Florence + The Machine @ Bowery Ballroom NYC October 09

I found out Florence + The Machine were playing at Bowery Ballroom too late and it was sold out, fortunately I managed to aquire a photopass for the event and took photos which the manager said she wants to use for the tour blog, though havn't seen them around anywhere as of yet so, I guess you saw it here first.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

My First 3D typography bullshit

Made this today in my 3D studio max class, We were learning about modelling using "lofting" and made fish, but I wanted to try some motion typography,



This is pretty simplistic, but it took me about 3 seconds to make, trying to do this kind of thing on flash would probably take a lifetime, really excited to start some more 3d graphicy stuff.

I don't give you much time to read it here but the type says "Dyslexia 3000" this was going to be the name of a club night I pitched for last year, ended up sticking with Club Shoo but plans are in place to resummon the movement of 'Dylsexia 3000' in another more tangible form...

The learning curve with 3d programs is apparently 2 years long and shaped like a ski jump, or as I like to think of it; Brooke Satchwell's nose.






Hold on a sec, Billy and Anne's first kiss was when he thought Anne was asleep. and kissing someones foot is considered a "friendly kiss"? What kind of immoral, orgy, col-de-sac was Ramsey Street in the late 90s?

Cara's Roof

My friend from London/Brighton Cara has moved into a loft space in Bushwick, it has an
amazing roof, i had to take some quick snaps, high ISO: high noise, but I am
anxious to go back with a tripod. It was a full moon and the sky was clear, the
colouration of the night sky is lovely and the artificial lights are warm. I like
thinking about all the people who live in all of those windows with the lights
on, most of them are probably just watching TV. that's a bit depressing. but
some of them are probably having dinner parties, some might be having an arguement
or sex or painting, some might even be on facebook. it makes me think that being a ghost would
not actually be that boring, frustrating perhaps, but not boring.

 

Cara is in a similar position to me, She's in New York for a short while trying to
do lots of work and make her way, check out her blog, you'll like it
because it's almost a quarter as supurb as she is.

Cara's Blog

Some Photographs

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I am clever

I found out last week that I won a BUTEX Scholarship. BUTEX are an organisation

which fund students who travel abroad. Every semester they pick a handful of
applicants based on a short Essay. here follows the Essay that won me the
scholarship and money for lots of camera lenses YESSS! I'd like to thank Tosh
for helping me with the grammer on the doorstep of work 45 minutes before the
deadline.

OH YEAH and i'd also like to take this oppourtunity to tell my contextual studies
lecturer to fix up, Nearly failing me on my last essay, PSH.

I think he didn't take to the fact I wrote 30% of it in rhyme, He spends every
lesson talking about these Creative thinkers throughout history but when someone
tries something progressive it's a(n almost) fail grade.

ANYWAY

The Title of the Essay was: Why should all students study abroad?

To which my answer was:

"To be a student is to direct ones energies and zeal towards a particular subject.
This can manifest itself in a variety of different ways. In some subjects,
students pursue knowledge, others, skills and some, wisdom.  What brings us
together is the drive to learn; to seek the truth in a pursuit of betterment
of ones understanding of life. This is why I would hearten any
student to study abroad.

It is useful to take a historical look at some of the learners who have transformed
the way we think of the world.  The following scholars all spent time
living, learning and practicing their trade in a different country. Artists such
as Picasso and the cubist painter Jaun Gris were both Spaniards who moved to
France. The Poets T.S Eliot, Hilda Doolittle and Ezra Pound all moved from
America to live in England.  Further examples can be seen in American
writers: Ernest Hemmingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein all spent
time practicing in Europe.  James Joyce acts as a model expatriate
deliberately turning his back on Ireland. The last three words of his seminal
book ‘Ulysses’ “Triest, Zurich, Paris” signify his nomadic lifestyle. 

Sigmund Freud remembered the time he spent studying in Paris as a crucial catalyst
in turning him towards the field of psychopathology, which consequently lead him
towards developing psychoanalysis. Charles Darwin’s five-year voyage upon
HMS Beagle was absolutely intrinsic to the development of the theory of natural
selection and the writing of ‘The Origin of Species’

It is interesting to wonder how different our world would be if Freud or Darwin had
never travelled. So what was it about travelling and studying abroad which did
so much for these figures?

My understanding is that when someone travels away from their home they experience a
different culture. When they compare this culture with that of their homeland
they gain awareness of both the differences and similarities between them, this
grants them a new perspective. I believe this perspective is a very important
trait.

Not only does this new perspective give us authority to understand, comment and
build upon the cultures of both home and abroad. It also illuminates the
position within society and the world of which the traveller belongs, this can
allow them to make decisions on where they wish to go and who they wish to
become.  This is something that I feel is crucial for those of us, who are
still discovering themselves.

I believe the quality that unites all students is the urge to learn and seek truth
about the world. The experiences of another country of course widen our
horizons, but the perspective that this brings also equips us with an astute
sensibility towards the particulars that we will face for the rest of our lives
allowing us to grasp a more informed and grounded perception of truth.

I would like to end on the last and possibly most important reason I feel students
should study abroad, which paradoxically is the reason I do not know the details
of, the unknown reason.

As with every other prospective traveller, for me, foreign countries hold an
abundance of unknown quantities. I do not know the particulars of what I, nor
anyone else will learn while they are away, and I shall not even begin to guess.
As the one thing I can honestly say I have learnt from my minor
excursions into the expanse that is the world, is how much more I have to learn."

You don't get these kinda Ads in the UK

Central Park Roller Disco

I think the words "Schnazzy" and "Naff" should unite to describe the world of roller disco.

It's Schnaffy and I love it.

 Below: Cara and Flo Ness.

Central Park Roller Disco every weekend until Halloween.