The consolation of irreparability
The Forum‘It takes practice to experience time differently, but I found that for me, death got a different meaning in this concept of time than in a linear concept of time’In ‘The Store of the Worlds’
Worlds Endings
The Forum‘And so you awake from your escape to find your life was already an escape to the world of your heart’s desire…’
The Right Every Man Should Have
The Forum‘Until it burns out with the sun, my vocation is to love Earth, not escape it, to practice caring for it and the other people and places that are here.’
On Escaping
The Forum‘unlike the nuclear threat, the apocalypse doesn’t come through an encounter with an enemy, it is a product of modernisation itself, it is a product of the repetition of consumption. The climate apocalypse is an accumulation of our past, a product of desire itself.’
Landmarks are in the eye of the beholder…
The Forum‘To contemplate its contradictions and uneasy legacy. To connect with the others that are drawn into its space.’
An architecture of complexity and contested value
The Forum‘On mentioning my research, the church building I am frequently asked about is Holy Family. Architects, engineers, clergy, parishioners, academics ask about its design influences…’
Space held our big questions
The Forum‘where were the female, non-Anglo, working class displaced & migrant family, public school educated photographers with chronic illness and trauma??’
Give a man a fish…
The ForumHowever, it seems to me unfair that I would be given this chance ahead of others. Was it through good fortune, or positive thinking?
The Value of Landmarks – The Holy Family Catholic Church
The Forum‘Our response to a building like this, our deep affection for some places and loathing of others: what does that say about us and our community? How can we tell if our reaction is something to treasure and protect or to carefully unravel?’
