Back in the New Year

Its been a really long time since I posted on this blog. I was going well for a while but then things got to hectic at work which starting interfering with my personal interests (ie browsing the web at work).

As part of my new years resolution I have allocated some time, even while at work, to pursue my own interests. Lets hope that I can keep this up for a large part of this new year!

With that said, happy new years everyone! Welcome to 2009!

Although January has been a bit of a lull in terms of events happening in the city, February seems to be quite the opposite. IDS09 is coming up which means that the Gladstone will have their annual exhibition for Come Up To My Room at around the same time.

Additionally, I've been looking at some designs by the artist Lisa Jones. In particular there is one series that she has called Symbiosis Chair which I find particularly appealing.



When I first saw this chair I thought that it was supposed to represent a young tree with many branches, a kind of homage to the wood that the chair was carved out of. Yet observing it further and then looking at her other work it is clear that it is supposed to represent human biology. Although this particular chair is called 'Vasa Intestina II' (which I assume is something about intestines) it seems more like the neural networks in a human brain to me.

Either way, this chair would be very delicate and even uncomfortable to sit on but beautiful nonetheless. I often wish I had a large museum-like house where I could store beautiful things even if they are not functional or practical. Maybe sometime in the future when I manage to become independently wealthy somehow ....