2. JUNE 2

In addition to the classic 5 senses, what are some other senses a human body has. 

Compare the two spaces to each other and to the place where you currently live in terms of bodily scale. 

ATOMIUM (OUTSIDE)

What was most striking to you about the atomium?

How did your understanding of the scale of the object change when you were there? Why?

ATOMIUM (INSIDE)

How did your understanding of the scale of the object change when you went inside? Why?

How familiar are you with the "future" aesthetic of 1958? With what do you associate it? What is the future aesthetic now?

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HORTA HOUSE

Initial thoughts?

what did the future look like toward the end of the 1800s. 

What does this aesthetic remind you of?

Why doesn't the rest of our contemporary world look like this? What happened?

What would it have been like to be his daughter growing up in this space?

Compare it to other domestic spaces you know -- parent's, grandparent's, biltmore. 

What did you notice about the materials he used and the ways he used them?

What about the nature of the lines?

What about symmetry, assymetry?

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FELIX FRACHON Gallery + le26by [Ephemeral Permanence show, Dar]

Gallery world discussion. 

Body mirror neurons. 

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Parikka reading -

How does scale change things? How does size matter?