woensdag 8 juni 2011

Multiculturalism for Steampunk: FF: I Do (Love This Dress)

Multiculturalism for Steampunk: FF: I Do (Love This Dress): "A pleasantly purple wedding kaftan that would have been worn by a Jewish-Turkish bride (Magnes Collection) Until recent years (when Septe..."

zondag 13 februari 2011

Theo Jansen

Kunst gemaakt van wegwerpartikelen en alledaags materiaal blijft fascinerend. Kinetisch kunstenaar-uitvinder Theo Jansen maakt lopende strandbeesten van PET-flessen, plakband en het soort pvc-buizen waar mijn broers en ik vroeger mee pijltjes gingen schieten. Voortgedreven door de wind op het strand lijken het inderdaad levende wezens.





Meer schoons is te vinden op de website van Theo Jansen.

donderdag 21 januari 2010

Funeral Blues van W.H. Auden

Voor Arjen Grolleman, R.I.P. Verdomme!


Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.