https://fridarosenberg.com Fridarosenberg Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:28:40 +0000 https://fridarosenberg.com en https://fridarosenberg.com/The-Construction-of-Construction Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:28:35 +0000 Fridarosenberg https://fridarosenberg.com/The-Construction-of-Construction <img width="3406" height="2176" width_o="3406" height_o="2176" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bc07dac0be5ba43e2ea9996e53586c9986eff996d481a12dd3bd550a4180279/introduction-fig-61.png" data-mid="24345638" border="0" data-marker-id="2" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bc07dac0be5ba43e2ea9996e53586c9986eff996d481a12dd3bd550a4180279/introduction-fig-61.png" /> The Wenner-Gren Center and the possibility of steel building in postwar Sweden The Wenner-Gren Center’s primary mission is to promote international cooperation in scientific research, but already in its construction phase, it has been of great significance for the Swedish building industry by re-introducing steel as a competitive framing material, prompting new technical solutions that have now become available to others in Swedish construction. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Byggnadsvärlden no. 45, 1961 <img width="1705" height="1387" width_o="1705" height_o="1387" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56896281b7f37954e0b458756c7d16f06d4f90938547bbc3e26237f306cbc9aa/introduction-fig-1.png" data-mid="24314765" border="0" alt="Photograph from the dinner party at the prime minister&rsquo;s residence Harpsund following Axel Wenner-Gren&rsquo;s and Marguerite Wenner-Gren&rsquo;s donation. Prime minister Tage Erlander had promised to oversee and provide a piece of property for a center dedicated to scientific research. From the left: Axel Wenner-Gren, professor Hugo Theorell (Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine in 1955), marshal of the realm Birger Ekeberg, prime minister Tage Erlander. Earlier in the fall of 1955, Wenner-Gren&rsquo;s delegates &ndash; professor Ragnar Nilsson, professor Manne Siegbahn and professor Hugo Theorell, who had been chosen to develop guidelines for the foundation &ndash; had met with the prime minister and the minister of finance Per Edvin Sk&ouml;ld, the minister of education Ragnar Edenstam, and the minister of transport in order to reach an agreement. Reprint from the front page of Svenska Dagbladet, November 1, 1955." data-caption="Photograph from the dinner party at the prime minister’s residence Harpsund following Axel Wenner-Gren’s and Marguerite Wenner-Gren’s donation. Prime minister Tage Erlander had promised to oversee and provide a piece of property for a center dedicated to scientific research. From the left: Axel Wenner-Gren, professor Hugo Theorell (Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine in 1955), marshal of the realm Birger Ekeberg, prime minister Tage Erlander. Earlier in the fall of 1955, Wenner-Gren’s delegates – professor Ragnar Nilsson, professor Manne Siegbahn and professor Hugo Theorell, who had been chosen to develop guidelines for the foundation – had met with the prime minister and the minister of finance Per Edvin Sköld, the minister of education Ragnar Edenstam, and the minister of transport in order to reach an agreement. Reprint from the front page of Svenska Dagbladet, November 1, 1955." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56896281b7f37954e0b458756c7d16f06d4f90938547bbc3e26237f306cbc9aa/introduction-fig-1.png" /> On November 1, 1955, Swedish public radio and the front pages of all the local newspapers announced that the industrialist and founder of Electrolux, Axel Wenner-Gren, and his celebrity wife, the former opera singer Marguerite Wenner-­Gren, had donated ten million Swedish kronor for the establishment of a scientific foundation.&nbsp; The previous day, the couple had hosted a press conference at their grand villa in Diplomatstaden, in Stockholm’s embassy district. There, Axel Wenner-Gren had announced to the media that the couple’s aim was to establish a major international research center owned and administrated by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Wenner-Gren, then 72 years old, presented this contribution as one of his last major philanthropic initiatives, stating that he firmly believed that scientific research could advance greatly if the material resources were available, and asserting that “research is an elementary and vital factor for cultural progress and for society’s healthy development.” In