Tag: art

• Glowing Glass

  

  Mussolini got me thinking about the whole glass house concept.

  2012-01-16

• The Greatest

  

  What a perfect satire from the wonderful Chaplin.

  2012-01-13

• House of Fascism

  

  The Casa del Fascio on the beautiful Lake Como was to be a temple to Fascism.

  2012-01-12

• Giuseppe Terragni

  

  While Mussolini was getting on with his unique way of leading, in 1926 a group of seven young architects in Milan were introducing Rational Architecture.

  2012-01-11

• Rome Tames

  

  Back to Mussolini and his aphorisms.

  2012-01-10

• Square Colosseum

  

  I remember first coming across the building known as Colosseo Quadrato (Square Colosseum) in Rome in the 1990s.

  2012-01-09

• Cities & The Sky 1

  

  In Eudoxia, which spreads both upwards and down, with winding alleys, steps, dead ends, hovels, a carpet is preserved in which you can observe the city’s true form.

  2012-01-06

• Cities and Memory 5

  

  In Maurilia, the traveler is invited to visit the city and, at the same time, to examine some old postcards that show it as it used to be:

  2012-01-05

• Thin Cities 4

  

  The city of Sophronia is made up of two half cities.

  2012-01-04

• European Montage

  

  Looking back at these photomontages I made 20 years ago I’m reminded of European landscapes.

  2012-01-03

• Beach Time

  

  Sunny times in Melbourne, Australia.

  2012-01-02

• The Holy See

  

  Finally in my mini retrospective of Reggio I learn he has a new work out next year. With Philip Glass music. Again. Looks good and mysterious. Click on the image below to see the two promos. | The Holy See, Godfrey Reggio, 2012 | Julia Ritson

  2011-12-30

• Evidence

  

  Here’s one for the parents. Godfrey Reggio again. With Philip Glass again. | Evidence, Godfrey Reggio and Angela Melitopulo, 1995 | Julia Ritson

  2011-12-29

• Naqoyqatsi: Life as War

  

  Here’s an excerpt from Godfrey Reggio’s final piece of the Qatsi trilogy. Still loving the music from Phillip Glass. This one is about the transition from nature to technology. So he went all out with the computerised images. I’m really attracted to the non-narrative nature of Reggio’s work. And the Glass music allows your own…

  2011-12-28

• Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation

  

  Godfrey Reggio chose to use footage of the Serra Pelada mine in Brazil to open his second film, Powaqqatsi. To quote Reggio, “Awesome beauty, terrible beauty, beauty of the beast.” Click on the image below to see and also hear another perfect Philip Glass score. | Godfrey Reggio, Powaqqatsi, 1988 | The voice of Orson…

  2011-12-27

• Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance

  

  Guardian journalist Leo Hickman, recently chose Koyaanisqatsi as his favourite film. The film was made by Godfrey Reggio in 1983. Hickman’s article got me thinking about the Reggio trilogy. This was formative stuff for me. I have vivid memories of seeing and hearing the film. But I’ve never really known much about the director of…

  2011-12-26

• The Australian Exhibition of Women’s Work

  

  The Australian Exhibition of Women’s Work was held at the Exhibition Buildings in Melbourne for five weeks in 1907. People could see arts and crafts including paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, pottery, needlework, leatherwork, woodwork, spinning and weaving. One of the women carvers exhibiting was Tasmanian born Ellen Nora Payne and she went on to win…

  2011-12-23

• Churchly Prenzel

  

  Robert Prenzel produced a lot of ecclesiastical woodcarvings. When many of his private clients abandoned him during and after the war he became the odd job man of Toorak and South Yarra. But the churches continued to support him. He said My Roman Catholic friends were always loyal to me. I wanted to get to Trinity College…

  2011-12-22

• More Woodwork from Prenzel

  

  I’ve really enjoyed reading the National Gallery of Victoria publication about wood carver Robert Prenzel.

  2011-12-21

• Robert Prenzel

  

  Another man good with wood was Robert Prenzel (1866-1941).

  2011-12-20