Tuesday, January 16, 2007

video of the month!

The Fools - Psycho Chicken - love it!

Sunday, January 07, 2007

regal!


the queen
Originally uploaded by machu picchu.
Went to see 'The Queen' this afternoon - it's the story of what happened to the Queen over the week following Diana's death in August 1997. It was fascinating - showing history that we can remember actually taking place is so intriguing. We can all remember what we were doing that week - especially those of us who were actually in London! Helen Mirren and Michael Sheen as the Queen and Tony Blair in particular were superb.

Volume

Another short video of the Volume installation

genius!

Went along to the Victoria and Albert Museum yesterday to see the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition. It was a collection of his drawings and diagrams (many of which are owned by the Queen). Unfortunately it was the second to last day of the exhibtion and after a long wait to get inside, it was really crowded and difficult to see anything! There were some excellent animated drawings projected on to the walls and showed different perspectives of buildings and machinery in action. Rule for next time - go along earlier!

In the courtyard there's an excellent installation, 'Volume', which is a collection of poles with moving lights and music. You can walk around the poles and get up close. The photo doesn't really do it justice - check out the video below!

magical!

Here's a video I made of the Volume installation