Perplex City

Perplex City is a fictitious metropolis. The most important characteristic of the city's culture is the importance they place on puzzles and other mental pursuits.

Perplex City was, actually, a long-term alternate-reality game created by Mindy Candy, a London-based development team.

Find the whole story on Wikipedia.

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More about Alternate Reality Gaming (AEG):

• How to Play & Where
  Unfiction
  ARGNet

Utopia & Uchronia

Uchronia(*) is a neologism forged in 1876 by a French philosopher, Charles Renouvier, based on Thomas More's Utopia.

• Utopia is derived from the greek words "ou" (no) and "topos" (place), meaning "no-place"
  
• Uchronia is derived from "ou" and "chronos", meaning "no-time"

Out of Space and Time, Utopia & Uchronia, is very much what this blog is about.

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Uchronies 2, is the title of an exhibition hosted by the gallery Ars Longa (Paris) and introducing artists working on the concepts of imagination and space.

I particularly enjoyed NG 's works and ideas. She is a nomadic performer, "testing utopic prototypes" and "exploring the relationship between physical and mental space".
Her present project is titled YOUR HOUSE IS MY HOME-LIVING IN UTOPIA. Her experience of living in the futuristic Bubble House designed by Antti Lovag is the first chapter of it. video
You can follow her quest for an ideal place and life on her blog.

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(*) - Uchronia is my translation. The word invented by the philosopher was in fact, the french word "uchronie", based on the french translation of utopia, "utopie".

Simon Rodia's Watts Towers

"Nuestro Pueblo" aka "Watts Towers"
The picture was taken from This site,
where you can find others pictures and links to sites dedicated to Simon Rodia's works.

Simon Rodia (?-1965)

I didn't know what to begin with, but the page on my calendar shows a picture of the Watt Towers by Simon Rodia. It's the perfect and fascinating example of a dream come true.
Read the emblematic history of the work labelled 'unauthorized public hazard' by the city of Los Angeles when they wanted it to be destroyed.

Watts Towers are located at :
1765 East 107th St
Los Angeles, California