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Bleak

2012-02-11T23:40:00.003+01:00

this is exactly how things will look in a week or two...
when all the snow and (lack of) enthusiasm melt down.
completely.

all photos from a lovely tumblr the skeleton of me

Dust

2012-01-29T20:44:00.002+01:00

the most beautiful song and album of this depressing january:
rupert brooke's poem 'dust'
composed and performed by danny kirwan of fleetwood mac,
from their sixth album 'bare trees' (the last album featuring danny)

When the white flame in us is gone,
And we that lost the world's delight
Stiffen in darkness, left alone
To crumble in our separate night;

When your swift hair is quiet in death,
And through the lips corruption thrust
Has stilled the labour of my breath

When we are dust, when we are dust!

Not dead, not undesirous yet,
Still sentient, still unsatisfied,
We'll ride the air, and shine, and flit,
Around the places where we died,

And dance as dust before the sun,
And light of foot, and unconfined,
Hurry from road to road, and run
About the errands of the wind.

And every mote, on earth or air,
Will speed and gleam, down later days,
And like a secret pilgrim fare
By eager and invisible ways,

Nor ever rest, nor ever lie,
Till, beyond thinking, out of view,
One mote of all the dust that's I
Shall meet one atom that was you.

Then in some garden hushed from wind,
Warm in a sunset's afterglow,
The lovers in the flowers will find
A sweet and strange unquiet grow

Upon the peace; and, past desiring,
So high a beauty in the air,
And such a light, and such a quiring,
And such a radiant ecstasy there,

They'll know not if it's fire, or dew,
Or out of earth, or in the height,
Singing, or flame, or scent, or hue,
Or two that pass, in light, to light,

Out of the garden, higher, higher...

But in that instant they shall learn
The shattering ecstasy of our fire,
And the weak passionless hearts will burn

And faint in that amazing glow,
Until the darkness close above;
And they will know poor fools, they'll know!

One moment, what it is to love.

Exhausted...

2012-01-07T19:22:00.005+01:00

...emotionally, physically, intellectually and all other -lly you can think of.

i have a thing for reused windows, foggy winter forests and frost leafs, hot tea during working nights, light at dusk... and my bed. oh how i love and hate my bed at the same time, right now.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7 - from a few blogs and tumblrs, but mostly from velveteen
3, 8 - installations by japanese artist chiharu shiota (will be writing about her soon!)
6 - a collage of film stills by martina sauter
9 - finale from 'stalker' by andrei tarkovsky

Tarkovsky Polaroids

2011-12-26T05:50:00.002+01:00

i'm thinking how fascinating it is that everything he did, even this polaroids, reflect his inner vision.

the beauty, colors, light, shadows, atmospheres... as if transfered directly from his movies.

above are my personal favorites,
but there's a lot more here and here

and this book is something i wish to possess at the moment.

Meanings

2011-12-24T20:20:00.001+01:00

one of my main problems.

Memories

2011-12-18T02:34:00.005+01:00

i had a tarkovsky weekend of mirrors, nostalghia, dreams and memories.

there's only two more of his works of art left on my hard drive that i've never discovered before...
i wish that could last.

Kasia Kifert

2011-12-17T19:42:00.008+01:00

some thoughts on intimacy - the movie, and well... not the movie.

'It's too long till I see you again
It's too long to be with you'

photography by kasia kifert, lyrics by tindersticks.

Sofia Coppola

2011-12-08T00:18:00.004+01:00

"there is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."
-francis bacon (essays of francis bacon: 'of beauty')

LiT

2011-12-07T23:10:00.005+01:00

yes. again :F

sometimes it occurs to me how insane it is - the amount of time i spend re-watching this movie.

the unofficial poster is by patyczak from deviantart

Nostalgic and Sentimental

2011-11-20T18:40:00.007+01:00

snoopy, come home was my favorite movie as a kid, so it still holds a special place on my list. i concluded that it's probably the main reason why i always look at people's mouth when they talk to me and not in the eye. i think i still believe that it's the best possible way to read all feelings, as charles m. schulz shows on each of his peanuts character. just remember snoopy's mouth when he's angry, or happy, or sad... it's just that little stroke of brush, a tiny curvy line that changes everything :)

and i don't know why, but keith jarret's 'the journey home' (from a very personal and intimate album 'my song') always reminds me of the movie. here is just a segment of the song :)

Watching

2011-11-18T01:42:00.003+01:00

this (for the last three or so hours).

dammit!

thank you harvard. now i want to go there.

i'm still thinking of buying japan architect #79

(although i don't know a word of japanese :F)

Thinking of...

2011-11-17T17:14:00.000+01:00

...and what to watch first :F

Alexander Brodsky

2011-11-12T19:06:00.018+01:00

'a little white dog' at days of oris 11. a graphic of his friends' dog, in size of a matchbox.

after a few weeks have passed, i still remain pleasantly surprised with this year's 'days of oris'. how could i not, when i had a chance to hear great kazuyo sejima, who was talking so lovely about a few of her selected completed projects. also, luis fernandez galiano who offered us his eloquent critic of contemporary architecture, the problems of society today and why architecture/architects should matter. but i think that nothing left such strong impression as the first few slides and introductory words of russian 'paper architect' alexander brodsky.

'it still amazes me that i became an architect'
'i understand i was actually scared by architecture. i'm still hiding.'
...
'i was scared to cross the boundary, to accept the responsibility.'
'risk, but if you make a mistake it's a torture.'

i tried to reconstruct my notes to form a sort of photo list of works he showed through his lecture:

'95 degrees pavillion'

an impressive construction made of existing trees that were found on the building site. the trees grow at an angle of 95 degrees, which is the reason for natural 'motion' of the pavilion.

'ice pavillion'

with ice walls! he constructed an ice-crusted metal cage on a frozen lake. it was there until the ice melted. more here.

'pavillion for vodka ceremony'

instead of japanese ceremony of tea, in russia there's - vodka! (i'm really sorry there's no video of the actual ceremony improvised by the artist and his friend anywhere on the web, that was really fun to watch). more about the pavillion here.

rotunda pavillion I

the space of this pavillion is manipulated with a number of doors, utopian location, with views of nature all around.

rotunda pavillion II

again, manipulated with a number of doors, but in a rather different location and context.

'20 garbage containers'

an installation for moscow contemporary art biennale 2009. he said that we can find really important things in the garbage. inside, we see manhattan, a model of the city.

'it still amazes me that i became an architect'

a space installation opened at architekturzentrum wien this october. he said it's about the reflection and paralel universe we build. materialised with mirrors and everyday objects he collected and painted with black oil.

'your prison'

an installation about the prison of everyday life. every element is connected with ladders, symbolising endless circles.

'grey matter' (i do love 'a clay dog watching clay tv' as he put it) :)

an installation consisting of handmade clay objects that are somehow connected with his childhood, memories, everyday life...

photos by:

yuri palmin & ronald feldman

here here & here

Days of Oris 11

2011-10-22T22:16:00.001+02:00

today and tomorrow :))

Days of Oris 11

Disappear

2011-10-21T01:26:00.034+02:00

divan dan jucer:

spavanje do deset, budjenje bez alarma

dorucak u krevetu

ponovno citanje zumthorovih misli i potraga za atmosferama

brze skice

pecivo s orasima iz gardena
miris pecenih kestena

nova siva pidjama na tocke

navecer kino s H. i novi Trier: 'Oslo, 31. august' :))

salica vruceg zelenog caja i casica razgovora

kisa u zagrebu kroz noc :)
jesen

i jedna od najljepsih pjesama ikad.

Little Things...

2011-10-09T14:22:00.039+02:00

...that make your day :))

my new discovery: a perfect little blog about simple pleasures in life that are displayed through a list of little things that people should notice and value. every note is very very inspiring, positive and optimistic, toned in vibrant colors, and provides an instant happy-go-lucky feel. so be sure to check it out daily, at moments when you're feeling down or exhausted ;) above is a selection of my favorites :)

justlittlethings.net

Rainy Day.

2011-10-08T17:32:00.008+02:00

at last.

autumn is here :)

rain (don't know about the author),

paris rain by dianne bos and some beautiful shots of female body by aaron feaver.

Recycling...

2011-10-03T22:54:00.010+02:00

...some lovely things from my autumn inspiration folder :)

1 - paper vase by tapio wirkkala
2 - utopia architecture for venice biennale 2010 by andrea branzi
3 - moleskine cahier pocket notebooks
4, 7, 10 - 'paper chairs', 'picnic' and 'kanagawa workshop' by junya ishigami
5 - contrasted pencils and blank paper, waiting for new ideas :)
6, 11 - onao paper slippers and anthropologie eco toothbrushes
8 - session bag with bruce mau quote
9 - some rapid design tools :)
12 - imaginary foundation art 2010

Helena Bonham Carter

2011-09-25T15:14:00.002+02:00

one of my favorite actresses. and one of the most beautiful women that i'm familiar with.

thinking about beauty and how it comes in many different shapes...

Disorder

2011-09-21T21:40:00.004+02:00

i don't know where i found these graphics that represent 20 shapes of mild obsessive compulsive disorders, it was a while ago. but i checked positive for 16 of them.

what about you? :)

illustrations from 'In A Perfect World' series by Catrin Dulay,
there's some more here

(i'm adding popcorn kernels, video pop up ads, pencil breaking and paper jams to my list :o)

Somewhere

2011-09-17T03:02:00.059+02:00

ovaj put mozete procitati recenziju koju sam,
zahvaljujuci zenskoj polovici glavnog urednistva (hvala, tamara!) :)
dobila priliku pisati za prvo tiskano izdanje filmskog magazina:

filmonaut

radi se o izuzetnom projektu hrpice mladih filmskih entuzijasta, a ako nabavite svoj primjerak casopisa, imati cete priliku procitati raznovrsne filmske recenzije koje su sigurno mnogo ljepse i tecnije pisane od ove koju vidite ovdje :) dakle, velika preporuka! (i novi brojevi su u procesu nastajanja)

zahvaljujem glavnim urednicima na strpljenju, posto mi je ovo bio prvi takav angazman... sto su toliko detaljno nekoliko puta intervenirali u moj grubo pisani tekst i sto su mi konstruktivnim kritikama ukazali na to kako jedna filmska recenzija zapravo treba izgledati. :))

Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) filmska je zvijezda, sa stalnim mjestom stanovanja u apartmanu hotela Chateau Marmont u Los Angelesu. njegova se svakodnevica sastoji od kronicnog nezadovoljstva sve dok ga ne posjeti 11-godisnja kci Cleo (Elle Fanning). njezin posjet potaknuti ce ga da se suoci s vlastitom prazninom i emocionalnim posljedicama povrsnog raskalasenog zivota u hollywoodu.

