The world is changing in an accelerating speed operated by the machine of Economy. Now open 24 hours on our planet. Every second counts, when you call mobile, when you enter the "free accesible" world wide information networks. Call me, call me, fax me, fax me, I'm here, mail me, chat with me on line.

The world is getting smaller as travelling gets faster, easier and more reliable. From airoplanes to trains and even more cars. Within 24 hours to every economically important destination, where you can pay with one and the same plastic VISA card. And we're not only moving our body from one place to the other but we travel electronically as well. We cross borders of different media in a constant acceleration... Meanwhile we sip liquid breakfasts, we eat two dimensional dinners delivered by city bike heroes and inbetween we swallow vitamin pills.

CUT THIS CRAP

Is the world really changing or do we only want it to change, so we can create something NEW every time? Every new building is more new than the other, it only exceeds in time, beats the old and is the topic for as long as the fashion goes (check the expiration date). Is the world really changing, or is it just the same play in a different theatre? Is the difference between a place in two periods not comparable to the difference between two places in one period? And is the world really getting smaller, or do we only take more distance from it and think to know everything by the overview? And who is actually travelling? When more and more people are captured, socially as well as financially in their small suburban apartements creating their own timeless histories not very different from their ancestors, trying to survive their world behind their doors, keeping up with the consumer age. That's tough enough. And who is actually travelling the Net, where you drown in an overflow of non-formation? More media, more acces into more nothingness. It's all possible, you're free to move, the world is yours if you have the money.

We talk too much about glabalisation, just to avoid being in one place. We believe too much in advancing, just to avoid living the moment. We dream too much about architecture, just to avoid building the real thing. And maybe we should dream a bit more, before we destroy all timeless stories by our addiction to continuous improvement.

STAND STILL

And cook a meal with a recipe as old as mankind reinvented on the spot. And while eating listen to fairytales from long ago that tell about now. This is not a workshop...

Sebastiaan, The Netherlands