New Haven, El Correo 1.6

El Correo is a series that compiles the informal and playful exchange of letters between the editors of Hidden Architecture, defining a contingent editorial line. El Correo es una serie que recopila el intercambio epistolar, informal y lúdico, entre los editores de Hidden Architecture, definiendo una línea editorial contingente. I always write this Correo in the midst of extreme weather, but I can't think of a better time to reflect on the transition between outer and inner space, your original prompt for this series. I am in New Haven, in the middle of a winter storm. It has been snowing all day, and now we are at -3 degrees Celsius, although this morning we reached -13 °C. You need to add an extra 10 degrees less to the each of these figures because of the wind chill. The atmosphere is gloomy, not only in terms of the weather, with the last week of sub-zero temperatures, twenty-four hours without seeing the sun, and non-stop snowfall, but also because of the political situation in the region and the country. The already weak democracy is disintegrating, being recorded on cell phones and broadcast on Twitter and Instagram: images that appear on a loop on social media, with patrols hunting down immigrants solely because of their skin color or accent, as well as executions in broad daylight, recorded by the protesters themselves. The cold weather is also psychological. Siempre escribo este correo en medio de un fenómeno meteorológico extremo, pero no se me ocurre mejor ocasión para pensar en la transición entre el espacio exterior y el interior, tu mandado original para esta serie. Me encuentro en New Haven, en medio de una tormenta invernal. Lleva todo el día nevando y ahora nos encontramos a -3 grados centígrados, aunque esta mañana hemos llegado a -13 °C. Quítale diez grados más a la sensación térmica de cada uno de estos números.