besciljno lutanje, monotoniju i trivijalnosti svakodnevnog zivota glavnog protagonista, sto su i bitne tematske odrednice filma, Coppola je naznacila uvodnim, trominutim staticnim kadrom u kojem se Johnny besciljno vozi u krug – nigdje. pozicijom kamere perspektiva nam je ogranicena, a pri izlasku ferrarija iz kadra cujemo samo zvuk motora, sto sugerira repetitivnost, kontinuitet i tisinu. to je definirano i u zvucnoj podlozi, koja dobrim dijelom namece odredjeni ritam i biljezi temeljna emotivna raspolozenja. pomno odabrana glazba koju su izveli Phoenix, The Strokes, francuz Sébastien Tellier te mnogi drugi, prisutna je samo kada Johnny djeluje zainteresirano, pri aktivnim zbivanjima (u drustvu s Cleo), a u odredjenim intervalima zvuk je potpuno iskljucen, sto samo naglasava njegovu osamljenost. u takvim momentima jasan je eksperiment realnim vremenom u maniri Rohmera ili kao hommage avangardnom feministickom uratku 'Jeanne Dielman' (Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, 1975) belgijske redateljice Chantal Akerman, jer Johnny u takvim petominutnim sekvencama uglavnom samo sjedi, pije i gleda u prazno, nista se ne dogadja, ali upravo tako dobivamo istinski uvid u njegovo emocionalno stanje.

isti dramaturski minimalizam vec je vidjen u hvaljenom Izgubljeni u prijevodu (Lost in Translation, 2003), jer se mehanizmima osnovnih audio-vizualnih elemenata otvara i stvara radnja. paralele medju filmovima ocigledne su i u estetici filma, jer sva su Johnnyjeva promisljanja, nezadovoljstva i nesigurnosti, prezentirana prije svega kroz vizualno. dijalozi su kao i u Lost in Translation svedeni na minimum, jer opet su 'stranci', 'drugi' oni koji govore dok su glavni protagonisti 'izgubljeni' (u razlicitosti kultura, u vlastitim emocionalnim stanjima, na svojim osobnim i profesionalnim planovima) i ne uspijevaju se izravno artikulirati. svi su ti motivi oblikovani unutar vizualno iznimno efektnog okvira kojim dominira hladna kamera zagasito plave boje, a povremene promjene karakteristika kamere direktno su vezane uz radnju i emocionalna stanja likova.

iako se bavimo naizgled nedopadljivim likom, prosjecnim 30-godisnjakom koji nakon niza ispraznih seksualnih iskustava i propalih veza nema niti jedan realan oslonac u zivotu, te ne pronalazi zadovoljstvo i ljepotu ni u cemu, empatija je neizbjezna. u dugom introspektivnom kadru prilikom postepenog priblizavanja kamere za vrijeme stezanja materijala koji sluzi za izradu kalupa Johnnyjevog lica, postignut je uzasavajuc psiholoski moment osjecaja otudjenosti, praznine i nesigurnosti, a dubokim disanjem naglasena je odsutnost svih osjetila i jedino sto ostaje je – samoca.

op.a: jako mi se svidja sto su likovi prikazani i prilikom nekih svakodnevnih radnji, koje na prvi pogled djeluju nebitno i kao da ispunjavaju 'prostor filma', a zapravo su neprocjenjive. Coppola na taj nacin izrazava veci dio suptilnog humora koji prozima film, poput nespretnih kadrova s blizankima i plesom na stangi, situacije s golim maserom ili zena u toplesu na svakom hodniku hotela. svi ti primjeri obicnih i neobicnih humoristicnih situacija uz Johnnyjevo pusenje cigareta, opustanje uz alkohol, komicne scene s rukom u gipsu pod tusem ili pak emocionalno praznjenje preko telefona, objedinjuju tihu karakterizaciju koju Sofia redovito primjenjuje...

Negdje (Somewhere, 2010) je na prvi pogled hladan i distanciran (jer Savidesova nas staticna kamera uglavnom stavlja u situaciju slucajnog promatraca s drugog kraja prostorije, preko ulice, preko cijele dvorane), cemu je kao kontrast nametnuta njeznost i krhkost odnosa izmedju Johnnyja i Cleo. samo u trenucima njihove bliskosti, sto je dodatno naglaseno promjenom ambijenta (glazbom i tonovima kamere) pri svakoj pojavi Cleo, imamo dojam da smo zapravo u Johhnyjevoj kozi, te tu postaje jasno da on u tom odnosu pronalazi nesto sto ga usrecuje. iznenadjujuce je kako Sofia Coppola nevjerojatnom lakocom, jednostavnoscu i minimalnim intervencijama u radnju uspijeva prikazati emotivnu stranu svakog lika, njihovu intimu i nedostatak medjuodnosa s drugim likovima. tranzicija kao konstanta njezina opusa provedena je u jednom od zadnjih zajednickih susreta Johnnyja i Cleo. kadar na vanjskom hotelskom bazenu gdje po prvi puta nisu 'zarobljeni' u interijeru posluzio je kao metafora za oslobadjanje, otvaranje i suocavanje s problemima. u kontrastu s introspektivnim kadrom s pocetka, ovdje se kamera polako udaljava sve dok ne vidimo cisti total u kojem Johnny vise nije sam.

op.a: zanimljiv je ponovno i taj posljednji susret, rastanak glavnih protagonista gdje se Johnny obraca Cleo u trenutku kada je njegov glas prigusen zvukom helikoptera u pozadini (umjesto saputanja, usred gradske buke Tokija iz Lost in Translation, koje nama nije dozvoljeno cuti), nema poljupca kao kod Boba i Charlotte, nema odustajanja od Versaillesa kao u Marie Antoinette, niti kolektivnog samoubojstva kao u The Virgin Suicides.
film zavrsava u trenutku kada Johnny odluci ostaviti iza sebe sve ono sto ga cini nesretnim. upravo ovdje sveprisutan simbolizam dolazi do izrazaja, iako nam Coppola ne 'servira' konkretan odgovor. mi smo, dakle, imali priliku vidjeti samo 'proces tranzicije' glavnog lika, no je li Johnny, kako sugerira glazba u podlozi, nakon izlaska iz ferrarija krenuo s osmijehom prema otvorenim horizontima - negdje?

napomena: dodana su manja prosirenja teksta izvan ogranicenja koje je bilo definirano za recenzije u casopisu :)

Franz Kline

2011-09-16T20:52:00.005+02:00

perfect brush strokes

gesture in art

action painting
only black and white

individuality

the man has it all.

Still...

2011-09-14T15:20:00.008+02:00

...waiting for:

i have a serious problem.

having such high expectations of the movie, i've done my research the other day and i found out that it was screened at august 31st in norway and that it should finally go worldwide in a month. i initially tend not to read reviews of the movie before i watch it, but this time i was unable to stop just at one. i'm quite certain it will be as good as reprise, maybe even better.

1 2 3 4 5 6

right now, i feel very happy and very impatient :)

PJ

2011-09-03T20:12:00.011+02:00

contemplating about her capability of constant change through every album, while at the same time she achieves to be consistent, true to herself and always discover something new.

as said here, i love this quote:

'Harvey is the queen of the musical character study. Every album has its own personality, its own cast of bizarre female characters, and its own story that blurs the lines of fiction and memoir. She has the most dedicated fan base of any single musician I can think of, but her albums are so self-contained, that each new experiment briefly alienates some part of her base. That’s cool, cause they always come back.'

i mostly love her appearance and style during 'is this desire' (after nick cave breakup phase, i think it's very interesting how both of them created their most perfect works after the crash of their relationship) and 'white chalk' (beautiful neovictorian gowns <3 and multiinstrumental phase), coincidentally, these two are the albums that seem to be closest to my music sensibility :)

Cut.

2011-08-21T00:25:00.004+02:00

thinking about some changes...

and to me, changes always come with a new haircut :)

Kirsi Pyrhonen photographed by Josh Olins for Vogue Italia Beauty edition August 2011

Liv Tyler

2011-08-16T23:56:00.002+02:00

...rewatching some of her older movies - 'stealing beauty', 'inventing the abbotts' and 'onegin'

i've also found some pretty photos of her from my old pc :)

Fall 2011 RTW Inspiration!

2011-08-14T17:16:00.010+02:00

while we're still enjoying summer, light and warm weather, stripes, soft colors and white, day by day autumn is inevitably closer and brings us a little harder and thicker fabrics, cuts that are mostly more closed but not necessarily in a dark or mellow tone... for this season it seems to me that the graphic play in black and white stripes, which was present in a lot of summer collections (junya watanabe, jil sander) is just as largely replaced and updated with polka dots. as you will see, the vast majority of designers include the dots in their collections for this season, i'm very much looking forward to it and i'm preparing my polka dot inventory for this fall :))

polka dots, polka dots and polka dots...

tao kurihara was the first to suggest huge contrasted black and white dots applied on transparent yet very layered vouminous skirts and dresses for her spring/summer collection (which was her very last work behind the brand 'tao', and that's the main reason why i included a ss collection on this list).

stella mccartney proceeded with dots in her all-white and all-black positive/negative play, formed on very sophisticated dresses and suits in clean strict, almost masculine lines...

marc jacobs went extreme and integrated dots with dots all the way, but in a very feminine and a little retro way, while the waistline is clearly accentuated by oversized silhouettes on the sleeves.

limi feu worked on a very subtle tiny dot pattern, which almost disappears and turns into a shade of grey that only highlights the stronger elements of her creations. as always she remains consistent and true to androgynous, masculine and punk, but at the same time feminine shapes that very much accentuate the female silhouette, especially with the neckline cuts.

it all runs in the family as it seems, she learned from the best :) yohji shows us a similar silhouette for y-3. he forms an interesting graphic play with a white hooded toggle coat, grey polka dot shirts and huge plaid skirts, but also plays with all-red looks mixed with a little blue accents.

a similar graphic play is present in the collections by miyake, jil sander and dolce&gabbana, but in different variations, from geometrized op-art patterns to simple applications of stars, music notes and charts...

watanabe and kawakubo proceed with the ingenious textures mix, which is why i had to include them.

oh, must i mention that this year i was most pleasingly surprised by dolce&gabbana? it's unlike anything i saw from them before, very interesting tailoring, masculine-feminine mix and a little punky accents in accessories :) the pants and suspenders combined with those fantastic shoes are all i could wish for this autumn.

however, i must not forget that a very interesting proposal for this season is also shown with colors. i'm thrilled with the suggested shade of yves klein blue (or 'royal blue' how they like to call it in fashion magazines) and other blue tones, which were tried out by jil sander, stella mccartney and marc jacobs, but also some brands as acne, cos and zara, so the color will be quite available for acceptable price.

red-black plaid is also a very pleasing change, especially for winter, but most of all i like the total red and total white looks, and red combined with that strong blue and delicate light gray shades, like miyake and yamamoto show us.

i can't wait for autumn :) summer is sooo boring.

all photos from style.com, collages by me. you can click on photos for a bit larger size ;)

Blackberry Pie :)

2011-08-12T18:40:00.009+02:00

after almost seven years of vegetarian diet, for many reasons a month ago i decided to go vegan. so these days i'm spending a lot of time in the kitchen, experimenting with a lot of familiar and unfamiliar groceries, following vegan blogs and testing recipes.

today i've made a fresh blackberry pie, by this recipe :)
(found on very inspiring blog by kathy patalsky - healthy happy life)

instead of vegan buttery spread and canola oil, i used alnatura cold pressed sunflower oil, because i wasn't able to find any of that ingredients... i also used homemade mashed apples instead of apple juice. anyway, the pie turned out delicious. :))

Extreme Ways

2011-07-31T23:30:00.004+02:00

moby's essays from 'everything is wrong'

facts that i've collected:

