A blog of things from a Venezuelan/Scot living in Orkney. Pictures usually by me, unless, you know, they’re not.Tumblr (3.0; @cn-16c-41)http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/503759c5118b375da4c5f7d2ed776b2b/tumblr_mn894qXeCr1qzpyz2o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9b97c773f08a34d60a0d40daaa3e9f28/tumblr_mn894qXeCr1qzpyz2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c39342e7c1a62e56070b237f9de897f8/tumblr_mn894qXeCr1qzpyz2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0a39b554d88044c98a950973ec10943c/tumblr_mn894qXeCr1qzpyz2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f518cbba4de83d7b996493ea0c0b1e5f/tumblr_mn894qXeCr1qzpyz2o3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://architectureofdoom.tumblr.com/post/51235868715/ryanpanos-church-slettebakken-kirke-by">architectureofdoom</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ryanpanos.tumblr.com/post/51113732783/church-slettebakken-kirke-by-architect-tore">ryanpanos</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><span>Church - Slettebakken Kirke </span><span>by architect Tore Sveram - photos by </span><a href="http://www.behance.net/thorirvidar"><span>Thorir Vidar</span></a></strong></p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://maps.google.nl/maps/ms?msid=217448598159407091482.0004db711524ddb43d3f9&msa=0&ll=60.352679,5.357294&spn=0.001101,0.002411">View this on the map</a></p> </blockquote>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51236706698http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51236706698Fri, 24 May 2013 18:53:53 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5fb9f1e5ac99ac24acaa3f1324a0d5b3/tumblr_mn7zfliiza1rsjlwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d64bbb9ce3398e97df21ff03453d91ae/tumblr_mn7zfliiza1rsjlwxo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/66ae2fb67a7449d3fbd84f6b3c295a6f/tumblr_mn7zfliiza1rsjlwxo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8599eaba2dd353f1197447d36b6719f/tumblr_mn7zfliiza1rsjlwxo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ba16fb8b8d2ef653b4f7de7416141f15/tumblr_mn7zfliiza1rsjlwxo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I fucking hate the EDL so much. </p> <p>EDL March, Glasgow 2010</p> <p>Pentax MZ-50</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestateofindependence/">flickr</a> </p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51097962339http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51097962339Wed, 22 May 2013 22:52:33 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f2a54ca63c48a2b8984f4197767673dc/tumblr_mn7vbkO2b31qzglyyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahbrutalism.tumblr.com/post/51091146126/mount-anthony-district-high-school-bennington">fuckyeahbrutalism</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Mount Anthony District High School, Bennington, Vermont, 1964</p> <p>(The Architects Collaborative)</p> <p>“Collaboration at TAC meant something very different <span>from the specialization common to other large-scale </span><span>practices. Key to this approach was the idea that teams </span>should consist of generalists able to criticize each other <span>as equals, rather than the parceling of tasks among </span><span>specialized practitioners according to principles of </span><span>efficiency and division of labor.” </span></p> <p><em>Check out Michael Kubo’s revealing article on practices of collaboration at TAC, published in </em>Architecture Boston <em>and available online <a href="http://www.architects.org/sites/default/files/images/architectureboston/2013summer/CambridgeSchool_Summer13.pdf">here</a>. <span>With his collaborators Chris Grimley and Mark Pasnik, Kubo also recently contributed to </span></em><span>CLOG: Brutalism</span><em><span>, which is available for purchase <a href="http://www.clog-online.com/issues/clog-brutalism/">here</a>.</span></em></p> </blockquote>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51092275024http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51092275024Wed, 22 May 2013 21:38:42 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9ef0ce9e694a65e396b88c13cbd25fdb/tumblr_mn7sj1y2i61rsjlwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Particle Accelerator</p> <p><span><span></span></span><span>מכון ויצמן למדע</span><span>‎</span></p> <p>Kodak Retinette</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestateofindependence/">flickr</a> </p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51086804156http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51086804156Wed, 22 May 2013 20:23:25 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/74daa1284ca5a98b72fdfb0c88ad80a1/tumblr_mmpbyd0htq1qzglyyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahbrutalism.tumblr.com/post/50355107703/crosley-tower-renton-k-brodie-chemistry-and">fuckyeahbrutalism</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Crosley Tower, Renton K. Brodie Chemistry and Biology Science Center, University of Cincinnati, 1970</p> <p>(A.M. Kinney Associates)</p> </blockquote>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51086361353http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51086361353Wed, 22 May 2013 20:16:59 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a3626cc447928198e507b600c9602212/tumblr_mn7rjay18u1rsjlwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is my kind of awful building.</p> <p>St Peter’s Seminary, Cardross, 2007</p> <p><span>Konica Minolta Dynax 5D</span></p> <p><span>More on </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestateofindependence/">flickr</a><span> </span></p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51085378388http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51085378388Wed, 22 May 2013 20:01:58 +0100<p>Srsly though, they&#8217;re both fucking awful buildings, and I like awful buildings. But not these.