i love

these hg wells covers by Grace Gallagher



&

all the work of artist matthew daniel swan, like this:

forest fundraising

Silk hat
Eisa (Cristobal Balenciaga 1895-1972)
Spain
1962

Cumbernauld



Infamous Early Eighties T.V. advert for Cumbernauld:




Cumbernauld is one of 5 Scottish 'New Towns' designated by the Clyde Valley Regional Plan after the Second World War, to alleviate Glasgow's chronic housing problems. The others were East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Livingston and Irvine.

It is the most clear example of a Modernist new town vision in the U.K. Cumbernauld is dominated by the hill-top 'town centre', a 'megastructure' designed and planned by Geoffrey Copcutt. Residential satellite neighbourhoods cluster around the centre. In the original centre, cars and pedestrians were kept almost entirely separate. Cumbernauld had no pedestrian crossings or zebra crossings. Instead, pedestrians accessed the indoor town centre by a network of overpasses and underpasses. The town centre was designed to incorporate the municipal, commercial and entertainment needs of the planned 50,000 population. However, Geoffrey Copcutt's initial plan was only realised up to phase 1. The stark concrete was eventually painted white 'to brighten it up'.
















Cumbernauld 'wins' the most dismal town in Britain 2001 & 2005.



Aerial Footage of Cumbernauld:



Cumbernauld Town Centre:



Cumbernauld is home to the band 'The Dykeenies' and the town features in a lot of their videos.

Scottish Screen Archive

The Scottish Screen Archive is amazing.

Max Lamb's Poly Chair 2006

Poly Chair from Max Lamb on Vimeo.

And more at maxlamb.org

Henry Heerup

Wikipedia:

Henry Heerup (November 4, 1907 - May 30, 1993) was a painter and sculptor born in Frederiksberg, Denmark.

He studied painting under Axel Jørgensen and Einar Nielsen at the Royal Danish Academy of Art. He also studied sculpture there under Einar Utzon-Frank. He painted The Old Oak in Wolfvalley in 1924. This was his first oil painting.

Henry Heerup married Emilie Westh in 1933. During the 1930s he developed his trash sculptures. During the 1940s he became a member of Corner and Høst and exhibited with them.

In 1949 he joined COBRA and participated in some of their exhibitions. He developed an international reputation exhibiting across Europe and North America. The film A Year with Henry was made by Jens Jørgen Thorsen and Jørgen Roos and premiered in 1967. Heerup was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1968. He was also awarded the Eckersberg Medal and the Thorvaldsen Medal, and received the Storm, P. Grant, and NL Stevns Grants.^[1]

On his death in 1993, Henry Heerup was interred in the Assistens Cemetery in the Nørrebro section of Copenhagen.

A Year With Henry Heerup.

Film by Jens Joergen Thorsen from 1968-69

Very pleased to have a poem (called 'now a major motion picture') up at The Red Ceilings, alongside all their other wonderfully exciting writing.

CLICK THIS LINK

So excited for this Vanessa Place talk.

http://www.arika.org.uk/instal/2010/event-talk-vanessa-place.php

two new reviews

Review of Cedar Sigo's collection 'Stranger in Town' is up at Chroma.

Review of Nikki Dudley's Chapbook 'Exits/Origins'

from 'signs' by henri chopin