In the past 20 years approximately 1 million species have disappeared from the world's tropical forests. From 1960-1985 over 40% of the central american rainforests were destroyed to create grazing land for cattle. The united states imports over 100,000 tons of beef from central america each year. It takes 23 gallons of water to produce a pound of tomatoes. It takes 5,214 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef. One acre of land can produce 20,000 pounds of potatoes. One acre of land can produce 165 pounds of beef. The u.s. cattle industry produces 158 million tons of waste per year. Livestock production is the #1 cause of water pollution in the u.s. 22 million acres of land have become unusable due to desertification. 85% of the topsoil loss in t he u.s. is the result of livestock production. In the u.s. 33% of ALL raw material consumption is used solely in the production of meat, egg, and dairy products. It takes 1 pound of grain to make 1 pound of bread. It takes 20 pounds of grain to make 1 pound of beef. 75% of the grain sent to third world nations goes to livestock production. The countries with the diets highest in animal products are also the countries with the highest rates of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, etc. 50 percent of men who eat meat regularly die of heart disease. 80% of usda chicken inspectors no longer eat chicken. If the average commuter passenger load in the u.s. were increased by just 1 person per day we would save 33 million gallons of gas each day. Americans spend over 1 billion hours stuck in traffic each year. 30% of u.s. greenhouse gas emissions come from cars. Air is sold in mexico city for $1.15 a minute by sidewalk vendors. What greenpeace spends in a year general motors spends in 4 hours. million children under the age of 6 suffer from lead poisoning. in europe 50% of the cars still use leaded gas. 2 million gallons of motor oil are dumped in american waterways each year. over 8 million tons of oil are spilled in the world's oceans every year. 5 billion gallons of water are flushed each day in the united states. Sewage treatment facilities in the u.s. discharge 5.9 trillion gallons of sewage wastewater into coastal waters every year. u.s. tuna fisherman are permitted to kill over 20,000 dolphins every year. 2 million sharks die in driftnets in the north pacific every year. Only 1 in 10 baby chimpanzees survive the trip form the jungle to the zoo. 1 billion animals are killed each year in experiments. 17 million animals are trapped in the u.s. each year for fur. Many traps are so painful that animals check through their own limbs to escape. For every fur animal trapped two other animals (dogs, cats, deer, etc.) are trapped and killed. In 1997 450,000 minks died on fur farms from heat exhaustion. 1 ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, and enough energy to heat the average home for 6 months. Enough wood and paper is thrown away each year in america to heat 1 billion houses for a year. Six times more jobs are created by recycling as opposed to landfill operations. The amount of money spent on trash disposal in american schools is equal to that spent on new textbooks. Out of every $10 that americans spend on food, $1 pays for packaging. 65% of garbage in the u.s. is packaging. 50% of all trash thrown away could be recycled into new products. 500 new dumps are built each year in the united states. Over 1 billion trees are used to make disposable diapers every year. Americans throw away 20 billion disposable diapers each year. Americans dump the equivalent of 21 million shopping bags full of food into landfills every year. billion batteries are thrown away each year by americans. over 700,000 tons of hazardous waste is produced in the u.s. every day. americans throw away 10 million cigarette lighters every week. 500,000 people die of cigarette related diseases in the u.s. each year. pesticides that are banned in the u.s. (such as ddt) are regularly sold to third world countries. 90% of all food borne pesticides are found in meat and dairy products. 10% of nursing mothers who were vegetarians had ddt in their breast milk. 90% of nursing mothers who were meat eaters had ddt in their breast milk. In 1945, before widespread pesticide use, u.s. corn growers lost 3% of their crops to insects. Last year they lost over 12%. 74 different kinds of pesticides have been found in drinking water. Over 100 chemical contaminants have been found in the breast milk of nursing mothers in the u.s. of the 34 chemicals most widely used on lawns, 25% are widely believed to cause birth defects, genetic mutation, and cancer. Americans spend 6 billion dollars on their lawns each year. 25% of u.s. nuclear reactors would not be able to contain a core breach meltdown. A 1985 study predicted a 45% chance of core breach meltdown in the u.s. before 2005. In 1992, 430,000 people in the world died from cancers resulting from nuclear testing radiation. More money is spent in the u.s. on nuclear weaponry in one year than was spent on housing from 1980-1992. To date cleaning up storage facilities for nuclear debris has cost taxpayers 200 billion dollars. In 1989 the u.s. military used 200 billion barrels of oil, enough to keep all american public transit systems running for 22 years. 1 ton of toxic waste is produced by the u.s. every minute.

essay one

by "everything is wrong" i mean EVERYTHING. i look around me - i'm typing on a plastic and metal and glass computer perched on a desk made from cut down trees and toxic paint. i sit in a building made of wood and bricks that were taken from the earth on a street made of poisonous asphalt that was laid over an ecosystem that had thrived for hundreds of thousands of years. i'm clothed in cotton that was saturated with pesticides while it grew and treated and dyed with toxic chemicals while it was being processed. all of my possessions were made hundreds or thousands of miles away and shipped in styrofoam and plastic wrap via gas burning engines and destructive road and air ways to me. my food, although organically grown and completely vegan, is shipped from where it was grown to my local store and is often packaged in paper, plastic, metal, and toxic inks. i know tons of people that eat meat, smoke cigarettes, drive cars, use drugs, etc., even though they know that these things will ultimately hurt the quality (and length) of their lives. i live in an apartment building where no one is on a first name basis. i know more about idiot actors in hollywood that i've never met than i do about the womyn who lives next door to me (and is probably more interesting). while walking to work i inhale toxic exhaust from cars sitting in traffic.

to make sure that eating 3 cans of oven cleaner will make you sick, or to make sure that pouring nail polish remover into your eyes will hurt you, we torture mice, rabbits, dogs, cats, etc. we use toxic chlorine bleach to keep our underpants while. we cut down the rainforests to drill for oil so that we can drive to the video store. do you see what i mean? everything really is wrong. even the back to nature people still drive cars and use products made from materials ripped out of the earth. people struggle all of their lives doing work that they hate just to be a functioning member of a system that is wasteful, destructive and unhealthy.

what i advocate is sensible, pragmatic, and non-destructive approach towards existence. we need to re-evaluate our practices. just as it doesn't make sense to hire an elevator operator to run an automatic elevator it doesn't make sense for billions of people to drive to work alone in their cars. it doesn't make sense to consume animal products. it doesn't make sense to use pesticides on agricultural products. it doesn't make sense to derive power from nuclear, coal, and petroleum when we have solar, hydro, and wind power. it doesn't make sense to maintain destructive systems just because people earn their livings form them. it doesn't make sense to pour billions of tons of toxic chemicals onto our lawns so that they'll look pretty and green. i could go on but you're probably either bored or overwhelmed by now. i advocate change; massive, massive change.

basically we should stop doing those things that are destructive to the environment, other creatures, and ourselves and figure out new ways of existing. - that's it.

essay two

the christian right is neither. god is angry, i think. here in the u.s. vast numbers of politicians and religious leaders (the line between the two being blurry) are masquerading hate, racism, sexism, and ignorance under the banner of conservative christian values.

conservative christian values are these - humility, mercy, compion, love, honesty, etc. nowhere in the bible does christ encourage his followers to be intolerant, greedy bigots. nowhere in the bible does christ encourage his followers to lie, slander, steal, or be divisive along economic or cultural lines. preserving the 'american way' has nothing to do with christ. in fact, the 'american way' of greed, cruelty, environmental destruction, racism, ism, homophobia, etc. would seem to have nothing to do with christ. christ is wonderful, loving, compionate and honest. today's right wing evangelical christians seem to be insecure, hate-filled creatures and although i should probably pity them, right now i'm angry. we sit back and watch as the christian right tries to legislate their petty morality at the city, state, and federal level. they successfully ousted the best chairman the new york city school system ever had because he encouraged condom distribution and an open minded curriculum. here's a question - how are teen pregnancy, hiv/aids, and a redundant, ineffectual curriculum christian? instead of spreading hate, ignorance and a narrow-minded social agenda why doesn't the christian right go out and spread mercy, compion and selflessness?

two thousand years ago christ called the religious & political leaders of his day 'whitewashed tombs, clean on the outside but inside full of evil'. god sent prophets, the religious political leaders killed and d them. god sent christ, the religious & political leaders killed and d him. the religious and political leaders of 2,000 years ago were 'whitewashed tombs, full of evil', and the religious and political leaders of today seem to be just as bad.

"i don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while is medically conservative to cut people open"

-dean ornish, md

"i have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual improvement to leave off eating animals."

-henry david thoreau

"your choice of diet can influence your long term health prospects more than any other action you might take"

-former surgeon general c. everett koop

"nothing will benefit human health an increase the chances for survival on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet"

-albert einstein

"until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace."

-albert schweitzer

"if you have men who will exclude any of god's creatures form the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men"

-saint francis of assisi

Feel...

2011-07-14T18:26:00.007+02:00

...just like that right now.

photos from sofiacoppola.tumblr.com

one of my favorite inspiration blogs :)

Finnish Pancakes

2011-06-22T15:44:00.007+02:00

food porn :P
...is what i did the whole morning.
i recommend this very simple recipe,
for the most delicious thick pancakes :)

Ono sto te ne ubije, to te osakati.

2011-06-07T19:54:00.004+02:00

ja sam vreme koje udišem,
misli koje reči ne mogu da izgovore
i ništa me više ne inspiriše sem nade da ću jednom da progovorim.

ja sam vreme koje izdišem, telo koje zbog bola prezirem
i ništa me više ne inspiriše sem nade da se i bez njega jednom može živeti.

ja sam zvuk koji prepoznajem,
čovek željom natopljen, leš kožom obložen
budućnost koju naslućujem kao neku senku koja promiče
i ništa me više ne inspiriše sem lepote što se u nadi nazire.

ja sam prepolovljen,
nešto sam morao da ubijem
od samog sebe ugušen, pršljen polomljen
da se bar kroz jedna vrata provucem
i ništa me više ne inspiriše, ništa me više ne podiže sem nade da ću još jednom da je pronađem

sva lepota se u nadi sakrila.

samo zbog goribora (ok, i cavea i grindermana) mi se ide na inmusic. :/

Say No To Cruel Cosmetics!

2011-05-31T23:24:00.012+02:00

by signing the petition :)

i did. it's the least we can do... next and most important step is to boycott companies whose final products or ingredients are tested on animals. in the sea of today's cosmetic industry it's really possible to find a replacement for everything you need and like to use!

12 million animals are used in European laboratories every year – that’s 137 animals suffering in cruel and painful experiments every 10 minutes. The European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) is Europe's leading alliance campaigning on behalf of animals used in laboratories.

more here

go cruelty free

cruelty free products

Thinking About...

2011-05-26T20:15:00.001+02:00

...minimalism :)

and daydreaming about my bed :/

Sofia Coppola Movies

2011-04-28T22:45:00.002+02:00

Peanuts

2011-04-20T23:38:00.004+02:00

charles m. schulz i stuart a. staples

i love peanuts too!
and snoopy is a beagle ;)

PechaKucha Night Zagreb Vol.9 / Inspire Japan

2011-04-12T01:22:00.006+02:00

ponovno pechakucha sudjeluje u humanitarnoj akciji za prikupljanje donacija namijenjenih organizaciji Architecture for Humanity, ovaj put za pomoc japanu!

u cetvrtak 14. travnja s pocetkom u 21:00 h, kino europa:

pechakucha night zagreb vol.9 - upad/donacija 20kn

vise info na pechakucha night

idemo svi!!
after all, it is for the higher cause :)

Barnett Newman

2011-04-10T03:36:00.006+02:00

gledati i paralelno slusati bacha u izvedbi davida russella.

nevjerojatno koliko su kompatibilne dvije posve razlicite (komplementarne) umjetnosti:
apstraktni minimalizam i barok...

