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It is taken inside the Tower of London. Chapel of St. John. Maybe you can find more information here : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London
There was a message at the entrance: Be quiet !
Not easy for everyone :-)
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before i ever got in here, I knew that this spot would be interesting, even with all the rendering equipment having been taken out because of all the windows. For a few years it was a gym, and now it's a photo studio.
I have been documenting the changing face of this neighborhood since 2005 to the present day. I never imagined that going to a photo meetup here would provide me with enough content and inspiration to continue to photograph the dynamic changes taking place as the neighborhood transformed from a dead retail strip on Dundas with derelict and shuttered industry to the hot hipster neighborhood it’s become. The Junction was not always known as such, it was rather West Toronto neighborhood, which for a large part was more often referred to the Stockyards. Meat processing is the only original industry that is still present today, to the dismay of residents. Industry was centralized here as the area had lower land prices and taxes and the creation of an official port of entry. Also Canadian Pacific developed a large rail yard which extends from Keele to Scarlet road. This led to massive industrial and commercial development which stayed for the most part until closures started with these companies in 2005.
Canada packers, CCM, Campbell Milling and Heinzman piano company were the most notable companies, which all have been converted respectfully to a large mall, another mall complex and a high rise condo. Other buildings such as the Symes waste transfer station and Sherwin Williams and Houghton plant were recently converted into a brewery, a failed condo development now waiting to be sold, and a studio complex with a gym and printing facilities. The first spot I photographed was the old Sherwin Williams plant in late 2005 on a cold Christmas weekend and it peaked my curiosity about industry in the city. Another notable location I visited multiple times was the old GE plant, which as of today (2018) is completely redeveloped. The old Bunge complex, which was located on St.Clair west of Keele was my personal favorite spot to visit while it was intact. I must have been 8 times and got to know the entire complex quite well. It was knocked over very quickly and the large stockyards mall took it’s place.
The story of my junction documentary project is quite extensive and the best way to discover more is to look at the captions on the images. I enjoyed exploring an area with so much industrial diversity so close to home and find myself wishing I still had something like this in my backyard.
Photos featured are from late 2005 to present, both film (in various formats, 35mm, 120,) and digital. Images are noted by their previous name, what they have been converted to, as well as approximate location.
FORMER TITLE: Student protest in Paris and Amsterdam 1968/69. BE SILENT. Aquarel, 1969.
I placed this old painting here now also as a PROTEST against the new Flickr. design.
For communication built up with care during years by Flickr members is valuable. A pity people are going to leave Flickr now! Sorry., this is a bit rough, this image, but I have much trouble with my pc/the new design. Like many others. Very slow and many actions are lost.
As young inhabitant of the old center of Amsterdam,(where was some revolt and occupation of university buildings 1968/69 by students asking to be heard, wanting some innovations) I was inspired to make this simple painting. The revolt in Amsterdam was not violent. More playful compared to the student revolt in Paris and Berlin in 1968. Non-violence was important for most of the students. The result was: more democracy. The right to speak and be heard. The wish to communicate and think together about the study. In the universities. With the docents there.
Communication in the world is so much. For instance: why spoil Flickr.? By changes people do not like... A SLAP IN THE FACE for the people who made Flickr and the members who built up this communicative site. I placed this in the group www.flickr.com/groups/new-flickr-layout-sucks/pool/with/8... And there is a PETITION you can signhttp://petitions.moveon.org/sign/change-flickr-back I ad here, summer 2013 my pc crashed when I tried to adapt it to the new design. December 2013 I manage to work faster with the new design because I added as a browser Google Chrome to Windows XP. The new design is more complex. There are some bugs still. 2014 there is communication about the innovations, it is much better. And we have the occasion to provide feedback. Only a few of my contacts have left Flickr.
The Silent Warrior is a high speed racer. A klunker, it's known to break down quite a lot after a long race. It's known for being the exact opposite of its name because it's not silent at all.
As for the girl in the one-piece, she's one of the few minifigs I have availible now because most of mine are either packed away or in the large post-apoc project i'm working on.
