Archive for Travel
June 12, 2008 at 1:15 am · Filed under Architecture, Music, Travel
Events like Mutek remind me of the rip-roaring delight of being young, traveling to exotic locations (like Canada!), and indulging in sights and sounds from the outer fringe. Some festival highlights:
Morgan Packard and Josh Ott opened the week with ambient techno shavings, helix-like visual permutations, accordian drifts and bird whistles:
Barem and Chic Miniature warmed up the crowd on Friday evening at SAT, while artists worked on a large mural:
Half Hawaii shook the packed midnight down at Metropolis:
And Onur Özer unleashed horns onto the crowd on Sunday’s Piknic set. It started to rain, but who could stop dancing?
I also enjoyed a side visit to the Canadian Center for Architecture, where I caught an exhibition on residential case studies by SANAA partner Ryue Nishizawa:
March 27, 2008 at 11:20 pm · Filed under Music, Travel
This year’s wedding season has kept things busy at the shop, been crankin’ out letterpress invitations and working on extraordinary save-the-date projects too. A sweet break is in sight: just booked tickets for Mutek in late May. Tim Hecker, Onur Ozer, Murcof and more will be headlining the festival… hooray!
July 9, 2007 at 8:49 pm · Filed under Architecture, Design, Music, Travel
At last — here are the latest photos from my recent trip to London. This was an unorthodox journey, a few days to check out the small gems found off the beaten path (or, in one case, under a bridge!).
I can still feel the chill breeze through the wilderness of Hampstead, where I wandered by accident into the boys’ cruising area only to become even more lost in between vast stretches of heath. And tucked behind the busy streets of London was the Palladian splendor of the Spencer House (below) as well as countless architectural oddities at Sir John Soane’s Museum.
And to finish it all off, I loved the underground feel of Run Sounds‘ minimal techno party at Shunt Vaults, nested within a complex network of tunnels and run by a private collective underneath London Bridge Station. I’ll never forget the sensation of roaming around the dark tunnels, happening upon old pool tables, projectors and listening to the artists set up during sound check… ah, London. ‘Tis wonderful to uncover a few more layers of another great city.
June 13, 2007 at 8:33 pm · Filed under Travel
I’m off to London tomorrow for a long weekend, staying in Windsor for the Vivari Queen’s Cup and scooting into London to check in with the scene. If there’s anything I shouldn’t miss, drop me a line!
