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a kibbutz in Israel. 2007.
These are the types of molds used by the original settlers to make bricks, from which they built the first kibbutz on this site.
For countless cycles, the incubation chamber remained motionless among the crystalline foundations, pulsating with the rhythmic glow of the programming process—imparting all available knowledge to the young Neurocysts.
The pulse was steady until an unexpected anomaly occurred.
Something disrupted the process.
The information crystals flashed chaotically, the incubation chamber malfunctioned, and the Neurocysts began to awaken prematurely.
The young ones are fragile—they cannot remain in this state for long.
A fully grown Neurocyst, fused with the Weaver machine, carefully monitors their development.
It must either restore the incubation process or transport the young to safety before they begin to wither, the information is lost, and the species faces extinction.
#lesson1 - draw with pencil (eraser not allowed) and only use one colour to shade - I used watercolour paint for this.
Only using one colour to shade was painful for me! I struggled so much with this. My biggest weakness is not being good with values which results in me not getting a good enough contrast.
Archaeologist and painter Edward Dodwell (1767-1832), who came from a noble and rich Irish family, was born in Dublin and studied literature and archeology at Trinity College in Cambridge. Thanks to the economic comfort provided by his great fortune, he avoids the need to acquire a profession and gives himself to the researches about the Mediterranean civilizations.
In 1801, he traveled with Ionian Islands (Corfu, Zante etc.) and the region of Troy together with Atkins and well-known traveler W. Gell. In 1805-06, he travels to Rumeli with his traveling companion, Simone Pomardi. He then settled in Naples and Rome and marries a woman thirty years younger from him. He was an honorary member of many European cultural foundations. He falls ill while doing expeditions in the mountains of Italy. His large collection (coins, 115 copper items, 143 amphoras), which he created from archaeological artifacts, was sold to the Munich Sculpture Museum after being housed in his home in Rome for a while.
Being a prolific writer and also a visual artist, Dodwell reveals his multi-faceted talent consisting of an archaeologist, a sense of curiosity, critical gaze and artist sensitivity in his works that are unique to the period. For the first time in his work, we have the opportunity to recognize the true discovery of a "space": The march combines information based on the monument, history, contemporary people and bibliographies as a means of discovery and recognition.
The journey, which is described in these two volumes of publications and has rich data in archeology and topography material, creates an infinite wealth of information about the public and private lives of the Greeks before the rebellion (1821).
In late April 1801, Dodwell took a smart and read Greek from Santorini, whom he had met in Italy, as an interpreter and set off from Venice. He crosses the Adriatic sea and arrives in Corfu under Russian-Ottoman occupation with his travel companions within a month. Their journey continues towards Paksos islands, Parga, Leukada (Santa Mavra). In his book, Dodwell writes about the nose of Lefkata, where ancient Greek poet Saffo, according to ancient ruins, products, villages and legend, fell into the sea because of his desperate love for Faon. From here, he goes to Preveza and visits the archaeological site in Nikopolis, continues to the island of Ithaka, writes about the geography and economic situation there and about the search for ancient ruins. Finally Kefalonia '
In 1805 Dodwell, along with the artist Simone Pomardi, arrives in Zante from the port of Messina in Sicily, where he writes about the villages, population, products; he then goes to Mesolongi. He writes about the persecution of Tepedelenli Ali Pasha to the local people, local products, the Akheloos river and the Echinades archipelago. After the journey, he reached Patra and became the guest of the consul Nikolaos Stranis. Stranis's mansion had been the meeting place of many European guests for years. Dodwell's visit to Patra confirms his theoretical knowledge about them. Speaking of Contemporary Patra, the city's architectural layout is easily understandable (noting that "the houses of Greeks are lime and the houses of Turks are painted in red"), writes about its economic condition (including products exported from the region). In Patra, he visits the castle, the famous big-bodied cypress tree, the church of Saint Andrea and the holy spring (holy water source). He adds the pattern that his travel companion Pomardi has drawn and displays the sacred source. Noting that many black slaves were found in Patra, Dodwell also made efforts to acquire some archaeological artifacts. He especially revives the city's historical memory while writing about Patra. In his travel statement, he documents his own knowledge scientifically with the ancient sources he used while displaying the contemporary reality of Greece and previous travel testimonies. He adds the pattern that his travel companion Pomardi has drawn and displays the sacred source. Noting that many black slaves were found in Patra, Dodwell also made efforts to acquire some archaeological artifacts. He especially revives the city's historical memory while writing about Patra. In his travel statement, he documents his own knowledge scientifically with the ancient sources he used while displaying the contemporary reality of Greece and previous travel testimonies. He adds the pattern that his travel companion Pomardi has drawn and displays the sacred source. Noting that many black slaves were found in Patra, Dodwell also made efforts to acquire some archaeological artifacts. He especially revives the city's historical memory while writing about Patra. In his travel statement, he documents his own knowledge scientifically with the ancient sources he used while displaying the contemporary reality of Greece and previous travel testimonies.
