All Picks posted by Victoria Gisborne-Land
The Roger Stevens Building was built in 1970 as part of the development of the Leeds University South Campus by the architects Chamberlin Powell and Bon.
Unité d’Habitation designed by Le Corbusier in 1957.
St. Agnes Kirche designed by Werner Düttmann completed in 1967.
Birmingham Central Library, Designed by John Madin and completed in 1974.
I found out from my parents, the birth certificate I have, was the cheaper of the options they were given at the time. There was one that was slightly more expensive that had their names written on it. I have just my name. I have ordered one with that [more]
It will all be ok again. A safe drive back to Berlin. Being able to stop when it is needed. Oh the joys of owning a car.
There are worse things happening around the world. There are worse things happening around the world. There are worse things happening around the world. There are worse things happening around the world. There are worse things happening around the world. There are worse things happening around the world. There are worse things happening around [more]
So what is one to do when the brakes just stop. They have been making a terrible noise sporadically but now, now it has got just too bad to ignore. Now there is no choice. An 8am visit to somebody who knows slightly better than me will be [more]
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/16/asylum-seekers-living-in-australia-forced-to-sign-code-of-conduct
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/no-smoke-without-ire-the-ecigarette-revolution-8994118.html
Autumn cleaning. Like spring cleaning, but less light to see what needs to be done maybe. Deep clean November. I am in a bad habit of Googling everything I do. This came up. If I could do that (puke) smiley thing from skype I would put it right here.
To get a German passport I have to trace where my German-ness comes from. To write my mother’s side of our family’s history down is harder than I thought. It is connected to this passport, but I feel it needs more consideration than I am giving it right [more]
Monday morning saw me sat in the German embassy in London, waiting my turn to speak to somebody behind some glass about my application for a German passport. It is harder than I thought it would have been, baring in mind that was my second appointment this year [more]
There should be compulsory trips for everybody to go to the coast and breath some sea air.
My hometown was described in the Guardian as the best place to in the UK. I struggle with this concept.
The brunches in my apartment have become bigger. We have friends staying at the moment, this seems to make me serve more and eat more. They are getting longer. Starting later. Turning into something that maybe is not a brunch at all anymore. How did we get here? [more]
Last night I traveled all over the world. Not in my dreams, but also not in reality. It started with the worry of winter. The memory of the dark cold days, and nights to beat. It went on to seeing where I could go to escape. Skyscanner took me [more]
Zaha Hadid’s Science Museum in Wolfsburg. Wow. Totally space age. Beautiful (although not so great for the environment) concrete walls all sloping this way and that. Nucks and passages. We were there at dusk. Perfect. Next time I will go inside.
The 5th of November. I missed bonfire night. That means I missed lots of expensive fireworks. I missed my dad making a Guy Fawkes that he made from his own clothes. I missed watching the life size 6ft 2 home made man burn on the fire. There is always [more]
Today I had a crash on my bike with a pretty speedy car and it was my fault. Firstly I am fine apart from a little bruised wrist. Secondly my bike is also fine apart from some slightly twisted handle bars, but I was able to ride home. [more]
A trip to Berlin’s Designpanoptikum Surreales Museum für Industrielle Objekt, is a trip into humans needs and wants real science’s surreal beauty. Recommendation for Berlin dwellers.
So Thursday night I hosted a Karaoke party, it was fantastic. I love karaoke. I think to sing in front of a room of people, as a very unprofessional singer is a challenge, an achievement and super fun. It’s a sort of therapy – the woman who used [more]
Wiki worked, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Visual_Artists It became encyclopedic enough! I even got linked and added to. Thanks wiki.
I made my first Wikipedia page from scratch today. It was for United Visual Artists, within 1 minute I had received a message stating somebody had made a claim for a speedy deletion of my article. Bearing in mind, one my article was not finished, two I was [more]
http://youtu.be/LV86pwOnm4w My mom and dad both love Lou. Lou, my mom and my dad, made me love him too. (I wonder if YouTube are making the adverts more expensive on Lou Reed videos today?)
Today’s roof was in Copenhagen. Why does it feel so good up high? Its a state of mind I think. Out of the gutters. I live in a ground floor apartment in Berlin, I am looking forward to the time when I can live a little higher in [more]
Too far away for my liking, too much of the time. The ease to tell all or nothing to. Open ears and open arms. A smile that enforces one to mirror it.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera Watch the film, sure. But read the book first.
Now he left with all the things he brought, all his dreams and all his thoughts I’m still wearing his jacket And its got holes in its pockets, he was wearing it for years, holes in it’s pockets, where everything disappears, but… I’m still wearing his jacket I’m [more]
Bright new things, classic painting influences for some not so classic illustrations. Travelling around the states. Six young men driving highway to highway. All creative, feeding from each other, hungry with competition. The need to make, do and draw with skills they had and are discovering they now [more]
This went down well. So I am sharing content between blogs. Roofs of Neukölln from Pretty Neukölln.
The notion of writing to anybody or nobody is strong. The nowness of the medium. The appropriation of words. The quantity. The quality. The urge not to write down a personal brain storm. Whoops.
The aim is to aid curators towards an increase in gender neutral exhibitions. A celebration of female artists. And to name such a project is tricky. Does Jessie work?
The light still feels early and fresh at 9.30am, nice October. Train just left Brussels. Heading to Antwerp. Central station has been hyped, so pretty happy that is my first stop. Antwerp Central Station
Too much information? I hope it doesn’t scream self obsession, that wasn’t the original idea. It was more an experiment. One of each test was taken today, the other one a month ago. I was convinced it couldn’t be accurate due to one’s mood. And sure the numbers [more]