Jane Goodall:
'Every single day we make an impact on the world. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world, and we all have a choice as to what sort of impact we're going to make.'
Stephen Hawking:
'If one carried out experiments with moving bodies on the train, all Newton's laws would still hold. For instance, playing ping-pong on the train, one would find that the ball obeyed Newton's laws, just like a ball on a table on a track. So there is no way to tell whether it is the train or the earth that is moving.'
Conclusion:
Impact is inevitable, however there is no way to tell whether 'we' are the action or the reaction in the process, therefore do 'we' really have the choice?
Monday, April 28, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Stephen Hawking Quote
Stephen Hawking:
'If one carried out experiments with moving bodies on the train, all Newton's laws would still hold. For instance, playing ping-pong on the train, one would find that the ball obeyed Newton's laws, just like a ball on a table on a track. So there is no way to tell whether it is the train or the earth that is moving.'
-pg17: Hawking, S: A Brief History of Time, 1988, Bantam Books, United States of America
Florence Nightingale Quote
The first condition to be sought in planning a building is, that it shall be fit for its purpose. And the first architectural law is, that fitness is the foundation of beauty.
-pg106, Editor Rosenburg,Charles E : Florence Nightingale on Hospital Reform, 1989, Garland Publishing Inc. New York, United States of America
-pg106, Editor Rosenburg,Charles E : Florence Nightingale on Hospital Reform, 1989, Garland Publishing Inc. New York, United States of America
Jane Goodall Quote
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Words about artists and artwork
Image 1
Phillip by Piccini,
Phillip, (2005) is a graphite drawing on white paper. Piccini is renowed for her use of mediums to communicate her ideas. In the case of Phillip, Piccini is exporing the relationship between the creature and the child, focusing on the vulnerability of the child. As Piccini explains, 'The situations that these children are in feel uncomfortable. They are just too close to the creatures and it’s creepy. It is ambiguous whether there is any animosity or just the rough and tumble of play.' Graphite as the medium is used to explore this idea through the careful detail to light and shadow, especially in the facial features of both characters, where one is not sure if the baby is laughing or crying, or whether the creature is scary or protective.
Image 2
Clockman, by Swallow
Clockman is a miniture sculpture made from plastruct, plastic and letraset. A very small sculputre, Swallow has used these materials to get the intricate detail of the pants and shoes at such a small scale. Swallow's artwork is very socially aware. The body, arms and head of the person have been consumed by the clock, makes time the majority of his body parts. And at a miniture scale, is it a tiny man in a clock, or is the man the wristband of a watch? Also with the scale of the sculpture Swallow emphasises the point of view, everybody watching this tiny object that has so much control.
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