Greenwich

On Monday we went for a trip to Greenwich a very historical area of London, and amazing place with old architecture. We also visited the National Maritime Museum , that have some exhibition about the historic about navigation that is a very important transport and business for London History, that developed very fast and actually made the city what is nowadays. 

 National Maritime Museum

Essay

Last Friday , we had to hand in the first Essay that was about " Globalisation is destroying culture. We all dress the same clothes , eat the same food, watch the same movies.Globalisation is attempting to create one homogenous culture”

My opinion was that the culture is not being destroying by globalisation , because your culture is your identity , and you can shape in a different way but not lose it. Especially in fashion, where the big amount of information is a very important think for have knowledge and you can have your on voice and choose what you want. The phenomenon globalisation made the places nearest , so is easy nowadays to learn about different cultures and tradition , and this is a way to spread this cultures, where more people will have access to it and get some knowledge about. 

Culture is a very strong word and means all the choices that every person makes every single minute in their life , and the globalisation just help that this choices being more intelligent and better, for the big amount of information.

Christian Louboutin

On last Tuesday I went to Christian Louboutin exhibition on Design Museum,  some of the most amazing exhibition that I have ever seen. There was a big high heel in 3D that transformed in Dita Von Teese wonderful and look like real.
At the exhibition were the most famous shoes designed by Louboutin and also his process of creation, from where he get inspiration .
He is fascinated of shoes since his childhood, he use to travel a lot and is where he get inspiration ,he buy stuffs that remember him the place and use it to get inspired. For he summer collection  goes to a hot place like Africa and for winter to a very cold place.

Wimbledon

Saturday was a sunny day and I decided to listen my father and go to check the Wimbledon Championships, so I took a train and after one hour trying to find the place to buy the ticket I finally found it, and the big surprise was that it cost just 1 pound . Surprised me because everybody said to me,  that is very expensive to get inside the ground, but it wasn't.  The ground is very nice, a lot of old people sitting around the big screen, drinking a pint and watching the match. Is unbelievable big . with a lot of Cortes, where the matches happen, restaurants, bars and shops.

British Design

On Friday we had class at Victoria & Albert Museum , to see the British Design 1948-2012 exhibition.
The exhibition was really nice and I got impressed how the British developed the design so fast in last 50 years. After the Second World War the cities was devastated so they had to reconstruct almost everything, so they rebuild in a modern way , so people don't had so much money in that time and the Modern furniture with mass produced appeared , to fit in the small flats and they got cheaper. Some furniture magazine appeared , to help people to learn how to improve the home design and to save money , the first furniture magazine was "House and Garden". Everything started to be rebuild in a modern way , such as the transport that developed very fast to connect cities in high speed.
The fashion also changed and new movements start to appeared, like the Punks because Vivienne Westwood. Some fashion magazines also started to spread the fashion , music , art and young culture, helping the younger designers and artists. 

   

"Do we need to know the person to know or understand the work?"

Today at Presessional course , we had a debate about "Do we need to know the person to know or understand the work?" 
My opinion is that you can appreciate the Art work without knowing the Artist , but if you want to understand the work you should get some information about the artist , like his background and inspirations. So you can understand deeply what the artist did it , and may why the artist chose the colors and shapes.

p.s. Like Kandinsky you can appreciate his your , think that is beautiful, creative. But if you know his background you are going to realize that we studied music before being a painter and this is a big influence in his work.

City of London Festival

Today I saw this image in the streets of London and I got impressed, The City of London Festivals, there was a piano and they wrote in it "Play me , I'm yours", so there were a guy  playing the piano, very well, looked like a musician. I admire how the Londoners don't care about other people and they do show they talent , wherever it is possible. I can say that this city breath Art, and is amazing how people respect and supports it.