After 6 weeks at sea, I had somewhat been looking forward to watching the first play since my return to civilisation. Ellie and I have many fond memories of watching plays at the National Theatre. NOT ALL BAD The description of ‘The Other Place, after Antigone’ by Alexander Zeldin, didn’t sound all bad. A re-imagining of an ancient Greek play, roughly 2,500 years after its first showing. And not just any play, but one of the three Theban plays, which connect to the story lines of many more works of the day. Incest, fratricide, suicide, general homicide, grief, greed, insanity, those are all great building blocks for a fun night out at the theatre, as far as I am concerned. All pics (c) National Theatre A BIT OF A HOTTIE, APPARENTLY: TOBIAS MENZIES My good wife, in particular, and our friend Eve, were very excited about the lead male […]
Don’t miss out on Frieze Sculpture 2024 in Regent’s Park
Ellie & I recently checked out this year’s Frieze Sculpture, which opened in Regent’s Park on 18 September and will continue until 27 October. Like every year, this public art initiative coincides with the two fabulous art fairs Frieze London and Frieze Masters, which take place concurrently in Regent’s Park from 9 to 13 October. This year’s 12th edition has been curated by Fatoş Üstek and includes 22 leading international artists from five continents, whose work anyone can examine for free without booking at the park’s historic English Gardens. Nika Neelova: Crude Hints, Nathan Coley: I don’t have another land, Inci Eviner: Materials of Mind Theatre LEONORA CARRINGTON’S ‘THE DANCER’ Leonora Carrington’s (1917-2011) The Dancer (El Bailarín), 2011, wasn’t for me. Too much like a 1970s metal band album cover, too kitschy. That said, Carrington is certainly one of the more influential artists of the 20th Century, and […]
Northwest Passage Expedition – daily update 19 September 2024
From last Tuesday morning to Thursday morning I flew from Paulatuk via Inuvik, Whitehorse, Vancouver and Montreal to Heathrow. I took some footage along the way. TRANSFORMATOR TO BE FIXED In Paulatuk we had to wait for electricians to hop off the incoming flight, fix a transformator in town, then hop back onto the outgoing flight. All other flights delayed or rescheduled, too. HYDRAULIC ISSUES WITH THE PLANE At Inuvik our plane had to be replaced because of hydraulic issues, leaving us passengers stranded in a Breakfast Clubesque situation throughout the night at this Arctic outpost. BREAKFAST CLUB IN INUVIK A bunch of construction workers ended up playing cards with a 70-year old Inuit lady and her 15-year old grandson. Three ladies were playing basketball. Two kids and one of the construction workers were chasing a chihuahua mixed breed around the baggage carousel (the little […]
Northwest Passage Expedition – daily update 16 September 2024
On my first full day back on land, I got up at around 9am. Then I bought vast amounts of food at the Northern store on the ground floor, just below our hotel rooms. I had just paid and walked out of the entrance of the supermarket, when I bumped into Gavin, who told me that the police needed us to drop by and have pour passports scanned. POLICE STATION So I dropped all the food in the kitchen, went to the room to tell Mike about the news, then the two of us walked over to the police station, less than five minutes’ walk away. Leven and Art were already there. (c) BerkeleySqB, except pics w/police (c) Art Huseonica OFFICERS JOSH AND SCOTT Officers Josh (the station head) and Scott (holiday cover for the sergeant that normally is the only other policeman in town) were an absolute delight. […]
Northwest Passage Expedition – Northern Lights, 15 September, near Paulatuk
At around 1:30am today, Sunday, 15 September, I got up and hopped out from the cabin onto the deck. I hadn’t been able to sleep much. Too many thoughts on my mind. Would we finally reach Paulatuk today? Or would the weather play yet another trick on us and keep us from making any progress? WE HAD SEEN NORTHERN LIGHTS DURING PREVIOUS NIGHTS… As soon as I had stepped outside, I couldn’t believe my eyes. During the previous nights, we had seen some Northern Lights, and they had been fun to watch, even though rather dim and subtle. I hadn’t taken any pictures. …BUT NOTHING COMPARED TO THIS. Last night, they were everywhere towards the South, with a few patterns also towards the other three cardinal directions. And so much brighter and more brilliant than during the previous nights. You could easily and very clearly see all the […]