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Hello 👋

“A Living Worm” went above and beyond expectations! Thanks to everyone who came out last Saturday night to a great show.

Thank you to all our performers! Check them out!

@theunofficialhendrick
@cassie_strums
@peaceforthekidsband
@jessielizabethmusic
@jpstmarie_music
@jonasstinziano_fc

Very special thanks for our wonderful photographers in the crowd!

@paulbeinettiphoto
@ghostimilo
@artsbybecca
@likeaphoenixrisingfoundation
@_clovemusic_
@j_then_a_p

Shoutout to @mclbrsl for his great words and helping open up the night!

Hope to see you again in October for “Night of the Living Worm” !

😎✌️❤️

-Matty

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Come look, challenge, feel, talk about art happening here and now.
(And enjoy snacks)
Where are we going? Who are we? What do we want?
Friday at 7pm dm for address

@scottbennettstudio
@mclbrsl
@elic.jpeg
@schabotart
@camclarke.art
Avery Henhawk

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ARCHiVE ENTRY #001
2026 Open Call

Michael Brussel | @mclbrsl
Virginia Tech, College of Architecture | B.Arch ‘22
Architectural Designer | Painter

“Before Man can act, he must understand where he is…in search of defining Man’s Role as Creator of Things by mapping connections between geometry, numerology, phenomenology, and philosophy.

Amidst the perfection and exactitude of the concrete mathematical worlds, are cracks that open to voids of an incomprehensibly infinite universe.”

Welcome to the RiOTT!

Copyright @ 2026 Michael Brussel, All Rights Reserved

#architecture #philosophy #phenomenology #geometry

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Title: Top Sketches - 2025 Edition

Description: Celebrating some of the strongest sketches from submissions. Many thanks to the following authors for supporting the community!

Adrian Truta @arhinite - Museum of the 366

Aneena Jose @aneenajose__ - Ecological Fire Break

Ariel Weiss @aerial.arc - Mechology

Dardan Zenuni @dardan_zenuni - The Ninth Wave

Jonathan Morrish @brady_morrish - Tūrangawaewae: A Place to Stand

Joseph Linden @atelier___ru , Clément Molinier @clement_molinier , Philippe Paumelle @philippepaumelle & Marina Poli @marina_poli - Olas de Calor Humana

Junjie Wang @junjie2068 - The Annunciation

Kenery Mosquera Cataño @k11.arq - Barrio Abierto: Cultural and Artistic Expression Center

Kenery Mosquera Cataño @k11.arq - Park Station

Luke Yeulett @__transtruct - Coastal Apparatus for The Profane Performance

Michael Brussel @mclbrsl - Meeting Notes

Rosa Prichard @rosaprichard - Decentering the Visitor

Stefan Gross @gross_raum_buero, Florian Meissner @meissner.architektur, Bastian Sippl @b.s.______ - Daedalus: Housing with alternative energy storages

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Pics and vids from the show last night! Big 🫶🏼 to you all

Thanks @carinaandthediamonds and @ewan_cunningham_412 for the extra pics 🙏🏼

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thx syracuse, bye now.

photos from december b&w 🎞️ TLR

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New episode tonight at 7pm est. Link in bio

📸: @jokeb

14: Now, We Shall Invent Ourselves

an organism of many humans
are we living in the future or an ancient time?
engineering human evolution
the LeBron James of Life
the most ‘Human’ painting i’ve ever seen / let God cook
what to do if you’re a doomsday-er
nobody told me what to do
why you shouldn’t commit a sin for instant gratification
fall in with the right crowd

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New episode tonight at 7pm est. Link in bio

What’s the Best Way to Use My Time?

WFH personalities
the engine and the steering wheel
is this ‘me’? / is this ‘good’?
harmonizers and disrupters
what’s the best way to use my time?
where a Generalist belongs
networking on anti-social media
our growing dissatisfaction with local entertainment
more convenience = less patience
the ever-optimizing human condition
there are two types of people in the world

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Thank you to @mclbrsl to let me write with his stunning painting, please support him ! ✨

"Si quelque chose pourtant est saccagé et mutilé, et désamorcé de sa force originelle, c’est en ceux qui oublient la force qui repose en eux-mêmes et qui s’imaginent saccager une chose à leur merci, alors qu’ils se coupent seulement de la vertu créatrice de ce qui est à leur disposition comme elle est à la disposition de tous, mais nullement à leur merci ni au pouvoir de personne."
Cette longue phrase peut sembler quelque peu complexe de prime abord.

Je dévore Alexandre Grothendieck (1928 - 2014), je pense que c’est assez visible sur mon compte 😅; et je relève beaucoup de citations qui me parlent.
Celle-ci intervient après l’une d’entre elles, que j’avais déjà relevée: "Chose étrange, il a fallu que peu à peu se dévoile à mes yeux le tableau d’un saccage de ce que j’avais laissé, pour retrouver en moi le sens de l’unité vivante de ce qui était ainsi saccagé et dispersé."
Alexandre Grothendieck était le mathématicien du "vivant", de la création; j’oserais le rapprocher de la philosophie nietzschéenne, en ce qui concerne l’émergence de la réalisation par le chaos.
Peut-être serait-il intéressant de faire un pont entre les deux.

Il y a, dans cette phrase de Grothendieck (« Récoltes et Semailles, I », 2002), un homme humble qui construit une genèse à partir de ses entraves.
On y lit un mathématicien mortifié et ahuri des déceptions du monde qu’il a côtoyé.

Que critique-t-il, en fin de compte?

Il y dépeint la puissance dévastatrice de celles et ceux qui prétendent dominer. Cette domination, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) la conçoit comme une volonté de puissance. Mais elle peut tomber dans un nihilisme dit passif: on ne crée plus, on cherche seulement à posséder et à détruire, et c’est soi-même qu’on abîme en premier.
En revanche, à l’instar de Grothendieck, le nihilisme actif est la puissance créatrice de l’être humain. De cette réflexion émane la fameuse citation "Il faut avoir en soi du chaos pour enfanter une étoile dansante", (« Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra », 1885).

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