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| | Medulla/UhHuHer/The Cure | ] | A while since i last wrote in, lots have been happening in marzi's life...been taking lots of photos of city smoke, burnt forests, follicles, numbers, dirt textures etc.
Keeping my fast-metabolised self busy with artworks for my final semester.
Some of my artworks this time are concentrating on the design of numbers and the way we understand its symbolism in culture. Also, my Flash site on found objects is part of a caollaboration, based on the thematics of a fictitous identity. I have been collecting found objects lately and writing fictional passages, trying to stitch a story together with these temporal sentimentalities. Found some sweet objects in Sydney, including a Parammata library card, candle in plastic, grocery list and photos. As well, I'm working with hair again; this time the materials are more authenticated and domestic-based. One would think i'd be sick of looking at hair, but I'm falling in love with their behaviour.
 
'Hair negative series'
 
'Domestelogen series'
These are my first drafts, whaddya think? Will post my final works here soon.
Ooh my work Rapunzel's Nightmare got admitted to Electrofringe festival in newcastle, so I'm dead chuffed.
Today one of my closest friends Leah rang from London...
...while on a red-bus towards Portobello with her boy Pedro, she tells me the looming coldness makes for great summer sales -she's a sun princess, while i relish in cement-toned weather mmmm. Nothing better than sleeping next to my beautiful boyfriend under a roof of rain. I miss the harsh UK cold and the babbled nights at the Walkabout with Katie and Melbarbie, the generousness of Tania, Espa and the pro-reefer hippie in Lanzarote, taking time to show me around their exotic islands and giving me a place to zzZZZzz. I've met so many genuine souls while travelling, it re-instills my faith in humans, in a mephitic world where kids are massacred to 'prove an ill point' and political warfare ignites uneccesary genocide.
Last year i quit my job at Quest so i can concentrate on uni more and alter my disastrous sleeping patter of 9am-1.30am. Although the pay was great,the only good things i got out of it were a beautiful friendship with Katty and Leah. I like the idea of not working under corporations. I think I'll try to make a living with what I'm doing right now, don't think i can ever go back to full-time bartending...granted you got free stuff like copious alcohol and invites to silly events...however, I'm not much of a drinker nowadays and I never wanted a slice of that glittery pseudo-elitism anyway.
*hehe amazing photo of matt on keys to be uploaded soon -oh soon*
Saw the ever-glorious Polly Jean Harvey at her last-minute intimate gig at the Great Northern, Byron. Worth the $55...she played virtually all of UhHuHer, which is btw i think, her best album so far.
 
Last Sunday me, Jason, Kelly, Bernie, Sal and Carl went to see MUSE
and it was mind-blowing, the sound was brilliant even though it was at shady Riverstage. Stockholm was a highlight of course. heeeeaaavvvvyyyy!
Been addicted to Bjork's Medulla recently,
Even though it has the usual Bjorkesque rythmic patterns, especially with the Icelandic choir, it's still a different and strange and quixotic album that took a little getting used to. Now, i can't function without hearing it in my car everyday on the way to anyplace...songs that are bliss to me are Ancestors and Where is the Line. I can't wait to watch her documentary....i looked up the artist Hrafnhildur Arnadottir who generated the hair scluptures for Medulla, but she didn't really have much work on the net :(
Places Mariam Ella wants to visit before it's 'too late':
1. McMurdo, Antartica -only 500 -1200 inhabitants!
2.Iceland -i watched this Bjork doco, which was pretty much a pimping for people to go to Iceland, but i must admit the way their government hadnles state of affairs looks mature and fair, unlike most 1st-3rd world countries. And the President last time i checked, was female. Maybe that's why Iceland isn't caked with riots, females are better at civil discussions, they don't just bomb places that sniff oil, unlike their male counterparts. But i'm stereotyping, there are good leaders who are male, they just don't happen to exist in countries starting and ending with 'A'.
3. Every place seen in Baraka -If you haven't seen the vid, please do. Amazing cinematography, the places become characters...the people speak with their eyes, this is what travel shows should look like-it's Getaway without the annoying pixie blondes.
4. New York City - i haven't been to a city that is superflous with everything . And 'it never sleeps', perfect for me at 4am. The Guggenheim would be my main agenda too.
5. New Zealand Did you see the landscapes in Lord of the Rings? Wow, stick me on those mountain-tops anyday, preferrably with Aragon. Plus, Kiwis are such nice people.
6. Canada Southpark is my fave show, which means Canadians have a wicked sense of humour. And judging by Bowling for Columbine, it seems like an ideal place to live in. I detest the fact that we live in a world where we need to lock up everything, our doors, windows, cars, lockers, office etc. This whole paranoia system is lost on Canadians, and i like that idea, states a kind of innocence yknow.
Places I'd like to re-visit:
1: Innsbruck, Austria- amazing strawberry-chocolate kebabs, fun horse-carriages, cute little granma coffeeshops next to powder mountains.
2: Gran Canaria, Spain -the beach sand is coal-black and the clubs start getting busy around 4am cuz of siesta. I'd go here anyday over techno-popping Ibiza.
3: London -What not to fall in love with? Meh, except for the crazy prices.
4: Tasmania -English-styled homes, oh adore! Mt. Wellington was surreal. My first holiday with my boyfriend, so it's a sentimental place. The Tassie devils look like my dog, Zac, although unlike Zac, they don't devour plastic and styrofoam balls.
5: Melbourne - over Sydney, yes.
Lovely (drunken) times had here with Katie, Kelly, Ange and Sarah. Alleyway taggings are intimidatingly good.
6: Singapore -Crime and littering is low. I went to school here for a couple of years. Very catholic. Learnt how to make beaded jewellry. Bought my first CD. Great for shopping! Scored a genuine copy of Kurt Cobain's deah cert for $1!
Well enough babbles, i gotta get back to working some. But I'm at a much happier place than i was when writing my LJ a year ago. It's really a defining moment when you realise how just much you care about this person, and all of a sudden the puzzles come together and your life has significant meaning. I don't usually talk about my relationships on LJ, but i finally know how amazing it feels to have someone immensely corset you with ardent love. And that as long as you're with this person, life is beautiful.
Ah, tea for two finally. |
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