Due to an epidemic in Dodwell Peloponnese, he chose to go to Athens in another way, passing through Nafpaktos (Inebahtı), Galaksidi (watching the carnival shows here) and passing through Amfisa (here he is a guest at the house of a Kefalonian doctor and visits the voivodeship), climbs to Parnasos mountain, Hriso stops in his village and stays in Kastri, touring the fountain of Kastalya and few ancient ruins that can be seen in Delfi at that time. The road passes through Arahova and Distomo and takes it to the ancient site of Trophonius priests in Livadia, from there it continues to other Boeotia villages (Orchomenos, Aliartos, Thespiae). Crossing the Eleutherae road and the Eleusis plain, on March 26, Lord Elgin's work teams arrive in Athens when the Acropolis was removing the relief marbles. Dodwell will stay here until September Attica Almost all of them (Pendeli mountain, Fili, Acharnai, Kifisia, Vrauron, Porto Rafti, Thorikos, Lavrion, Sunion, Piraeus) and Aegina and Salamis islands. In addition to archaeological issues, he also writes about the dances, music and games of the Greeks, baths and even insects and birds.
After Athens, he passes through Thiva (Thebai), Kopais lake, Thermopylae and Lamia, Stylis and Almyros to Volos and Pelion; in his article he mentions all the ancient city ruins he met along the way. After that, Larissa and Ambelakia come to the superior level of life here, highly influenced by cultured people and the cotton yarn dyeing industry. Thessaly plain returns to Athens after passing through Lilaia, Amfikleia, Fokida, Boeotia and stopping at Chalkida and Marathon. He stays here all summer. In December of 1805, we find him touring the Argos-Corinth region: Dafni monastery, Eleusis and its religious mysteries, Megara, Corinthian isthmus, Corinthian fortress, Kechries, Nemea and its vineyards, Acropolis and ancient theater in Argos, the treasure of Mykene and Atreus, Tiryns and Nauplion, The ruins of the Epidaurus and Asclepius temple, Troizina, Methana, Poros are places he traveled and wrote. Then, on the road of Aegion, Sikyon passes through Xylokastron and stops in the local inns and after Patra, he reaches Olympia on January 24, 1806, depicting all villages of Achaia and Ileia (Elis). In the continuation of the trip, Messini visits Sparta in late February after visiting the ruins in Megalopolis and Vassai. After crossing Arkadiya and Achaia (by stopping at Tegea, Tripoli, Mantineia, Orchomenos, Stymphalia, Feneos, Kalavryta, Mega Spilaion), it reaches Patra in the spring and finally reaches Rome on September 18, 1806. After passing, he stops at the inns of the region and after Patra, he reaches Olympia on January 24, 1806, depicting all the villages of Achaia and Ileia (Elis). In the continuation of the trip, Messini visits Sparta in late February after visiting the ruins in Megalopolis and Vassai. After crossing Arkadiya and Achaia (by stopping at Tegea, Tripoli, Mantineia, Orchomenos, Stymphalia, Feneos, Kalavryta, Mega Spilaion), it reaches Patra in the spring and finally reaches Rome on September 18, 1806. After passing, he stops at the inns of the region and after Patra, he reaches Olympia on January 24, 1806 by describing all the villages of Achaia and Ileia (Elis). In the continuation of the trip, Messini visits Sparta in late February after visiting the ruins in Megalopolis and Vassai. After crossing Arkadiya and Achaia (stop by Tegea, Tripoliçe, Mantineia, Orchomenos, Stymphalia, Feneos, Kalavryta, Mega Spilaion), it reaches Patra in the spring and finally reaches Rome on September 18, 1806.
After documenting and archiving the archaeological remains that he visited, using the camera obscura technique, Dodwell aimed to combine art with the scientific view. In his published three volumes of his work, which is a basic resource for all travelers who traveled to Greece after him and which is still a very useful work in archaeological research, there are nearly 400 pictures of landscape and historical monuments drawn by Dodwell. Recently, dozens more patterns have appeared that have not been known to date.
The book in question contains colored stone print (aquatinta / painted water) paintings based on Dodwell's own drawings. Each picture is followed by Dodwell's explanatory notes in English and French. In the introduction, it is mentioned that 60 of them were chosen to be published from nearly 1000 sketches, and these were drawn and colored and printed with a special drawing style, but the number of copies printed for financial reasons was low. These drawings are supplements to the Dodwell "Seyahatname" and require the text to be read along with the picture to identify the people and events in the picture. The desire to convey what the artist depicted by staying true to the truth, as well as the effort to record pleasant details from everyday life, is evident in the displayed images.
Written By: İoli Vingopoulou
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Foundations at the 9/11 museum in New York
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The foundations of an old church on Exploits Islands, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. The community was resettled in the 1960s and many of the buildings have since fallen. These foundations always seemed vaguely like standing stones to me.....
Digitised image from the Town Hall Photographer's Collection - GB127.M850.
The Town Hall Photographer’s Collection is a large photographic collection held in Manchester City Council’s Central Library archives, ranging in date from 1956 to 2007.
