#antarctic pavilion

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Julius von Bismarck: Raumfisch, 2017

Antarctic Biennale, Antarctica | The Antarctic Pavilion, Venice, 2017

Raumfisch (Space Fish) is a site-specific performance and accompanying video work (17:30 min) in which Julius von Bismarck follows a tropical freshwater fish as it swims through the ice cold waters of the Antarctic Sea. With its tailor-made submarine, the river fish has been given the possibility to discover new, oceanic waters.

©Julius von Bismarck 2022

[lindsaystravelblogs3]

Days 98 to 102

Day 98 31 August

The morning was filled with lectures, learning about Inuit archaeology and some of the insane shenanigans of the early British explorers.  In a couple of my earlier blogs, I referred to the dopey Robert Falcon Scott’s inability to make a single useful strategic decision in almost any Antarctic situation. Alas, John Franklin (his Arctic counterpart) was probably even more inept, costing himself and several hundreds of British navy-men intense deprivation, and eventually, their lives.  It is frankly mind-boggling to contemplate just how stupid he was and how gullible the Admiralty Lords were to adhere to his advice.  We were pretty much drenched in the early explorers’ exploits throughout the voyage and the ineptitude of the Brits (in particular) was frankly stunning.  One simple example was Franklin ignoring his second-in-command’s advice that they were looking at a fogbank when Franklin insisted it was an impassible mountain range. Instead of sailing a few kilometres to confirm one way or the other, he aborted the entire mission and sailed back to England and ignominy.  His 2-I-C undertook another voyage a year or two later and sailed straight through the impassable ‘mountain range’!  Notwithstanding his blatant incompetence, the Admiralty funded Franklin on hugely expensive new voyages – and then search party after search party trying to find him after he and his entire crew got lost – with the loss of every last one of the hundreds of sailors who died carrying out these pointlessly unsuccessful sorties.

In the afternoon, we visited quite a large Inuit village at Pond Inlet and were taken on a guided walk around the streets and eventually to a community centre where the locals staged a concert of dancing, drumming, singing and some quite extraordinary athletic performances.  It was all quite fascinating, and then most of us went to a art and craft display in another large building.  I chose not to go in and looked for birds instead.  Those wishing to enter the pavilion had to remove their footwear to avoid damaging the softwood floor and I decided that it was too much bother for what was purported to be inside.  A local fisherman pulled his truck up outside the pavilion and we all gaped at the two freshly harvested narwhal tusks displayed in the back of the vehicle.  It was a bit gory but the larger one was about three metres long and very impressive.  We all wanted to see some narwhals (and belugas) but few of us did.  There was a small pod of narwhals in one of the channels we traversed, but it looked like only three animals and much too far away to see even with binoculars.  A couple of people had very long telephoto lenses that allowed them to show us some enlarged pics, but nothing nearly as impressive as actually touching the tusk in the back of the truck.

Day 99 1 September

We had more historic lectures in the morning and more on-board citizen science projects as we sailed toward Cape Hay on Bylot Island.  After lunch, we piled into the zodiacs again for a cruise around some of the huge icebergs.  The sea was like glass, clear, flat and transparent, reflecting the many birds flying around.  We did another Secchi-disk drop, establishing that there was very little phyto-plankton in that part of the Arctic.

There was another historic documentary shown after dinner but we chose to retire to our cabin rather than sit up in the lecture theatre to watch it.  I think I was becoming jaded by the stories of the British stupidities and bed was clearly more attractive.

Day 100 2 September

A hundred days away from home already – it seems impossible, but it obviously was not.

We boarded the zodiacs for a walk around Dundas Harbour, but only half of us actually set foot on land.  We did, but we had only walked a hundred metres or so before the alarm was raised that a polar bear was approaching – a very long way away, but the crew were taking no chances, and we were hustled very abruptly back into the zodiacs and off to the ship again.  Unable to continue our planned shore excursion, we were feted with more episodes of Franklin's follies and failures.  Franklin and his party were long ago lost (with rumours of cannibalism among the party due to lack of supplies) and the British Admiralty funded more than thirty unsuccessful expeditions to look for him and his men over fifteen years.  Hundreds of hapless sailors were sacrificed in the search for someone who was obviously lost and dead for years before they gave up looking for him – despite the Inuits telling of their apparent fate for several years.