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GE was actually one of the first places I visited when I got into exploring in late 2005. A friend at the time suggested checking it out and we found one building being renovated and the townhouses were still not done on the Davenport side. The whole site was amazing and many buildings were later torn down and replaced by multiple condo towers and townhomes, sandwiched between two lines. I visited the site for about 7 years until most of what was here was demolished for housing. I would not live here myself but the location now has more stores, etc and seems like a hip neighbourhood especially if you walk further south with little cafes.
I'm probably going to revisit this folder soon and upload more images, it's been a while!
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I have been documenting the changing face of this neighborhood since 2005 to the present day. I never imagined that going to a photo meetup here would provide me with enough content and inspiration to continue to photograph the dynamic changes taking place as the neighborhood transformed from a dead retail strip on Dundas with derelict and shuttered industry to the hot hipster neighborhood it’s become. The Junction was not always known as such, it was rather West Toronto neighborhood, which for a large part was more often referred to the Stockyards. Meat processing is the only original industry that is still present today, to the dismay of residents. Industry was centralized here as the area had lower land prices and taxes and the creation of an official port of entry. Also Canadian Pacific developed a large rail yard which extends from Keele to Scarlet road. This led to massive industrial and commercial development which stayed for the most part until closures started with these companies in 2005.
Canada packers, CCM, Campbell Milling and Heinzman piano company were the most notable companies, which all have been converted respectfully to a large mall, another mall complex and a high rise condo. Other buildings such as the Symes waste transfer station and Sherwin Williams and Houghton plant were recently converted into a brewery, a failed condo development now waiting to be sold, and a studio complex with a gym and printing facilities. The first spot I photographed was the old Sherwin Williams plant in late 2005 on a cold Christmas weekend and it peaked my curiosity about industry in the city. Another notable location I visited multiple times was the old GE plant, which as of today (2018) is completely redeveloped. The old Bunge complex, which was located on St.Clair west of Keele was my personal favorite spot to visit while it was intact. I must have been 8 times and got to know the entire complex quite well. It was knocked over very quickly and the large stockyards mall took it’s place.
The story of my junction documentary project is quite extensive and the best way to discover more is to look at the captions on the images. I enjoyed exploring an area with so much industrial diversity so close to home and find myself wishing I still had something like this in my backyard.
Photos featured are from late 2005 to present, both film (in various formats, 35mm, 120,) and digital. Images are noted by their previous name, what they have been converted to, as well as approximate location.
There's a place I like to hide
A doorway that I run through ...
- Queensryche
Location: Bagerhat, Bangladesh
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More from the outside of Bunge.
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I have been documenting the changing face of this neighborhood since 2005 to the present day. I never imagined that going to a photo meetup here would provide me with enough content and inspiration to continue to photograph the dynamic changes taking place as the neighborhood transformed from a dead retail strip on Dundas with derelict and shuttered industry to the hot hipster neighborhood it’s become. The Junction was not always known as such, it was rather West Toronto neighborhood, which for a large part was more often referred to the Stockyards. Meat processing is the only original industry that is still present today, to the dismay of residents. Industry was centralized here as the area had lower land prices and taxes and the creation of an official port of entry. Also Canadian Pacific developed a large rail yard which extends from Keele to Scarlet road. This led to massive industrial and commercial development which stayed for the most part until closures started with these companies in 2005.
Canada packers, CCM, Campbell Milling and Heinzman piano company were the most notable companies, which all have been converted respectfully to a large mall, another mall complex and a high rise condo. Other buildings such as the Symes waste transfer station and Sherwin Williams and Houghton plant were recently converted into a brewery, a failed condo development now waiting to be sold, and a studio complex with a gym and printing facilities. The first spot I photographed was the old Sherwin Williams plant in late 2005 on a cold Christmas weekend and it peaked my curiosity about industry in the city. Another notable location I visited multiple times was the old GE plant, which as of today (2018) is completely redeveloped. The old Bunge complex, which was located on St.Clair west of Keele was my personal favorite spot to visit while it was intact. I must have been 8 times and got to know the entire complex quite well. It was knocked over very quickly and the large stockyards mall took it’s place.
The story of my junction documentary project is quite extensive and the best way to discover more is to look at the captions on the images. I enjoyed exploring an area with so much industrial diversity so close to home and find myself wishing I still had something like this in my backyard.
