Glencoe

by | Apr 11, 2008 | Travel

Off to Glencoe for the weekend to celebrate this ones 21st birthday. Rather excited about hanging out with this group of folks – about 30 of us heading away – and the potential for some dusk/evening wide-angle landscape light painting fun…!

Chicago

by | Mar 18, 2008 | Travel

A few weeks ago I got to spend some time in Chicago – easily my favourite US city! It was a joy to wander around this beautiful city, taking in the incredible architecture, despite the freezing cold temperatures. Wind chill was taking it out of me majorly! I stayed with Hannah, whom I met briefly last time I was here – she has the craziest, hectic lifestyle, yet she also has such a heart for people and will make time for you regardless of what is going on. It was a real blessing to get to know her a bit more!

Snowy Chicago

I took in some of the main sights, including Millennium Park, the Bean, Soldier Field, and Michigan Avenue. Not to mention lunch at Eds! Thanks to ‘Free February’ I got to take in the Art Institute of Chicago one day, well worth a visit.

(Day 58) Chicago Skyline

Downtown Skyline (2)

I also went to the Museum of Contemporary Photography, at Columbia College, to take in some excellent photography, especially an exhibition titled ‘This Land Is Your Land’ offering diverse perceptions of the United States.

Tate Modern

by | Mar 18, 2008 | Travel

On Wednesday past I spent a few hours in the Tate Modern, surprising myself by how much I appreciated some of the work (granted, much I did not, but I enjoyed more than I thought I might!). A few of the images I found myself lingering over…

The Busy Life by Jean Dubuffet

The Tree A by Piet Mondrian

Wine Crucifix by Arnulf Rainer

I also really enjoyed the Cages series by Gerhard Richter, the section on Popular Painting (predominantly from Congo) and Shibboleth by Doris Salcedo.

“By making the floor the principal focus of her project, Salcedo dramatically shifts our perception of the Turbine Hall’s architecture, subtly subverting its claims to monumentality and grandeur. Shibboleth asks questions about the interaction of sculpture and space, about architecture and the values it enshrines, and about the shaky ideological foundations on which Western notions of modernity are built.”