The collection consists of tens of thousands of images, covering the varied areas of work of Manchester Corporation and latterly, Manchester City Council.
The photographs were taken by staff photographers, who were tasked to document the work of Corporation/Council departments and, in doing so, captured many aspects of Manchester life and history, including significant changes to the Manchester landscape.
The collection includes many different formats from glass negatives, to slides, prints, CDs and even a couple of cine films.
What is especially exciting is that the majority of these images have never before been available in a digital format and therefore have only ever been seen by a handful of people.
A team of dedicated Staff and Volunteers are currently working on the systematic digitisation of the negatives held within the collection.
This album represents the result of their work to date.
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Paul Taylor Dance Company, accompanied by Orchestra of St. Luke's, performs "Brandenburgs" , choreography by Paul Taylor, music by Johann Sebastian Bach. Costumes by Santo Loquasto. Performance was part of an "An Evening of Dance and Music: Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001", sponsored by The Joyce Theater Foundation on September 10 and 11, 2011 at Nelson A. Rockefeller Park in lower Manhattan.
"Brandenburgs" shows Paul Taylors special affinity for the music of Bach, which was also used in his works "Esplanade", "Musical Offering" and "Promethean Fire". The piece is joyous and exuberant. It showcases movement of invention that matches the uplifiing spirit of this commemorative event.. (Source: Program Notes)
Dancers: Michael Trusnovec, Amy Young, Parisa Khobdeh, Eran Bugge, Robert Kleinendorst, James Samson, Sean Mahoney, Michael Apuzzo, Nichael Novak
To view more photos, including performances by Alvin Ailey, Limon Dance and Jessica Lang Dance, visit my flickr set at
One of many houses in Uranium City that have been burned down to foundations. Trees have grown up in the front yard.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken towards the end of the third week of February 2017.
These are the critical stabilisation works at the Silverbridge site, adjacent to the N11 dual-carriageway:
Back in November 2014, we'd observed bank stabilisation works here involving excavation, repair and building of a support wall structure -- carried out by JONS Construction on behalf of the National Roads Authority.
We would occasionally catch sight of this work in the distance. Quite an impressive little piece of structural engineering.
Having built a retaining concave wall, backfilled for solidity, they were also drilling, fixing and sealing ground anchors to pin the entire structure together.
Now we see that further works are being undertaken.
Word has it that extra ‘stabilisation work’ had to be done to protect the integrity of the riverbank.
At the section here we can see that there’s not much space between the edge of the rock face and the Armco at the side of the dual-carriageway.
Have yet to determine what precisely that will entail. Serious work to reinforce the side access ramp down to the river.
The N11 carriageway runs adjacent to this sunken side of the riverbank -- barely 2 (large) paces divide the two. Even with twin strips of Armco along the roadside, it's perilously close. Traffic speeds along this stretch (maximum speed 100 kmp). Only needs a touch from a heavy vehicle to cause secondary impact, which (worst possible scenario) could result in something going airborne.
Working in these confined spaces puts a premium of safety and communication.
The guys have hard-filled a working shelf on the riverbed, to allow machinery access to the rockface. Obviously some serious drilling is called for before a form of extra 'pinning' is put in place.
They have sunk a series of hollowed tubes/casings -- obviously to form the foundations of a more extensive structure.
And some investigative work around the transverse buttress of the access bridge, parallel to the heavy-duty pipeline carrying water down from the Vartry reservoir.
At a (rough) guess -- I'd say the foundations were sunk to a depth of approx 4+m.
With such secure foundations in place, they would then look to construct a substantial bank of material, and/or retaining wall (similar to that in place further along the roadside bank).
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Previously the guys drilled and sunk 4+metre deep reinforced tubing and rods along a newly laid concrete base. Those stubs were then used to attach steel rod cradles -- which, in turn, were filled with poured concrete. Result - the wall quickly rises. Variation on the method they've used elsewhere along this stretch of the river.
A continuous stretch of protective wall has now been poured, and joined up with the section originally erected back in 2014.
As we can see from the side-on shot, the base of the wall has pre-cut openings for the retaining pins that have been driven into the side wall of the roadside cliff. These have been sealed and capped.
Progress has been rapid, the full stretch of wall is completed, and the guys are now working on back-filling the empty space between the protective wall and the roadside rock face. You don't just throw in a few trucks loads of soil and hope for the best. You load, layer, level and compress.
And, at the same time, the guys are clearing away material used to build access ramps down into the riverbed.
The thought crossed my mind -- in doing so (removing the stone-filled gabions etc,) are they potentially exposing the river bank on that side to erosion, slippage etc?
We know the destructive force of fast running waters. Hell, this is precisely why the protective works have been carried out along the rest of the stretch, down to the Bray Harbour. Unless they have other plans to stabilise it, what is going to be left here is loose soil -- very close to the access road into the halting site itself.
Some repair/reinforcing work is going on here to protect the (old) buttress that supports the pipework carrying water to the Bray region.