Sunday 22 November 2015

Riding the L on the Pink and Blue lines

Getting out of the city centre is always interesting. Not that the city centre isn't, of course. It's just a different feeling altogether.








































Tuesday 17 November 2015

Panorama




It can get quite poetic on top of the Hancock Tower. And maybe a little lonely too. Or that's just my interpretation of it. Breathtaking nonetheless.
The photos below are by Ming-Ching (that mini tripod is a riot!).



















Tuesday 10 November 2015

The 11th International Poster Triennial 2015 at the Toyama Museum of Modern Art

If you are in Toyama prefecture right now, lucky you, go (or run) and see this special exhibition at the Toyama Museum of Art, it's on until November 23rd. The permanent collection of the museum is also excellent. All this and my head exploded yet again. My head explodes quite frequently these days. I gave my scanner a considerable workout for you, so that your lovely eyes can feast on these beauties.
A few take-outs from the catalogue, enjoy!





Naganeo Yuta
Japan
Life





Miki Ken
Japan
APPLE +






François Caspar
France
The Night, I'm not afraid






K. Domenik Geissbüehler
Switzerland
Palestrina (Oper)






Katarzina Zapart
Poland
Whispering the "alphabet"







Higuchi Yuji
Japan
Amputee Venus show







Koizumi Yumi
Japan
Life of Grape








Chen Jia-Syuan
Taiwan
The children labor







Left: Lin Mei-Xiu
Taiwan
Don't waste food

Right: Cichy Iwona
Poland
Animal abuse, it hurts








Pan Xiao Dong
China
Merge






Lex Drewinski
Germany/Poland
Free Pussy Riot







Elham Hemmat
Iran
My hands just shelter I have







Cheng Zed Cheng
China
Chao Xiaowan Handmade Soap







Nitta Michiko
Japan
twilight window







You Yibin
China
New Lunar Calendar







Ho Wui
China
Memo-missing







Kim Jaehong
Korea
You can recycle!







Ramzani Jamaledin
Iran
Kind thought compassionately of thinking








Chen Hsuan-I
Taiwan
Labeling theory - The true colours








Yamauchi Shunyo
Japan
Alliance







Kawajiri Ryuichi
Japan
Her legs one day. Wait








Saito Hiroshi
Japan
Toyama







Asaba Katsumi
Japan
Asaba's typography







Nagashima Rikako
Japan
Zucca Dayz







and my personal favourite :-))

Fukushima Osamu
Japan
Yamanote Jijosha "Don Juan"


Sunday 8 November 2015

The L - sneak peek

I loved riding The L in Chicago. I loved seeing the rusty railway tracks threading their way between the skyscrapers. It gives the city that little twist and authenticity. I'll post more photos of the elevated metro later on, this is just a preview!



Monday 2 November 2015

The Maxwell Street Market





The good thing with jet lag is it gets you out there at sunrise and you almost have the city for yourself. I like that. And I like early-weekend-morning-empty-metro-taking-you-to-the-suburbs. 












You won't find anything fancy at the Maxwell Street Market but you'll get a certain sense of oh OK this is where "real" people live and buy their socks, batteries, mattresses, shampoo, Bears merchandise etc..



















Sellers and buyers are for a large part latin american and black, which means…. great street food! I HAD to have a quesadilla or two for lunch, followed by a raspberry churro. That was around 9.30am
:-))


















On my way back I found an odd couple of shrines somewhere in the back alleys. Some kind of black magic? I don't know. Or maybe just a tribute to the god of pineapples :-)) (the book says "Religion for Dummies").