Over lunch, we moved from Dundas Harbour to Croker Bay where we cruised along the coast in the zodiacs.  Most of the time, we were well out to sea doing more citizen science, but we did go close to the coast to examine some of the geology at one time.  On the way back to the ship, we saw a speck of white (maybe only part of a speck) in the far distance that was determined to be another polar bear and we watched it for ages without attempting to approach any closer.  I thought it all pretty pointless because we could hardly make out that it was even an animal other than by watching the dot move slowly along the coast.  It was snowing and we were all getting very cold and wet - and unless we went much closer so we could see the bear, most of us would have preferred to be warm and comfortable on the ship.

Day 101 3 September

I was not feeling well (flu symptoms) so I decided to stay on board today.  Others went out to Beechey Island in the morning and Radstock Bay in the afternoon, but I didn’t feel I missed anything much.  Heather went out in the zodiac at Radstock Bay and came back very disgruntled.  It was bitterly cold and they saw a polar bear and cub a long way away so they simply sat still and froze in the zodiac whilst harassing the poor beasts.  They didn’t go anywhere close to the bears, but Heather said the mother bear was obviously agitated by their presence.  Notwithstanding (and contrary to Aurora's espoused good practice), they stayed and watched them for ages, almost frozen, followed by a very long cold drive back to the ship when they finally decided to leave the bears to do bear things in peace.

Day 102 4 September

I was again feeling pretty poorly so stayed on board again.  We were at Maxwell Bay in the morning and most of our fellow expeditioners (including Heather) went for a zodiac cruise along the coast, but I stayed snug and warm on the ship.  We were at sea during the afternoon and there were quite a few lectures and short talks and we attended most of them. 

We did another Cloud Observation and a Bird Survey and one minor highlight was the report that NASA had matched our Cloud Survey from a couple of days earlier – proving the value of our Citizen Science projects. Then there was a very elongated Recap session prior to dinner.

[is2daytuesday]

Antarctopia Snowflake-shaped Greenhouse, 2014  

 Antarctic Pavilion

 Exhibition Architect: Alexey Kozyr

graphic designer: Alëna Ivanova-Johanson

[ren1327]

San Japan Haul

1) Creepypasta posters- ChrisOzFulton

2) Plush by Holly Daughtrey, Teether by David Hutcherson - Antarctic Press comics

Crimson Spell by Ayano Yamane and Juniji Ito's Remina - Anime Pavilion

3) Pentagram and Jack Skelton bookmarks -WildeGeeks

Metal MHA, Hellsing and Spirited Away bookmarks- ColorWorld

Kirishima Plush and Kirishima keychain - Amaris

Kirishima Necklace - Spin the wheel game

Grell (Pomegranate and Cinnamon) and Howl (Vanilla and Sandalwood) air freshener- Otaku Scents Candle Co.

4. Celeste pillow - Magister (MagisterOffical on Etsy, they were super nice)

Gimmer Pillow - Asunnydisposition

Hades, Persephone and Loki pin - Jackal and Hare art

Genderfluid and Bi paw accessories w/Ladybug and Chat Noir stickers- Deadbomb Art (so nice and sweet and made those earrings for me on the spot! 100/10!)

[architectuul]

Futurama 2024

At the 1964 New York World's Fair has General Motors exhibit an enormous scale model pavilion Futurama II. With the technical support of Walt Disney’s imagineers it offered an idealized look into how life would look like in 2024. 

An envisioned global weather station far below the Antarctic ice was one of the Futurama’s predictions for the future. | Photo via Atlantic

An all-weather port cut deep into the Antarctic ice shelf. | Photo via Atlantic

Crops thrive in soil irrigated by desalted sea water, machines operated by remote control plant and harvest the crops. | Photo via Atlantic

Futurama II was demolished and the debris removed after the end of the show, as if it had never existed. There is no public information about the architects, plans, data on construction, information about materials used for the aerodynamic form of the entrance facade. 

