Fairies for Ella

Ella I suddenly remembered this movie I saw years ago and really loved, called FairyTale: A True Story. It seems kinda related to how you want to make installations that question reality, or sort of give people an escape..?? The film is set during WWI and a family are grieving the loss of their father and two sisters try to prove to the public that fairies are real by photographing them, and the mother wants to believe it. It's interesting how the film portrays the fairies as fact too, and apparently two girls actually did try to fool people with photographs of fairies, hence it being a true story. You should check it out :)

Hey guys,

Was great seeing most of you this morn! For Edwin, Han and Soph who weren't able to make it, we pretty much just caught up and shared quake stories, and decided that if we aren't allowed back in the studio on Monday we'll organise meetings/crits to be held in people's flats and keep in touch via the blog.

Would be cool if people could post their ideas for the year, however vague, up here so we can help by contributing things we come across that may be of interest? Cos lets face it I bet lots of us that have the net are spending quite a bit of time aimlessly surfing it? Or is that just me...

Anyway...I've been thinking a bit about pre-cinema optical illusions, and the cool things (props and 'magic' tricks) that were/still are used in theatre...kinda following on from when I was making kaleidoscopes and got interested in praxinoscopes and zoetropes and other things with crazy names, the idea being the atmosphere and type of scene that can be created by using technology from centuries ago... Don't really know what I want to make exactly though, but just thought I'd put that out there and get the ball rolling :)

Quakeschurch

Hey everyone!
Just wanted to see how everyone's doing?
I really do hope that you and your families are safe at home with you and that your houses are still standing. If anyone needs anything let me know, happy to help :-)
See you all back at uni xo

Manystuff

Hi all,

I know I have been out of the loop for a while but I thought this was worth breaking the silence for. It has lead me on some really interesting googling tangents lately... manystuff.org

Hope your all well,

Alice

Holidays!

Hi all

Just wanting to wish everyone a happy holidays and to congratulate you all on your 301 year. I think the Chained Lady catalogue at the beginning of the year was a masterful effort and I am extremely proud of you all for providing Tessa and the artists with an exquisite publication. Great work also in developing your individual research. I feel confident that you'll hit the ground running next year and take on 401 with ease. On that note... Luke Wood is the new fulltime lecturer in Graphic Design. This is great news for the studio and for the school. Luke and I will be working together over the summer on the curriculum for next year, which for you will be a year of self directed research. I recommend that over the summer break you take time to have a plan for your first term. You'll be asked to draft a teaching and learning agreement that will work as a proposal for your research. I'm back in the second semester and am excited to see where your individual practices will be heading at that stage.

Anyway... enough from me... hope you have a great Christmas and if you're around Lyttelton on new years eve come and catch the Grand Saloon at El Santo.

Aaron

Missing Missy.

Please read. You will LOL.

For Rosalee

Somehow facebook led me to this blog post. Thought you might like to have a look...


http://hobbyhorsesandsecondcourses.blogspot.com/2010/10/dont-forget-to-write.html

Tree in Jars

Jo this might interest you.

Death: a magazine for the enthusiast and non-enthusiast alike

Online magazine

Dream Diary Blog

http://robinwhitmoredreamdiary.blogspot.com/

Also the photo for string gardens wont work but have a look at this

Photos of stuff people might like

Field of light

The Crystal Life of Sewage

Wholeo Dome

Specially designed door shelters people against falling earthquake debris

In anticipation of a 7.6 magnitude earthquake possibly hitting the city of Istanbul by 2030, an MA design student named Younghwa Lee from Kingston’s University has designed a special kind of door that protects residents from falling quake debris. Designed to ensure safety and reduce injury or death, the door folds horizontally in the middle, while the bottom part remains braced against the floor for support. This allows the door to sit in an angle when the earthquake strikes while the person takes shelter under the fold.

Catalogue send out...

Hey guys...just wanting to know if anyone has any names of places you want to send the catalogues to???...hopefully we can start sending them out by the end of the week. if you put names and address up here we can start getting a list together..

Sagmeister talk

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/stefan_sagmeister_on_what_he_has_learned.html

I thought this was a pretty interesting and amusing short talk about his work on what he has learnt so far.

for Chloe

Hey Chloe, not sure if you've seen these guys before but if not you might find it interesting in relation to the jesus shells. These guys are trying to send a personal handwritten letter to everyone in the world and they have started with small towns.

http://www.mysteriousletters.blogspot.com/

http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/482-talk-3-michael-crowe-lenka-clayton

One work per day for thirty days!!

Dominic Wilcox is making one creative thing per day for 30 days as part of the Anti-Design Festival. Check out his progress on his Variations on normal page.

Err... earthquake anyone?

Hey hope everyone's ok! Have you seen the studio yet Aaron? What's the plan for this week?

Critique stamps of disaproval