Shannyn Sossamon

2011-04-02T02:33:00.004+02:00

maudegone

The Wall Dance from Shannyn Sossamon /\/\ Maudegone on Vimeo.

A Ballet from Shannyn Sossamon /\/\ Maudegone on Vimeo.

LoveLoveLove from Shannyn Sossamon /\/\ Maudegone on Vimeo.

Yohji.

2011-03-25T13:05:00.023+01:00

after my recent obsession with Notebook on Cities and Clothes and while expecting This Is My Dream,

i've found this:

SHOWstudio: In Conversation with Yohji Yamamoto from SHOWstudio on Vimeo.

SHOWstudio: In Conversation, About Yohji Yamamoto from SHOWstudio on Vimeo.

...also, i need to attend the exhibition in london:

not a retrospective.

"My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes."

"I exist here, now. I'm not much interested in the future. Or, more precisely put, I do not believe in the future. To exaggerate a little, I have no faith that I will still exist tomorrow or the day after. What is more, I absolutely detest retrospection. That dislike is balanced only by my desire to make my way back home as quickly as possible."

"I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion."

...and i really need this:

Tactile

2011-03-24T13:44:00.009+01:00

...today's the day, today's the day, today's the day...
22.
black tea, cheesecake, white light loft apartment, transparent cups, white t-shirt,
tschumi, cherry blossoms & chabrol.
white brown black and grey, with just a note of pink and cream.

...and cat power.

White

2011-03-16T21:40:00.005+01:00

napokon moj! 75ml cistog savrsenstva u bocici:

l'eau d'issey eau de parfum

miris koji me asocira na bijelo.
cistocu, svjezinu, vodu, lakocu, zrak - zen savrsenstvo.
ali samo na prvi dojam.
nakon toga prodire u aromaticnu cvjetnu srz kompozicije,
a na vrhuncu, nakon sat vremena aktivira se ona divlja, gotovo paprena nota:
miris drvenaste strukture, mosus i sandalovina :))

kenzo flower is officially dethroned.

Movies I'm in Love With #5 / Dolls

2011-03-12T21:05:00.033+01:00

ok, do neki dan sam jos uvijek pricala i sanjarila o selidbi u tokio u nekoj ne tako dalekoj buducnosti... tako da sam u poprilicnom soku i nevjerici zbog trenutne ozbiljne situacije u sjevernom dijelu japana :(

zapravo se nadam nekom cudu i efikasnom rjesavanju ekoloske katastrofe, a vremenske prognoze su sve samo ne dobre. :(
nepobitna je cinjenica da je japanska kultura i umjetnost kroz dugu visestoljetnu povijest - od jomon do edo perioda, pa i dalje, sve do suvremene kulture - dosegla vrhunac u svim mogucim spektrima umjetnickih podrucja, od slikarstva, keramike, skulpture, tradicionalne i moderne arhitekture, knjizevnosti, poezije i naravno, filma...

neki dan sam se ponovno vratila na vrlo davno pogledan film u reziji Takeshi Kitana, japanskog glumca, rezisera i scenarista koji karijeru zapocinje kao komicar (s nadimkom 'Beat', koji ga jos uvijek prati), te vrlo rano ostvaruje bitnu ulogu u filmu velikog Nagise Oshime 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' uz Davida Bowieja u glavnoj ulozi :) kao reziser i scenarist uglavnom se bavi krimi filmovima koji tematiziraju nasilje u kontekstu karakteristicnog gangsterskog/mafijaskog 'yakuza' zanra, od kojih je najpoznatiji vjerojatno sjajan 'Hana-bi'... ne samo da redovito sam potpisuje scenarije, reziju i montazu, vec se uglavnom pojavljuje i kao glumac u vlastitim autorskim filmovima.
osim 'cistokrvnih' krimica, posebno su vrijedna ostvarenja meditativna romanticna drama 'A Scene at the Sea' i film koji je zapravo povod ovom tekstu - visokoestetizirani eksperiment 'filozofije kompleksne i neprekidne ljubavi i odanosti', zivota i smrti - 'Dolls'.

'Dolls' je film koji od samog pocetka namece specifican ritam, umjeren i pomno uskladjen kao i bunraku kazaliste lutaka, cijim prizorima zapocinje i zavrsava, povremeno ih 'umece' kao metaforu tijekom kljucnih trenutaka te tako zaokruzuje narativnu cjelinu. bunraku predstava s pocetka, provlaci se kroz citav film - radi se o izvedbi 'The Courier from Hell', a Kitano sam kaze da: 'tim uvodom aludira na teme koje ce se kasnije pojaviti u filmu, zbog cega se 'Dolls' moze tretirati kao bunraku u filmskoj formi...'

pratimo tri posve slucajne i neinteraktivne ali vizualnim kontaktom povezane ljubavne price:

1 | Matsumoto (Hidetoshi Nishijima), kojem je od vlastite obitelji nametnut brak s kceri predsjednika tvrtke u kojoj je zaposlen, saznaje da je njegova bivsa zarucnica Sawako (Miho Kanno) pokusala pociniti samoubojstvo i zavrsila u polu-vegetativnom psihoticnom stanju. on odustaje od nametnutih mu obveza i zivotne odluke koja nije bila samo njegova te nepovratno bjezi sa Sawako u divljinu...

2 | ostarjeli yakuza Hiro (Tatsuya Mihashi) nakon mnogo godina odvojenosti (zbog odluke da se bavi profesijom kojom se bavi :D), pokušava pronaci djevojku iz mladosti, Ryoko (Chieko Matsubara) i vratiti se u idilu vremena kada je u njenom drustvu svake subote u parku na klupici jeo rucak koji mu je spremila u lunchboxu...

3 | Nukui (Tsutomu Takeshige) je opsjednut pop-zvijezdom Harunom (Kyoko Fukada), koja nastrada u prometnoj nesreci i ostane trajno ostecenog vida i unakazenog lica. nakon toga ona ne zeli omoguciti bilo kakve kontakte svojim obozavateljima te se Nukui odlucuje samom sebi oduzeti osjetilo vida kako bi imao sansu za boravak u njenoj blizini...

zanimljivo, poznata je Kitanova izjava da je 'Dolls' najnasilniji film koji je ikada napravio. jasno je da pritom ne misli na u danasnje vrijeme poprilicno banalizirano vizualno graficko nasilje, vec je u ovom slucaju emocionalno nasilje ono sto nadmasuje sva ocekivanja. emocionalno, ovaj film moze djelovati potpuno razarajuce, ovisno o nasem stanju u trenutku gledanja.

narativno se 'Dolls' prije svega obraca kroz vizualno, pa gotovo da moze funkcionirati ukidanjem svih dijaloga (koji su ionako svedeni na minimum). kao vizualno najjaci lajtmotiv vrlo je bitna upotreba crvene boje, gotovo kroz svaki kadar, pa tako osim kroz kostimografiju, repetitivne motive (leptir, loptica, jesensko lisce, crveni sesir...), ambijente i rasvjetu, jasno naglasava glavnu nit filma, 'vezivno tkivo' koje povezuje dominantan par - pricu Matsumota i Sawako - u obliku vunenog konopa koji ih fizicki i emocionalno veze, ali i ogranicava.
film je izrazito simbolican, moze se tumaciti na bezbroj nacina, a svakim novim gledanjem dobiva na vrijednosti... slijedom toga, neizostavno je zapitati se...

'sto nas doista veze zajedno?'

'moze li prekid emocionalne veze zaista biti konacan?'

'da li je moguce da s prostorno-vremenskim odmakom cak i prekinuta veza nastavlja egzistirati?'

...and so on.

ponovno Yohji Yamamoto, kao u vecem dijelu Kitanova filmskog opusa, potpisuje kompletnu kostimografiju nadahnutu tradicionalnim japanskim kostimima i bunraku kazalistem, ali i mijenama godisnjih doba, sto je jasno naglaseno upotrebom boja i tekstura materijala... naravno, ostavlja svoj prepoznatljiv stilski pecat genijalnih krojeva i voluminoznih krutih formi s pomakom, koje istovremeno djeluju nonsalantno, meko i njezno...

mozda je potpuno nevezano, ali nakon sto sam ponovno odgledala film, prva asocijacija su mi bile Yamamotove vunene povezane twins rukavice koje sam u nekom trenutku hvatala na ebayu, ali nazalost nisam uspjela nabaviti...

za fascinantnu vrhunski stiliziranu i kolorizmom bogatu fotografiju zasluzan je Katsumi Yanagijima, a za glazbu u meditativnom umirujucem minimalisticnom zen tonu poznati kompozitor Joe Hisaishi.

Yohji Yamamoto: 'Linked Twins Gloves'

trailer:

2x2

2011-03-06T03:13:00.012+01:00

dubravko, hvala ti!

...na dvodnevnoj terapiji.

dobila sam sve sto sam htjela...

susjede
mak

dan, mrak

narko

trenera

na putu prema dole

pjevaca b&s
i
gume

...pa i vise od toga :)
jednostavno neprocjenjivo.

photo by me

Openwear Collaborative Clothing

2011-03-02T21:00:00.005+01:00

Forward to Basics - JacketPants from Openwear on Vimeo.

Forward to Basics - "Multifunctional Square" from Openwear on Vimeo.

Forward to Basics - Lift Dress from Openwear on Vimeo.

Openwear Forward to Basics

New...

2011-02-21T18:03:00.002+01:00

...music in my player :)

Radiohead - The King of Limbs

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Helios - Unleft

Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

Iron and Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean

Denis Villeneuve

2011-02-18T23:55:00.000+01:00

...thinking about this years foreign language film nominations...

...and again, i keep my fingers crossed :)

Spring 2011 RTW Inspiration!

