Survival of the Illest

Martial, Epigrams 1.64 You’re beautiful – yes, we all know it - And in the prime of youth – that much is true - And you’re certainly rich – who could deny it? But Fabulla, when you overpraise yourself, You’re not rich, or beautiful, or young any longer. Bella es, nouimus, et puella, uerum est,  et diues, quis enim potest negare? Sed cum te nimium, Fabulla, laudas, nec diues neque bella nec puella es.

Zima: The Powerful Beauty of Russian Winter

In the words of the artist Elena Chernyshova:

There is no aesthetic like the Russian winter. Yes, it can be grey and dull at times, but at its height, it completely reconfigures the environment. The universal white cover fills the land with a pure, magical beauty, full of dignity and mystery. According to an old saying, truth, in reality, is white, sparkling, frosty cold, silent and endless: something like the boundless Siberian tundra landscape.

A Future City From The Past by Clemens Gritl

The series, “A Future City From The Past” is based on this mystifying vision of a radically aggressive urban dystopia — an uncompromising design in the brutalist dogma. All buildings and structures are homogenic. The differentiations of architectural styles and eras are eliminated and replaced by geometric structures, repetition and absolute materiality. Gigantic “Wohnmaschinen” encompassed by endless motorway networks, making way for the “Super-Brutalist” megacity.