you have been here sometime: earthquake in mexico city

"try me, senseless today. before daylight they came.
falling, not to get up. before, nothing could change.

"try me, so tender. the last time it's so nice to get there.
try me, so tender. bet you don't foget to wonder too. a balance has taken so long."

1. Luis Barragan House, Tacubaya, Mexico City 1947 ... "Through a combination of International Style and traditional Mexican architecture and materials, Barragan created a modernism not of industrialized Europe, but of pre-industrial Mexico, not of sleek steel and glass but of warm, natural materials; not of the modernist "machine for living" but of spaces that respect human needs. - "Barragan" Armando Salas Portugal photographs, Rizzoli

2. Julia Mangold Untitled, 1994 Waxed steel 100 x 205 x 15 cm Private collection, USA. Bartha Contemporary. ... "Striped to a bare minimum Mangold’s sculptures and works on paper reflect on a visual language associated with early American Minimalism as well as European concrete art, however rather than merely relying on a limited notion of romanticised modernism or an hard edge aesthetic the artist’s works evolve through a refined play on human scale and the deliberate confrontation of precise forms and sensual surfaces. It is the artist’s inherent ability to unite these two seemingly opposing traits, which in turn lend the works an extraordinary sense of presence."

all lyrics by sea and cake, "everyday"

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"Can I come to your house?
Caught in the ropes and the wires
The sun settles hard in the south
Winter lives in my bones" - STARS

Dead by Accident is Emmanuel Picault's latest addition (opened less than a month ago) to his Mexico City gallery/stores, and his dedication to the work of Mexican designers. Located a quick walking distance from Chic By Accident,his other store in the Roma Norte, Dead by Accident's focus is on the story and symbolism of death.

All works are created by Mexican artisans and designers: works ranging from wood-blocks prints, to papier-mâché skulls, and the most exquisite ceramic tiles in opaque whites and earthly blacks. The main table centering the interior is covered in leather and adhered by glue and nails, while the tattered edges hang freely. The same leather-work carries onto the floor. The afternoon we were in the store with Emmanuel, an earthquake hit. The room slowly shaking, the skulls beginning to vibrate, as we were sipping mezcal.

Slowly the earth settled back into its form. - David John

(all photography by David John)