Photos featured are from late 2005 to present, both film (in various formats, 35mm, 120,) and digital. Images are noted by their previous name, what they have been converted to, as well as approximate location.
Mural entitled "Silent Majority" by Ally Grimm aka @a.l._grime, seen at 2550 Larimer Street in the Five Points area of Denver, Colorado.
Drone photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
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I have been documenting the changing face of this neighborhood since 2005 to the present day. I never imagined that going to a photo meetup here would provide me with enough content and inspiration to continue to photograph the dynamic changes taking place as the neighborhood transformed from a dead retail strip on Dundas with derelict and shuttered industry to the hot hipster neighborhood it’s become. The Junction was not always known as such, it was rather West Toronto neighborhood, which for a large part was more often referred to the Stockyards. Meat processing is the only original industry that is still present today, to the dismay of residents. Industry was centralized here as the area had lower land prices and taxes and the creation of an official port of entry. Also Canadian Pacific developed a large rail yard which extends from Keele to Scarlet road. This led to massive industrial and commercial development which stayed for the most part until closures started with these companies in 2005.
Canada packers, CCM, Campbell Milling and Heinzman piano company were the most notable companies, which all have been converted respectfully to a large mall, another mall complex and a high rise condo. Other buildings such as the Symes waste transfer station and Sherwin Williams and Houghton plant were recently converted into a brewery, a failed condo development now waiting to be sold, and a studio complex with a gym and printing facilities. The first spot I photographed was the old Sherwin Williams plant in late 2005 on a cold Christmas weekend and it peaked my curiosity about industry in the city. Another notable location I visited multiple times was the old GE plant, which as of today (2018) is completely redeveloped. The old Bunge complex, which was located on St.Clair west of Keele was my personal favorite spot to visit while it was intact. I must have been 8 times and got to know the entire complex quite well. It was knocked over very quickly and the large stockyards mall took it’s place.
The story of my junction documentary project is quite extensive and the best way to discover more is to look at the captions on the images. I enjoyed exploring an area with so much industrial diversity so close to home and find myself wishing I still had something like this in my backyard.
Photos featured are from late 2005 to present, both film (in various formats, 35mm, 120,) and digital. Images are noted by their previous name, what they have been converted to, as well as approximate location.
Silent morning this first day in October ~~
A quiver of words
Destructive and constructive
The silence
Jayachandran Chakrapany
Another silent installation I accidentally got to see on my notebook. Thank you my friends @Skype for pushing un-solicited changes on my machine, without letting me know your at it neither before or after... ... As usual the new and "better" software introduced some new bugs as well, ones I've never seen. I guess its protocol obfuscation code running haywire, but whether this was ment as possible fix at skype login/central server protocol, a bid to introduce more complicated protocol after the supposed success at reverse-engineering or a new way to push more annoy-ware towards users I really dont know..
For the QA folks - open multi-chat, click on call quality wizard indicator, close the dialog, close the chat -> you should get the pointer pop-up and any other dialog seems to cause the other issue from there onwards, ending with GPF in a while. Update was from .113 to .116.
Edit (2hrs after original post): the bug is actually old one, reported few weeks ago, just manifested itself in with new dialogs today - if you are in QA team you'll find it at 23rd May - whenever you close the CallQualityIndicator/Wizard dialog with Esc rather than clicking the proprietary UI 'close' control the dialog/components are not killed nicely and crap starts to happen. Thats what you get when you re-write standard OS UI controls in random place of your app...
It was a beautiful still night on the beach tonight, only the sound of the waves lapping gently against the shore. Oh...and my dog...barking...insistently...wanting her football kicked so she could give chase.
Available as a print here.
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I have been documenting the changing face of this neighborhood since 2005 to the present day. I never imagined that going to a photo meetup here would provide me with enough content and inspiration to continue to photograph the dynamic changes taking place as the neighborhood transformed from a dead retail strip on Dundas with derelict and shuttered industry to the hot hipster neighborhood it’s become. The Junction was not always known as such, it was rather West Toronto neighborhood, which for a large part was more often referred to the Stockyards. Meat processing is the only original industry that is still present today, to the dismay of residents. Industry was centralized here as the area had lower land prices and taxes and the creation of an official port of entry. Also Canadian Pacific developed a large rail yard which extends from Keele to Scarlet road. This led to massive industrial and commercial development which stayed for the most part until closures started with these companies in 2005.
