The Postopolis! thing that Dan has organised (with some others) looks fucking brilliant.
Picture borrowed from Dan. Usual stuff applies.
It's in New York which is a good start. Dan is blogging it here and the talks seem fascinating. More fascinating than they look on paper, and I mean that in a really good way.
If you're not in New York then you can follow the proceedings through Dan's blog. Already there's a brilliant post about what's happening in NYC right now including the Militarily induced sexual tension (there's a link you won't be able to resist clicking on). There's Robert Krulwich who talks about framing and how the media use and abuse space, including some illustrations from a craftily arranged political "crowd".
There's Tobias Frere-Jones who's photographed over 40,000 bits of street typography in New York.
"A favourite sign is that of the Manhattan Railway Co., which ran the elevated trains in New York. Frere-Jones notes that the last El was torn down 50 years ago, yet the lettering is still there - on Division St".
And there's also Stanley Greenberg who photographs things like New York's water system. Amazing stuff. I wish I was there.
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