http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/ looking for something firm in a world of chaotic flux en-us thoughtfactory@internode.on.net Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:44:21 +0930 http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/03/photographic-ar-1.html Whilst down at Victor Harbor I've been going through my photographic archives on my computer, exploring the film images I had taken upon my return to photography, and selecting the odd one to be processed in Lightroom. Gary Sauer-Thompson, Suzanne, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, 2008 These were ones that I'd... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/03/jonathan-tagg-o.html Jonathan Tagg in the Disciplinary Frame: Photographic Truths and the Capture of Meaning says that: In the fleetingly modish area of photography, which offered a relatively unconsolidated space adjacent to but displaced from the more solidified institutions of art and art history, debate in the 1970s turned on the search... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/03/black-humour-2.html I've taken a couple of days off from painting the outside of the inner city apartment in Adelaide to come down to Victor Harbor. I plan to do some large format photography and site manage the repairs to the roof and the gutters of the weekender. It is actually hotter... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/03/dereliction-and.html It may be festival time in Adelaide but for the last week or so I've been painting the outside of the inner city apartment, and I have had little time to do much photography or to explore the various festivals. I just go the local gym, come home for breakfast,... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/03/returning-to-th.html I spent the long weekend down at Victor Harbor sorting through my old view/field camera equipment that had been stored away for a decade or more, and then waiting for the weather to settle down so that I could start using the gear. I had some shots already lined up.... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/03/cloud-culture.html Charles Leadbeater in Cloud Culture: the future of global cultural relations for the British Council says that: The growth of the digital cloud will change both culture and creativity. Digital stores of data in the cloud, ubiquitous broadband, new search technologies, access through multiple devices – these should make more... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/03/tasmanian-lands.html The wild or untamed natural beauty of Tasmania has lured, inspired, enrapt, and obsessed artists since European occupation of the Island. However, the work of Tasmania’s contemporary landscape artists do not represent the sublime or beauty alone, as they have stumbled across the complexities underlying the island’s culture from invasion... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/03/the-glover-priz.html When I was passing through the Georgian village of Evandale in Tasmania last week, there were street posters advertising the Glover Prize for 2010, named after John Glover the Tasmanian colonial painter. This is a landscape prize, and it is awarded each year for the best new (previously unexhibited and... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/03/fringing.html I arrived back in Adelaide to discover that the Fringe Festival is in full swing. It has its own Flickr group and blog to inform those like me who have little idea of the events and happenings around the city. The events that interest me are Street Dreams that is... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/03/smile-windchime.html The SMiLE album (1967) was to be the album the Beach Boys released after Pet Sounds, but it was never released. It remained unfinished until Brian Wilson returned to it in 2006. However, the actual Smile material is accessible on numerous bootlegs and on YouTube. It is interesting to... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/02/grateful-dead-d.html I've just arrived back in Adelaide from the holiday/photography trip in Tasmania I came across this article on the Grateful Dead by Joshua Green in The Atlantic. The Grateful Dead's version of Deep Elem Blues which they played from their earliest days up till 1983: What is of interest is... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/02/tasmania-loggin.html Given the recently discovered importance and significance of Reserche Bay as a site for wilderness preservation in Tasmania I was surprised to stumble upon spaces such as this amongst the rain forest: Gary Sauer-Thompson, stump, Recherche Bay, 2010 This is one aspect of the settler or pioneer history of British... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/02/in-tasmania-rec.html If Cradle Mountain was a real eye opener as a mass tourist icon, then the Southwest National Park was a delight; especially around Recherche Bay. This is wilderness that deserves to be preserved from development in the form of logging. Only Recherche Bay is not wilderness. It has a cultural... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/02/in-tasmania-cra-1.html I'm currently staying in a wilderness lodge----Lemonthyme Lodge --- in the rainforest adjacent to the iconic Cradle Mountain National Park, which I will visit and explore today. If the pre-paidmobile broadband is working a treat, then photographing the wilderness sure is difficult. The rain forest is messy, there is a... http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/2010/02/in-tasmania-cra.html Tunbridge is in the Midlands, which lie due east of the Great Western Tier. Suzanne's sister Barbara and her husband Malcolm, who are from Brisbane are restoring a Georgian store as a 10 year project. Gary Sauer-Thompson, Georgian store, Tunbridge, Tasmania, 2010 The Midlands around Tunbridge is an agricultural district...