12.5.10

architect/scenic designer/sculpture/genius




My favorite opera designer of the moment is George Tsypin. He was trained as an architect and now does opera design, sculpture, installations, etc etc. It's pretty obvious why I am attracted to his designs.

The designs are as follows (top to bottom): Theodora, The Flying Dutchman, and the Ring Cycle.


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Bowie nostalgia.


From the portfolio website of
Helen Eady.
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11.5.10

de goya, opera, and photoshop


















This quarter, we are designing an opera, Rigoletto. The assignment is to realize one scene through model, draftings, etc and I chose the final scene because it is the most emotionally charged.

In the final scene Rigoletto is about to dump the body of the Duke into the river. When he hears the Duke singing in the distance, he opens the bag to realize that the dead body is not the Duke, but his daughter Gilda. Gilda had herself killed in the Duke's place because she is in love with him. When Rigoletto opens the body bag, she sings a beautiful aria for about 8 minutes (because what's an opera without some drama) and then dies.

This collage is my emotional response to the scene. My main source of inspiration was the work of Francisco de Goya. More to come.


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For those of you who are UM - bound:

[clic pic] to see a gallery of the ruins of Detroit. Inspirational decay as your next-door neighbor. Explore itttttt.
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timeline/map of onondaga creek's channelization, from an extensive
(but slightly graphically inept) report + proposal from the
onondaga environmental institute.
i'm so intrigued about how quiet this thing is. there really isn't that much excitement about what
these spaces could become/do for a city that's hardscaped five ways from sunday.

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i was excited to share this video tour/info session of the creek with you guys!
around the 4:30 mark, they begin the stretch of the creek that extends through downtown syracuse. Continue

10.5.10

digital media finale!


the american pavillion REdesign for the 2010 shanghai expo.
find current expo design
here. our media teacher thought it
was so bad, she used it as an assignment for the class. more to come soon.


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