Graceful curves, pillared support, cinematic fenestration and white concrete shows Niemeyer’s influence, although the two never met. | Photo via © XOIO

Lifeguard Station on the German island of Rügen by Dietrich Otto and Ulrich Müther was completed in 1975. Müther was like Félix Candela fascinated by the mathematics behind concrete shells, striving for ever more precise calculations to decrease thickness and eliminate bulk. Given the lack of materials in the GDR, Müther's construction technique of applying thin layers of sprayed concrete to a wooden framework was the product of necessity.

The lifeguard Station has lost its original purpose, instead of hosting Baywatch lifeguards is now rented out for weddings. | Photo via © XOIO

The Futuro House��was a product of post-war Finland, reflecting the period's faith in technology, the conquering of space, unprecedented economic growth, and an increase in leisure time. It was designed by Matti Suuronen as a ski cabin that would be quick to heat and easy to construct in rough terrain. The end result was a universally transportable home that had the ability to be mass replicated and situated in almost any environment.

About 100 pre-fabricated Future houses were built during the late 1960s and early 1970s. | Photo via Rambling’ Geek

The Futuro is composed of polyester plastic and fiberglass, measuring about 3 meters high and 8 meters in diameter. By the mid 1970s the house was taken off the market, arguably due to poor marketing, but primarily due to the Oil Crisis where tripled gasoline prices made manufacture of plastic extremely expensive. 

Finnish conservator Anna-Maija Kuitunen wrote a thesis on how to repair the damage of the oldest Futuro model. | Photo via inhabitat

Transport of the Futuro House with the helicopter. | Photo via Pinterest

It is estimated that today around 50 of the original Futuro homes survive, owned mostly by private individuals. | Photo via Pinterest

The Sanzhi UFO Houses were a set of abandoned pod-shaped buildings intended as a vacation resort in a part of the northern coast adjacent to Tamsui, Taiwan. In 2010 all UFO houses have been demolished and the site is in the process of being converted to a commercial seaside resort.

The project was abandoned in 1980 due to investment losses and several car accident deaths and suicides during construction. | Photo via Flickr Cypherone

Yellow Heart was an experimental project designed by Haus-Rucker-Co in 1968. The concept evolved from the idea that a concentrated experience of space could offer a direct shift in consciousness. This led to the design and construction of a pneumatic space capsule.

The user traverses the threshold of three air rings to arrive in an inner sphere, with a transparent plastic mattress. | Photo via Ortner & Ortner

[mercerislandbooks]

Short and Sweet

There are many, many types of readers that walk through the doors of Island Books, and some of them are like me. If I am reading a new novel, and have been captured by the story, I find it nearly impossible to put down. The drive to find out what happens to the characters overrides almost everything, including sleep. I still remember reading The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye on a summer vacation, realizing it was 1am and I had at least half the book still to go. It was one of the few times I actually put the book down and finished it the next day.

Needless to say, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve tried to be more sensible when it comes to evening reading. Lately my solution has been collections of personal essays. You can read one or two, and then put the book down for the next night.  Here are two new collections, and one old one that would be a welcome addition to most any bedside table.

The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting by Alanna Okun is ostensibly just what the title proclaims, essays on Okun’s obsession with knitting, crocheting, embroidery, and dabbling in other handcrafts. But it is also about relationships, anxiety, grief, family, and being able to start over. Knitting proves a worthy metaphor for deeper self-realization, and I enjoyed Okun’s ability to allow her experiences crafting lead her towards personal growth and honesty.

I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel, creator of the blog Modern Mrs Darcy and the podcast What Should I Read Next?, is a slim volume of charming essays on books and reading. Any reader will find themselves in the pages of this book, as Bogel chronicles her days living next-door to a library (heaven!) and uses self-deprecating humor to analyze all the ways to organize a bookshelf. I laughed through Bookworm Problems, nearly every one hitting close to home, and smiled reading Bookseller for a Day, as she neatly captured both the perceived ideal of working in a bookstore, and the actual experience.

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman is a collection I first read over a decade ago. It began my love of the personal essay, and I have returned to it again and again in subsequent years. Fadiman’s essays range from the difficulties of “marrying” libraries when two readers make a home together to the joys of reading aloud to the contents of her “Odd Shelf”, books of her own particular interest in Antarctic explorers. Her love of descriptive detail welcomes the reader into her world of compulsive proofreading and competitive family trivia.

