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Tiffany Singh
Knock On The Sky Listen To The Sound
Knock on the sky listen to the sound is a Buddhist proverb of spiritual significance, first heard on a journey over the Himalayas in Ladakh, where the sky was so close we felt like we could knock on it. It seems an appropriate title, as the artwork transforms the space into an open-air musical instrument that, on initial contact, sounds as though it is coming from the sky. Chimes are hung, often in great numbers, near places of religious significance such as temples and shrines. The intention of the chimes is to allow the winds of fortune or ‘chi’ energy to flow freely, as wind chimes can influence how chi flows through a space. Here the chimes are believed to help slow positive energy as it approaches the building, inviting it inside from all four directions. The notion of pilgrimage is seeded in this work, as the chimes journey between the sites through audience participation. Framing part of this work as a pilgrimage suggests the proposal of the new Jungian archetype for the pilgrimage as a common human experience. The application of multiple sites creates a non-static developmental work that externally generates its own tools, channels and co-authorship.
The fact that we live in a deep gravity well in a gas covered planet which goes around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and it still feels like another Tuesday proves the significance of perspective in our lives.
We believe that a right perspective can change our lives. TEDxGCEK, the youngest member of TED community plans to represent the same. TEDx speakers compel us to initiate, innovate and improvise the lives of people in ways that we never even knew existed.
Instead of searching for new ideas and inspiration one can simply look at things with different angles.TEDxGCEK aims to bring people from a different perspective to help change each others’ way of looking at the world.
Photograph by OslerZoo Photography.
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Party pics from our adidas x Forces of Nice art collab show in Hong Kong.
September 29th 2010.
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CHAIRMAN TING INDUSTRIES
TANGIBLE INTERACTION
STRAIGHTLEG
Community Education Concern Groups (CECGs) are groups of individuals who are committed to raising education standards.
The fact that we live in a deep gravity well in a gas covered planet which goes around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and it still feels like another Tuesday proves the significance of perspective in our lives.
We believe that a right perspective can change our lives. TEDxGCEK, the youngest member of TED community plans to represent the same. TEDx speakers compel us to initiate, innovate and improvise the lives of people in ways that we never even knew existed.
Instead of searching for new ideas and inspiration one can simply look at things with different angles.TEDxGCEK aims to bring people from a different perspective to help change each others’ way of looking at the world.
Birds of prey often interact with desert plants both dead and alive. These plants become perches where these birds can carefully lookout and stalk their prey. When hunting in groups, it is common for one bird to be in the air and one perched on or near the ground. Both young and old plants can become these perches.
Photograph by OslerZoo Photography.
Check them out: www.oslerzoo.com
Party pics from our adidas x Forces of Nice art collab show in Hong Kong.
September 29th 2010.
// FORCES OF NICE/ //
CHAIRMAN TING INDUSTRIES
TANGIBLE INTERACTION
STRAIGHTLEG
In a series of Alumni Interactions, we organized a session by Ms. Sanghmitra Thakur, Team Lead - Care Management, Zyla Health to interact with our UG & PG students and share with them her varied knowledge & experiences in the field of Biotechnology.
This is a trophic interaction between a flowerin plant and a bee. I think this would be classified as a herbivore trophic interaction.
I think the most influential species in this area would be most of the plant species. They are the base of the trophic pyramid, and provide essential services for many of the other organisms around this area. They provide food for the flying insects and some of the smaller birds, as well as shelter for these birds and small mammals. These smaller organisms are, in turn, food for the larger predators (hawks), as well as for the scavengers (vultures, crows, fungi).
If we were to remove many of the flowering plants, then there would be fewer, if any, pollinators in the area. Some of the smaller birds would probably leave, but some would stay because they could eat seeds, or other small organisms (worms, snails, beetles). I we were to remove some other plants, such as the large trees or bushes, there would be less habitat for the small birds and mammals, and for the larger predators. I think removing either of these types of plants would result in less diversity, but there would still be some organisms living in this area. However, removing both of these plants would drastically alter the environment and diversity.
If we were to replace either the flowering plants, or the larger trees and bushes, with an invasive species, I think some of the native animals will adapt, migrate to a new location, or die out in this area. There is also a possibility that, in the process of introducing a non-native plant species, some invasive insects may hitch-hike a ride to a new environment. In this case, the new insects might create more competition for resources, habitat, and possibly become predators to some of the native insects.
One of the organisms from the capstone 1 exercise was a frog (My dog found this little guy!). I believe this frog is a predator - therefore, it would be limited by density-dependence and interspecific competition for available resources. My second organism was a hummingbird (Itty bitty hummingbird). I believe hummingbirds are herbivores – therefore, it would be limited by its predators, and rarely by its food. My third organism is a mushroom (Mushroom), so I would be a decomposer. Similar to predators, decomposers are limited by density-dependence and interspecific competition for resources.