Canada packers, CCM, Campbell Milling and Heinzman piano company were the most notable companies, which all have been converted respectfully to a large mall, another mall complex and a high rise condo. Other buildings such as the Symes waste transfer station and Sherwin Williams and Houghton plant were recently converted into a brewery, a failed condo development now waiting to be sold, and a studio complex with a gym and printing facilities. The first spot I photographed was the old Sherwin Williams plant in late 2005 on a cold Christmas weekend and it peaked my curiosity about industry in the city. Another notable location I visited multiple times was the old GE plant, which as of today (2018) is completely redeveloped. The old Bunge complex, which was located on St.Clair west of Keele was my personal favorite spot to visit while it was intact. I must have been 8 times and got to know the entire complex quite well. It was knocked over very quickly and the large stockyards mall took it’s place.
The story of my junction documentary project is quite extensive and the best way to discover more is to look at the captions on the images. I enjoyed exploring an area with so much industrial diversity so close to home and find myself wishing I still had something like this in my backyard.
Photos featured are from late 2005 to present, both film (in various formats, 35mm, 120,) and digital. Images are noted by their previous name, what they have been converted to, as well as approximate location.
Selasa, 09 November 2010
Korban-Korban yang Terbisukan
oleh Argus Firmansah
Bale Tonggoh, Selasar Soenaryo Art Space, Bandung.
PERSOALAN sosial politik yang diusung dalam sebuah pameran seni rupa tiada habisnya dikupas dengan cara pandang yang berbeda-beda melalui sentuhan estetik pada karya pelukis, seniman patung, seniman foto, seniman grafis, seniman mural hingga performance artist. Terlebih dengan situasi Indonesia saat ini yang syarat dengan persoalan sosial, ekonomi, religi, hukum, keadilan dan soal lainnya akibat tidak ada pemimpin daerah maupun nasional yang memiliki kepemimpinan yang memihak pada keadilan sosial, ekonomi, hukum, pendidikan, dan lain-lain, bagi seluruh rakyatnya.
Bencana alam dan bencana politik yang tengah terjadi di tanah air ini memberikan inspirasi artistik bagi lima seniman dari Malang yang sedang berpameran di galeri Bale Tonggoh, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung pada tanggal 5-28 November 2010. Lima seniman ini diboyong oleh sebuah komunitas yang menamakan diri mereka Rumah Seni Kemarin Sore, Malang, Jawa Timur. Melihat pameran ini seperti menemukan kembali karya seni yang kontekstual setelah pasar seni rupa kontemporer surut ke titik normal disokong oleh blow-up media massa seni rupa yang merayu investor untuk terus berinvestasi di karya seni rupa Indonesia.
Rumah Seni Kemarin Sore bekerjasama dengan Bale Tonggoh (SSAS) yang dikelola Yus Herdiawan untuk penyelenggaraan pameran ini. Rully Azwar, GM Rumah Seni Kemarin Sore, mengakui bahwa medan seni rupa di Malang memiliki potensi besar dan energi kreatif senimannya namun minimnya infrastruktur, seperti galeri seni rupa, mendorong semangat mereka untuk menyajikan karya seniman dan perupa dari Malang itu di kota-kota lain seperti Bandung.
Dua puluh karya dua dimensi meliputi teknik lukis, drawing dan fotografi di atas kanvas yang disajikan oleh lima seniman ini memang menyoroti persoalan korban dalam pemahaman istilah ‘korban’ secara umum. Mereka mengolah tema dan persoalan ‘korban’ dari sisi psikologis dan imajinasi atas amatan masing-masing seniman terhadap sosok ‘korban’. Lima perupa ini adalah Bambang BP, Dhudung, Isa Ansory, Joni Ramlan dan Keo Budi Harijanto. Tema itu ditajamkan kembali oleh Syarifuddin, kurator pameran, dengan judul pameran “Silent Victim”.