I’m sure there will still be times when I stay up much too late to finish a book (I’m looking at you Louise Penny), but in the meantime I’m on the lookout for my next book of essays to cozy up with this season.

-Lori

[architectnews]

Arup exhibits melting 18th-century Antarctic ice at COP26

Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes melting Antarctic ice, Norman Foster's calls for "higher standards" on embodied carbon and a film screening of Olafur Eliasson's Little Sun project.

Throughout COP26, we are publishing regular updates of what's happening at the conference and surrounding events. See all our COP26 coverage here.

Arup exhibits ice cores from before the industrial revolution

Engineering studio Arup has collaborated with the British Antarctic Survey and the Royal College of Art to display Antarctic ice cores from 1765 at the Glasgow Science Centre. The cores will melt during COP26.

Named Polar Zero, the exhibition aims to demonstrate "the fragility of the Antarctic Peninsula ice" by showing the melting ice core that predates the Industrial Revolution.

Norman Foster calls for "higher standards" on embodied carbon at COP26

Norman Foster has joined a growing number of architects calling for green building certifications that take embodied emissions from materials into account in order to meet net-zero carbon goals.

Speaking in a talk with US climate envoy John Kerry during the COP26 climate conference, Foster pointed out that sustainability standards such as LEED and BREEAM focus on user wellbeing and operational omissions but neglect embodied carbon.

Richard Hutten speaking at COP26 fringe today

Dutch designer Richard Hutten is set to talk about sustainable and circular design at a COP26 fringe event at Strath Union in Glasgow today. "World leaders still refuse to take serious action and they still prevail economic growth (read greed) above well-being and health and a future for our children," Hutten said.

The designer will make his presentation via Zoom. "Don't worry I'll do a live zoom, that's more sustainable than flying there:)," he wrote on Instagram.

Solar-powered electricity network to connect 140 countries

Lead by the UK and India, the One Sun, One World, One Grid (OSOWOG) initiative will aim to connect 140 countries with a solar-powered electricity network.

The network, announced at COP26, will allow countries to purchase excess power generated from solar in other countries, reducing their reliance on fossil fuels.

What Design Can Do talk today

Amsterdam-based design platform What Design Can Do is hosting an "interactive panel" at COP26's UNFCC Pavilion today named The Power of Design – Creative solutions for climate action.

Liz McKeon, head of portfolio climate action at the IKEA Foundation and Martha Delgado Peralta, undersecretary of multilateral affairs & human rights at the Foreign Affairs Ministry of México will join What Design Can Do co-founder Richard van der Laken on the panel.

Olafur Eliasson's non-profit Little Sun film screening today

Non-profit organisation Little Sun, which was established by artist Olafur Eliasson, will broadcast a series of films at the conference today that "explore artists' dreams for a regenerative world" as part of its Fast Forward project.

The event, named How Can Art and Culture Accelerate a Just Transition?, will also include a talk with Fast Forward's curator Alex McClure.

Design for Planet Festival at V&A Dundee to coincide with COP26

The Design Council is set to host a two-day event at the Kengo Kuma-designed V&A Dundee named Design for Planet Festival to coincide with the climate conference. The two day event, which will also be screenedd online, will include talks from climate activist, Anita Okunde and UN Champion of the Earth, Leyla Acaroglu.

COP26 takes place at SEC Centre in Glasgow from 1 to 12 November 2021. See Dezeen Events Guide for all the latest information you need to know to attend the event, as well as a list of other architecture and design events taking place around the world.

The post Arup exhibits melting 18th-century Antarctic ice at COP26 appeared first on Dezeen.

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[hollyhock-pavilion] spring fictional-world askmeme: it's the nearish future and there are colony planets but no FTL, so the world you're born on is the one you're stuck on unless it sends out a generation ship. Your world has land at the arctic/antarctic and the equator but none in the temperate zones, you have a choice between permaspring or living on boats/rafts/artificial island things.

