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Currently tossing up whether to renew my SG account which expired yesterday or to focus my attention on deviantart. I really need to get some new photos up on to deviantart. SG has been fun, but I'm loathe to give money to the evil empire (haha). On the flip side, the work of a lot of their models and photographers is a fairly big inspiration to me, and it's a shame to lose that aspect of it. However, my favourite photographer is Michael aka Pelicanh, a friend of Lithium Picnic, and his work is all on DA.
In other developments I'm currently studying under the illustrious Glen Murcutt...which is so far quite...refreshing and enlightening... compared to the usual tripe the Architecture Faculty deals out. In his first lecture he just about shouted at us that we weren't going to be 'creating images' in this project. Meaning that the focus won't be on making buildings that will look good in an architecture magazine.
The downside is that our site is a swamp on the north coast. The previous year got a clifftop on the escarpment near Armidale with a 500m drop into a richly forested valley. The year before got the endless red sand of the western desert near Broken Hill. We get a swamp full of leeches. FAIL. Just to get the bitching out of the way, I'd also like to discuss the fact that I've been appointed to conduct a detail survey over on 6ha of land with the swamp in the middle of it, using two dumpy levels, no theodolites, and a team of inexperienced people who seem only partially keen to respect my authority. (I worked for surveyors for several years and partially completed a degree in surveying, so I R TEH SURVEYOR dammit). It's kind of like being given a soldering iron and a lump of silicon and being asked to build an alarm clock. It's possible, but it's gonna be a pain in the arse.
The brief is to build a research station for a bunch of scientists researching the swamp. It has to be self-sustaining in electricity, water and waste disposal. It also has to be constructed to as not to disrupt the swamp. It's an awesome brief and I can't wait to sink my teeth into it.
I also have new flatmates! Stitchi is a radcore creative fella who works for a theatre company and gets himself busy with various festivals and whatnot. His toy army has invaded the house and is threatening to dislodge the penguins in a coup. Hannah is a chem eng student from uni who plays touch football, is passionate about composting, and...well I haven't got to know her that well yet but she is rad nonetheless. Last night we actually made use of our loungeroom, hanging out and playing chess and laughing and telling stories. It was...homely!
Anyway, back to work for me.
In other developments I'm currently studying under the illustrious Glen Murcutt...which is so far quite...refreshing and enlightening... compared to the usual tripe the Architecture Faculty deals out. In his first lecture he just about shouted at us that we weren't going to be 'creating images' in this project. Meaning that the focus won't be on making buildings that will look good in an architecture magazine.
The downside is that our site is a swamp on the north coast. The previous year got a clifftop on the escarpment near Armidale with a 500m drop into a richly forested valley. The year before got the endless red sand of the western desert near Broken Hill. We get a swamp full of leeches. FAIL. Just to get the bitching out of the way, I'd also like to discuss the fact that I've been appointed to conduct a detail survey over on 6ha of land with the swamp in the middle of it, using two dumpy levels, no theodolites, and a team of inexperienced people who seem only partially keen to respect my authority. (I worked for surveyors for several years and partially completed a degree in surveying, so I R TEH SURVEYOR dammit). It's kind of like being given a soldering iron and a lump of silicon and being asked to build an alarm clock. It's possible, but it's gonna be a pain in the arse.
The brief is to build a research station for a bunch of scientists researching the swamp. It has to be self-sustaining in electricity, water and waste disposal. It also has to be constructed to as not to disrupt the swamp. It's an awesome brief and I can't wait to sink my teeth into it.
I also have new flatmates! Stitchi is a radcore creative fella who works for a theatre company and gets himself busy with various festivals and whatnot. His toy army has invaded the house and is threatening to dislodge the penguins in a coup. Hannah is a chem eng student from uni who plays touch football, is passionate about composting, and...well I haven't got to know her that well yet but she is rad nonetheless. Last night we actually made use of our loungeroom, hanging out and playing chess and laughing and telling stories. It was...homely!
Anyway, back to work for me.