small awards

well, time to write some thing or another. here. in February before heading out on the road (again). to another location. elsewhere. waiting. packing. unpacking, repacking, waiting. writing. the Migrating Realities book got the top design award for all books published in Lithuania in 2008. Knygos meno konkursas Vilnius: Competition in Book Arts Vilnius. the design crew, Joseph Miceli and Lina Ozerkina of alfa 60 were very professional and organized and it was a [pleasure working with them. kudos! (Joe is third from left, Lina, far right). the first review came out at the same time (in Lithuanian; English coming soon). we’ll be putting up copies for sale on Amazon and at select book stores around Europe. after a bit we’ll then make a free pdf available for downloading. if you would like a copy, please let me know…

the review, by the way, included this passage in Lithuanian:

Johnas Hopkinsas, kalbėdamas apie nuolatinę kaitą ir su kūnu judančią mūsų žvilgsnio perspektyvą (point-of-view), pasiūlo idėją, kad mes sutrikdėme natūralią kūno evoliuciją, pririšdami savo žvilgsnį prie ekrano. Teigdamas, kad anksčiau turėjome skirtingas žvilgsnio perspektyvas, o dabar turime tą pačią – ekraninę, jis klausia: „Kas yra tai, ką mes matome?“ Šis klausimas iš tiesų sukelia nemažai pamąstymų apie kintančius (šiuo atveju – standartizuotus ir nuskurdintus) realybės suvokimo modelius. Turėdamas universalią techninį ir meno pasaulius susiejančią patirtį, Johnas Hopkin sas pavydėtinai lengvai sprendžia „migracijos“ tarp įvairių disciplinų klausimą – jis nevadina to netgi „skrybėlių pakeitimu“, o vertina kaip natūralios kaitos ir bendros patirties kupiną kelionę – daro tai, ko nemažai kas atsižada susitaikę su standartizuotais ir klasifikuotais profesinių kompetencijų perskirstymo mechanizmais bei jų

which, (thanks?) to Google translate renders this:

John Hopkins, talking about a permanent change, and moving with the body of our sight, perspective (point-of-view), the idea that we sutrikdėme natural physical evolution, they tie their eyes off the screen. Stating that previously had a different look ahead, but now we have the same – on-screen, he asks: “What is it, what we see?” This is really caused by a number of reflections on the changing (in this case – a standardized and impoverished) understanding of reality models . With its versatile technical and artistic worlds linking experience, John Hopkin SAS enviable easily decide “migration” between the various disciplines the question – he even interprets the “change hats” and as a natural change and the overall experience of a journey full of – doing what many who forsakes reconciled with standardized, classified, and redistribution of professional competencies and their requirements.

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