I would need to be on one of the artificial islands with seasons, since the world would run out of room eventually and so there’s probably a limit to number of kids anyone could have and I’m pretty dysgenic anyway, so I would not want to permaspring, and fake islands seem like they would be pretty neat? and it would probably be better for a kid to grow up somewhere with seasons. and there’d be another chance for my kid to go to another planet if they wanted to. so as long as there wasn’t anything super-horrifying I’m not thinking of or that wasn’t mentioned, then if I could be somewhere temperate, yes!

[creativemigration]

@jasblasco is getting ready for Venice! His 📻 piece In From The Cold will be broadcasting from the Antarctic Pavilion during the Venice Biennale! Opening is on May 11th. More info soon. #antarcticbiennale #radio #art #venicebiennale (at Venice, Italy)

[myhappypilloppa-blog]

Oppa’s Information : Song Joong Ki

Name:   Song Joong Ki / 송중기

Profession:  Actor

Birthdate:  September 19, 1985

Birthplace:   Dong District, Daejeon, South Korea

Weight:    65 kg.

Height:   178 cm / 5’10’’

Blood Type:   A

Zodiac Sign:    Virgo

Talent Agency:   Blossom Entertainment

Education:  Sunkyunkwan University (Business Administration, Minored in Broadcasting)

Year Graduated:  2012

Net Worth:  2.8 billion Won (2.46 million US Dollars)

Siblings:  Older Brother and Younger Sister (Song Seulgi)

Related People: He got paired as Song Siblings with Song Ji Hyo during Running Man. His ideal women are Hong Eun Hee and Miranda Kerr. After School’s Nana, BEG’s Gain, Sistar’s Bora, IU and SNSD’s Sunny are his fangirls. He has good and close friendship with some stars: Lee Kwang Soo, Park Yoochun, Kim Jae Joong, Im Joo Hwan, Jang Geun Suk, Kim Heechul, Song Hye Kyo and Park Bo Gum. He was engaged to his Descendants of the Sun co-star, Song Hye Kyo.

Social Media Account:  instagram

PRE-DEBUT LIFE

·         He competed in a short track speed skating competitions representing his hometown.

·         He participated in the National Games three times and won awards at the other large meets.

·         During his first year of high school, he quit skating because of his injury.

·         He scored 380 over 400 in the National College Entrance Exam.

·         He first appeared in a TV show as a contestant on KBS's Quiz Korea, substituting a senior who was sick. He eventually won second place. This brought him significant attention and became a cover model for university magazine College.

CAREER TIMELINE

2007

·         He got a small role as a reporter in Get Karl! Oh Soo Jung.

2008

·         He made his acting debut as King’s men in the period film, A Frozen Flower.

·         He got minor roles in Love Racing and My Precious You.

·         He appeared in Pretty Boys: Wrong Situation.

2009

·         He appeared in a couple-swapping segment, Believe in the Moment of omnibus Five Senses of Eros.

·         He got a minor role in The Case of Itaewon Homicide.

·         He appeared as cameo in the first episode of My Fair Lady.

·         He took a notable roles in Triple and Will it Snow for Christmas?.

·         From 2009 until 2010, he became a regular host in KBS’s Friday music program, Music Bank with Seo Hyo Rim.

·         He appeared in the three episodes in the second season of Let’s Go Dream Team!

·         He appeared as guest in the variety show, Star Golden Bell.

·         He appeared in the music video, Poisonous Tongue by Tei.

·         On September 20, he held the First Fan Meeting Birthday Party in Seoul Asian Art Hall.

2010

·         He appeared in the medical drama, OB/GYN Doctors.

·         He also appeared in an animal movie, Hearty Paws 2.

·         His breakout role came in a fusion historical drama, Sunkyunkwan Scandal.

·         From 2010 to 2011, he joined the cast of the variety show, Running Man.

·         He released a bestselling book about health and a beauty guide for men, Beautiful Skin Project.

·          In late 2010, he went on a bicycling tour around Sydney, which aired two episodes on TV via ELLE, an offshoot of the eponymous fashion magazine.

·         He appeared in the second episode of Oh! My School.

·         He also appeared as guest in Strong Heart and Happy Together.

·         He appeared as MC in MelOn Music Awards.

·         He hosted the KBS Drama Awards with Choi Soo Jong

·         He won as New Style Icon in the 3rd Style Icon Awards.