Syarifuddin tidak kesulitan membuat tema garapan yang ditawarkan kepada lima seniman tersebut karena seniman-seniman ini memang sudah punya kemampuan (skill) yang memadai dan bergairah dalam mengolah medium untuk mengakomodasi gagasan masing-masing.
“Seniman ini memang sudah sangat baik di wilayah teknis baik itu lukis, drawing, komik, pointilis dan eksplorasi medium jadi gairah tersendiri bagi seniman di Malang. Proses kreatif mereka juga dilakukan dengan sungguh-sungguh dan telaten,” kata Syarifuddin.
Isa Ansory dan Dhudung menafsirkan tema ‘Silent Victim’ dengan cara pandang yang berbeda meski pilihan subject matter lukisan-lukisan foto-realisnya hampir sama yaitu boneka mainan sebagai metaforma dunia anak-anak perempuan. Anak-anak seperti diketahui masyarakat umum adalah yang paling rentan menjadi korban baik korban kekerasan, kriminal maupun korban bencana alam.
Isa Ansory melalui lukisan-lukisannya memang sangat kuat mengkritik dampak psikososial korban lumpur Lapindo yang hingga kini tidak diselesaikan pemerintah dan pengusaha korporasi yang seharusnya bertanggungjawab. Boneka-boneka di permukaan lumpur atau yang dibungkus oleh lumpur seakan mengetuk pengunjung pameran mengenai sebuah entitas sosial yang tercerabut dari tempatnya yang damai. Lagi-lagi karena kesalahan manusia yang serakah memperkosa perut bumi ini.
Lain bahasa dengan karya Dhudung yang menyajikan 3 lukisan yang memadukan bahasa simbolik modern dan tradisional pada penggunaan boneka Barbie, mainan congklak dan kain batik. Media pensil, arang dan cat akrilik digarap Dhudung dengan sangat telaten hingga menghasilkan ekspektasi visual yang cukup menggigit dalam mengamati persoalan dampak psikologis anak-anak yang menjadi ‘silent victim’. Dunia imaji dan amatan terhadap realitas yang terbayangkan oleh pelukis yang satu ini menyatu dalam bahasa pictorial yang sederhana di atas bidang kanvas yang juga dibuatnya sendiri.
Kekuatan teknik drawing juga hadir dalam pameran ‘Silent Victim’. Empat kanvas yang digarap dengan pensil disajikan oleh Bambang BP. Satu-satunya seniman kelahiran Bali yang menetap di Malang dengan latar belakang pendidikan seni rupa ISI Yogyakarta. Bambang menyajikan satu karya landscape, dua potret dan satu lukisan gitar dengan olahan objek yang dipersonifikasi. Lukisan-lukisn foto-realis dengan teknik drawing ini tidak kalah baiknya dengan karya empat seniman lainnya.
Sebelum mengulas karya Joni Ramlan, penulis ingin mengupas karya Keo Budi Harjanto. Seorang seniman di Malang yang memiliki skill menggambar dengan pengalaman artistik yang sangat menarik. Gambar ilustrasi, komik dan teknik drawing bagi Keo Budi tentunya sangat tidak asing, namun pada pameran ‘Silent Victim’ ini, Keo Budi mengolah medium baru sama sekali, yaitu art photography atau seni fotografi. Menurut kurator pameran ini Keo Budi baru belajar dan langsung menggunakan photoshop untuk membantunya dalam proses berkarya.
Keo Budi menyajikan karya art photography melalui proses fine art photography. Ini menarik bagi penulis karena medium fotografi dapat digunakan oleh seniman di Malang dengan cukup menarik. Kemampuan Keo Budi dalam membuat drawing menjadi salah satu bagian teknis yang sangat menentukan keberhasilan suatu karya dilahirkan dengan sempurna. Keo Budi menyajikan empat karya fotografi dengan teknik produksi digital print berukuran sisi terpendek 90 sentimeter dan sisi terpanjang 174 sentimeter di atas kanvas. Keo Budi memberi judul karya ‘Tidur Panjang’, ‘Pengantin Tiga’, ‘Power’, ‘Black Memories’ dan ‘Pengantin Satu’.