order to support what he believed to be “a surprising number of outstanding scientists in our little country,” he intended to establish the center and house it in an 18-story tall building. This tower would be a venue for conferences and symposia; it would contain a library, an auditorium, lecture halls, and apartments for about a hundred researchers, as well as offices for the Wenner-Gren Foundation and other research administrations. This was the very beginning of a vision of a center that would attract scientists from both Sweden and abroad. It was a response which reflected a contemporary international concern with supporting the development of the technical and scientific fields in the wake of the Second World War. These aspects vary constantly, so each wave is different from another wave, even if not immediately adjacent or successive; in other words, there are some forms and sequences that are repeated, though irregularly distributed in space and time. Since what Mr. Palomar means to do at this moment is simply see a wave — that is,&nbsp;to perceive all its simultaneous components without overlooking any of them — his gaze will dwell on the movement of the wave that strikes the shore until it can record aspects not previously perceived; as soon as he notices that the images are being repeated, he will know he has seen everything he wanted to see and he will be able to stop. https://fridarosenberg.com/Marble-and-Blood Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:28:36 +0000 Fridarosenberg https://fridarosenberg.com/Marble-and-Blood MARBLE AND BLOOD <img width="1200" height="1496" width_o="1200" height_o="1496" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8480af1dabf5f5eeab4dce0a242ca962968afcf1a186c78c9223997f0b8c32d/bl4.jpg" data-mid="24311016" border="0" data-scale="60" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8480af1dabf5f5eeab4dce0a242ca962968afcf1a186c78c9223997f0b8c32d/bl4.jpg" /> <img width="790" height="1000" width_o="790" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0039c07c2d54e1060e444bd9aa9e76cdbf9abe268ee98b2bdc338c638379ce8/bl5.jpg" data-mid="24311017" border="0" data-scale="60" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/b0039c07c2d54e1060e444bd9aa9e76cdbf9abe268ee98b2bdc338c638379ce8/bl5.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="3787" width_o="3000" height_o="3787" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e227024a1cbc96e4362df323c6f893cf72f0dca4fe00412db80cc14a3439fe20/c2.jpg" data-mid="24311012" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e227024a1cbc96e4362df323c6f893cf72f0dca4fe00412db80cc14a3439fe20/c2.jpg" /> Horace Kallen Suppose you take the world as it comes. Suppose you take the world at its face value. Then reality is what you know it as. You find the substantive parts of it connected by relations as truly present and as existent as the parts themselves. You find transition and change, continuity and discontinuity, routine and surprise, multiple unities of manifold kinds, realities of various stuffs and powers —&nbsp;all connected with one another by transitions from next to next, each standing away, alone, unmitigated, unincludable, now from some things, now from others. You find movement. You find beginnings, you find endings, you find continuity and you find transformation. In a word, the world of the daily life which we touch and see and hear and smell and taste, which we struggle against and work together with, need be none other than we experience it to be. <img width="550" height="870" width_o="550" height_o="870" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/005a918dc7fe52dab5753b86bff3bc2c8042d18ca481f15d663a459d032dee47/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-18.jpg" data-mid="24311021" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/550/i/005a918dc7fe52dab5753b86bff3bc2c8042d18ca481f15d663a459d032dee47/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-18.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1679" width_o="1200" height_o="1679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbafffbf3bc180fb0a1019b224b9f971a4cd2275d493055a5458f3221ab33347/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-42.jpg" data-mid="24311028" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fbafffbf3bc180fb0a1019b224b9f971a4cd2275d493055a5458f3221ab33347/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-42.jpg" /> 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border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/646/i/c33ad8d3832306de9b7297ab118c363bd1711e86a908420448c3fd447414a557/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-27.jpg" /> <img width="620" height="779" width_o="620" height_o="779" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c03fc32bd080f1908216bf4ddaf33de1a86281882467f746a1f1f82574900ab4/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-25.jpg" data-mid="24311022" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/620/i/c03fc32bd080f1908216bf4ddaf33de1a86281882467f746a1f1f82574900ab4/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-25.