She turned in an extremely energetic and uplifting performance and was sweetness itself - even popping in to the bar to say thanks to the all crew as she left.
Photo by the talented Mr Quinton
Monday, 16 April 2007
Lady Sov on Track
A great T-Mobile Street Gig last week in Leeds with Lady Sovereign. One of the most enjoyable in this series from my point of view. It was held in a cavernous indoor kart track with a raised pit lane making the perfect ready built stage.
She turned in an extremely energetic and uplifting performance and was sweetness itself - even popping in to the bar to say thanks to the all crew as she left.
Photo by the talented Mr Quinton
She turned in an extremely energetic and uplifting performance and was sweetness itself - even popping in to the bar to say thanks to the all crew as she left.
Photo by the talented Mr Quinton
Tuesday, 10 April 2007
Easter Bunny Ahoy
Was quietly pottering along the Helford River on Sunday when I spotted this magnificent bit of easter cheer...
Thursday, 5 April 2007
Sustainable Bagel
Inspired recycling of an empty CD tower to create the ultimate bagel transport system.
This kind of lateral thought really excites, now if someone could just let us know of a use for old scalpel blades we'd be able to get rid of the huge jar of leathal metal thats been hanging around for the last few years.
Via the ever wonderful Core77
This kind of lateral thought really excites, now if someone could just let us know of a use for old scalpel blades we'd be able to get rid of the huge jar of leathal metal thats been hanging around for the last few years.
Via the ever wonderful Core77
Saturday, 31 March 2007
See the Light
Went to see the James Turrell exhibition at the new(ish) Louise T Blouin institute in West London.
She's spent a lot of money on what I suppose is a vanity project - after all you wouldn't name it after yourself if you weren't in it to show off a bit!.
I'd only seen one Turrell piece before (in the Faith Zone of the dome) so was interested in finding out a bit more. There were five pieces (I know it's not about numbers, but I did feel a little short changed for my tenner), two were projected shapes created from a single light source and the remaining pieces were created by reflecting light from various sources into chambers cut out from the wall.
The reflected pieces really appealed, beautifully precise and strangely captivating - a mix between wondering at the subtle changes as your eyes and mind adapted to the light and trying desperatly to work out how it was done.
The building itself is textbook converted warehouse; polished concrete floor - check, lots of smooth white vertical surfaces with shadow gaps - check, liberal amounts of satin stainless steel fixtures and fittings - check. It all felt a little empty and unloved, there were more staff than visitors, large areas of the building were shut off by photocopied A4 signs stuck to doors. It had the feel of a failing Millennium Project rather than a new beacon of contemporary art.
On leaving I asked what was coming next and was delighted to hear that the very wonderful Gerry Judah is going to be exhibiting in the near future. I worked with Gerry on The Glenlivet distillery visitor centre - he created a stunning, sculptural centre piece made from the whisky bottles for us and was a joy to spend time with. I look forward very much to seeing his work in a gallery context.
She's spent a lot of money on what I suppose is a vanity project - after all you wouldn't name it after yourself if you weren't in it to show off a bit!.
I'd only seen one Turrell piece before (in the Faith Zone of the dome) so was interested in finding out a bit more. There were five pieces (I know it's not about numbers, but I did feel a little short changed for my tenner), two were projected shapes created from a single light source and the remaining pieces were created by reflecting light from various sources into chambers cut out from the wall.
The reflected pieces really appealed, beautifully precise and strangely captivating - a mix between wondering at the subtle changes as your eyes and mind adapted to the light and trying desperatly to work out how it was done.
The building itself is textbook converted warehouse; polished concrete floor - check, lots of smooth white vertical surfaces with shadow gaps - check, liberal amounts of satin stainless steel fixtures and fittings - check. It all felt a little empty and unloved, there were more staff than visitors, large areas of the building were shut off by photocopied A4 signs stuck to doors. It had the feel of a failing Millennium Project rather than a new beacon of contemporary art.
On leaving I asked what was coming next and was delighted to hear that the very wonderful Gerry Judah is going to be exhibiting in the near future. I worked with Gerry on The Glenlivet distillery visitor centre - he created a stunning, sculptural centre piece made from the whisky bottles for us and was a joy to spend time with. I look forward very much to seeing his work in a gallery context.
Friday, 23 March 2007
Blocked
Tried to log on to the blog via someone elses network today and got this message.
Seems that the powers that be have got us pegged as porn barons…
Seems that the powers that be have got us pegged as porn barons…
UPDATED: Extra Hour?
Saw this in Metro this morning on my way to work:
In my sleepy haze I got rather excited, I hadn't realised the clocks were changing. I started thinking about what I could do with "my" extra hour and how clever Expedia had been to create a topical and tangible campaign (offering free taxis to London galleries allowing people to "do something inspirational with their extra hour").
Wasn't until I mentioned it in the office that someone pointed out we actually lose an hour rather than gain one.
So is it just me or have they made one almighty gaff?
UPDATE
Just got pointed in the direction of this url. Seems that it's not a mistake, just a really confusing bit of copy, the "extra hour" refers to the extra hour of daylight we'll be getting from next week and not the hour we'll be loosing on Sunday morning. Silly me.
In my sleepy haze I got rather excited, I hadn't realised the clocks were changing. I started thinking about what I could do with "my" extra hour and how clever Expedia had been to create a topical and tangible campaign (offering free taxis to London galleries allowing people to "do something inspirational with their extra hour").
Wasn't until I mentioned it in the office that someone pointed out we actually lose an hour rather than gain one.
So is it just me or have they made one almighty gaff?
UPDATE
Just got pointed in the direction of this url. Seems that it's not a mistake, just a really confusing bit of copy, the "extra hour" refers to the extra hour of daylight we'll be getting from next week and not the hour we'll be loosing on Sunday morning. Silly me.
Biscuits of the World - Part 3
Of course a holiday means biscuits and I'm rather proud of my carefully researched selection.
So may I present to you home made treacle toffee from Penrtith's Toffee Shop and the world famous and rather tasty gingerbread from Sarah Nelson's Grassmere shop.
So may I present to you home made treacle toffee from Penrtith's Toffee Shop and the world famous and rather tasty gingerbread from Sarah Nelson's Grassmere shop.
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