During a twilight stroll through the forum, we happened upon this live performance of a Greek tragedy. / Can you believe this photo is taken in 2006 AD? One could easily argue for, say, 206 BC! Visit our online collection to view more photographs in our Rome gallery
A shot taken at Noel Gallagher’s acoustic tour. Taken at the Forum in Melbourne in December 2006.
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Official t-shirt for redbubble group “The Bubblettes” limk here The mark up on this t shirt is only 5 percent so i’m not really going to make any money off it it’s purely Bubblette standard uniform. More designs likely to come in the future.
The Forum Melbourne © Loredana Crupi 2007 See more works BLACK & WHITE CHINA SERIES NATURE ABSTRACT
www.galleriamancuso.com / blog / 2010 calendars featured in “metallic junktion” challenge winner and group avitar “reflections in building windows” group challenge, April building reflections featured in “your magic place” group top ten finish in “mood and ambience” group challenge, grids featured in “reflections in windows” group featured in “melbourne and victoria” group challenge winner “melbourne and victoria” group the top of the Forum Theatre looking through wall of glass at Federation Square, Melbourne.
Federation Square meets Forum theatre,flinders street,Melbourne / Image Taken – 12th April 2008 The international architectural design competition announced by the then Premier Jeff Kennett in 1996 for this site north of Princes Bridge and bounded on one side by Flinders Street and the other side by the Yarra River, was the beginning of Melbourne’s Federation Square. ‘The winning scheme draws its inspiration from the unique urban characteristics of Melbourne’s arcades and lanes and transforms these elements into a new form of organisation, celebrating the city’. Federation Square was to become a new centre of cultural activity for Melbourne – the long-awaited large, open public civic destination. Lab architecture studio saw their design as one of ‘difference and coherence’ bringing together distinct elements and activities while maintaining a visual and formal coherence. They believed it reflected the true spirit of federation – independent identities combining to form a larger whole.
Eyes of forum approve of the modern Federation square Architectural Taken – 12th April 2008 The international architectural design competition announced by the then Premier Jeff Kennett in 1996 for this site north of Princes Bridge and bounded on one side by Flinders Street and the other side by the Yarra River, was the beginning of Melbourne’s Federation Square. ‘The winning scheme draws its inspiration from the unique urban characteristics of Melbourne’s arcades and lanes and transforms these elements into a new form of organisation, celebrating the city’. Federation Square was to become a new centre of cultural activity for Melbourne – the long-awaited large, open public civic destination. Lab architecture studio saw their design as one of ‘difference and coherence’ bringing together distinct elements and activities while maintaining a visual and formal coherence. They believed it reflected the true spirit of federation – independent identities combining to form a larger whole. /
THE FORUM / MELBOURNE SOME INTERESTING FACTS The exterior matched the intricacies of the interior. At the Flinders Street/Hosier Lane corner, a minaret, said to be a copy of one standing on a Turkish mosque in Cairo, was featured. On the Flinders Street/Russell Street corner, a copper-domed clock tower rose 159 feet (48.5 meters) from street level. Around the clock tower, smaller minarets, together with pressed cement walls, were broken with ornate windows, lace-like balustrading, slender columns, receding balconies and towers all painted in bright, bold colours. Construction started with excavation to a depth of 47 feet (14.3 metres) below street level. 16,700 cubic yards (15,270 cubic meters) of earth and rock were removed. Total land area covered was 22,000 square feet (6,705 square meters). The frontage in Flinders Street occupied 121 feet (37 meters), 180 feet (55 meters) in Russell Street. An amazing 1,669,000 bricks were used in the construction. The main steel girder for the Dress Circle weighed 140 tons and spanned the theatre without obstruction. The roof was made of zinc.
Taken at the Forum in Rome. The more I lock at this pic the more odd it looks, the tree was really quite a sight amoungst all the ruins. More pics in my Rome & Vatican City Calendar: / :
A remain of the Roman Forum looking like the roman numeral 3: III And as Paul pointed out it can also be the Roman Numeral 1000: M Taken with an Olympus FE-220 in Rome, Italy on September 2, 2008
SOME INTERESTING FACTS The exterior matched the intricacies of the interior. At the Flinders Street/Hosier Lane corner, a minaret, said to be a copy of one standing on a Turkish mosque in Cairo, was featured. On the Flinders Street/Russell Street corner, a copper-domed clock tower rose 159 feet (48.5 meters) from street level. Around the clock tower, smaller minarets, together with pressed cement walls, were broken with ornate windows, lace-like balustrading, slender columns, receding balconies and towers all painted in bright, bold colours. Construction started with excavation to a depth of 47 feet (14.3 metres) below street level. 16,700 cubic yards (15,270 cubic meters) of earth and rock were removed. Total land area covered was 22,000 square feet (6,705 square meters). The frontage in Flinders Street occupied 121 feet (37 meters), 180 feet (55 meters) in Russell Street. An amazing 1,669,000 bricks were used in the construction. The main steel girder for the Dress Circle weighed 140 tons and spanned the theatre without obstruction. The roof was made of zinc. /
I shot this whilst with one of my photography students. The assignment: lines and curves. And we were shooting just in black and white. There is a superb spot on the top floor of this amazing building where you can get a great wide-angle shot but also capture a perfect reflection of what is above you. This was a five-shot bracketed HDR, shot in the monochrome picture control mode on my Nikon DSLR. Merged in Photomatix. Nikon D300 / 20mm f/3.5 F series manual focus lens @ f/11
The Colosseum in Rome, Italy during a sunrise.
