Word: everydayness
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...this, the second installment of TIME's series of questions for the 21st century, we focus on how we will live, work and play in the years to come. Technology will change much, to be sure, but most intriguing will be watching how we harness it to satisfy our everyday needs, our deepest passions and our highest aspirations...
...artificial urban experience outside it, the house addresses the city by existing both within and above it. With minimal adjustments to the roofs of existing buildings, these penthouses could be located almost anywhere, on high-rise or low-rise buildings. They would act as illuminated beacons, celebrating domesticity and everyday life by elevating them to the status of ephemeral monuments. The houses would also make great observation points for the spectacle of the city below...
...large "wet" wall that extends through the house. This wall's surface, made of a composite of glass and resin, changes between transparency and opacity. Running parallel to it is a "digital" wall that can be used as a projection screen, conveying blown-up views of the occupants' everyday life. Should the residents of the house prefer more conventional privacy, digital messages could be projected on this wall, ranging from advertising slogans to exhibitions of the owners' video-art collection. Tired of sitting in the living room? Don't get up; just change the picture on the wall...
...along with their shiny new look. Many of the delays that were caused by an overload of the data storage system were eliminated when the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Computing Services (HFASCS) replaced that system over the winter break. A plan to increase storage capacity on the everyday "fas" set of systems is currently being implemented...
...photography, Shahn captures something about everyday life that makes it more than a picture, but a document of personal and historical despair and triumph. Shahn gives us a taste of what life in New York was like during the Depression for ordinary people. He has an amazing way of capturing the hurt and the despair--as well as the hope and the innocence--in the hearts of the people. Walking through the show, you feel almost as if you were walking with the people in the photographs, feeling their emotions, seeing their hurt first-hand--and somehow knowing that...