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bye bye sweden
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...and bye bye holiday.
thanks for watching, and thanks to my girlfriend for taking this great picture.
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back to the start
thanks for watching, and thanks to my girlfriend for taking this great picture.
down to malmo style
back to the start
24th Sep 2009, 19:00
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malmo style
no more holga pictures left! instead I relied on the trusty sony ericsson c902 to document some of the quirky things on display in malmo. as impressively clean and convenient ikea flat-pack furniture is, the real beauty of swedish design comes from cartoons and illustrations, toys, trinkets and ornaments. all of these are imbued with a unique sense of naive simplicity which the swedes seem to treasure.
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23rd Sep 2009, 19:46
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nimis and arx
this huge sculpture was built entirely out of driftwood on the edge of the kullaberg nature reserve in sweden by a well known local artist. the sculpture is called nimis, and sits alongside smaller sculpture arx (last pic). the driftwood has been nailed together to create a complex of towers and corridors that you can walk through and climb up inside, despite the whole thing looking like it could fall apart at any moment. although the sculpture is technically illegal due to safety issues, it is proudly described in all the local guides. the pictures I've taken show only portions of the sculpture.
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22nd Sep 2009, 11:51
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custard cow and pickled pig
a couple of extra sketches of skane that fell off the end back there. I kept these little piggies in pickling fluid for a few days then boiled them - doesn't seem to have made much difference to how they look but mmm mmm they smell nice. and what did I treat the cow negative with? custard of course! I don't just throw these things together you know...
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20th Sep 2009, 13:00
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sketches of skane
originally I was going to call this series "sketches of sweden" but the title above seems more appropriate as the pictures were taken only in sweden's skane region, on the kullaberg peninsula.
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18th Sep 2009, 16:11
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crossing the oresund
the journey from denmark to sweden across the oresund strait was so epic in proportions (read between the lines here...) that I'm moved to compare it to that of a voyage of vikings. the spirit of the norse warrior was within us when we boarded the great wooden longship, took to our seats and heaved back on giant oars as the ship cut through the water, reaching out across the oresund in search of strange new lands beyond the far horizon...
pic one - the ferry soon to depart
pic two - last look at kronborg, known to all as hamlet's castle
pic three - gazing out across the oresund
pic four - land ahoy! hurrah!
pic five - the actual distance between denmark and sweden. the ferry took fifteen minutes. you could probably swim it. in fact the water is so shallow you could practically walk it.
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pic one - the ferry soon to depart
pic two - last look at kronborg, known to all as hamlet's castle
pic three - gazing out across the oresund
pic four - land ahoy! hurrah!
pic five - the actual distance between denmark and sweden. the ferry took fifteen minutes. you could probably swim it. in fact the water is so shallow you could practically walk it.
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17th Sep 2009, 14:54
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the madness of hamlet
in helsingor, the site and setting of shakespeare's most famous "tragedie". I'm hoping the spirit of hamlet's rage has somehow found its way into these film experiments...
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16th Sep 2009, 15:47
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design for life in louisiana
no, not that louisiana. this louisiana is (according to the guides) one of the finest modern art museums in scandinavia. situated on the bank of the oresund strait, the museum is made up of a bunch of impressively modern buildings proudly adorned with bacons and giacomettis, while the sculpture park is stuffed full of henry moores. the layout is particularly appealing as you can go and chill on the grass for a bit and breathe in the sea air before heading back in to take in some danish buffet and another picasso.
the main exhibition green architecture for the future is kind of overwhelming, an extravagant display of sustainable building designs and materials that could ultimately be used to create sustainable cities. and yes, that really is an apple tree connected up to a hospital drip.
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the main exhibition green architecture for the future is kind of overwhelming, an extravagant display of sustainable building designs and materials that could ultimately be used to create sustainable cities. and yes, that really is an apple tree connected up to a hospital drip.
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15th Sep 2009, 13:50
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