Produced for the first year of my Graduate Diploma in Architecture at the University of Westminster, the animation describes a masterplan for the Lower Lea Valley from Canning Town to Walthamstow Marshes. A gridded timber plantation and testing ground for a new sustainable architecture. The initial proposal is a school of joinery and construction. Having felled the fast growing trees, English woodland trees mature, within which a community emerges, and a park and landscape for the east end is created.
James is an old friend from school. It’s a delight to see such long-term joined-up thinking from him.
“The more time I spend looking at Cathedrals, their communication and mission activity, the more I am convinced that they play the most significant part of our evangelism. […] Millions of people visit our Cathedrals each year as historical monuments; they enter into a building used for worship, without us awkwardly befriending them and trying to time our invitation to come along. They come, almost, at their own volition and ask questions of the space, experience whatever is there. This is an enormous opportunity if only we could translate and interpret the space effectively.”
I take myself far too seriously sometimes. That said, spending much of this evening playing catch with a a beautiful, energy-filled toddler removed quite a bit of that, at least for a while.
These tags are jokey and personal, which is surely the goal of arts organisations on a mission to attract and engage a younger audience. However, they loose the instant recognition needed when skimming your stream and make searching for the appropriate hashtag more difficult. Wouldn’t #diemeistersinger and #madamabutterfly would have better choices?
Hashtags are, broadly, confined to the Twitter ecosystem. There is therefore no need to repeat the Twitter name within the tag, even if it does have a humorous ring to it. To do so reduces tag recognition and makes it harder to find those discussing the topic at hand.
My little cousin Sam (bottom left, arms aloft) having a whale of a time at Glastonbury, and spotted in the BBC’s coverage of Coldplay’s Fix You. What a way to celebrate the end of your A-levels!
Shine! Shine! Shine!
Pour down your warmth, great sun!
While we bask — we two together.
Two together!
Winds blow South or winds blow North,
Day come white, or night come black,
Home or rivers and mountains from home,
Singing all the time, minding no time,
While we two keep together.
“Almost five hours of music for what is essentially a simple story of boy meets girl, boy briefly loses girl, boy wins girl by singing better than his rivals.”