2011-02-13T00:40:00.034+01:00

iako ce nas kako mi se cini topli dani ipak zaobici u narednih desetak dana, nekako se bas veselim proljecu i izlasku iz debelih jakni, kaputa i svih mogucih podslojeva. opcenito mi puno vise odgovara prijelazno vrijeme u jesen i proljece, ne volim preduge zime, a po ljetu i vrucinama ne funkcioniram...
na zalost, unatrag zadnjih par godina, upravo su ti prijelazni dani u godini drasticno skraceni, te se vrijeme dovodi do ekstremnih temperatura, kako zimi tako i po ljetu. koliko je to do globalnog zatopljenja i klimatskih promjena, nemam pojma, ali sigurna sam da u nekoj mjeri i s tim ima veze...

genijalan mi je koncept kolekcije junye watanabea, nacin na koji interpretira mornarske i intervenira klasicne komade poput balonera, sakoa, kosulja... a sve ih objedinjuje jedinstvenim grafickim crno-bijelim uzorkom prugica raznih gustoca koje tako cine dinamican odnos i opticke varke na klasicnoj zenskoj silueti. u zadnje vrijeme sam i sama pokusavala slicne stvari s prugicama, sitnim tockicama i crno-bijelim pepito uzorkom, ne bas podjednako uspjesno al dobro izgleda.

rei kawakubo me ovaj put odusevila idejom 'dvojnog kaputa' i svojim varijacijama na temu vojnicke odore i hitlerovski strogih komada, poput bijelih sakoa s crnim zavojem/trakom...

limi feu se ovaj put naocigled inspirirala kostimima iz 'paklene narandje' sto je s moje strane opet upalilo :) za potpuni dojam mi fale jos jedino tregeri ;)

o yamamotovoj kolekciji sam toliko puta pricala da sam vec dosadna i samoj sebi, no ona mi je definitivno najvece iznenadjenje godine, apsolutno savrsenstvo u svakom smislu! :))

i-gle su se ovaj put referirale na sportske komade u dendijevskom stihu, a kako same kazu:

'kolekcija je i-gle interpretacija stroge ženske siluete bazirane na vrlo preciznim standardima statusnog sportskog odijevanja. radi se o vrlo opuštenom dizajnerskom razgovoru i igri koji svoje uporište gradi u maniri provokacije i refleksije nad odabranim parametrima.'

i tak... malo kolora u crvenoj i narandjasto-zutoj toploj nijansi kod ackermanna i u prvoj zenskoj kolekciji damira dome (ciji sam menswear pratila prijasnjih godina i nadala se da ce se kad tad obratiti i zenskom dijelu publike).
jako jako mi se svidja kakav su stajling napravili i-gle i watanabe, vidim da su cipele poprilicno slicne i u takve nekakve planiram investirati u blizoj buducnosti...

anyway, tko ne bi jedva cekao proljece? ima svasta nesto lijepog ovdje za motivaciju, nazalost - samo za gledanje :/

fotografije su sa style.com i fashion.hr, kolazi by me :)

Anna Karina

2011-01-24T17:40:00.026+01:00

...she must be one of the most beautiful french actresses ever! :)
again i'm in a godard mood, if you haven't seen it yet, i recommend vivre sa vie of course.

The Lullaby...

2011-01-14T18:32:00.006+01:00

...of Spring.

1, 6 - bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul...
2, 5, 10 - arnoarno
4, 8, 11 - i-gle
9 - nick drake
3, 7, 12 - myself

Zen

2011-01-01T23:50:00.019+01:00

a perfect simplicity.

white, daylight, wood, floor bed, hammock, plants, books, pen & paper. what else do we really need?

can't remember the photographer... please contact me if you know.

Hope Sandoval

2010-12-18T23:45:00.003+01:00

she may be the female stuart a. staples...

or even better.

Not Sleeping

2010-12-07T04:51:00.001+01:00

Jackson C. Frank - Milk and Honey

Gold and silver is the autumn
Soft and tender are her skies
Yes and no are the answers
Written in my true love's eyes

Autumn's leaving and winter's coming
I think that I'll be moving along
I've got to leave her and find another
I've got to sing my heart's true song

Round and round the burning circle
All the seasons: one, two, and three
Autumn comes and then the winter
Spring is born and wanders free

Gold and silver burn my autumns
All too soon they'd fade and die
And then, oh there are no others
Milk and honey were their lies

...i'm in a vincent gallo mood right now, going to watch The Brown Bunny :)
and not sleep.

Space & Time

2010-11-16T19:05:00.013+01:00

Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979

neki dan najavljen je novi niz predavanja u organizaciji drustva arhitekata zagreba:

Ciklus ahitektura i pop kultura: Pronađeno u prijevodu

odmah sam se sjetila nekih slicnih programa programa predavanja i projekcija poput Time Machine / Spatial Identity iz 2006., u organizaciji Vladimira Gudca i Sonje Lebos, te centra za kulturu tresnjevka... ali i prethodnog niza sjajnih predavanja i projekcija Performing the Space, u organizaciji arhitekta Alana Kostrencica i daz-a. ovo sto slijedi na neki nacin je nastavak tih predavanja i popratnih projekcija iz 2007.
kako takvih programa zbog nepostojanja neke full-time kinoteke u gradu zagrebu (izuzev tuskanca, naravno) uvijek nedostaje, svakako preporucam da dodjete ukoliko mozete :)

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Robert Wiene, 1920

Alan Kostrenčić - Performing the Space

"Na vezu između filma i arhitekture ukazivali su mnogi, od Waltera Benjamina, preko Renea Claira do Paula Virilia. Među režiserima bilo je i ljudi koji su po profesiji bili arhitekti, kao na primjer Fritz Lang, a ima i arhitekata koji su edukacijom imali veze s filmom, kao na primjer Rem Koolhaas. Veza između filma i arhitekture ne opstoji samo u činjenici da obje umjetnosti koriste prostor i relacije ljudi u tom prostoru kao izražajno sredstvo, niti se svodi na problem arhitektoničnosti scenografije upotrebljene u filmu, što je najčešće tema rasprave o filmu u arhitektonskim krugovima.
Film je kroz svoje tehničke elemente, poput close-up-a, slow motion-a, montažnog postupka, omogućio drugačije sagledavanje stvarnosti, a samim tim omogućio i drugačije, dublje, uvide u poimanje prostora, a time i arhitekture oko nas. Ovim predavanjem namjera je ukazati upravo na tu posebnu, suptilniju, vrst veze između filma i arhitekture, a to je način na koji pojedini motivi ili filmske sekvence govore o simboličkoj, psihološkoj kvaliteti arhitekture, a koja može biti vrlo korisna u stvaranju arhitektonskih koncepata. Koristeći s jedne strane Gilles Deleuzeovu analizu filma (koju on koristi u filozofske svrhe) kroz movement-image i time-image, te Žižekov pristup Lacanovskog tumačenja filma (ponovo u svrhu filozofiranja o društvu, ideologiji, psihološkoj uvjetovanosti odnosa među ljudima), ovo predavanje pokušava na sličan način koristiti film kao platformu za promišljanje određenih problema arhitekture, posebice onih o kojima se malo govori, a na koje film, kao medij, tako jasno ukazuje, kao što su - problem vremena, senzacije, afekta, kretanja.
Film je kompozicija slika i znakova koji funkcioniraju na predverbalnom nivou. Film stvara sinematske slike koje prenose ideju direktno, bez da ju apstrahiraju. Film je također, medij koji je najbliži ljudskoj percepciji. Oko kamere ponaša se poput subjekta koji promatra, a montaža funkcionira poput mozga koji informacije procesuira, sprema, povezuje, zaključuje. Kao što je kroz povijest likovna umjetnost imala značajan udio u formiranju estetike i teorije arhitekture, moguće je tražiti sličnu analogiju i u filmu, kao specifičnom i suvremenom vidu likovne umjetnosti.
Kontakt između dvije discipline moguć je kad obje posjeduju sličan problem. Film i arhitektura imaju zajedničku karakteristiku da im je izražajno sredstvo isto – prostor i vrijeme."

nastavak teksta

2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, 1968

Metropolis, Fritz Lang, 1927

dakle:
Ciklus ahitektura i pop kultura: Pronađeno u prijevodu,
četvrtak 18. 11. 2010. u 19 sati, DAZ

daz

i kratki prequel u obliku videa uvodnog predavanja iz ciklusa Performing the Space

nastavci su na yt kanalu daz-a

Tree Branch

2010-11-08T02:06:00.007+01:00

decorative lighting | apartment therapy

interesantno kako se posudbom iz prirode - posudbom organskih predmeta, moze postici zaista zanimljiva rjesenja. prigodno ovom jesenskom periodu kada je vec skoro svo lisce palo i moguce je naci vec pale i osusene grane koje mozemo iskoristiti na bezbroj nacina, evo nekoliko ideja kako jedna grana moze potpuno transformirati zivotni prostor.

it is interesting that by borrowing from nature - borrowing organic items, it's possible to achieve some really interesting solutions. appropriate to this autumn period, when almost all the leaves have fell, and it's possible to find some already fallen and dried branches which can be used in many ways, here are some ideas how a single branch can completely transform a living space.

wardrobe hanger | apartment therapy

wardrobe hanger | me melodia

shelf | wok media

wardrobe hanger | praha love

space divider | everyday glimpse

curtain rod | diy ideas

decorative element | families online magazine

clothes hanger | poppypetunia

clothes hanger | design boom

Wolfgang Tillmans

2010-11-02T23:58:00.007+01:00

...is one of my favorite contemporary artists and photographers...

wolfgang tillmans

also, if you are more interested about his work, there is a great text / review / interview here :)

Henry David Thoreau

2010-10-26T18:58:00.011+02:00

...i think that sometimes merely a walk through the forest, or even a longer observation of trees, especially during autumn, can be a method for relaxation and contemplation, almost like meditation...

'I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.'

Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854

...listening to Helios, reading Thoreau's 'Walden', my alltime favorite book,
walking and taking photos of trees and forest...

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Days of Oris 10

2010-10-22T20:22:00.007+02:00

this weekend i'm attending...

RASPORED / SCHEDULE

Subota 23. listopad 2010. / Saturday, October 23, 2010
09:00 Otvorenje Dana Orisa / Days of Oris openings
09:40 Dodjela nagrade Oris Nexe / Oris Nexe award ceremony
10:40 Peter Zumthor, Švicarska, Switzerland
11:40 Paulo David, Portugal, Portugal
13:10 Davor Katušić, Hrvatska, Croatia
14:10 'Polje križeva Nikole Bašića' film Davora Šarića / 'The field of crosses of Nikola Bašić', a film by Davor Šarić
14:30 Wolf D. Prix, Austrija, Austria

Nedjelja 24. listopad 2010. / Sunday, October 24, 2010
09:00 Hans Gangoly, Austrija, Austria
10:00 Dean Skira, Hrvatska, Croatia
11:00 Promocija knjige 'My Light' Deana Skire / book promotion 'My Light' by Dean Skira
11:30 Maruša Zorec, Slovenija, Slovenia
12:30 Bijoy Jain, Indija, India
15:00 Guilherme Lassance, Brazil
16:30 Gottfried i Peter Böhm, Njemačka, Germany
17:30 Francisco Mangado, Španjolska, Spain

Days of Oris 10

Trois couleurs: Bleu Blanc Rouge

2010-10-17T02:14:00.041+02:00

kroz period otkako 'malo ozbiljnije' proucavam sedmu umjetnost, dosla sam do zakljucka da mi nekako najvise odgovaraju filmovi francuskog govornog podrucja, pa sam tako tijekom svojih srednjoskolskih dana, provela poprilican dio vremena u kinu tuskanac, redovno posjecivala i u cjelosti 'odradila' cikluse Rohmera, Truffauta, Chabrola i Godarda.

trilogiju 'Trois couleurs' takodjer sam prvi put imala priliku pogledati prije tri-cetiri godine u sklopu ciklusa filmova Krzysztofa Kieslowskog, koji, eto, nije francuz vec rodom iz poljske, ali je trilogija osim sto je u francuskoj produkciji, snimljena na francuskom jeziku (dva dijela su kompletno na francuskom, dok sredisnji dio, koji je i svojevrsna filozofija jednakosti, balansira izmedju francuskog i poljskog) i u duhu francuske kiematografije. nazalost nisam bila u mogucnosti pogledati sve dijelove dekaloga, no odlucila sam i to nadoknaditi sad kad su mi svi filmovi mnogo dostupniji. takodjer planiram nabaviti prosirenja dekaloga - 'kratki film o ubijanju' i 'kratki film o ljubavi'. ali vise o njima drugom prilikom :)

povod ovom tekstu je to sto sam ovaj tjedan ponovno odgledala 'tri boje'.
i ostala odusevljena.