Karya yang dibuat dengan memotret diri seniman, tambahan citraan yang direkayasa dan sentuhan drawing sebelum dicetak di atas kanvas khusus itu memberikan kesan ‘lebih dalam’ jika dikupas dari aspek tema pameran dan konsep kuratorial Syarifuddin. Garapan teknik yang sangat kuat pada garapan karya Keo Budi memotivasi pemaknaan ‘realitas baru’ yang dihadirkannya pada memori kolektif bangsa Indonesia pada bencana politik di era Orde Baru yang hingga kini tetap unfinished meski pemimpin nasional silih berganti menjaid penguasa.
Karya yang tidak kalah menarik dapat dilihat pada dinding terakhir di Bale Tonggoh. Pengunjung dapat melihat empat lukisan abstrak figuratif seri ‘Sad Song’ karya Joni Ramlan dengan objek dominan alat musik petik. Joni Ramlan membuat ilustrasi dari imajinasi mengenai korban dan kondisi psikologis seorang korban melalui kehadiran gambar alat musik petik yang tak teratur, entah itu sitar atau gitar. Joni Ramlan hendak mengilustrasikan rasa empatinya sebagai seniman atas korban-korban itu melalui alat musik yang dapat memproduksi bahasa paling mudah dicerna oleh semua orang di manapun. Filosofi musik itu pula yang kemudian menjadi subject matter bagi Ramlan dalam menyoroti sosok seorang atau korban-korban.
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Namun secara pribadi Syarifuddin berpendapat bahwa karya yang paling mengena pada tema ini adalah karya-karya Keo Budi Harjanto. Keo Budi menggarap karya seni fotografi dengan cukup apik dan serius dimuali pada prosesnya. Dengan latar belakang teknik drawing dan pointilis yang kuat karya seni fotografi digarap Keo dengan telaten meski potret dirinya sebagai main image di-capture menggunakan pocket camera dan image tambahannya hasil browsing. Proses kreatif sangat menarik padahal ia bukan seorang seniman foto, karyanya yang dinilai lebih bunyi dan kesan yang lebih dalam lebih disebabkan karena latar belakang sejarah senimannya terkait dengan tema pameran. Kehadiran Keo Budi dan karyanya menguatkan wacana art photography di tengah perkembangan seni rupa Indonesia saat ini. Walaupun fotografi pada karya Keo Budi baru sebatas medium yang digunakan.
Perkara modern art atau contemporary art nampaknya bukan soal bagi lima seniman ini, meskipun Amir Sidharta dari Sidharta Auction yang membuka pameran ini menyatakan bahwa karya-karya yang dipamerkan merupakan karya seni rupa kontemporer dengan pilihan artistik berdasarkan cara pandang yang berbeda-beda dan proses kreatif yang sungguh-sungguh menyoroti persoalan keseharian masyarakat Indonesia.
Keragaman kekuatan teknik yang disajikan dalam pameran ini seakan-akan hendak mengartikulasi sebuah fenomena seni rupa di Malang yang menjadi ‘silent victim’ oleh seni rupa Indonesia yang selama ini didominasi oleh pasar seni rupa Yogyakarta, Bali dan Bandung. Penulis melihat fenomena ini juga dapat dijadikan bahan pencatatan local art history yang belakang ini dilemparkan kembali ke ruang pewacanaan seni rupa Indonesia oleh Jim Supangkat di sela pameran “Tribute Kepada Sudjojono: Sang Ahli Gambar” yang diikuti 236 seniman di 18 galeri yang ada di Bandung dan Jakarta.
Karya-karya ‘Silent Victim’ ternyata sudah direncanakan sejak lama sebelum bencana alam dan bencana politik terjadi di negeri ini. Lukisan dan karya seni fotografi yang disajikan dalam pameran ini tidak lantas membuat komodifikasi dengan modus baru atas persoalan-persoalan yang terjadi di negeri ini. Lima seniman ini nyata-nyata menunjukkan sebuah kerja nyata sebagai seniman dengan karya mereka ketimbang hanya bicara dan menjadi selebritas.
