Archive for October, 2008
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Art and Culture Blog L’pool.
I was searching for some details about an exhibition and I came across this great blog simply called The Liverpool Art and Culture. If like me you find it difficult to keep up with all of the culture and art events around Liverpool I would recommend it.
It’s extremely informative of what is happening in the [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Culture by Tom
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Society idea, Girlfriend Carrying Competition
I know, it’s mad why? How would you suddenly decide to start a competition like that?
This is the historical facts behind the competition:
“The idea of the Wife Carrying Competition is Sonkajärvi’s very own and, in spite of its humorous aspects, it has deep roots in the local history. In the late 1800’s there was in [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Random, The world... by Tom
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Liverpool Cathedrals
I was walking back home from a night out. I have to say I probably had one pint too many. When I spotted a green light flying from one cathedral to the other. Trying to focus my foggy brain I quickly realised it wasn’t a UFO or some sureal events but a green laser!
Doing a [...]
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
M62 fish
Driving back from Leeds on Sunday I spotted a rather bizarre shape in a field. It was not until I got home and read the Guardian that I realised what I had just seen. A fish, well actually a plaice. The newspaper article said:
“It is an odd place for a plaice, extending for more than [...]
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Keep Crossing fingers, Otto Karvonen
Otto Karvonen, a Finnish artist, has been busy posting rather unusual and funny signs around the city. This is part of LIverpool Biennal programs.
The biennal website explains his work like this “Working principally outside the gallery, Otto Karvonen makes simple, often humorous interventions into everyday life, designed to prompt us to question the nature [...]