moguce da su mi se tek sad neki postupci u 'bojama' poslozili na svoje mjesto, jer i nakon prvog gledanja bila sam izuzetno zadovoljna vidjenim, no ovaj put kao da se nesto promijenilo. ili se u ovakvom malom vremenskom razmaku ponesto razvilo moje 'filmsko oko' :D ili ovi filmovi naprosto zahtijevaju visestruko gledanje.

u svakom slucaju, mnogo je detalja, layera, metafora i simbolike koje sam tek sada shvatila, a imam osjecaj da bi se svakim ponovnim gledanjem to moglo nadograditi.

po meni, radi se o konceptualno vrlo specificnim i zahtjevnim filmovima, cija se narativna struktura bazira najvise na vizualnom, vjerojatno vise negoli u bilo kojem drugom filmu o kojem sam pisala... i to zapravo u toj mjeri da 'svaka od tri boje' gotovo moze funkcionirati ukidanjem dijaloga... rekla bih i da je u slucaju 'trilogije boja' Kieslowski minimalizirao dijalog te se estetskim i narativnim postupcima fokusirao na centralne figure svojih filmova, na taj nacin da oni 'sami' nose film. od bezbroj simbola i poveznica koje je moguce iscitati iz svakog dijela i u cjelini, spomenuti cu samo neke fragmente, postoji mogucnost i za razlicita tumacenja istih, pa neka ovaj kratki osvrt ostane na razini 'osobnog dozivljaja'.

plavo

glavna tema prvog dijela tilogije je sloboda.

plava boja simbolizira zalost, tugu, a u kontekstu radnje izostajanje zalovanja zene koja u prometnoj nesreci izgubi supruga i dijete. bavi se prije svega njenom reakcijom i emocionalnim posljedicama nakon fizickog oporavka, kada odluci krenuti ispocetka... Julie (nevjerojatna Juliette Binoche) odluci traziti 'apsolutnu slobodu' - slobodu od onog sto je bilo (prije nesrece) i sto jest (posljedice), ostavlja emocionalno i materijalno iza sebe, potpuno negirajuci/brisuci proslost. tek nakon sto se bezuspjesno pokusa odsjeci od svijeta i izolirati od bliskih ljudi, dolazi do zakljucka da je za potpuno oslobodjenje, nuzno prihvatiti i prevladati proslost. taj zakljucak je valjda i najveci razlog zasto se prvi dio cesto zove i anti-tragedijom, jer ipak na kraju ovako emocionalno teskog filma ostaje mala nijansa optimizma, svjetla na kraju tunela.

jedan od vaznih simbola filma 'plavo' je stakleni lampion od plavih perli koji je za Julie jedina svjesno zadrzana poveznica s proslosti, a slicna simbolika provlaci se kroz svaki film materijalizirana kroz odredjeni predmet. u 'plavom' glazba takodjer igra vaznu ulogu, ilustrirajuci teznju Julie za distanciranjem, izoliranjem od ljudi, dok su sugestivne kulminacije u kompozicijama najcesce znak njenog podsjecanja na proslost, dodatno podcrtane povremenim potpunim zamracenjima kroz nekoliko sekundi, koja su potencirana ulaskom drugih ljudi u njen zivot i proslost.

kompleksna uloga Julie iako naizgled apaticna, indiferentna, na mahove postaje karizmaticna, pa i u nekom obliku agresivna, takvim karakternim previranjima po meni je dodatno naglasena razlika izmedju Julie prije i Julie poslije, zbog takve detaljne karakterne analize 'plavo' je definitivno najintimniji dio trilogije.

bijelo

glavna tema drugog dijela trilogije je jednakost.

u odnosu na prvi dio, sredisnji dio 'bijelo', puno je laksi za gledanje, pa cak i velikim dijelom crnohumoran sto ga poprilicno izdvaja iz cjeline, iako opet vrijedi teza anti-komedije. Karol (genijalan Zbigniew Zamachowski), poljski frizer kojeg zbog impotencije izbaci, na sudu ponizi, pa cak i prijavi policiji vlastita supruga, francuskinja Dominique (Julie Delpy), ostane potpuno sam, propao, na ulici. unatoc tome, odlucan je vratiti se u poljsku i pod svaku cijenu vratiti ljubav svoje supruge :D kroz razvoj dogadjaja, glavni motiv mu postaje osveta upravo njoj, a nakon sto postane bogat i lazira vlastitu smrt, uspije to i ostvariti.

bijela boja, osim sto simbolizira ravnopravnost, jednakost i mir, ovdje je vidljivo naglasena kroz mnogobrojne flashback sekvence vjencanja, gdje je simbol cistoce, ljubavi i proslosti. nebo je uvijek potpuno bijelo, a scene u poljskoj snimljene su po snijegu.

vazni simboli filma 'bijelo' koji Karola direktno vezu uz proslost su novcic od 2fr i gipsani odljev zenske biste slicne supruzi Dominique. i naravno, cesljic na kojem svira ;) u skladu s radnjom u ovom dijelu je i glazba ponekad pretjerano naglasena, cak pomalo karikirana... osobno mi je 'bijelo' najslabiji dio trilogije, no sjajno funkcionira kao 'vezivno tkivo' izmedju prvog i zavrsnog dijela...

crveno
glavna tema treceg dijela trilogije je bratstvo.

Valentine (divna Irene Jacob) je mlada studentica i model koja nakon sto nesretnim slucajem automobilom udari i ozlijedi psa Ritu, upoznaje njenog vlasnika, umirovljenog usamljenog i cinicnog suca Kerna (Jean-Louis Trintignant), s kojim unatoc pocetnim osudjivanjem zbog njegova prisluskivanja susjeda, slijedom dogadjaja ipak razvije poseban prijateljski odnos. njegov lik izigravanjem boga tematizira sudbinu, slucajnosti i zivotni tijek manipuliran iracionalnim dogadjajima i okolnostima... od svih likova u trilogiji, Kern mi je mozda i najinteresantniji.

motiv bratstva i solidarnosti povod je studiji etickih i moralnih ljudskih vrijednosti, kroz ispreplitanje sudbina pojedinaca, pa tako paralelno s interakcijom glavnih protagonista, Irene i Kerna, pratimo pricu mladog muskarca, Augustea, koji stanuje preko puta Irene i ciji se zivot u nevjerojatnim slucajnostima poklapa sa zivotom suca Kerna. trilogija zavrsava misterioznim brojem sedam, a crvena boja kao najjaca boja spektra, simbol je ljubavi, strasti, topline, no za finalni dio trilogije takodjer vrijedi teza anti-romanse.
iako isprva 'crveno' djeluje kao najdirektniji, najneposredniji, 'najlaksi' dio, po meni je zapravo najslozeniji, a sad kad sam si razjasnila neke stvari vezano uz sam kraj filma, vjerojatno mi je i najdrazi.

rezija: Krzysztof Kieslowski

trilogija tri boje vezuje se uz politicku ideologiju francuske revolucije: liberté, egalité, fraternité - slobode, jednakosti, bratstva; naziv svakog filma izveden je iz boja francuke zastave. Kieslowski se jednom prilikom obranio vezano za ta nacela ironijom i dvosmislenoscu, ali i opravdanjem za produkcijske probleme:

“The words liberté, egalité, fraternité are French because the money to fund the films is French. If the money had been of a different nationality we would have titled the films differently, or they might have had a different cultural connotation. But the films would probably have been the same.”

glazba: Zbigniew Preisner

ukratko, u visokoestetiziranoj fotografiji ove trilogije, za 'svaku boju' vrijede jedinstveni postupci. prisutnost boje iz naslova svakog od tri dijela vidljiva je manje vise u svakom kadru, mnogi predmeti odgovaraju tematskoj boji, a povremeno se na nju nadovezuju ostale dvije boje te je tako i vizualnim trikovima trilogija zaokruzena. svaki dio sniman je kamerom kroz filter odgovarajuce boje koja je dodatno naglasena low key rasvjetom, mekim prijelazima i konturama, finim sjenama i kontrastima, sve u lagano zamracenoj, melankolicnoj atmosferi.

jedan od ocitih simbola su stariji ljudi u pokusaju reciklaze boca u kontejnerima, takav jednostavan trik poveznica je kroz citavu trilogiju. u 'plavom', Julie sjedi u parku zatvorenih ociju, gotovo u meditativnom polozaju, pa uopce ne primjecuje staricu koja reciklira boce, sto je moguce protumaciti zeljom za slobodom... u 'bijelom' Karol sa sarkasticnim osmijehom prodje pored starca koji pokusava ubaciti bocu u kontejner, sto je pak moguce protumaciti kroz simboliku jednakosti, ravnopravnosti. dok jedino u 'crvenom' Valentine pomogne starici koja ne moze podici ruku dovoljno visoko do rupe kontejnera, dakle u duhu solidarnosti, bratstva.

dodatni vizualni elementi u 'plavom' su svesci rucno ispisanih kompozicija Julienog supruga u krupnom planu, u 'bijelom' nacrt katastarskih cestica s oznacenim parcelama na kojima se Karol obogatio, a u 'crvenom' modne fotografije Valentine.

u svaki su dio 'umetnute' i cameo uloge likova iz druga dva dijela. pa tako u 'plavom' ispred sudnice vidimo Dominique, u 'bijelom' pak Julie koja u priblizno slicnom trenutku uleti u sudnicu, dok je zavrsni 'crveno' u finalnoj sceni prstom sudbine okupio sve glavne protagoniste. zajednicka tema koja se provlaci kroz sva tri dijela je i tema nevjere, u svakom je filmu jedan od glavnih protagonista prevaren...

veliku ulogu u stvaranju atmosfere i intimistickog ugodjaja kroz citavu trilogiju svakako ima i sugestivna dinamicna glazba Zbigniewa Preisnera, osobno mi najbolje odgovara glazba iz 'crvenog'.

na kraju ovog sturog nabacanog i polusuvislog teksta kojem je cilj bio na neki nacin vam pribliziti i istaknuti najljepse elemente ovih filmova, pogotovo ako ih niste imali priliku pogledati, zakljucujem da mi je ovo definitivno najdraza filmska trilogija, a 'crveno' jedan od najdrazih filmova uopce - iako sam nakon prvog gledanja to tvrdila za 'plavo' (kojeg i dalje smatram vizualno najdivnijim u trilogiji)... nadam se da sam uspjela prenjeti barem nekaku osnovnu misao ovog velikog djela filmske umjetnosti i potaknuti vas da ga pogledate u cjelosti.

i naravno:
trenutno su ovdje u odlicnoj kvaliteti dostupni filmovi i kompletna glazba - take it while it's there ;)

Calm Reflections

2010-10-09T01:50:00.005+02:00

currently i'm sketching landscapes and gardens, and in the process of my research i'm finding some really interesting architects from that area. like andrea cochran for example, a san francisco based architect who creates fantastic private house and residence gardens, public school landscapes and art exhibition installations in the context of landscape architecture... this one, i liked the most :)))

Walden Studios, Alexander Walley, Geyserville, California

the reconstruction of a barn and complete design of Walden Studios facility that consists of arts-related offices, artist studios and leased commercial space is signed by jensen architects. you can read about it at jensen-architects.com and there is a lot more info about the entire project here :))

all photos are from acochran.com taken by marion brenner and emily rylander

Christophe Honoré

2010-10-05T14:08:00.010+02:00

...having a big crush on these movies at the moment...

