Ruth Dusseault: Play War Opening

Play War: Homemade Recreational Battlefields

At 6:30pm on a warm Thursday afternoon I walked into the Emory Center for Visual Arts to see Ruth Dusseault’s second showing of Play War. The gallery had selected twenty works, all of the same size, to be placed along its walls. This was a bit of a surprise since the photographer usually shoots with a wide format camera that lends itself to large prints. However, the intimacy of the 24×30 prints allowed the viewers to enter into the world that Dusseault has discovered. //

GT Photography Club Semesterly Exhibit April 20th-22nd

GT Photo Club will be having our semesterly Photography Exhibit on April 20th-22nd.

It will be run from 10am until 3pm on all three days.

The first and last day, the exhibit will be located in the Student Center, across from the post office.

Weather permitting, we will have the exhibit outside on the middle day, on Skiles Walkway.

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REMARKS ON COLORS : BLUE

BLUE may be seen most abundantly in the sky, on the water [the reflected sky], and with moonlight [also reflected].  We also find it in certain animals, minerals, and vegetables, but in a more fragmentary fashion, an accent among the prevailing browns, golds, and greens.  Accordingly, blue carries strong associations with otherworldliness and with distance.  Leonardo da Vinci noted that objects gain a bluish aspect as they recede to the horizon.  Who has not regarded distant blue hills without a stab of longing?

Vishnu, the Hindu deity who preserves the world, is frequently depicted with blue-tinted skin to connote his deep relation to water, as is Krishna, his avatar.  The Virgin Mary has come to be identified by blue robes; although her connection with the color is relatively recent, it follows the metaphoric logic of the hue. //

Tim Frank Show at MODA | Sense & Sustain – ability

Tim Frank’s exhibition at MODA will open on March 27th and run until April 26th. Tim earned his Master’s in Architecture degree at Tech after attending Virginia Tech as an undergraduate. AT Georiga Tech Tim has instructed CFY for six years, while most recently taking on sophomore studio this past school year. He also runs his own firm as well as working for another firm.  He is a recent winner of 2009 AIA Atlanta 48-hour competition.

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gray matter(s) calendar

Looking for something to do outside of campus? Confused on what is happening at school? Visit our calendar for art openings, lectures, meetings, and other COA and ATL events. To inform of us other relevant ATL activities email us at calendar@graymatters.gatech.edu.

What IS Our Better Future | Forum 1

This first Open Forum was Wednesday March 17th 12 [Noon] on the Bridge with surprisingly good attendance- about 10 students and 15 faculty. The discussion hit on many topics including, student collectivity in general, design build, cross disciplinary studies between schools, centennial charette revival, the new body of undergraduates + graduates + and post graduates under the SoA, the search for a new chair, the lecture series next semester, and much more…     the first 35 min are captured below for your listening pleasures.  We hope to host another, more pointed, discussion again soon. please come and support your college. And / or comment below on what you think we need to be talking about.

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d.o.t. demolition

Passing by the former home of the Georgia Department of Transportation this weekend,  I noticed something slightly peculiar…part of the building was missing.  Rebar is flying out of the once inhabited floor slabs while  front end loaders wait patiently amongst the settled debris on the ground below.  A section has literally been removed from the building the old fashioned way.

The building is at the corner of Mitchell Street and Capitol Ave.  You can approach the demolition site without too much trouble.

Here are a few pictures of the building and what little info I could find with a quick google search: //