MUYBRIDGE

Eddie Moybridge oh no sorry, spelt... Eadweard Muybridge you say...

True. Only cause he's about a million years old. No,I have the utmost respect for his work...

YOU ARE TINY IN MY HEART...

An animation by Michel Gondry about asking a girl to the dance...

CHUNK OF JUNK

BRAIN FOOD

These books are like carrots & banana's, good for the eyes & the brain!

Cold War Years:

Oh god look at the pt size.

This is more brain food than eye food...I did say good for the brain, but in small doses! It's a bit intense and includes such a sparse and diverse history that I just can't seem to grasp. A bit too...Soviet?! At least it's keeping with the theme of the information in it! Too wordy for my liking. It does have really good information and is complete with maps, keys and diagrams. But, i've got to admit, I've been having to re-read everything and I'm not getting a hell of a lot of info stay in my brain, just thinking "shit, there's a hell of a lot I still don't know!" This book would definitely laugh at me if it could...It's certainly not a beginners guide!

I'm in desperate need for some visual treats here!!! Big headings and synopses are more my cup of tea on this subject...

Red Star Over Russia:

This is more like it... I definitely prefer carrots. Lots of information that has seeped through my eye sockets and curled up for what I hope will be a long time.



Lenin & Stalin...





This is just a bit of insight into Stalin's regime...

NASA

Found some really grrrrrreat stuff whilst having a bit of a search engine party at my house, me, myself & I. These slides are brill...

NASA dawn of the Apollo program slides

Nasa Shmasa I say! I'm all about Russia right now!

Flickr #5

These are my most recent Favourites on FLICKR. I'm so happy that com tech is seeping into my mindless flickr browsing too, it's plain to see i've become a little russia obsessed!

LAIKA LOVE

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COLD WARRIORS: LAIKA

"Laboratory researchers in the United States were measured and even awkwardly supportive of their Soviet counterparts’ Laika mission, as reflected in this November 1957 wire release from the National Society for Medical Research, written before news of Laika’s death, and the absence of any plans for her safe return, became known."

While the debate over animal experimentation still rages, the fading of the Cold War tempered at least one prominent voice. Speaking of Laika in 1989, Gazenko declared: "Work with animals is a source of suffering to all of us. . . . The more time passes, the more I’m sorry about it. We shouldn’t have done it."
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I think that this is just a bit of verbal proof that Laika was probably more of a cold war casualty than Russia would have liked to admit. The space race was fueled by bitterness between the US and USSR during the cold war, so much so that Laika may have been sent up into space without the full knowledge that she would survive and Russia being very aware of the fact that she would be more likely die. Laika is still a hero to many though and it's hard to think that she was probably sent up into space to get one up on the US.

SPACE IN THE FACE

My tea tastes funny...hmm

Rodchenko, an artist from slightly before the era i've focussed most of my research on but still is the resounding inspiration from the Bauhaus, Nevil Brody, Kraftwerk, & even Alfred Hitchcock! Also, his works represent Constructivism holds a large place in Russian cultural history.

I've come across his work a lot in the past but never really the sculptural side of things. I've been far too wrapped up in his photomontage and poster work. I found this work of his whilst scouring the Library after countless "Russia" searches on the library catalogue. After moving away from constructing my own set for an animation this put my right back on that route! I think if I were to create any kind of a set it would be a little abstract and use inspiration from these Spatial Construct's by Rodchenko...








These especially would work really well, to maybe represent the space station in which Laika in sputnik 2 would be launched from...

COLD WAR

Episode 1 of the Cold War Series, covering the origins of the tensions between the capitalist west and the communist Sovjet Union. Starting with revolution of 1917 followed by the events of WW II, which outcome brought the Red Army into eastern Europe.