Saturday 17 October 2009

Chilean artists go to...

We are lucky to be studying at the Universidad de Chile but not all the things are right,the nowdays situation is that the building and the rooms are not appropiated for the class , sometimes,we have to adapt places for having better performances.
I think all the building needs to be redesigned except for the canteen and the auditorium, they are new and don´t need anything else but for example in my class, we need some kind of space for making performances, photos or vídeos and we have to do it the tasks at home at an unscripted studio. This is fun but sometimes oneself doesn´t have the equipment and the quality of your work is not as good as it could be.
The toilets in this faculty are not good,almost all the time there is bad smell and is wet.
Another point is the furnishings, the chairs we have and the tables are like the last things other faculties threw away and I think they have been there for many years, have been the same, never replaced for new ones.The things have been painted by layers and layers.
On past thursday I saw a room with pcs at the ICEI, and I htought we could have better computers with the programms as photoshop that is the singlest we need. People not always have the requests in their computers for having some kind of heavy softwares.
If I could improve my faculty I'll make a better library with more copies and a nicer place. Then , obviously the rooms will be built with strong materials and stright walls for workshop presentations, Big space for lighning, all these if people that use it could be able to respect and being responsible with what they have. I f we don't care about good things and destroy them will never have a good art faculty.

Monday 12 October 2009

Ireland agus England

If I had the opportunity to travel another country probably will visit the UK because there are two countries that I love; England and Ireland. One of the reasons why I love these countries is the landscape and the cultures.
Talking aout Ireland I love the strange accent and the irish, for me is a very difficult language and I think it is for everyone who doesn´t know to speak.I like too the celtic culture, the music is amazing and have the spirit of the wind blowing and the rain.For me Ireland is mistic because of its celtic mythology and the intresting and curious places from ancient religions like wicca. This places are extended not just in Ireland, are in the whole british islands like stonehenge or big stones organized forming strange roads or drawings through the fields, this megalitic monuments are from prehistoric times.
From England I like the musical life, they have many festivals and concerts of really good band not including that they have the beatles, led zeppelin, pink floyd, ironmaiden,judas priest, queen and all that historical bands that have made very important contributions, also the london symphonic orchestra is considered one of the best world orchestras.
Another wonderful thing is the architecture of the places, the modern and the ancient, I think it reflex moments of history and takes you through the time.
The only thing I don't like is the weather, is almost all the time cloudy and rainy, I hate the extreme summer heat from chile but I like the sun, I like when the sun appears.
PD: I talked about the uk and I din't count wales and scotland, these are not my favorite ones but I would visit them too.