Apakah karya seni rupa (lukisan dan seni fotografi) saat ini harus kontekstual dengan persoalan yang dihadapi masyarakat Indonesia di suatu medan sosial? Saya kira seniman mengamati persoalan sekitarnya yang kemudian menjadi bahan perenungan dan inspirasi untuk berkarya tanpa mempertimbangkan sejak awal siapa kolektor yang akan membeli karyanya itu. Kesungguhan menekuni dunia seni rupa macam itulah yang terjadi di Malang, paling tidak melalui lima seniman yang berpameran di Bale Tonggoh, SSAS, Bandung. ***
*) Jurnalis seni independen, kurator seni fotografi, tinggal di Bandung.
Nurse from Silent Hill 2. These were some of the toughest enemies in the series; able to take alot of damage and dish it out at the same time. They were definitely one of the coolest monsters though; they twitched and screamed as they hunted you down. In Silent Hill 3, they even carried guns! :o
One of the classic Christmas Carols that I love singing is Silent Night. And as you may have already guessed, the phrase on the image is part of the lyrics. It’s one of the images that I took while browsing through the Christmas decor store. It was fun shooting those ornaments and looking for displays that depict the real spirit of Christmas. I hope that you all had a meaningful Christmas!
History of the Silent Night Hymn
In 1818, a roving band of actors was performing in towns throughout the Austrian Alps. On December 23 they arrived at Oberndorf, a village near Salzburg where they were to re-enact the story of Christ's birth in the small Church of St. Nicholas.
Unfortunately, the St. Nicholas' church organ wasn't working and would not be repaired before Christmas. Because the church organ was out of commission, the actors presented their Christmas drama in a private home. That Christmas presentation of the events in the first chapters of Matthew and Luke put assistant pastor Josef Mohr in a meditative mood. Instead of walking straight to his house that night, Mohr took a longer way home. The longer path took him up over a hill overlooking the village.
From that hilltop, Mohr looked down on the peaceful snow-covered village. Reveling in majestic silence of the wintry night, Mohr gazed down at the glowing Christmas-card like scene. His thoughts about the Christmas play he had just seen made him remember a poem he had written a couple of years before. That poem was about the night when angels announced the birth of the long-awaited Messiah to shepherds on a hillside.
Mohr decided those words might make a good carol for his congregation the following evening at their Christmas eve service. The one problem was that he didn't have any music to which that poem could be sung. So, the next day Mohr went to see the church organist, Franz Xaver Gruber. Gruber only had a few hours to come up with a melody which could be sung with a guitar. However, by that evening, Gruber had managed to compose a musical setting for the poem. It no longer mattered to Mohr and Gruber that their church organ was inoperable. They now had a Christmas carol that could be sung without that organ.
On Christmas Eve, the little Oberndorf congregation heard Gruber and Mohr sing their new composition to the accompaniment of Gruber's guitar.
Weeks later, well-known organ builder Karl Mauracher arrived in Oberndorf to fix the organ in St. Nicholas church. When Mauracher finished, he stepped back to let Gruber test the instrument. When Gruber sat down, his fingers began playing the simple melody he had written for Mohr's Christmas poem. Deeply impressed, Mauracher took copies of the music and words of "Silent Night" back to his own Alpine village, Kapfing. There, two well-known families of singers — the Rainers and the Strassers — heard it. Captivated by "Silent Night," both groups put the new song into their Christmas season repertoire.
Silent night! holy night!
All is calm, all is bright,
'Round yon virgin mother and Child!
Holy Infant, so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
The Strasser sisters spread the carol across northern Europe. In 1834, they performed "Silent Night" for King Frederick William IV of Prussia, and he then ordered his cathedral choir to sing it every Christmas eve.
Twenty years after "Silent Night" was written, the Rainers brought the song to the United States, singing it (in German) at the Alexander Hamilton Monument located outside New York City's Trinity Church.
In 1863, nearly fifty years after being first sung in German, "Silent Night" was translated into English (by either Jane Campbell or John Young). Eight years later, that English version made its way into print in Charles Hutchins' Sunday School Hymnal.Today the words of "Silent Night" are sung in more than 300 different languages around the world.
Silent River, by Wayne Roberts (Wayne D. Overholser)
Bantam 1925, 1959
Cover art uncredited
Originally published in hardcover by Bouregy and Curl Inc., 1956
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before i ever got in here, I knew that this spot would be interesting, even with all the rendering equipment having been taken out because of all the windows. For a few years it was a gym, and now it's a photo studio.
