http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk a visual exchange between Bucharest, Edinburgh and Lucerne based Illustration students Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:57:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These four illustrations are inspired by a poem by Alex Turner of The Arctic Monkeys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAuzt2PmRI).  The poem is about travelling on the train in the UK, which i do quite a lot of.  I thought this a particularly suitable metaphor for my relationship with the UK- I know only ... http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=471 http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=464 One of the things we tend to look for when we travel is somewhere 'exotic'. The word first came into wide spread use into 19th century, and it was used to refer to places like Egypt, Syria and Lebanon, it was about markets and harems, man with small mustaches, camels, ... http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=443 Because I'm a shut-in, Edinburgh to me is just my room, and all I do in there is work, eat and sleep. Nothing in the world can compare to eating and sleeping, oh the joy it used to bring me. But even these leisure activities have gradually turned into a ... http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=436 [gallery] Romania is like this situation.The girl is sick but the doctor is more concerned about the girl's apperance and her dredlocks.As well as our country that is viewed in apperance and not in essence.Every foreigner sees a picture full of gypsies,beggars,poor(financially) and angry people. They are abide by the image ... http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=426 [caption id="attachment_419" align="alignnone" width="248" caption="Calton Hill graveyard"] [/caption] Calton Hill graveyard http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=420 Bucharest ist eine eklektische und antithetische Stadt. In meinen Zeichnungen kann man meine eigene Meinung über Bucharest, das Leben in dieser Stadt, Menschen und ihrer Gewohnheiten sehen. Die Baustellen, die Anhäufung, der Müll, der über die Straßen liegt charakterisiert die Stadt, trotzdem bedeutet Bucharest auch etwas anderes. Das ist nur ein kleiner ... http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=401 "Until they were tragically killed off in 1956, tramcars were a vital ingredient in Edinburgh life – and a source of sheer wonderment and pleasure for us small boys... a 1d or a 1½d fare would take you to the other end of the world and back" (Recollections, Edinburgh Photographic Society ... http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=390 "Only tourists benefit. The line runs from Ocean Terminal to Edinburgh Airport. I don't see any commuter benefit in that...  I don't think it adds any value to Edinburgh.  But maybe it will end up being of benefit in the long term.  With all this expenditure, who knows?" (You and ... http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=386 [caption id="attachment_372" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Tourists around St Giles"][/caption] http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=371 [gallery] The common romanian thinking ideology is a selfish egotistical way of looking at life and other things.The filth that accompanies the streets is not there for any other reason than that of romanians not caring about anything other than themselves and not thinking about their actions effects upon other human ... http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=328 http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=338 Romania is a very eclectic country. This eclectism transcends not only in the buildings, but also in the people. On a street with some tall modern skyscrapers, you can see a very miserable house. On a street that's loaded with expensive cars you see a beggar with a dog. A ... http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=315 http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=275 The work reflects two moments from a foreigner’s visit in Bucharest. First, the arrival - represented by an industrial, flat, boring landscape. The second frame shows (by contrast) the traveller entering a more animated environment, dominated by a timeless, mistique mood with oriental influences. http://placeintime.eca.ac.uk/?p=267