far away places

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Ice

The Plaza fountains were turned on Monday when it hit 80 degrees, but it quickly sank into the twenties.

Monday, April 02, 2007

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Puppetry Arts Institute

My "Popular Arts and Vernacular Aesthetics" class took a trip to the Puppetry Arts institute in Independence, Missouri. Puppetry is actually a very serious art form that we commonly neglect. The japanese commonly use 3 people to work a puppet. One will spend years just learning to work the legs on a marionette, then they move on to the right arm, and finally the left arm and head.

They had a showcase of Australian puppets, including the "Bushranger" and a couple Roos. Apologize for the cell phone pics. =)

Harry Truman, former president of the US, from Independence.

Monday, August 28, 2006

Driving around

Rain and Sunshine in Kansas City

Raining in Sunshine

My new room

Monday, July 31, 2006

Kaaansas City

We started a party with the traditional American Bud Light 30 pack, and several more showed up. Billy has the most surreal house ever. His parents fashioned an old time Saloon and store fronts in his Back yard. Just to hang out and drink in.

Its hot, we needed a big fan. But we weren't supposed to touch it because of possible electriculion.

Kansas City Strip Steaks. They don't have cattle in New York.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

I AMsterdam

They used to tax people based on the width of their house. The result is a lot of thin, tall houses. It can be a bit claustrophobic at times.

Become an Exchange Student

Mario created this video to encourage students in Poland to come here to Schwaebisch Hall. It outlines the jist of what there is to do here. Enjoy.

Saturday, July 08, 2006

Die Gotten Diana

I was recently part of a play performance of "The Goddess Diana" by Heinrich Heine. The play had never really been performed before. Our version of the script contained live actors playing Heine and His Wife, who both tell the story as he is on his deathbed. The story is only in German so I didnt understand all of it. But there is a Knight trying to serve the Goddess Diana. It is a romantic and fantasy work.

We were in charge of creating visuals to be displayed on 3 large screens during the performance. We used a program called arkaos which arranges video clips on your keyboard so you can mix them live. Its considered the next evolution of the DJ, the VJ, Video Jockey.

Photos from Mario, I was working. =)