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The Sum Total Newsletter
The Sum Total Newsletter is evolving into a travelogue through contemporary culture: we are based in Rome Italy, and besides writing about life and culture here, we take on some of the most poignant issues effecting our lives today.
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Odysseus and the Monster Heatwave: a short graphic story on the one monster Nolan left out of his Odyssey: the one that is wreaking havoc on our world right now.
Lisbon premonitions: How a smashing earthquake from 1755 turned the tables on religious doctrine, introduced scientific inquiry and changed the way humans understand the natural world around them.
The Artificial Imagination, and the quest to understand the future of A.I. from the inside of the design world as we know it.
Lying buried beneath the surface of Ischia's volcanic mountain is some serious history, including Titanic struggles, a French revolution run amok and plenty of natural catastrophes. A paradise lost?
Blast from the Past series: "the Bastioned TV wall: recycle your old screens." A grand scale comic strip for the televisually impaired.
In 1959 Rothko walked into Michelangelo's Laurentian Library in Florence and found the heart of darkness. It's worth the visit to see why.
Slaughterhouse 9: the old cattle pens in Rome's ex-meat market are herding visitors to culture. The latest make-over is for a museum dedicated to photography.
The monumental dissolve. Reflections on the legacy of public monuments and the fragility of place.
Paolo Porteghesi's spiraling countryside villa outside Rome broke ground in 1972 and took years to complete. The house is one of the earlier examples of a postmodern residence in Italy.
In Rome one contemporary art museum stands out for its dark Goth ambience, defying curators and artists alike. It's weirdness is what makes this place so special.
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