I have been documenting the changing face of this neighborhood since 2005 to the present day. I never imagined that going to a photo meetup here would provide me with enough content and inspiration to continue to photograph the dynamic changes taking place as the neighborhood transformed from a dead retail strip on Dundas with derelict and shuttered industry to the hot hipster neighborhood it’s become. The Junction was not always known as such, it was rather West Toronto neighborhood, which for a large part was more often referred to the Stockyards. Meat processing is the only original industry that is still present today, to the dismay of residents. Industry was centralized here as the area had lower land prices and taxes and the creation of an official port of entry. Also Canadian Pacific developed a large rail yard which extends from Keele to Scarlet road. This led to massive industrial and commercial development which stayed for the most part until closures started with these companies in 2005.
Canada packers, CCM, Campbell Milling and Heinzman piano company were the most notable companies, which all have been converted respectfully to a large mall, another mall complex and a high rise condo. Other buildings such as the Symes waste transfer station and Sherwin Williams and Houghton plant were recently converted into a brewery, a failed condo development now waiting to be sold, and a studio complex with a gym and printing facilities. The first spot I photographed was the old Sherwin Williams plant in late 2005 on a cold Christmas weekend and it peaked my curiosity about industry in the city. Another notable location I visited multiple times was the old GE plant, which as of today (2018) is completely redeveloped. The old Bunge complex, which was located on St.Clair west of Keele was my personal favorite spot to visit while it was intact. I must have been 8 times and got to know the entire complex quite well. It was knocked over very quickly and the large stockyards mall took it’s place.
The story of my junction documentary project is quite extensive and the best way to discover more is to look at the captions on the images. I enjoyed exploring an area with so much industrial diversity so close to home and find myself wishing I still had something like this in my backyard.
Photos featured are from late 2005 to present, both film (in various formats, 35mm, 120,) and digital. Images are noted by their previous name, what they have been converted to, as well as approximate location.
Look at him now, another used man
Wearing the passing of his dignity with all the courage that he can
He stood in the storm, carved out in stone
He said I've worn my honesty with pride in everything I've done
So where were you when my ship went down
Where were you when I ran aground
Where were you when I turned it around
Where were you when they burned me down
You see her now, all tired and worn
She never thought her life would come to be so cold or so alone
She walked in the light, fought bondage for love
She said I cast off the chains that I was born with but it never was enough
Silent souls washed up on the shores
Left to walk the sands evermore, evermore
Look at you now just chasing your life
Make like the saviour of the planet
You're just trying to get by
Now you may walk the line, you may see it all through
But I know you cry yourself to sleep at night just wondering what to do
where were you when my ship went down
Where were you when I ran aground
Where were you when I turned it around
Where were you when they burned me down
Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring, which in 1962 exposed the hazards of the pesticide DDT, eloquently questioned humanity's blind faith in the chemical industry and helped set the stage for the modern environmental movement.
One of the landmark books of the 20th century, Silent Spring's message resonates loudly today, even several decades after its publication. And equally inspiring is the example of Rachel Carson herself. Against overwhelming difficulties and adversity, but motivated by her unabashed love of nature, she rose like a gladiator in its defense.
Carson had made it clear she was not advocating the banning or complete withdrawal of helpful pesticides, but was instead encouraging responsible and carefully managed use, with an awareness of the chemicals' impact on the entire ecosystem. However, some critics asserted that she was calling for the elimination of all pesticides.
Clueless, neocon, sycophants Tom Coburn has even gone out of his way to deny Rachel Carson her due recognition. Denying Rachel Carson recognition on her 100th birthday anniversary is an obvious political ploy. It is part of a strategy to refute any science that does not meet the political standards of people who would deny climate change, environmental degradation, and inconvenient scientific theories such as evolution.
I admit it-I'm a big fan of the "silent hill" video game series.So it was in great anticipation when I drove 45 minutes on a sunny Sunday afternoon to see the silent hill cemetery in tiny McConnell,IL.So many ideas.... Well it wasn't quite what I was hoping for-this is heavily cropped because of the big,orange "Dead End" sign mounted underneath,and no iron gates around the cemetery itself...But another item off the bucket list....