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April 20, 2009

Le Corbusier or how to become a megalomaniac architect

I went to see the exhibition at the Barbican about the life and work of Le Corbusier who is perhaps one of the genius of the 20th century. Far beyond architecture he was planning for the modern society from furniture to entire cities, all that with a copious amount of concrete for good measure. Some of his drawings are genuinely breathtaking like his ideas for Rio do Janeiro or Algiers, yet horrifically inhumane. L'unite d'habitation has been copied ad infinitam in the swarm of social housing from the 60s/70s throughout Europe. Genial and soulless.


What interested me in particular was the video Le Corbusier shot in the thirties in Arcachon, which is a seaside resort close to Bordeaux where I used to go every year as a child. You can see the ocean beaches on the Atlantic coast, you can spot the beach by the Jetee d'Eyrac and finally the Aiguillon quarter with its oysters racks, nets and all.

             
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January 12, 2009

Cildo Meireles Retrospective

 

On the back of a fascinating conversation around sculpture and senses, I was recommended the exhibition at the Tate Modern showcasing the work of the Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles over the last few decades. I remember vividly a few years back watching with surprise and delight, a blind woman delicately discovering with her wrinkled fingers the details of a marble face in the Musee Rodin in Paris. My instinctive reaction to sculpture and installations is simple: I want to touch.

  • the Through installation, walking on layers of broken glass in a labyrinth of opacity. Delightful and challenging to get your feet involved.
  • the Babel installation, tower of radios, buttons, dials and mesh. Wished people to tune in and make the installation alive and changing.

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December 2, 2008

Young(er) Wildlife Photographer

As usual for us around this time of the year, the family went up to the NHM for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.

This year I much preferred the youngest overall prize. It's called The Show and the composition is simply fantastic. The bemused bovine audience circles the unlikely couple of a rather annoyed-looking giraffe and the bragging lion who is probably secretly thinking: "how the hell am I supposed to strike that giant?"

Other photos that caught my eye: the battling eagles, the perfected landing, the treetops fractals,  the petals procession powered by ants, the golden outline of the polar bear...

Let me leave you with my favourite. Abrazo.

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