...and i'll try to review and write about each one of them as soon as i can ;)

Kohki Hiranuma

2010-09-25T19:50:00.008+02:00

House for Everyone in Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

moje novo otkice medju japanskim arhitektima svakako je Kohki Hiranuma. svaki rad ovog arhitekta moguce je definirati prije svega inovativim koristenjem dnevnog svijetla i sunca, kroz prizmu postizanja jedinstvenih efekata i ugodjaja u prostoru ali i solarne energije i ekoloske odrzivosti (dodatno naglasene upotrebom prirodnih materijala, primarno drvenih struktura).

my new discovery among japanese architects is certainly Kohki Hiranuma. his every work is possible to define primarily through innovative use of daylight and sunlight through a prism of unique effects and ambience in space, and solar energy and environmental sustainability (further accentuated by the use of natural materials, primarily wood structures).

Space Lab for the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

khaa

Poppies & Perfume

2010-09-02T15:27:00.019+02:00

reviving moments from the past, taking photos of the last days of summer and getting back to my
favorite perfume, the one and only: kenzo flower

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Fall 2010 RTW Inspiration!

2010-08-26T21:42:00.026+02:00

nikako ne funkcioniram po ljetu, ne volim vrucine i toplo vrijeme pa se uvijek najvise veselim jeseni i slojevima :)) kisa, vlaga i hladno vrijeme nemjerljivo su mi drazi, valjda cu si jednog dana ispuniti zelju i proputovati skandinaviju po veoma hladnim klimatskim uvjetima :D

i can not function during the summer, i don't like the heat and warm weather and i'm mostly looking forward to autumn and layers :)) i immeasurably prefer rain, humidity and cold weather, and hope i'll fullfill my wish someday and travel through scandinavia in the very cold climate :D

do tada, ovo je moj izbor iz jesenskih kolekcija koje cu svakako pokusati kopirati: posebno su me odusevili yamamoto i limi feu, pa tako ove godine biram odjevne predmete uglavnom posudjene iz muskog ormara: kosulje kosulje kosulje, tregere, kravate, sesire, oksfordice, jahace cizme i 'vijetnamke' (parke)

jest da je kolaziranje u photoshopu potrajalo, al po meni se ovako najbolje vidi koncept svake kolekcije
fotografije su sa style.com i fashion.hr

until then, this is my selection from the fall collections that i'll somehow try to copy: i was particularly thrilled with yamamoto and limi feu, so this year i'll choose pieces that are mostly borrowed from the male wardrobe: shirts shirt shirts, suspenders, ties, hats, oxfords, rider boots and 'vietnam jackets' (or parka)

of course that the collages in photoshop took some time, but in my opinion that's the best way to view the concept of each collection
photos are from style.com and fashion.hr

Fall 2010 Wishlist!

2010-08-26T21:00:00.022+02:00

kratka wishlista za jesen, koja valjda dolazi na red tijekom listopada/studenog, ovisno o financijama:

a short wishlist for autumn, which probably gets in line during october/november, depending on finances:

Movies I'm in Love With #4 / Before Sunrise & Before Sunset

2010-08-13T22:16:00.028+02:00

music: Nina Simone - Just in Time

Before Sunrise (1995): Jesse (Ethan Hawke) i Celine (Julie Delpy) ispred muzeja Albertina u Becu

iako vrlo rijetko palim tv, uglavnom zbog izgubljene navike (bilo radi live streama ili divxa, ili poprilicnog pada kriterija nase televizije pri odabiru emitiranog programa), nedavno sam imala priliku pogledati cak dva filma na ekranu vecem od sedamnaest inca... Before Sunrise, koji sam po prvi put gledala s tek 15-16 godina, jedan je od onih filmova koje vrijedi pogledati vise puta - a njegov nastavak, Before Sunset, koji mi je, iako ih smatram podjednako izvrsnima, mnogo drazi i bliskiji pogledala sam ipak nekoliko godina kasnije.

unatoc tome sto mi je bec jedan od najdrazih gradova, ciju arhitekturu, kulturu i umjetnost posebno cijenim i redovito posjecujem, preferam Before Sunset, mozda iz razloga sto mi je pariz jos uvijek neotkriveno podrucje i grad nepoznate ali zavodljive atmosfere, a mozda je za Linklatera (i francuskinju Delpy, naravno) jednostavno imao puno 'poeticniju' i izrazeniju ulogu od beca, pa je kao takav dojmljivije i prikazan... opet, sad kad sam malo starija, valjda se lakse poistovjecujem s nastavkom koji je, po meni, mnogo realniji i ozbiljniji od prethodnika...

zanimljivo je kako neki filmovi odrastaju zajedno s nama... pred par godina ne bih nikako rekla da ponovni susret moze biti jednako snazno ili cak intenzivnije iskustvo od upoznavanja...

mozda je poanta u tome da je ponekad bolje ako ne znamo kako (i kada) taj susret zavrsava, jer sve neocekivano i nedefinirano daje posebnu car i filmu i svakodnevici, a tumacenje istog puno govori o samom gledatelju... kad je u pocetku nastavka Jesse upitan od novinara na temu raspleta nakon ponovnog susreta ljubavnika u njegovu autobiografskom romanu, on odgovara da sve ovisi o karakteru citatelja:

'if he's romantic, he'll say yes, if he's cynical, he'll say no.'

Before Sunset (2004): Jesse (Ethan Hawke) i Celine (Julie Delpy)

Louise Brooks

2010-07-31T23:55:00.018+02:00

...girlcrush!... (and my new haircut!!)

LC

2010-07-22T23:30:00.002+02:00

...just two more days and my life will be complete... :)))

U nedostatku vremena... Bunnies!

2010-06-22T01:05:00.013+02:00

:D :))

Movies I'm in Love With #3 / Reprise

2010-06-11T22:38:00.024+02:00

music: New Order - Blue Monday

Reprise (2006): Phillip (Anders Danielsen Lie) i Kari (Viktoria Winge)

tesko mi je pisati ili pricati o filmovima koje volim, svi osvrti na ovom blogu su uglavnom pisani u afektu, 'in the moment', najcesce uslijed gledanja filma ili slusanja glazbe iz istog... kako se ne smatram pretjerano elokventnom osobom s razvijenim 'filmskim vokabularom' sve osvrte pisem vise iz neke perspektive vlastitih osjecaja, dozivljaja i estetskih kriterija. pa kroz takvu prizmu estetike s kompletno subjektivnog stajalista nastojim analizirati strukturu i koncept filmova...

posebno mi je draga i bliska nova skandinavska kinematografija, prije svega svedska i norveska, ciji se autori bave vaznim socijalnim, individualnim i intimnim pitanjima u suvremenom drustvu. realno, analiticki i kompleksno, ali ne bez duse... citiram jedan sjajan clanak iz vijenca, jer sama to ne bih mogla tako srociti:

'svi ti filmovi imaju zajedničko obilježje, koje danas očigledno prevladava u skandinavskoj kinematografiji, a to je bavljenje problemima koji muče pojedince (a najčešće su to mlade osobe koje tek sazrijevaju ili stranci) u njihovim ne uvijek uspješnim pokušajima da se integriraju u društvu visokog standarda, utemeljenu na načelima humanizma i razvijene demokracije, koji se ipak u stvarnom zivotu ne potvrđuju baš uvijek.'

zanimljivo je da taj clanak potvrdjuje poantu prvijenca Joachima Triera, Reprise, iako je film snimljen pet godina kasnije... slicna tematika provlaci se kroz vecinu skandinavskih filmova u posljednjih desetak godina. Reprise je film koji me se izuzetno dojmio na prvo gledanje, film cija je konstrukcija najmanje zasnovana na dijalozima, a gdje je svaka rijec pomno promisljena, svaki dijalog i interakcija realistican i svaki protagonist nepotpun i nedorecen.

ovaj film o snovima, ambicijama i zeljama, bavi se drustvom mladih adolescenata, njihovim medjusobnim odnosima, sazrijevanjem i vlastitim identitetom. kao glavni protagonisti, Phillip i Erik problematiziraju prijateljstvo i granice do kojih moze izdrzati, dok Kari ponovnim susretom s Phillipom kroz retrospektivu ozivljava ostatke ljubavne veze... odabir glumaca je izvanredan, posebno Anders Danielsen Lie ciji je portret teske osobe koja nakon kompletnog mentalnog breakdowna pati od psihoze i posljedica lijecenja i gubi svaki dodir sa sobom i onima koji ga vole, u najmanju ruku stvarno pamtljiv.

narativna struktura je, uz postupke u montazi, najupecatljiviji dio filma, isprva mozda kaoticna, no na kraju sasvim smislena, inovativna... ponovila bih mozda usporedbu sa 'strujom svijesti' ali iz vizure vanjskog promatraca, ako to ima ikakvog smisla... jer ovdje nekako nismo 'vezani' ni za jednog od glavnih protagonista - moguce je da se poistovjecujemo s njima ali istovremeno postoji jedan hladan odmak od svakog od njih, posebice Phillipa, iz cije je vizure zaista tesko protumaciti bilo kakav osjecaj.

fotografija u hladno plavom tonu i nemirna kamera, montaza vizualnog i auditivnog, kao i sjajan odabir glazbe, minimalisticnog post-punka i eksperimentalnog rocka osamdesetih (cak i meni najdraza stvar Joy Divisiona, uvodna New Dawn Fades, je super uklopljena uz uvodnu spicu) podcrtavaju osjecaj otudjenosti, samoce i praznine u sivoj i realnoj svakodnevici, ali i optimizam posljednjeg utocista, ljubavi, osjecaja i bliskosti...

meni jako drag, nimalo stereotipan film, prepun predivnih kontrasta, zbog kojeg s nestrpljenjem iscekujem svaki sljedeci Trierov uradak :)

Movies I'm in Love With #2 / Chung Hing sam lam

2010-05-30T20:56:00.007+02:00

music: The Cranberries - Dreams

Chung Hing sam lam (1994): Faye (Faye Wong)

cop: You like noisy music?
faye: Yes. The louder the better. Stops me from thinking.
cop: You don't like to think? What do you like?
faye: Never thought about it.

Movies I'm in Love With #1 / Lost in Translation

2010-05-20T03:45:00.043+02:00

music: Air - Alone in Kyoto

jedan od definitivno najdrazih mi filmova ikada, je Lost in Translation (2003). radi se o drugom po redu dugometraznom uratku Sofie Coppole, odmah iza sjajnog The Virgin Suicides, nakon kojeg mi je svojim filmskim jezikom i stilskim postupcima instant postala jedna od najzanimljivijih redateljica, ciji cu svaki sljedeci film nestrpljivo iscekivati...

