiro - Notch 10 Set in Sand - Fig city::genetic / branch 02 by Maps and Diagrams, Mika Martini 01 Maps and Diagrams - Athabasca Landing (seed) 02 Mika Martini - Atacamita 03 Tonnossepia - 04 Alisu - Cyborgpunk 05 Pablo Flores - Armadillo andino 06 Daniel Jeffs - SOPAipa-PIPAzo 07 Francesco Pinto - Bluebees 08 Gerardo Figueroa - B8 09 Luis Marte - Sequencia 2-2 10 Equipo - El fin del mundo como lo conocemos city::genetic / branch 03 by Maps and Diagrams 01 Maps and Diagrams - Athabasca Landing (seed) 02 Ninestein - Nexus 03 DY - LS 04 Mark Harris - Fin 05 Jara Tarnovski - Granola Pekanova 06 Benge - OmniCar 07 Weave - Imintoo 08 Inch-time - One After Another 09 Dollboy - Nancy's Steps 10 Clem Leek - Choir of One city::genetic / branch 04 by Maps and Diagrams, y0t0, The New Honey Shade 01 Maps and Diagrams - Athabasca Landing (seed) 02 The New Honey Shade - Sounds of Japan 03 y0t0 - Laneway 04 Pawn - A Minute for City 05 Part Timer - Twiglet 06 Pimmon - Branch 07 Pleq - Broken 08 Ian Hawgood - Greyness Never 09 The Green Kingdom - Detroit9000 mix 10 Roel Funcken - kyochon nyc Citygenetic is an ongoing project, a musical adventure and a meeting of musical minds. The project consists of a seed – the seed is a sixty second piece of music which has been created by Tim Martin (Maps and Diagrams). The seed has been passed onto different musicians of varying styles and genres for them to interpret and continue the music to form a branch. Over the course of the project four branches will be constructed, each branch will consist of ten artists and ten minutes of music which will be assembled to form a continuous embodiment of sound which will be forty minutes long. This project is on-going and will be constantly updated as new music is created. http://citygenetic.com/Short-Stories http://citygenetic.com/following/citygenetic.com/Short-Stories Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:57:00 +0000 citygenetic 2380999 by Carlos Tromben <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380999/Imagen1b_640.jpg" width="640" height="640" width_o="700" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380999/Imagen1b_o.jpg" data-mid="12476685" border="0" align="left"/> Mock up house The mock up house stands just after the lodge and next to the sales offices. A two-bedroom, two-bathroom, living/dining-room plus kitchen & services flat, exactly as the flyer says. Inside it the sales-pitch takes a life of its own: vertical curtains sieve the city’s yellowish light, plastic flowers emerge from flowerpots. Mother acknowledges the four chairs around the table, the furniture with glasses and liquor bottles, and the soft and modern-style sofa. She pictures birthdays and dinners, weekend lunches, hurriedly delivered Monday-to-Friday breakfasts. Past the dining-room door is a 40 by 30 foot room for the kids with sliding window, bunk bed, modular shelf and writing-desk, plus two Pixar-Disney posters on the wall. Father gazes around, figuring the mortgage numbers. He suddenly stops. Somebody is in the master bedroom. Sitting in the bed, a girl watches TV. It is an unexpected vision that ruins the marketing effect of the mock-up house. She notices them and stands ups, smoothes the bed and greets them with a perfect salesperson’s smile. Mother begins to assault her with questions, which the girl answers with kindness. Father watches them in silence and hears the children playing and laughing in the garden. Is this total happiness or only its prospectus? Mother follows the girl and Father stays alone, his outstretched nose chasing the girl’s lingering scent in the bedroom. He sits on the bed, exactly where she just sat and where her hips left a slight depression in the bedspreads. Father picks up the remote control and feels transported to an ideal world. He zaps all the channels, turn the TV off and leaves. He meets Mother in the kitchen: the girl is explaining her how to deal with the electrical boiler, the heating system and the built-in furniture. Father observes her half-opened blouse and calls the kids. The girl gives them a set of brochures to inform them about the condominium´s amenities and its 100 per cent-reliable security system. She mentions future subway extensions and infrastructure investments that sooner or later will be carried out, cutting travel times to downtown and increasing the property´s value. The family boards the 10.000 km.-plus, Korean-made car, and Father picks the road back to their leased apartment. “What do you think,” asks Mother. Father could call the mortgage agent next Monday. He has done his research, knows all about procedures, terms, interest rates, insurance and taxes. “Nice,” he says, watching the girl’s silhouette fading in the rearview mirror. http://citygenetic.com/Photography http://citygenetic.com/following/citygenetic.com/Photography Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:10:57 +0000 citygenetic 2380741 BRANCH 01 <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/2010_0504_M7_RAP018-Edit_LR b.jpg" width="518" height="779" width_o="518" height_o="779" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/2010_0504_M7_RAP018-Edit_LR b_o.jpg" data-mid="12455474" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/overlook b_640.jpg" width="640" height="528" width_o="768" height_o="634" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/overlook b_o.jpg" data-mid="13349235" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/Hiromi 3_640.jpg" width="640" height="523" width_o="1334" height_o="1092" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/Hiromi 3_o.jpg" data-mid="14314131" border="0" align="left"/> Toshihiro Oshima [seed] / Takahiro Kohiyama [overlook] / Hiromi Shimada [post box] BRANCH 02 <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/2010_0504_M7_RAP018-Edit_LR b_4.jpg" width="518" height="779" width_o="518" height_o="779" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/2010_0504_M7_RAP018-Edit_LR b_4_o.jpg" data-mid="13472335" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/Ann Marie Simard web1b_640.jpg" width="640" height="426" width_o="1496" height_o="998" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/Ann Marie Simard web1b_o.jpg" data-mid="13472337" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/Fallen web 2_640.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="756" height_o="567" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/Fallen web 2_o.jpg" data-mid="13880572" border="0" align="left"/> Toshihiro Oshima [seed] / Ann Marie Simard [into oblivion] / Jeff Damron [fallen] BRANCH 03 <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/2010_0504_M7_RAP018-Edit_LR b_4.jpg" width="518" height="779" width_o="518" height_o="779" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/2010_0504_M7_RAP018-Edit_LR b_4_o.jpg" data-mid="13472335" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/Ann Marie Simard web2_640.jpg" width="640" height="426" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/Ann Marie Simard web2_o.jpg" data-mid="13472353" border="0" align="left"/> Toshihiro Oshima [seed] / Ann Marie Simard [waiting for Godot] BRANCH 04 <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/2010_0504_M7_RAP018-Edit_LR b_4.jpg" width="518" height="779" width_o="518" height_o="779" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/2010_0504_M7_RAP018-Edit_LR b_4_o.jpg" data-mid="13472335" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/Forest Stairs_640.jpg" width="640" height="853" width_o="780" height_o="1040" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/175023/2380741/Forest Stairs_o.jpg" data-mid="13878341" border="0" align="left"/> Toshihiro Oshima [seed] / Jeff Damron [forest stairs]