·         He was nominated as Best New Actor for Hearty Paws 2 in the 31st Blue Dragon Film Awards.

·         He won as Best Newcomer in a Variety Show for Running Man in SBS Entertainment Awards.

·         He was nominated in an Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama and Netizens’ Award for Sunkyunkwan Scandal in KBS Drama Awards.

·         He won a Popularity Award and Best Couple Award with Yoo Ah In for Sunkyunkwan Scandal in KBS Drama Awards.

2011

·         He got a TV special of his trip in Japan entitled I’m Real: Song Joong Ki which aired in two episodes.

·         He held his first Japan Fan meeting in Kobe and Tokyo.

·         He became the MC of the audition program, Made in U.

·         He starred in a romantic comedy, Penny Pinchers. His acting performance was praised by critics, declaring him a "charismatic, swoon-worthy leading man with a viable presence".

·         He took a role in the TV drama, Deep Rooted Tree. Critics praised Song's performance, calling it a portrayal of a genius who "realizes the futility of power early in life".

·         He dubbed the voice of Blu in the Korean released of Rio.

·         He appeared in the variety show, Everyone Dramatic.

·         He appeared as guest in Gag Concert.

·         He hosted the Mnet’s 20’s Choice with Bae Suzy.

·         He hosted the Dream Concert with Kim Hee Chul.

·         He won a BBF Fashionista Award in the 6th Asia Model Festival Awards.

·         He was nominated as Best New Actor for Sunkyunkwan Scandal in the 7th Korea Drama Awards.

·         He won a Producer’s Award for Deep Rooted Tree in SBS Drama Awards.

2012

·         He narrated the six-part documentary, Tears of the Antarctic for MBC program, Tears of the Earth which focuses on pressing environmental issues on the planet and donated his entire salary to charity.

·         He reprised his role as narrator when the series was re-edited and released in theaters as Pengi and Sommi.

·         He played the titular character in the fantasy romance film, A Werewolf Boy, which premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. In preparation for his role, he watched nature documentaries and observed stray dogs on the streets to learn how to mime and imitate the body movements of an animal. The film was screened at the Busan International Film Festival and became the most successful Korean melodrama of all time, with more than 7 million tickets sold.

·         He got his first leading role in the TV series, The Innocent Man. The drama attracted high ratings, which along with the impressive box office run of A Werewolf Boy, cemented his image in the press as the "savior" of the melodrama genre both on the big and small screen.

·         He sang a track in The Innocentn Man OST, Really.

·         He appeared as cameo in the film, The Grand Heist.

·         He appeared as guest in the fourth season of Infinite Challenge.

·         He appeared in Trunq Daegu with Fuji Mina aired in Tokyo MX.

·         He appeared in the music video, Men are Like That by Kim Jong Kook.

·         From April to July, he held his fan meeting in Asia entitled, Love and Thrill: Asia Fan Meeting Tour. He tour different countries like Bangkok, Shanghai, Singapore, HongKong and his last stop was Seoul.

·         He was nominated as 20’s Male Drama Star for Deep Rooted Tree in the 6th Mnet 20’s Choice Awards.

·         He won as Style Icon in the 5th Style Icon Awards.

·         He won a Top Excellence Award for The Innocent Man in the 19th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards.

·         He won a Top Excellence Award for The Innocent Man in the 1st K-Drama Star Awards.

·         He was nominated in an Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama for The Innocent Man in KBS Drama Awards.

·         He won a Top Excellence Award, Netizens’ Award and Best Couple Award with Moon Chae Won for The Innocent Man in KBS Drama Awards.

2013

·         On February 2013, after his contract with entertainment agency, Sidus HQ, he announced that he will be joining Blossom Entertainment.

·         On August 17, 2013, he held a fanmeeting before entering the two-year mandatory enlistment.

·         On August 27, 2013, he enlisted at the 102nd draft camp in Chuncheon.

·         He re-released his book, Beautiful Skin Project in Japan.

·         He was at the 7th place in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity.

·         He was nominated as Best Actor for A Werewolf Boy in the 49th Baeksang Arts Awards.

·         He won as Favorite Actor for A Werewolf Boy in the 6th Nickelodeon Korea Kid’s Choice Awards.

