the re-surfacing of Teddy Cruz

A friend sent me this article on Artkrush, an interview with Teddy Cruz. I wrote about him last year when he was in town and still find his work fascinating; he experiments with and highlights the difference between the uber-planned, government/developer spaces (formal) and the socially determined (informal), and although he doesn't go for the jugular, hints at the corrosion of our democracy reflected in these regulated spaces and the inability of citizens to responsibly make these decisions in modern planning. The current paradigm strikes me as disturbingly contrary to the core values of democracy, and suggests that the inhabitants of the informal might be better in touch with true democracy than those of the formal. I also really enjoy his description of possible 'pixelization' of these mcmansions, possibly the first of many 'pixelizations' and a movement toward a high-resolution built world: designed not for magazines and elevations, but for experiencing up-close. I recommend you read it.