In Buddhism we awake to the dream and realise we are still within the dream – helping us be much more aware and open. In transcendental meditation effortless concentration is practiced, moving deeper into new levels of consciousness. The world of Twin Peaks, from the pilot to the Missing Pieces of Fire Walk With Me, …
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Through Discord and Harmony – Glasgow School of Art Fine Art and MFA Degree Shows – Part 2
(article continued from previous post) A vaguely familiar and catchy game type tune pulled me into an installation piece, ‘THE PURGE’, a joint work by three artists Chitra Sangtani, Lewis Prosser and Martha Simms. The tune and glittering colours welcome me to enter into the game world of The Purge, with an unsettling laughing audience …
Through Discord and Harmony – Glasgow School of Art Fine Art and MFA Degree Shows – Part 1
Methodically I began the GSA Degree Show journey. Working my way through the gleaming open spaces of the Steven Holl designed Reid Building, an interior shimmering in neutrality and sinuos equilibrium, taking in the impressive efforts of the students in the various design disciplines. Spotless presentation in a perfect exhibition environment, no place for …
Exhibition Review – ‘JANUS’ – Stephanie Burt and Kirsty Palmer
Upper image: Janus (satellite) as imaged by Cassini, NASA, 2008. Lower image: ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’, 1975, Peter Weir. Screen shot. A refreshing breeze moved through the Saltmarket in Glasgow in January, with a series of temporal, light and strangely magnetic works shown by artists Stephanie Burt and Kirsty Palmer. Being exhibited at 87 Saltmarket …
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GSA Master of Fine Art 2014 Degree Show Highlights
This year’s MFA from Glasgow School of Art was a very strong showing of many mature and confident works that, after several years of mixed MFA degree shows, really lived up to the challenge of the space. The Glue Factory presents artists with the opposite of a white cube space, it is an old converted …
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Pier Arts Centre ‘Living Colour’ Exhibition, Stromness
Probably one of Scotland’s best art galleries although far from the cities in the beautiful Orkney Mainland, the artwork at The Pier Arts Centre in Stromness (which has a connection to the Tate) is often nicely presented and curated. And so I wasn’t disappointed by their recent exhibition ‘Living Colour’ which a friend had recommended …
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New exhibition coming up at Hamilton College of three of the art students there. Anis, Bayne, Breen. This is their excellent foldout preview card.
Back and forward through Gifu and Toyama Ken
Infrastructure out of the urbanscape.. From dinosaurs in Shiragawa to a Tanuki greeting customers in a Masunozushi shop on Route 41 in Toyama…
Touchdown Tokyo 2013
I beamed down into Tokyo towards the end of last month, looking forward to unknown adventures… Halloween was close by and the megacity was dark early but brimming with energy as ever. In the crazy hustle and bustle, there was plenty of sideswerving various characters such as the one above, as well as good friends …
Two haiku poems
Fallen Leaves with a rustling sound fallen leaves pursue and pass others on the ground Tatsuko The Scarecrow in the setting sun the scarecrow’s shadow leans out to the road alone Shoha