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1372" width_o="1024" height_o="1372" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1708a927a76f4f38dadf0693ec429a9e62a4bd15f8b19832a82ae040c07dade3/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-14.jpg" data-mid="24311020" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1708a927a76f4f38dadf0693ec429a9e62a4bd15f8b19832a82ae040c07dade3/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-14.jpg" /> <img width="790" height="1000" width_o="790" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a33850828565554e24f032bd71d2f96971e28d82e87084ce006d4fe3df0b581/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-11.jpg" data-mid="24311019" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/1a33850828565554e24f032bd71d2f96971e28d82e87084ce006d4fe3df0b581/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-11.jpg" /> <img width="902" height="1143" width_o="902" height_o="1143" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46ea1d6fa9a638fcb08276c3c1a655f06335d82e37574e463754f3d54e0f0f0e/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-8.jpg" data-mid="24311018" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/902/i/46ea1d6fa9a638fcb08276c3c1a655f06335d82e37574e463754f3d54e0f0f0e/doorofperception.com-karl_blossfeldt-8.jpg" /> Karl Blossfeldt — Urformen Der Kunst https://fridarosenberg.com/Serpents-and-Skulls Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:28:39 +0000 Fridarosenberg https://fridarosenberg.com/Serpents-and-Skulls Ian Hamilton Finlay SERPENTS AND SKULLS <img width="1228" height="1115" width_o="1228" height_o="1115" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/812bd4410de2a9d44f33b5cc7f6ba2a93969ef915acde94875291067d46ba034/OBS-Art-Graphic-GGXG123213.jpg" data-mid="24311029" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/812bd4410de2a9d44f33b5cc7f6ba2a93969ef915acde94875291067d46ba034/OBS-Art-Graphic-GGXG123213.jpg" /> Zephyr INS 61975–6 <img width="1228" height="1115" width_o="1228" height_o="1115" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/104920e732507b46e2849143273154336b6bb36f8d1e70e189823026c1210794/c.jpg" data-mid="24311030" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/104920e732507b46e2849143273154336b6bb36f8d1e70e189823026c1210794/c.jpg" /> Shepherd Lad KY 2161975–6 Franz Brentano The objects of sensory experience are deceptive ... We have no right ... to believe that the objects of so-called external perception really exist as they appear to us. Indeed, they demonstrably do not exist outside of us. In contrast to that which really and truly exists, they are mere phenomena. William Carlos Williams This is the trap — either what we seek is within the bounds of the understanding or beyond it. If outside it does not exist for us, much less for our imagination; if inside it is bounded by that and must be so defined before it can be conceived — this precedes all further progress. The Embodiment of Knowledge <img width="1179" height="1536" width_o="1179" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17029b49433a74689e694af3b7f0544cc9738d702668764339957a0741d0278b/P77477_10.jpg" data-mid="24311031" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/17029b49433a74689e694af3b7f0544cc9738d702668764339957a0741d0278b/P77477_10.jpg" /> Laconic,&nbsp;1987 <img width="1474" height="1042" width_o="1474" height_o="1042" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e967802649c2330d5cd8a7c3c6c35ac393508d03c8505ca1e78c95acd3e80de0/TGA-20012-45-1_10.jpg" data-mid="24311032" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e967802649c2330d5cd8a7c3c6c35ac393508d03c8505ca1e78c95acd3e80de0/TGA-20012-45-1_10.jpg" /> Sail/Waves 1 — postcard design <img width="1418" height="993" width_o="1418" height_o="993" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/424ede73299639de9fa5f81d13c3204a65edcb37359cac71d40f1634f9573436/c3.jpg" data-mid="24311033" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/424ede73299639de9fa5f81d13c3204a65edcb37359cac71d40f1634f9573436/c3.jpg" /> Let