totally random links: an art buddha, some rules of photography, a funny lamp, etc.- October 20, 2007 This ash Buddha, built by Zhang Huan and exhibited in Berlin, might easily be seen as kind of sacreligious, but I actually really like what he's doing with this. Like a mandala, the entire point is that it disintegrates. "The work questions what is Buddha. And since all is void, will ash lie still" (From we make money not art.) tonya and pqbon blogged a link to 12 photographic rules that I want to jot down and keep in my camera bag. To this lamp, I can only say "bwaah! hahaha". Yeah, I'm..http://www.metamanda.com/blog/archives/2007/10/totally-random-links-an-art-bu-1.html things to make a grad student stop and think- October 20, 2007 Julian Bleecker thinks that interdisciplinarity is dead, which is actually more reasonable than the title makes it sound. What he's saying is that getting an engineer, a designer, and maybe an ethnographer into a room together just isn't enough. I think it's absolutely vital -- a requirement -- that you practice the other disciplines that contribute to the project. Which takes time. And will. Not to mention, well..discipline to become a designer, or chemist, or engineer, or cultural theorist,.http://www.metamanda.com/blog/archives/2007/10/things-to-make-a-grad-student.html So the one military junta said to the other military junta...- October 20, 2007 I've been asked by a few people whether the goings-on in Burma have had much effect on people in Thailand. Honestly, I haven't noticed it having more impact here than on the rest of the world just because it's happening to our neighbor. But then again Thailand and Burma have a history of hostility, invasion, and grudges - since the sacking of Ayutthaya it seems like the welfare of the Burmese people might not be one of the top-priority concerns of the Thai people. (Also, I'm in Bangkok... I...http://www.metamanda.com/blog/archives/2007/10/so-the-one-military-junta-said.html random 10- October 19, 2007 The theme this week is that I get a lot of music through my friends. If left to my own devices, I'd listen to German chamber music and Willie Nelson, apparently, with nothing percussive within earshot. Me and a Gun :: Tori Amos :: Little Earthquakes The Part You Throw Away :: Tom Waits :: Blood Money close :: Patchwork :: Marsmellow Die Forelle :: Fritz Wunderlich :: Erlknig: The Art of the Lied Beat Connection :: LCD Soundsystem :: LCD Soundsystem Liederkreis: 5. Mondnacht :: Dietrich...http://www.metamanda.com/blog/archives/2007/10/random-10-4.html Train Market- October 18, 2007 Awesome video. Posted on Metroblogging Bangkok.http://www.metamanda.com/blog/archives/2007/10/train-market.html |