Do Art

All of you probably know The Photodiarist . I visit her blog practically everyday and learn a lot about photography from her through her pictures. She takes most of her pictures in Black and White. Her pictures are stunningly beautiful. Today she posted a series of beach pictures and we got into a discussion over them (read it all at her blogpost ). My first impression was that beach pictures with lots of people should be in color, otherwise there seems to be something missing to me. Biana from A little something something brought up the idea of giving them a vintage color theme, which made me think, that if you turn the "pure" black and white into sepia this impression of something missing would be gone. On third thought, to me it seems that this impression of something missing was brought forth by the "plain" sky, there is no structure or depth to it. Well there was obviously cloudless sky, so what should provide this structure? In any case this inspired me to p...

The latest issue of the Trinidad and Tobago arts zine Draconian Switch is out! It features stuff from Robert Young, 3 Canal, Richard Rawlins, Rodell Warner, Nigel Rojas, Jemima Charles and a review of Dwight Campbell's I Febreezed My Dog  by your trusty PLEASURE blogger Andre Bagoo. READ it here .

At the moment I barely take analogue pictures since I'm in full jobsearch mode and simply don't have the time (I wrote 3 applications today!) and the nerve, so for the time being you get more digital pictures from me. I saturated the colors in the first pic and got a bit of fading in in the second pic. I took those pics at this months beginning while creating new recipes for me. You wouldn't believe how easy a really tasty and healthy pesto is... DIGITAL IXUS 75

Digital IXUS 75

. no fun collage .

Andy Petith's assemblage portrait of Margo Lewers, installed in the Gallery window. 'Framed' is the name of a exhibition project being undertaken at the Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest by students of the Advanced Diploma of Fine Art. The exhibition is part of the Advanced Diploma professional practice program, and has been a valuable opportunity for our students to interact with a Regional Gallery, and gain exposure for their work. As part of the project, students were given a lengthy briefing by Gallery staff including CEO John Kirkman, Gallery Director Anne Loxley, Manager - Education and Public Programs Naomi McCarthy, and Curator and Collections Manager Shirley Daborn. The students were then invited to make a pitch for a site specific work, relating to the history and context of the Gallery site, including the lives and practices of its former artist occupiers Gerald and Margo Lewers, and/or the work of Sydney abstract artists. As part of their profess...

My Dragon Elliott. He's a little scared of sliding, so he sees red! LoL, this happend when I shot a Macro and forgot to turn off the flash, it was a fluke. So funny. Canon Digital Ixus 75.

400 ASA, cross developed

400 ASA, Cross-Developed

. a book about death .

Okay, I've made some fashion pics of me for my fashion blog, I used the timer at my Digital Ixus. Those are the three shots I like most. I didn't photoshop those pictures.

Again a cross developed picture, 400 ASA.

Untitled image by Katherine Fallah A few weeks ago, students from the second year Diploma of Fine Art photography class went on a night shoot. The normal class time was rescheduled so that instead of morning, the class met in the late afternoon. This allowed us to take advantage of other possibilities of light, as the afternoon changed to dusk and dusk changed to evening. Several types of cameras were in use, including lo-fi plastic film cameras , compact cameras, and digital SLRs. The visual results were varied, and include moody, poetic, melancholic, abstract, playful and gritty images. For more images from the shoot, visit our flickr site : http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsifineart/sets/72157624047065529/

I've been to the Darss yesterday and I took some pictures with my Nikon F90, no lomography though. Anyway, until I have my films developed you get some digital pictures. Canon Digital IXUS 75 as usual.

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FROM THE ORGANISERS: WATERSHED: THE KISKADEE ERA OF MUSIC REVISITED AT CLUB IBIZA On Mon 7th June 2010 the public is invited to WATERSHED- a celebration of the sounds from the Kiskadee era at Club Ibiza, Tragerete Road from 9- 11.30pm. Performing will be Omari' Kindred' Ashby, Rubadiri 'Chantwell' Victor, with Ozy ‘Homefront’ Majiq & others capping off a Rapsomen reunion from the 90s. The group will be taking a ride down memory lane remembering that period from 1991- 1995 which was a mini-Golden Age in T&T culture where young music, fashion & creativity blossomed & changed the course of T&T's history. The night is a celebration of live music, Dj-ing, dancing & memory. Live music will be played with unplugged sets by Omari Ashby formerly one half of pioneer Rapso group Kindred. Omari has a new band called Soul Quarters which also features Shannon Bailey, son of the Grand Wizard himself- the Mighty Shadow. Kindred was at one time the biggest gr...

Detail from  Upon these houses I have slept , Liquid paper, ink and acrylic on paper. "WHAT the hell is that?" my sister asks. "It looks like a map." Perhaps. She was talking about a painting I just started on a whim today. I was thinking about a conversation I had recently about the nature of art and what makes art 'Art', and decided to just stop thinking, start drinking and then paint something to test the idea that anybody, at any moment, can create something which expresses one of the, arguably, fundamental functions of art: to foster self-expression; reveal, reflect and create emotion. Who knows what this expresses, but I'm pleased to think I did something creative today after a long spell of nothing but work, work, work. As a side note, dear PLEASURE readers, I should announce that I shall be, over the coming weeks, embarking on something of a tour of the US and hope to keep a diary of my time there, here, in this space. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, per...

Am seriously crushing on this right now.

Lettuce Wraps Rolled Eggs - Gye ran mal yee Time for some diversion. Some digital pics of yesterdays dinner. Canon Digital IXUS 75, makro mode, no flash. Exept for size reduction for publishment no alternation.

400 ASA, X-developed

From I Spend My Time Humming  (2009) The amazing Bahamian artist Heino Schmid is in Trinidad. READ more below. FROM THE ORGANISERS: Alice Yard is currently hosting its second Commonwealth artist-in-residence: Heino Schmid from the Bahamas. He is a 2009 recipient of the Commonwealth Foundation’s Commonwealth Connections international arts residency, and has chosen to use his award grant to visit and work in Trinidad. On Friday 4 June, 2010, at 7.30 pm, Schmid will give an informal talk at Alice Yard about his previous work and his interest in Trinidad. This is an opportunity for artists and others to meet him and learn about the contemporary art scene in the Bahamas. All are invited. About the artist: Heino Schmid was born in 1976 in Nassau, the Bahamas. In addition to his own practice, he is adjunct lecturer for the School of Communication and Creative Arts at the College of the Bahamas; curator of the Central Bank of the Bahamas Art Gallery; and exhibitions director of Popop...