RR haiku 096

i am sorry

won’t happen again

my apologies

 

RR haiku 095

complex

computational

compositions

 

RR haiku 094

not knowing why

is the best

reason why

 

RR haiku 093

felt sad

ate steak

feel good

 

The irony of efficiency

kauai beach

Someone finds a trick to simplify a task. This person finishes the task faster and has more time to relax.

Once everyone starts using the same trick, there is no time to relax any more. You have to use the trick. What used to be normal is now slow.

 

Cold Void & Plus Instruments – Lonely Ones

 

“Shifting Optics”, group exhibition at Upstream Amsterdam

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Shifting Optics
Rafaël Rozendaal, Tabor Robak,
Shannon Finley, Travess Smalley,
Noor Nuyten, Jet Smits, Kareem Lotfy

Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
6 September – 11 October

 

Cell Structure by Cold Void & Plus Instruments

 

New Website: Yes No If .com

yes no if .com

 

Cold Void & Plus Instruments: Kissed (music video)

 

New website: Soft Slow .com

soft slow .com rafael rozendaal

 

New website: Neo Geo City .com supported by ZKM Karlsruhe

neo geo city

 

RR haiku 092

what better way

to spend your time

than surfing the web

 

RR haiku 091

a tiny mosquito

walking across

a big pond

 

RR haiku 090

no idea

nothing

at all

 

Texts from Spheres book (Random Thoughts)

spheres rafael rozendaal

This is a selection of texts from my Spheres book, in collaboration with Philippe Karrer.

When we stare at the ocean, we can’t see that far because of the curvature of the earth. Clouds are not that far away either. Stars can be very far away, but a lot of stars don’t even exist any more by the time their light hits our eyes. The further something is, the longer it takes before you see it.

People always emphasize it’s good to grow and innovate, but it’s also good to repeat and refine.

In the future, people will not carry around devices to access the internet. Instead, with a pocket knife, they will cut a rectangle out of thin air, right in front of them, and there the internet will be. Unfortunately, many people will leave pieces of sky on the floor which might be dangerous. (More…)

 

RR haiku 089

not here

not there

not anywhere

 

New website: Ooze Move .com

ooze move

 

A life without objects

RR iceland

I cannot explain why, but one of my favorite activities in the world is throwing stuff away. After graduating, I started moving to different countries, so I had to. I could only take so much with me. Possessions restrict movement. I don’t need much.

I love the idea of empty spaces. I love visualizing an empty home with big windows in an empty landscape. I imagine windows opened on either side of the house, the wind blowing from miles away entering the house and leaving quickly, hardly obstructed.

Emptiness is very elegant. It is luxurious.

The reality is that I am never in an empty house in an empty landscape. I am always in very crowded places. I live in Chinatown New York which is dense with tourists and garbage. I travel in crowded airplanes and eat while my elbows touch the passenger next to me. I sleep in hotels packed with people and their luggage. I swim at crowded beaches and walk through crowded museums and sit in crowded subways.

Emptiness seems beautiful yet I hardly ever go there. I hardly make an effort. I could take a bus to the countryside and sit in an empty field for a few hours. I could but I don’t.

I like the idea of emptiness more than the reality of it.

 

Why I love making websites

it’s fun
it’s new
it’s light
it’s open
it’s cheap
it’s free
it’s everything
it’s always
it’s everywhere

no history
no stress
no boss
no budget
no deadlines
no hassle

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