Be my guest: Mound Hacker at the Loris Malaguzzi Center
The ongoing art project to the memory of the burnet Alexandrian library develops a twist in its narrative; I began perceiving the educational activities and teachings in Studio Visits study group and at The Good Enough Studio blog, as an art project. In my mind, I am creating a shelf of knowledge about psychology, education, and humanism inside the ancient library. […]
My bookshelf in the Ancient Library of Alexandria
My grandfather told me the story of The Ancient Library of Alexandria. It has been present in my mind with a sense of loss since childhood. I imagined the burnet scrolls. What was in them? What have we lost? I imagine the toga-wearing scholars wondering about the gardens, conversing with each other, discussing Aristotle’s […]
Reggio Emilia and Ancient Alexandria Library
For a few years I have been contemplating about our lost Ancient Library of Alexandria. Visiting Reggio Emilia at the Malaguzzi International Center, 2106 the concept of scholars gathering and sharing knowledge – Alexandria came to my mind from this perspective. Mound Hacker humbly left signs next to children’s artwork and at the lion’s base at […]
Mound Hacker in Italy, 2016
Reggio Emilia- Loris Malaguzzi International Center – children’s clay work
Fly me to the Moon
The distant mountains are reflected in the eye of the dragonfly Issa Ostracon, Leonardo.
Beth She’arim excavations, 2014
ARCHAEOLOGY LESSON FOR MOUND HACKER: MEASURING MARKING DIGGING SCOOPING BROOMING PILING UNFOLDING FINDING INSPECTING Where did it begin? A pit Beth She’arim excavations, 2014 Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa Excavations manager: Dr. Adi Erlich Excavations staff: Rona Evyasaf, David Yeger, Dani Chechelnitsky, Ran Kaftory, Menachem Schnell. Beit She’arim National Park […]
Mound Hacker on his way to Rome
My late grandfather, the architect Issac Kipnis, was the first to tell me the story of the burnt library of Alexandria. I was eight years old. The lost knowledge of the western world intrigued me ever since. I will be lecturing at The Arts and Sociaty Conference at Rome this week. Mound Hacker, will be probably restless, trying to pull me out of the lecture […]
Be my Guest: Dr. Helen Wickstead and the Rocdam Project
Dr. Helen Wickstead wrote to me a few months ago and surprised me by asking me to send her shards. She and a few more archeologists excavated Rockbourne Roman Villa and the Damerham prehistoric burial complex, both in South West Hampshire, UK. As I learned, it is also a beautiful community project. As a Mound Hacker, I sent her […]
Mound Hacker tools
This post is dedicated to the working tools used by Mound Hacker. I have been asked: What is the connection between the Internet link I write upon ceramic shards and Ancient Alexandria Library? What is the meaning of what I do? I am interested in the void the library left since childhood; I often think of […]