Lazy Days

Happy new year peeps!

Although I am back at work this week : ( I did manage to fit in a few very lazy and introspective days over my holiday break.

During that time, whiling the days away with Nicholson Baker, I found myself wishing for either a hammock, or a suitably comfortable and beautiful chair to suit my mood and location, from Gold Coast poolside , to Pyrmont Balcony, to Carlton Courtyard... Either of these two beautiful examples would have fitted my bill perfectly, as well as allowing me to fully indulge my spare-time self!

Having recently (semi) recovered from an extended bout of writers block, and begun a (very rough) outline for a book idea that has been plaguing me for a while now, the need for a separate 'relaxation zone' within my apartment is becoming paramount... Honestly though, perhaps that should really read: the need for a 'work zone' within my apartment is becoming paramount...

I continue to be amazed by my ability to house both the most impatient and the most lazy people within the one body...

The 'Nook' chair by Henry Scourakis (via Yanko Design) - and yes, I will take one with the added accessory...

The 'Murakami' chair by Rochus Jacob (via DesignBoom). This one is especially amazing because it generates electricity for the lamp by the motion of rocking the chair.

metropolis envy

Although I didn't actually make it through Metropolis the first time I tried (the score had a similar effect on me as the one in Erasorhead...), and am in no way purporting to be any kind of film afficionado, the fact that new scenes from this classic silent movie have surfaced (mysteriously in Buenos Aires no less...) does rather excite me. Metropolis has a mystique attached to it that involves much more than the actual movie. It is a product of a very specific time and place (1927 Berlin - during the relatively stable period of Weimar Germany), and is heavy with themes of class struggle and (my personal favourites) amazing futuristic feats of engineering, industry, and fashion! This restored and now 30 minute longer version is going to be screened for the first time (since its premier 83 years ago) in its 'spiritual' home of Berlin, accompanied by a 12 piece orchestra playing the original score. It's a shame I'm not getting into town until July... I somehow doubt it will be popular enough to sustain its release...

I read about this in Der Spiegel (and stole their pictures)

If I had a few million bucks...

...this place would be my home. It is EXACTLY where I want to live (except that it's in Amsterdam which would be fine for a bit), right down to the quirky taxidermy. I love this place so much... I almost feel as though someone has gone inside my head and expressed my soul through interior design... A similar thing was attempted once using interpretive dance, but this is much much closer to the mark... This apartment appeals to every part of my nature, light and dark, hidden and open, almost a bit scary but managing to appear strangely beautiful...

See more design by UXUS (I came accross this place on Yatzer - thank you! photos are by Dim Balsem)

hers is a pale dress...

I have been captivated (yet again) by an amazingly talented (and local) photographer. My current art-crush is named Jessica Tremp and she does amazing things with a camera - really, these images sing to me - how do you like them? Maybe it's just my mood at the moment... but I feel they are so beautifully and poetically whimsical.

I will definitely be stalking Jessica (in a nice and complimentary way) at the upcoming 'Picture this 09' opening night next Friday at the Brunswick St Gallery.

Look at her website, it's amazing - but be careful, you may well get lost in there...

take my heart

go on - just eat it why don't you...

Strange and compelling photography.

That's all.

By Ione Rucquoi - check it out at Ione's website here. (via Collectiva)

love in a time of socialism

lately I have been reading a lot about Germany - particularlyBerlin - after WWII but prior to the wall coming down in 1989. I began this modern history exploration mainly because of my planned Berlin sabbatical next year, but have since been sucked in completely to this fascinating period in history, specifically to this city of contradictions (which I think may suit me quite well)...

These images are particularly fascinating to me, even though I had heard about a thriving underground arts scene during the GDR years, these images really bring the rawness and underground nature of the time to the fore!

The photographer - Olaf Martens (who does not like to be compared to Helmut Newton) says that "in regards to sexuality, the GDR was completely immoral, especially if judged by Western standards". I can believe it... There is a fantastic element of almost fatalism to these images.

I found these images as well as a fascinating interview with Olaf Martens on Der Spiegel

pink pink flamingo

Listening to some swissgrooves radio at my desk this AM and being slightly captivated by these amazing flamingo's-as-art.

This beautiful and super smart art 'wallpaper' imagined and made by Cassandra C Jones (I saw Cassandra on a BoingBoing podcast)