Eye of the Fish » art http://eyeofthefish.org A wide-angle view of architecture, urban design and life in Wellington Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:22:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Dotty http://eyeofthefish.org/dotty/ http://eyeofthefish.org/dotty/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:00:16 +0000 Maximus http://eyeofthefish.org/?p=1136 After what seems like an absolute age, this weekend we’ll have the City Gallery open once more.
Having not seen many pictures or plans, I’ve little idea what is going on inside the doors, so can tell you nothing: you’ll have seen the many hyped up articles on the exhibitions inside and Cafe Nikau has already reopened, but I’m still unsure as to exactly what has changed within. No invites to the Fish have come flying through the mail, so I’ll not be at the opening brunch party, although the whole of Wellington have been invited along…

]]> http://eyeofthefish.org/dotty/feed/ 11 Beauty, Damnation and Architecture http://eyeofthefish.org/beauty-damnation-and-architecture/ http://eyeofthefish.org/beauty-damnation-and-architecture/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:40:12 +0000 Philip http://eyeofthefish.org/beauty-damnation-and-architecture/ Yesterday we had a rather interesting talk from Sam Kebbel of Kebbell Daish Architects, discussing Joanna Langford’s The Beautiful and the Damned – a piece currently installed in the Michael Hirschfeld Gallery.

The artwork creates an ethereal urban skyline, pieced together from the glowing windows of unbalanced buildings, with a sharp scale shift provided by the odd street lamp. This is all constructed from the soft glows of backlit computer keyboards, and the odd street level LED – producing a memorable, sublime image of the urban landscape. (more in the introduction)

The stunning use of materials is a great neighbour…

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