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Post date / 2016 / December
- Mei Lin
Lunch to catch up on news with Satu in advance of teaching class at Metropolia tomorrow. Students are mid-career professionals interested in practical international experiences, as tighter university budgets mean fewer lecturers from abroad. Industrial Management program will move from historic Bulevardi building out to Leppävaara campus in 2018. Chinese cuisine from Chongqing region included cumin lamb, unusual. (Mei Lin, Lönnrotinkatu, Helsinki, Finland) 20161201 - Juttutupa
Meetup with some 2nd year students from the Systems Thinking 2 February class, and a few more from the 1st year of the master's program in Creative Sustainability. Glad to hear that knowledge they gained was useful in subsequent studies, as they then explain concepts to other group team members who didn't take this session of the intensive course. This restaurant a quieter place to talk, until an excellent band started playing after 8 p.m.. (Juttutupa, Säästöpankinranta, Helsinki, Finland) 20161201 - Metropolia U., Bulevardi campus
Lectured in Industrial Management master's program, collaborating on generative pattern language writing for an hour, after 90 minutes of lecture. Students are mostly working professionals with practical experience, so we jointly felt our way through using the format for service systems thinking. We've come a long way since the program was initiated in 2006. (Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Bulevardi, Helsinki, Finland) 20161202 - Kiasma
Brian Eno (1999) Memory Flowers is 16 speakers facing upwards on stems, playing ambient music. First shown in 2000 in a solo show, brought out of storage for Kiasma Collection Exhibition. Emmi and J.P. came in late afternoon for the first Friday of the month free admission, well-timed to avoid the 5 pm crush at the coat check. (Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Mannerheiminaukio, Helsinki, Finland) 20161202 - Vanha Kauppahalli
Buying salmon in the same way that Finns have since 1889 when the Old Market Hall opened. Also bought little fried vendace at the next stall, to be used in an appetizer. Saturday afternoon sees a lot of tourist visitors, many eating salmon soup facing out from the renovated stalls to become part of the scenery (Kalakauppa E. Eriksson, Vanha Kauppahalli, Eteläranta, Helsinki, Finland) 20161203 - Lapinlahdenkatu
Dinner with all Finnish ingredients (unless the salmon came from Norway). Discussed 2016 as a transitional year with lots of change, released now positively towards 2017. Missu the cat hid for most of the dinner, either not enjoying the streaming jazz, or suspicious that the catsitter would take him away. (Lapinlahdenkatu, Helsinki, Finland) 20161203 - Moomin Shop, Helsinki Airport T2
Looked at plush toy, saw "Design from Finland" but no country of manufacture. Phoned to wake up DY at 4 a.m. Toronto time to ask if 15cm 100% polyester figure was worth the money, she said no. Suggested Moomin shopping bags hanging outside, with tags saying Made in PRC, DY declined. On walk back to T1, noticed Moomin troll toys also available in the duty free shop. Not a motivated shopper today. (Moomin Store, Gates 26-27, Terminal 2, Helsinki Vantaa Airport) 20161205 - Niven's
From online The Ecology of Systems Thinking group to meeting in person, PJ came for a coffee, talking while watching me eat a full English breakfast. Worked through jams of orange marmalade vanilla, raspberry rose, blood orange marmalade, pear. Discussed history of science within the systems thinking community and the variety of notable figures, up to current day theoreticians and practitioners. (Niven's, King Cross Road, London, England) 20161206 - Tate Britain
Anish Kapoor (1981) "As If To Celebrate, I Discovered A Mountain Blooming With Red Flowers". Located on the granite floor of the Duveen Gallery, the central corridor for the museum. On a British late afternoon, not as well lit as the Turner Prize candidates with the crowds, but the bright red and yellow stand out. (Duveen Gallery, Tate Britain, Millbank, London) 20161206 - Tate Modern
Louise Bourgeois 1989-93 "Cell (Eyes and Mirror)" and 2001 "Legs", on the 4th of 10 floors in the Switch Tower opened in summer 2016. Crossover level happens on the 4th floor over the Turbine Hall, Boiler House to the north. Circular stairs complement the elevators down to ground level. Big space, lots of room to show more art. (Switch Tower 4th floor, Tate Modern, Bankside, London, England) 20161206 - Gagosian Britannia
Richard Serra (2016) "NJ-2" is a labyrinth that each visitor can walk into. The twists and turns are surprising, as I entered from the west and exited from the east. The walls are weatherproof steel, so removing backpacks to carry by hand is superfluous to damaging the imposing structure. (Gagosian Gallery, Britannia Street, King's Cross, London, England) 20161207 - Pure Cyprus
Meeting @fortyfoxes in person unintentionally coincided with @wardcunningham weekly videoconference. Humble Greek restaurant had free wifi, so connection to our corner was good. Couple dining at other side of restaurant not concerned. Waiter was friendly, offered two shots of ouzo for dessert. (Pure Cyprus, Goodwin Street, Finsbury Park, London, England) 20161207 - Irish Museum of Modern Art
Eva Rothschild (2004) "Stalker" @IMMAIreland is made of wood and plexiglass. This museum is housed in prior Royal Hospital Kilmainham founded 1684, impressive courtyard. Location west of central Dublin have opportunity to ride Red Line tram. and see more residential areas. (Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland) 20161208 - Smurfit School of Business
Karin Knorr-Cetina #ifipwg82 on 3 technological transitions from ticker tape to scopes to algorithms in foreign exchange history. Performative view of technology with (i) temporalization, (ii) mediatization, and (iii) rescaling of social form. Keynote talk on first day of IFIP WG8.2 working conference. (International Federation for Information Processing, Working Group on Information Systems and Organizations, Smurfit School of Buisness, University College Dublin, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland) 20161209 - Seamus Kelly, IFIP WG8.2
Introduction to first keynote of IFIP WG8.2 Working Conference by Karin Knorr-Cetina, Dublin 2016