By the time I made it through the half of the article I could not help but think that the way author describes the use of augmented space reminds me of medieval time Christian religion propaganda. The parallel that I had in mind was obviously with the massive transmission of commercial related information onto the buildings, malls and major squares of major world cities. Just like in medieval times where most of the artists were devoted to working within the frame of religion (by painting, sculpting, frescoing, etc mainly on religious themes) in our times most of the augmented spaces as well as other form of arts are devoted to commercial oriented production. One of the reasons of this connection might be the power of belief in the divine in the past and the power of belief in “things” in the present. As church in the past was the wealthiest and the most influential organism as corporations are today. Obviously times somewhat changed and technology brings numerous new possibilities still strangely the attitude in its mass orientation stays the same. As for the article, it was quite bizarre to read about the future that already happened. The author talks about GPS(cellspace technologies) as an up-and-coming technology as well as surveillance and large screens (p. 3-4) as something that will gain more power and complexity in the nearest future. It seems to me that many of the subjects that the author address as soon to come are already realized in one or another way. He writes about some experiments and innovations that Universities and labs were working on at that time: “Ubiquitous Computing: the shift which away from computing centered in desktop machines and towards smaller multiple devices distributed throughout the space” (p.6). Personally I did not have a desktop computer since I bought my first laptop about 4 or so years ago. My cell phone gets smaller with every new upgrade, so it looks like research pays off. Lastly, the article made me curious to research some of the artists that were mentioned especially Lars Spuybroek and Kas Oosterhuis, Robert Venturi and obviously malls of Osaka and Hong-Kong. I think I will adjourn and fulfill my curiosity.