Wednesday 29 February 2012

SPACE// GALAXY IMAGERY

NGC 3603 nebula



starsWR124


The two photographs taken by the Hubble telescope. We love these images they really express the amazing creations that we are surrounded by. 

FILM// TREE OF LIFE






I recently watched The Tree of Life, A film by Terrence Malick staring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. The film centers around and a middle aged man’s memories of his family living in 1960’s Texas, whilst exploring the origins of creation and the meaning of life. The ‘history of the universe’ sequence is visually amazing and is like a poetic editing of all the most stunning images from nature and science documentaries. It is virtually impossible to explain this film as it is almost completely open to the interpretation of the viewer. It left me with many questions about the creations of life, how is it all connected? How did we get here and why?

JOSEPH// LIFT

PSYCHEDELIC PAINTINGS// YAGO HORTAL










We love the painting series of Yago Hortal, a catalan painter based  in Berlin. Hortal was born in Barcelona, 1983 and  studied fine art at the University of Barcelona. He has participated in several shows and prizes around Europe and some of his works are part of private collections around the world. 

Tuesday 28 February 2012

ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS// PLANT AND ANIMAL CELLS







 These images are produced by using electron micrographs, basically microscope photographs. Its fascinating out amazing things look when you zoom in really close. These images are mainly plant cells that have been died. 

EXHIBITION// YAYOI KUSAMA// TATE MODERN






When I think about “Polka Dots”, the first thought is Kusama, the old strange lady. At the moment Kasama has an exhibition in Tate modern London; which I went to see. Yayoi kusama is a Japanese artist. She was born in 1929, so this exhibition is like a reflection on her life’s work.
This exhibition has 14 rooms, and presents all of her work form 1950s.







"INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - FILLED WITH THE BRILLIANCE OF LIFE"

A depiction of Kusama’s obsession with infinite space. Her mirrored installation creates an environment that the viewer can explore surrounded by their own reflection. This particular room in the largest installation of this type she has made to date. Being in the room gives the feeling of infinity and the sensation on being suspended ‘in a sense

of self and accompanying Kasuma on her long on going journey of self-obliteration’





"I’M HERE, BUT NOTHING"

Room 12 was showing darned domestic interior featuring everyday furniture and accessories, such as a table, chair, and TV, but the whole room gave you a surreal and mysterious feeling. Lots of fluorescent sticker spots covered all of the room under a dim light.
This room gave me such a special feeling, when entering this room my white shirt and my light blue bag begin to shine. It felt like I became part of her work, it was so fantastic!

ARTIST// KEITH TYSON






Nature paintings by Keith Tyson are acid primed aluminium sheets or mirrors covered in paints pigments and other substances manipulated to interact in specific ways.