Lost in Translation prica je, prije svega, o slucajnom susretu dvoje potpuno izgubljenih ljudi, ciji je medjusoban odnos i pogled na zivot simbolicno stavljen u kontekst izgubljenosti u stranoj i nepoznatoj zemlji, kulturi, jeziku... nositelji filma su neponovljivi Bill Murray (Bob Harris) u cjelovitom sjaju svog potisnutog sarkazma i podjednako uvjerljiva predivna Scarlett Johansson (Charlotte)... interakcija izmedju glavnih glumaca u portretiranju idealisticnog platonskog odnosa i feneomenalan originalni scenarij neupitno su bili presudni za postizanje ocaravajuce, njezne ali tople realisticne atmosfere citavog filma.

primjetila sam da je to jedini film kojem se redovito vracam (dakle vec unatrag zadnjih 6 godina), u ne bas velikim razmacima izmedju gledanja. naprosto kada imam potrebu pogledati ga, onda to i ucinim. za mene je to jedini film koji, koliko god glupo zvucalo, tretiram kao neku vrstu 'ispusnog ventila'. obozavam kako se osjecam za vrijeme gledanja, kad film zavrsi i jos par dana nakon toga... ali istovremeno ne mogu definirati te osjecaje. ono sto me motivira na ponovno gledanje, najcesce je vlastita izgubljenost, nesigurnost i indiferentnost... tako da su mi uvijek bili nejasni komentari poput onih da se radi o depresivnom, praznom, hladnom filmu. naprotiv, za mene je Lost in Translation ultimativno motivirajuc, optimistican, slojevit, inteligentan i poetican film, koji nakon svakog ponovnog gledanja dobiva novo znacenje i sto sam starija postaje mi samo sve bolji.

znam da u svojim osvrtima ponekad mozda i pretjeram u analizi estetike filma, ali moram ipak spomenuti da sam u slucaju Sofie Coppole vec nakon malog broja odgledanih filmova primjetila izuzetno dojmljive stilske postupke... odmah mi je bio vidljiv utjecaj Wong Kar-Waia u estetskom (fotografija, sklad vizualnog-auditivnog, mnogo divnih bokeha i hladni filter kamere) ali i tehnickom smislu (montaza, brzi ostri rezovi, kamera)... ali svaki njen postupak potpuno je jasan, sa svrhom i autentican, svaki njen fillm ima mi 'nesto drugacije', neku nevidjenu notu, osjecaj, atmosferu u sto sam se odmah zaljubila. Lost in Translation u tom smislu se po meni najvise istice, jer 'posve obicnu' pricu uspijeva ispricati na potpuno nov, neobican nacin...
inace obozavam Coppoline sekvence krosanja drveca iz vizure prema nebu, duuuge sekvence glavnih protagonista u voznji dok promatraju kroz prozor i suptilno naglasavanje arhitektonskih, tradicijskih, obicajnih obiljezja svakog prostora koji obradjuje - u ovom slucaju divan primjer je referenca na Kurosawin Dreams (1990) kada Charlotte u obilasku Kyota promatra privatno vjencanje u hramu...

na kraju, ono sto me mozda najvise odusevilo je odabir glazbe koji podcrtava citav ugodjaj i atmosferu filma. mladi japanski bendovi, eksperimentalni post-rock, shoegaze, dreampop, chillout i ambijentalna glazba u mixu s tradicionalnim japanskim tonovima... sve u izvedbi velikih bendova poput Air, The Chemical Brothers, The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine i naravno njihovog frontmena Kevina Shieldsa koji je samo za ovaj film napisao potpuno nove originalne stvari!

najoriginalniji i najtajanstveniji trenutak filma - posljednji susret i rastanak glavnih protagonista gdje Bob otrci do Charlotte i sapne joj na uho nesto sto nama nije dozvoljeno cuti, jer je namijenjeno samo njoj! po meni jedan od najboljih postupaka u filmu... otvara mogucnost razlicitim tumacenjima i ponovnom otkrivanju vec vidjenog zavrsetka, ne mogu zamislit bolji kraj filma...

Just Like Honey! :))

MSU: Zbirke u pokretu / Collection in Motion

2010-05-08T02:32:00.046+02:00

jos otkako sam u drugom mjesecu bila na retrospektivnoj izlozbi Aleksandra Srneca, planiram postaviti vlastite fotografije stalnog postava Muzeja Suvremene Umjetnosti - Zbirke u pokretu...

eto, konacno sam odlucila napraviti selekciju od nekoliko fotografija, uglavnom prostornih, skulpturalnih i konceptualnih instalacija koje su me se najvise dojmile.

since february, when i went to the the retrospective exhibition of Aleksandar Srnec, i've been planning to post my own photos of the permanent exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art - Collection in Motion...

well, finally i've decided to make a selection of photos, including mostly spatial, sculptural and conceptual installations that most impressed me.

1 | Goran Petercol: Sjene 139 / Shadows 139, 1994.

jedna od prostorija u muzeju, posebno mi je zapela za oko... radi se o prostornoj luminokinetickoj instalaciji ciji je temeljni konstruktivni element - svjetlo! instalacija je djelo Gorana Petercola iz vremena Novih tendencija, u grupi 'Svjetlonosni oblici', a izvedena je na 22. Bijenalu u Sao Paulu 1994. godine.
ulaskom u prostor omedjen bijelim zidovima, instalaciju dozivljavamo u tri faze koje su zastupljene u pravilnim intervalima: bez svjetla, u monokromatskoj rasvjeti i u koloristickoj konceptualnoj rasvjeti. u trecem slucaju desava se specificna interakcija svjetla, materijala i kolora: refleksija aluminijskih profila uvjetovana je pomno postavljenim rasvjetnim tijelima, a produkt koji nastaje projekcijom sjena je prostorno pretapanje nijansi u odabranom spektru boja - svjetlosni ambijent. 'bojenjem sjena' postignuta je ravnoteža materijalne i nematerijalne forme.

one of the rooms in the museum, in particular caught my eye... it's a spatial luminokinetic installation and its basic structural element - is light! this installation is the work of Goran Petercol from the time of new tendencies in the group 'Shapes of Light' and was performed at 22nd Biennale in Sao Paulo in 1994.
entering the space bounded with white walls, we experience the installation in three phases which are represented in regular intervals: no lights, the monochorome lighting and coloured conceptual lighting. in the third case there occurs a specific interaction of light, material and color: the reflection of aluminium profiles depends on carefully positioned lights, therefore final results from the projection of shadows are spatially layered shades in a selected range of colors - light ambience. the 'shadow painting' has achieved a balance of tangible and intangible forms.

2 | Ivan Kožarić: Atelier Kožarić

3 | Jesus Raphael Soto: Narančasta Ekstenzija / Orange Extension, 1968-1970.

4 | Chen Zhen: Krevet II / The Bed II, 2000.

5 | Mladen Stilinović: Eksploatacija mrtvih / Exploatation of the Dead, 1984-1990.

6 | Marija Ujević-Galetović: Meta II / Target II, 1981.

7 | Dragoljub Raša Todosijević: Pribijeni kruh / Nailed Bread, 1973.

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Architecture Loves Fashion!

2010-04-27T21:20:00.032+02:00

kako konstantno nailazim na zapanjujuce i divno projektirane interijere prestiznih svjetskih dizajnera, ovdje cu napraviti neku selekciju meni najdivnijih 'concept store' prostora nastalih prije svega kvalitetnom suradnjom arhitekta i modnog dizajnera - prostore koji su u svakom smislu, bilo funkcionalnom ili vizualnom savrseno uskladjeni s koncepcijom i filozofijom dizajnerskih odjevnih predmeta koji su u njima izlozeni... a kako ove fotografije govore i vise od tisucu rijeci, svaki tekst je suvisan...

as i constantly come upon stunning and beautifully designed interiors for prestigious designers, here i'll make a personal selection of greatest 'concept store' spaces created mostly thanks to great cooperation of architect and fashion designer - spaces that are in every sense, whether functional or visual perfectly matched with the concept and philosophy of designed fashion items that are in their display... and as these photos speak more than a thousand words, each text is redundant...

1 | Junya Ishigami + associates: Yohji Yamamoto Store, New York, USA

2 | Mass Studies Architects: Ann Demeulemeester Store, Seoul, Korea

3 | Nendo Design: Issey Miyake Store, Tokio, Japan

4 | SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa): Issey Miyake Store, Tokio, Japan

5 | Studio Arthur Casas Architects: Alexandre Herchcovitch Store, Tokio, Japan

6 | ...aaand... Comme des Garcons Guerilla Stores, New York, Los Angeles, Warsaw, Berlin

Kino Klub Zagreb / Ciklus Erica Rohmera

2010-04-22T16:04:00.030+02:00

preporuka! idite ako ikako mozete :))
dakle, veceras pocinje ciklus Priče o četiri godišnja doba velikog Erica Rohmera, jednog od meni, po estetskom i narativnom senzibilitetu, 'najbliskijih' francuskih rezisera, ali i jedan od najdrazih rezisera uopce... moram jos i spomenuti da ovaj ciklus nisam imala priliku pogledati u kompletu (fale mi proljece i jesen, inace mi je dosta tesko nabaviti njegove filmove, a oslanjati se na hrt u podrucju kultne i art kinematografije, nije bas najbolje rjesenje)...

evo kako sam vec nedavno negdje pisala, Eric Rohmer je redatelj ciji je citav veliki filmski opus baziran na filmovima u kojima se naizgled nista ne dogadja.

svaki film ovog velikog covjeka artisticke kinematografije (i nazalost jos uvijek relativno slabo poznatog, unatoc tome sto je umro u prvom mjesecu ove godine) koncetrira se na inteligentne, elokventne protagoniste i prati njihove medjuodnose, razgovore, osjecaje u nekom odredjenom periodu zivota. njegovi filmovi velikim dijelom zastupaju 'stvarno vrijeme' pa je zbog toga mozda i najpoznatiji opis njegove kinematografije onaj Genea Hackmana, iz filma Night Moves (1975) da je gledanje njegovih filmova najslicnije gledanju boje kako se susi. sam Rohmer rekao je da ga u filmovima i kazalistu intrigiraju ljudska razmisljanja i zelje, a ne djela... a najpoznatiji film je u svakom slucaju Le genou de Claire (1970) iliti Claireino koljeno gdje glavni protagonist razvija opsesivnu zelju da dotakne koljeno mlade djevojke, sto je ujedno i citava radnja filma :)) ali zaista je napeto...

Program

22.04. Proljetna priča (Conte de printemps, 1990.)
29.04. Zimska priča (Conte d'hiver, 1992.)
06.05. Ljetna priča (Conte d'été, 1996.)
13.05. Jesenja priča (Conte d'automne, 1998.)

20.05. Ljubavi Astreje i Caledona (Les amours d'Astrée et de Céladon, 2007.)

dakle Kino Klub Zagreb, Trg Žrtava Fašizma 14
projekcije se mogu pogledati svaki četvrtak u 21 sat.
ulaz je slobodan :)

opsirnije ovdje

Bricolage Shadows

2010-04-08T22:48:00.019+02:00

kako vec dugo planiram postaviti svoje radove ovdje na blogu za pocetak evo jedna od mojih fotografija (dok ne otkrijem kako postaviti nekakvu galeriju) ;)

bricolage sjena, bio je jedan od najzanimljivijih kreativnih zadataka u sklopu kolegija 'arhitektonsko projektiranje' na faksu. moj uradak inspirirali su reciklaza, minimalizam, dekonstruktivizam... da bi postigla ovaj efekt fotografija je invertirana, tako da su sjene zapravo svjetlo i obrnuto ;)

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