Thoughts...

November 6, 2012

dubtopia:

PINTLE [by Ste Murray]
n,

A pin or a bolt on which another part pivots
A pivot for both current and potential park uses, the pavilion holds onto the centre of Mountjoy Square, pinwheeling facilities for the local community within and around it. It piroettes as people pass, as they proceed towards, and as they progress around inside.

History reveals an original proposition for St. George’s Church at the Centre of the Park. Current Activities of the park are rehoused in a focal point of overlapping, dispersing volumes. Trees are retained + replanted. The centre becomes a pinwheel for the community around it. Radiating playspaces are created around the middle hinge. It sits into the layers of the land, affording seclusion + security. It pushes up out of the ground, affording views of home + place.

For more info see:
www.ste.ie
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stemurrayphotographydesign?ref=hl
twitter: @murray_ste

PINTLE [by Ste Murray]

n,

A pin or a bolt on which another part pivots

A pivot for both current and potential park uses, the pavilion holds onto the centre of Mountjoy Square, pinwheeling facilities for the local community within and around it. It piroettes as people pass, as they proceed towards, and as they progress around inside.

History reveals an original proposition for St. George’s Church at the Centre of the Park. Current Activities of the park are rehoused in a focal point of overlapping, dispersing volumes. Trees are retained + replanted. The centre becomes a pinwheel for the community around it. Radiating playspaces are created around the middle hinge. It sits into the layers of the land, affording seclusion + security. It pushes up out of the ground, affording views of home + place.

For more info see:

www.ste.ie

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stemurrayphotographydesign?ref=hl

twitter: @murray_ste

October 30, 2012

[Flashback]: Yesterday, 2010

2 Windows 2 Planes on Flickr

October 11, 2012

[Flashback:] Tomorrow, 2010

liberty hall mosaic on Flickr.

September 27, 2012

‘Terminus’ _ A Poster for a Play

Here’s a poster for a play I’m in; the wonderful ‘Terminus’, a masterpiece by Mark O’Rowe (Intermission, Howie The Rookie)

The symbol depicted is called the ‘Valknut’, a modern day name for a Viking/Norse Symbol consisting of three interconnected triangles, that “is thought to symbolize the power of the god to bind and unbind, mentioned in the poems and elsewhere. Odin had the power to lay bonds upon the mind, so that men became helpless in battle, and he could also loosen the tensions of fear and strain by his gifts of battle-madness, intoxication, and inspiration.”

Along with the strong numerical meaning, it is also thought to symbolise the afterlife and immortality, possibly of slain warriors.

The three characters in Terminus are bound as their ill-fated journeys are intertwined, and joined along the way by their souls, angels and demons. Mythical and fantastical connotations come to mind.

The doomed amber colour scheme for the poster was born out an instant mutual agreement with the director Lisa Carroll; presumably originating from the hinted tones in the text (the glow of a city, traffic lights, honey flavoured Lockets, construction sites…)

On a side note, the German National Football team use a variation of the Valknut symbol (sideways) on their crest…and I have no idea why.