Front Page Nation
Look who’s on the cover of Virgin Australia’s inflight magazine this month. Burma is possibly the hottest travel destination in South East Asia this year. Blame this on the political revolution that saw a shift from military to civilian government, the inauguration into parliament of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, and the related – if not consequential – lifting of sanctions, wiping of debts and abolishing of key economic restrictions. I am happy with these positive, although slightly overdue, developments for the economic growth of the country, however, I wonder if the country will be able to withstand the side effects of tourism.
Paintographs?
Some of these photographs are so exquisite it perplexes me that they are not paintings…perhaps paintographs?
Now here I was thinking I’ve stumbled upon a brilliant new term! But of course, like most things in this world, someone else has already thought of it. Here is a description of it from http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark10314/sets/72157603931061380/
“Paintography is a fairly recent invented term. It refers to an original image, usually a photograph that was altered to look like, or to become, a painting. The altering could be done digitally or in a classical way – using paint and brushes. Another way is to use both methods: print an altered image on paper then paint it with oils and brushes.
Gallery owner Martha Higgins stated paintography as: “Photographs that emulate painterly effects, and paintings that use photography as a subject matter”.”This is today’s top result for a Google search of paintography http://www.paintography.com.au/
Photographs of the mercurial River Thames made during a 10 day walk in August 2012 backpacking and wild camping where possible along 170 miles of the Thames Path from the source near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the City of London, I chose to end my journey on the steps of St Pauls.
Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song,
Sweet Thames, run softly, for I speak not loud or long
TS Eliot.
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Watch This Space
I am helping a friend with an upcoming exhibition that will showcase her PhD research. Just viewed some of the work for the first time and I must say, I was already convinced but now I am blown away! I haven’t been “moved” like this in a while. The research involves postcards and cities across the globe. AMAZING! This is all I can tell you for now so watch this space!
The Week That Was
Politicians are subject to harsh and public criticism. Especially when they make ill-informed misleading comments on television as part of a campaign to be elected to lead a nation. This week the world witnessed a few prime examples…
1:1 Pro Shots
Crib Creative has uploaded their photos from last week’s 1:1 National Architecture Event! If you’re on Facebook check out the album here! Otherwise here is a selection of my favourites from the day.
TWELVE HOURS AT A BAR 1:1 design-build-enjoy
Yesterday was a fun day. I built a bar. That’s right, I built a functional beverage serving bar for Perth’s latest creative installation. 1:1 is a project that ‘aims to create a collaboration between architecture students and professionals as a way of building relationships and forming a creative discourse’. Check out the time lapse video from 1:1 in Sydney last year.
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Reviewing the bag
Packing is an art that requires the ability to see into the future. Time to review my fortune-telling abilities. Continue reading “Reviewing the bag”
Make Your Own Souvenirs
Personally, I always have trouble picking out travel souvenirs. There are two types of dilemmas. One is not finding anything worth taking home Continue reading “Make Your Own Souvenirs”
Breaking It Down
With a jump in the amount of views for this little blog of mine over the past couple of days, I’m feeling an affection for numbers. There’s something that I’ve been wanting to do Continue reading “Breaking It Down”
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