</p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51081449850http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51081449850Wed, 22 May 2013 18:55:58 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/77f853e1cdf66750059724ffaad156ca/tumblr_mn7oefpQ5P1rsjlwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dbf309f6f1c8c6dd9406e83d9e2ea336/tumblr_mn7oefpQ5P1rsjlwxo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Put a picture of the Ryugyong Hotel on facebook saying it was the Shard. lols a-plenty. <span><br/></span></p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51081355720http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51081355720Wed, 22 May 2013 18:54:15 +0100<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aO5fVHf0tfY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>plaaydoh - purple minijack</p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51059658215http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51059658215Wed, 22 May 2013 10:21:07 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d45f5e23813814bf47b55a60a227fa9a/tumblr_mn64wqluw01rsjlwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Soon.</p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51018186253http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51018186253Tue, 21 May 2013 22:55:37 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/37ec91d942e9da4c34ca9bd3759dcb39/tumblr_mn64phYRgu1rsjlwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sand lines</p> <p>Burray, 2013</p> <p>Pentax IQZoom EZY-R</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestateofindependence/">flickr</a> </p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51017848801http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/51017848801Tue, 21 May 2013 22:51:17 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/216054a8eeb8f8ebf4dd1a3d77bf41e0/tumblr_mn0479KFBa1rsjlwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bird skull pin.</p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50735227673http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50735227673Sat, 18 May 2013 16:54:44 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b4a8855140cb48761468c0e2e58417b9/tumblr_mmzolgllo11rsjlwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Found this guy on the beach. Going to make him into a pin.</p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50719065265http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50719065265Sat, 18 May 2013 11:17:40 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FlogJqMFaYA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>So my pal Jens is leaving Orkney tomorrow, so tonight we drank loads of booze and then listened to this and I’m gonna miss him.</p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50613563794http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50613563794Fri, 17 May 2013 01:13:27 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ae9bdf4be65455f4622ae29797264ccb/tumblr_mmv161xWWP1rsjlwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Liverpool Cathedral and Tel Aviv grafitti</p> <p><span>Liverpool/Tel Aviv, 2012</span></p> <p>Kodak Retinette/Agfa Optima. </p> <p><span>More on </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestateofindependence/">flickr</a><span> </span></p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50523917547http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50523917547Wed, 15 May 2013 23:01:12 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0d005067fa90a3c5dc273a95876adabb/tumblr_mmu1j33wdk1qadd8vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hamburgerstastegood.tumblr.com/post/50486463996/gargledmesh-redid-cleaned-up-finished-this-i">hamburgerstastegood</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gargledmesh.tumblr.com/post/50486343386/redid-cleaned-up-finished-this-i-may-or-may-not">gargledmesh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Redid/Cleaned-up/Finished this. I may or may not color this tomorrow.</p> <p>I kind of lost my mind a bit while reinking this.</p> </blockquote> <p>This is great. I love the cocks and hearts behind the human fish.</p> </blockquote>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50486706643http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50486706643Wed, 15 May 2013 10:26:37 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6f530da79ab28a997c9196bcb8b01f1f/tumblr_mmt9wzjP9g1rsjlwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Selfies</span></p> <p><span>Burray, 2013</span></p> <p>Pentax IQZoom EZY-R</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestateofindependence/">flickr</a> </p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50453026073http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50453026073Wed, 15 May 2013 00:14:58 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6896c3e3c3bb5aac15305a7f4ea4afee/tumblr_mmsffjOnTw1rsjlwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Orkney flag & red phone box</p> <p><span>Burray, 2013</span></p> <p>Pentax IQZoom EZY-R</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestateofindependence/">flickr</a> </p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50415707301http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50415707301Tue, 14 May 2013 13:16:31 +0100<a href="http://sunn.bandcamp.com/">SUNN O)))</a>: <p>SUNN O))) entire discography is up for free streaming in their bandcamp. Fuck yes.</p>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50374706043http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50374706043Mon, 13 May 2013 23:59:37 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ae468fcf3eeab3409d3630a51c9b26dc/tumblr_mmr8fdWx5X1rsjlwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Watering Hole</p> <div class="post_content clearfix" id="post_content_41142522480"> <div class="caption"> <p><span>USA, 2011</span></p> <p><span>Kodak Retinette</span></p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestateofindependence/">flickr</a> </p> </div> </div>http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50364645474http://cn-16c-41.tumblr.com/post/50364645474Mon, 13 May 2013 21:47:37 +0100