tien mao's little read book...a place for my random thoughts and happenings in my life.How a 2 (Almost 3) Year Old Eats a Cracker- July 8, 2008 It's done by saying cheese a lot (when having your photo taken) and showing the contents of your mouth (also when having your photo taken).http://www.tienmao.com/archives/002810.html Lots of Shannan, Lots of Yellow- July 7, 2008 More photos of Shannan in the yellowblack and white hallway of the Olafur Eliasson exhibit at MoMA.http://www.tienmao.com/archives/002809.html P.F.1. at P.S.1- July 3, 2008 The winner of the 9th annual young architects program from MoMAP.S.1 was WORK Architecture Company. As winners, they got to do the summer installation at P.S.1. They called their winning entry is called P.F.1 (Public Farm 1) and has live chickens and is constructed with large cardboard tubes. From MoMAP.S.1: P.F.1 (Public Farm One) is an urban farm concept that evokes the look of a flying carpet landing in the P.S.1 courtyard. Constructed from large cardboard tubes, its top surface will be a.http://www.tienmao.com/archives/002808.html Olafur Eliasson's Take Your Time at MoMA- July 2, 2008 Pictured here are parts of Olafur Eliasson exhibit at MoMA: I only see things when they move, 1 m&179; light, Room for one colour. I only see things when they move: Bright light shines through rotating color-effect filter glass panels, creating shifting prismatic bands of colors on the surrounding walls. 1 m&179; light: In a dark room filled with fog, the beams of twenty-four spot-lights articulate one cubic meter of space. Room for one colour: Monochromatic bulbs emit light at.http://www.tienmao.com/archives/002807.html Olafur Eliasson's Take Your Time at P.S.1- July 1, 2008 If you really did take your time, you probably missed the Olafur Eliasson exhibits at P.S.1 and MoMA. I'm happy to say that I got off my ass and made it on the final day. Pictured here are the Inverted Berlin Sphere and Take your time, both at P.S.1. Inverted Berlin Sphere: Light radiates out through the lamps reflective components, altering your experience of the space. Take your time: A large circular mirror affixed to the ceiling at an angle rotates slowly on its axis, destabilizing...http://www.tienmao.com/archives/002806.html |