Perish the Money Tyrants 1982 <img width="1418" height="996" width_o="1418" height_o="996" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7753a8d4f28ac0cf8e7162ceaf94e751d68435b6acaec882c62a1536e06ecee/c2.jpg" data-mid="24311034" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7753a8d4f28ac0cf8e7162ceaf94e751d68435b6acaec882c62a1536e06ecee/c2.jpg" /> Peace to the Cottages — War to the Arts Council 1982 ︎ I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know. Wallace Stevens Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird https://fridarosenberg.com/In-the-Labyrinth Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:28:40 +0000 Fridarosenberg https://fridarosenberg.com/In-the-Labyrinth chapter 1. IN THELABYRINTH The four hands are lying in a row, motionless. The space between A…’s left hand and Franck’s right hand is approximately two inches. The shrill cry of some nocturnal carnivore, sharp and short, echoes again toward the bottom of the valley, at an unspecified distance. ︎︎ A… has gone to get the glasses, the soda water, and the cognac herself. She sets a tray with the two bottles and three big glasses down on the table. Having uncorked the cognac she turns toward Franck and looks at him, while she begins making his drink. <img width="2292" height="3000" width_o="2292" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08a6a8461ee234c62e54c73ff96982d8f4a29ce8d35fe106950870834f27e711/4.jpg" data-mid="24311037" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08a6a8461ee234c62e54c73ff96982d8f4a29ce8d35fe106950870834f27e711/4.jpg" /> <img width="790" height="1000" width_o="790" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0039c07c2d54e1060e444bd9aa9e76cdbf9abe268ee98b2bdc338c638379ce8/bl5.jpg" data-mid="24311041" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/b0039c07c2d54e1060e444bd9aa9e76cdbf9abe268ee98b2bdc338c638379ce8/bl5.jpg" /> <img width="2290" height="3000" width_o="2290" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bdf9f255b1611a4e981c947eb7ee114ce8fc81177d2b4b673a462285ebeeae0f/5.jpg" data-mid="24311038" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bdf9f255b1611a4e981c947eb7ee114ce8fc81177d2b4b673a462285ebeeae0f/5.jpg" /> Now the shadow of the column — the column which supports the southwest corner of the roof — divides the corresponding corner of the veranda into two equal parts. This veranda is a wide, covered gallery surrounding the house on three sides. Since its width is the same for the central portion as for the sides, the line of shadow cast by the column extends precisely to the corner of the house; but it stops there, for only the veranda flagstones are reached by the sun, which is still too high in the sky. The wooden walls of the house — that is, its front and west gable-end — are still protected from the sun by the roof (common to the house proper and the terrace). So at this moment the shadow of the outer edge of the roof coincides exactly with the right angle formed by the terrace and the two vertical surfaces of the corner of the house. Now A... has come into the bedroom by the inside door opening onto the central hallway. She does not look at the wide open window through which — from the door — &nbsp;she would see this corner of the terrace. Now she has turned back toward the door to close it behind her. She still has on the light-colored, close-fitting dress with the high collar that she was wearing at lunch when Christiane reminded her again that loose-fitting clothes make the heat easier to bear. But A... merely smiled: she never suffered from the heat, she had known much worse climates than this — in Africa, for instance — and had always felt fine there. Besides, she doesn’t feel the cold either. Wherever she is, she keeps quite comfortable.&nbsp; <img width="1407" height="1927" width_o="1407" height_o="1927" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ddb14931a69ac5dc7fbce2523f83dc2f1003ac6e526efb6188f231fec303a84/1.jpg" data-mid="24311036" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ddb14931a69ac5dc7fbce2523f83dc2f1003ac6e526efb6188f231fec303a84/1.jpg" /> Bernd and Hilla Becher <img width="736" height="1008" width_o="736" height_o="1008" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7e05c1870e780d32c7a5e2aa046ee992a327333b4d0ce99ee98dd6447b05652/c.jpg" data-mid="24311042" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/736/i/a7e05c1870e780d32c7a5e2aa046ee992a327333b4d0ce99ee98dd6447b05652/c.jpg" /> Karl Blossfeldt&nbsp;