Hello hello, So the site-wide forums have been troubling us for a long time. Less than 1% of members visit the site wide forums and t…
Hello hello, So the site-wide forums have been troubling us for a long time. Less than 1% of members visit the site wide forums and there is a negative vibe in the forums that frankly we find depressing. Most of the RB staff avoid the main forums for this reason – and that’s not good. We’re in danger of becoming ‘vegans flipping hamburgers’. So what’s the plan for addressing this? Well the first thing is to get feedback out of the forums. Soliciting feedback is a dangerous activity. We raise expectations – often in a way that we’re never going to be able to meet (because of resource constraints). People start to become fixated on the things that are broken rather than the thing that work well … and the squeaky wheels can sound very loud. My current thinking is to move the feedback section to some external software designed specifically for managing feedback. I’ve set up a trial account here. The benefit of this software it reduces the double posting of suggestions (i.e. before allowing you to post a new suggestion it checks to see if the suggestion has already been made). And it gives people a maximum of 10 votes … once you have spent your votes you can vote no more. This will help us to ensure that we receive a broad range of feedback. You can see (and test) the software here: I think the next step will be to ensure that the remaining forums are open to the entire community … anything that’s a narrow interest thread really should go into a group. My current structure would look somehting like this: - Welcome forum (for new people to introduce themselves and for us to help them get started) / - Critique / - General art discussions (for things like the latest news in the art world or interesting discussions related to art and creativity) / - Help (non RedBubble help – for things like help with photoshop) / - Off topic (e.g. games, chit chat) / - Hosts support forum And we’d want to jump in to make the forums a little more positive and inviting by changing the tone and vibe of the posts. Thoughts? Peter
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/ A Pocket Full of Posies Ring a-ring o’ roses, / A pocketful of posies. / a-tissue!, a-tissue!. / We all fall down. I created this from a tissue box for the Mini Challenge: Recycled Art over in the forums here on RB. The tissue box shall now live on my kitchen bench and is the new dispenser for recyclable plastic bags :) this was painted using aquarelle watercolour crayons and black marker pen, over an undercoat of white gesso…fixative applied liberally after to protect the paint work I thought this poem was very appropriate and hence the title….as it was originally a box full of tissues :) there are many variations of this poem, the one i’ve quoted is the UK version.
Redbubble represents itself as an art community and to my mind forums play an integral part on forging community interaction. So we have…
Redbubble represents itself as an art community and to my mind forums play an integral part on forging community interaction. So we have been having a good look at our forums and tossing around some ideas on how we can get them to work a little better for a wider audience. This is where our thinking is at right now… We’d like to create a few more areas for like minded people to be able to congregate and connect with each other within the forums. The kind of structure we are looking at is to have a few main forum categories, which will then hold a number of sub forums. For example: Welcome Forum: Subforums would include a range of ideas to help our new forum members become more involved with the community beyond just a “hello”. It’s All About the Art: Here is where people would gather to discuss art in all it’s many shapes and forms. Subforums in this category would be fairly flexible with more being able to be added if the community shows a dedicated interest. Hott Goss – Art in the news Freeform – General Art Discussion Through the Looking Glass – Photography Weave It – T-shirts Waxing Lyrical – Writing Paperworks – painting, drawing, printmaking, illustrations etc Pixellate – Digital art Redbubble Cafe: A place for general type discussions and chat with four subforums. The Lounge – a place to kick off your shoes, chill out and relax with other bubblers The Gamesroom – Feel like stretching your brain? Pit your wits against each other in the games room The Round Table – For those who enjoy deep and meaningful conversations, at the round table everybody has a voice. Pinboard – Grab a pin and post your announcement here Critique: We feel that it is important for our members to have a place where they can go to ask for constructive critique. How we would like to see this forum operate is that to be eligible to ask for critique, you would need to demonstrate a willingness to also offer critique. Even if it is simply a considered opinion, participation is what it’s all about – no matter what your skill level is. Advice Centre: This forum is for help with non Redbubble stuff like Photoshop and Equipment. Help Me Please? Tutorials Equipment Reviews Shopping advice The appearance of the forums is pretty crap, so we have asked Russ to work some of his magic to make it look a little more inviting. We are also looking to introduce a “report this post” function, which would be taken care of only by staff members rather than volunteers. So basically what we are looking at is a little plastic surgery for the forums. A nip here, a tuck there, a bit of liposuction to add some pleasing curves – not any big sweeping changes. Thoughts and feedback welcome. Rhana
T-shirt design based on the 1988 Race Mig produced by CP Company a casual classic. / Highly sought after jacket amongst lads the globe over. / Limited edition run of print so make sure you grab this iconic mille miglia whilst you can. The 88 if owned deserves bragging rights and at least a few free pints!
Despite the minarets and the central dome, this was not shot in the Middle East. This is the central dome on the roof of the old Forum Theatre on Flinders Street in Melbourne. This was shot without a tripod, a couple of hours before midnight on New Year’s Eve, 2006. I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my work in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F5.6, 0.3 sec, ISO 800, focal length 125mm. Featured in TIME TO WATCH CLOCKS, September 2009. NewYear’sEve2006-6784
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