Filed under: Art, Photo | Tags: Art, Centre Pompidou, Photo, Vivan Sundaram, Waste & Consumption
Visiting the Centre Pompidou in Paris I discovered the indian artist Vivan Sundaram who has created a series of photographs called “Trash”.The artist comments on contemporary politics through his radical art works. “Trash” has been shown in its entirety as a multimedia exhibition of installations, photographs and videos at Sepia in New York. The works address the aesthetics and social implications of urban waste and global consumption.
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The photographs show landscapes built of discarded objects which seem both familiar and strange. I found them to evoke an unsettling feeling of looking at something that I should recognize, without actually being able to. After a while I recognize fragments, but still I can´t really navigate through the landscape. I think the artist visualizes in a great way how objects transform to a different state when being discarded, but still stay the same. It is the context, state and location which make them difficult to recognize as the objects they once were. They exist in limbo between usefulness and end of life.
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The transition between the categories of useful objects (for example brick, tire, circuit board) and the collective category “trash” is decided by a complex combination of routines, social norms, material characteristics, state and function, technological and political development, but in the end it is the context and location that makes something “trash”.
Photo borrowed from Walsh Gallery
Photographed at Centre Pompidou
Photographed at Centre Pompidou
Photo borrowed from artnet
Erased & Replaced is preparing for the concert at Blå on the 9th of June! :)
Set list:
Ooh la la (Goldfrapp)
Who the fuck (PJ Harvey)
Hot Kiss (Juliette and the Licks)
New bandphotos:
More photos here
Norway:
The growth in waste has now passed the growth of the economy measured in GDP
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“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Filed under: Photo, Poetry, The Beauty of Skies | Tags: Photo, Poetry, Skies
Some say the world will end in fire; some say in ice. From what I´ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if I had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate, to know that for destruction ice, is also great and would suffice.
Robert Lee Frost
Filed under: Photo, Quotes, The Beauty of Skies | Tags: Photo, Quotes, Skies
“Keep your face always towards the sun, and shadows will fall behind you.”
Filed under: Architecture, Art, Photo, Travel | Tags: Architecture, Art, Gerhard Richter, Munich, Photo
I went on a little trip to Munich this weekend visiting a friend. I think Munich is a very nice example of the German sense of perfection, neatness and cleanliness. Everything seems so organized and well tended. The people as well, not a wrinkle in their shirt. There is a lot of cool perfection and a quite conservative “stiffness” combined by the contrasting warm welcoming Bavarian atmosphere. In about two weeks the fun begins with the annual Oktoberfest! I was there for it in 2005 with my friend Heidi. After getting a couple of Dirndl (Traditional dresses), we were partying just like the local girls. Such great fun. Well, none of that this year. Good fun still; walking around the city, going to a little party and…
…on Saturday I went to Pinakothek der Moderne (Contemporary art museum). The architecture of the museum appeals to me. It is quite industrial, with sleek lines contrasted by curves inside. The collection holds some art by german painters from the 19th century up to the present, pieces by Andy Warhol, just now an architectural exhibit by Jabornegg & Pállfy, lighting installation by Dan Flavin, New York, and I discovered a painting that I didn´t know, by my faourite artist Gerhard Richter as well.
“We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand… and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.”
– Marie Beyon Ray
I am fortunate to have a good view of the sky from my living room windows, and have been dazzled for years by the ever changing colors and compositions in it. This is my first contribution to my planned collection of sky photos here on the Bubble. Today the sun is lingering beautifully behind a grey foggy vail.
“Mountain of the martyr”, once home and workplace for the great artists Monet, Dali, Modigliani, Picasso and Van Gogh. Apparently it was outside city limits during the 19th century, and there were a lot of nuns making a lot of wine in the area, making it a popular place for drinking and decadent entertainment in the cabaret Moulin Rouge and Le Chat Noir. Montmartre is the artists’ and bohemian quarter of the capital and is situated in the 18th district. It is a vibrant place full of art, little bistro´s, stores and charm. The Basilica of the Sacré Coeur on top of the hill is impressing, and holds a magnificent view of the city. The area is much calmer than central Paris, and still holds the charm of the bohemian history. I did not do much shopping in Paris, but here I found a lovely store called Roxan, and bought the cutest ear rings, and a bracelet. I am just so in love with them. Listen to the lovely piano piece! (second below)
Filed under: Events, Music, Photo, Travel | Tags: Concerts, France, Lucinda Williams, Music, Paris, Photo
Kaja had the great idea of getting us tickets for the Lucinda Williams concert at a venue called Alhambra, on the 23. July in Paris. She is one of Kaja´s favorites, but I had not heard much of her songs, or much about her at all. I must say I really liked her voice. It was rough and fragile at the same time. She seemed a little nervous and stiff on stage, but the shyness was kind of cute in combination with the rock´n roll country songs. Her band consisted of some very talented musicians which on their own were called Buick 6. They did the warm up with an acoustic performance. The closing song was a very nice solo acoustic version of Jimi Hendrix’s “Angel.”