·         He was nominated as 20’s Male Movie Star for A Werewolf Boy in the 7th Mnet 20’s Choice Awards.

·         He was nominated in a Popularity Award for A Werewolf Boy in the 50th Grand Bell Awards.

·         He was nominated as Outstanding Korean Actor for The Innocent Man in the 8th Seoul International Drama Awards.

·         He was nominated as Outstanding Korean Drama OST for The Innocent Man OST, Really in the 8th Seoul International Drama Awards.

2015

·         On May 26, 2015, he was discharged in his mandatory service.

2016

·         He made his small screen comeback in Descendants of the Sun alongside actress Song Hye Kyo, playing the leader of a special UN peacekeeping unit. The drama was incredibly popular in Korea with a peak viewership rating of 41.6% and in Asia, where it was viewed 2.5 billion times on iQiyi.

·         He appeared as cameo in The Sound of your Heart.

·         He appeared as guest in the seventh episode of Hurry Up, Brother 4.

·         On April 17, he held his 5th fan meeting in Seoul at KyungHee University Pavilion.

·         From May 7 until July 16, he held the 2016 Asian Fan Meeting Tour in different countries/ areas such as Bangkok, Beijing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, HongKong, Chengdu, Taipei and Shanghai.

·         He won as Style Icon in the 8th Style Icon Awards.

·         He was nominated as Best Actor for Descendants of the Sun in the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards.

·         He won as Most Popular Actor for Descendants of the Sun in the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards.

·         He won an iQiyi Global Star Award in the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards.

·         He won as Korea’s Brand of the Year in Korean Consumer Forum Awards.

·         He won as Outstanding Korean Actor for Descendants of the Sun in the 11th Seoul International Drama Awards.

·         He was nominated as Best Actor in Miniseries for Descendants of the Sun in the 5th APAN Star Awards.

·         He won a Daesang Award, Best APAN Star Award and Best Couple Award with Song Hye Kyo for Descendants of the Sun in the 5th APAN Star Awards.

·         He was nominated in a Daesang Award for Descendants of the Sun in the 9th Korea Drama Awards.

·         He won a President’s Award in the 7th Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards.

·         He was nominated as Most Popular Actor in the 1st Asia Artists Awards.

·         He won a Daesang Award, Best Couple Award and Best Asia Couple Award with Song Hye Kyo for Descendants of the Sun in the 30th KBS Drama Awards.

·         He was nominated in a Top Excellence Award, Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries and Netizen Award for Descendants of the Sun in the 30th KBS Drama Awards.

·         He was nominated as Asia Popular Artist Award in the Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards. ·         He won a Best Performer Award for Descendants of the Sun in Korean Producer Awards.

2017

·         He appeared as cameo in Man to Man.

·         He will be appearing in the movie, Battleship Island alongside So Ji Sub and Hwang Jung Min.

·         He was at the 2nd place in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity.

·         Song- song couple (Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki) shocked the netizens when they announced that they’re getting married.

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[itsnelkabelka]

Speech: Ocean of Truth

…the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.

Isaac Newton (1642-1747).

The ocean has been used as a metaphor throughout time. Isaac Newton, the great English astronomer, mathematician and physicist, is reported to have remarked, shortly before his death:

I seem to have been only like a boy, playing on the sea-shore and diverting myself in the now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

It is time for all of us to face that ocean of truth, that we need to come together to find out more about the truth of the ocean. We have perhaps all been playing on the sea shore. We now need to face up to the challenges and realities of the ocean, and to effect a ‘sea change’ in the management of the ocean in the future.

I would like to pay tribute to Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz, Environment Minister Marcelo Mena, and all in Chile, who have shown true global leadership on the agenda of Our Ocean and Bringing the Ocean and People Together. The concept of a global ocean linking us all on which we depend for our food, our livelihoods and our planet. Thank you for bringing us all together, from across the world, for this important conference.

The UK is a maritime nation, as is Chile. Much of the history, culture, and prosperity of both countries is defined by the sea. This conference is of course focussed on marine conservation and protection, but part of the challenge is that we have to collectively take that agenda forward in a world where the ocean is also vital for global prosperity and global security. For the UK 95% of our trade in goods comes across the sea and through our ports. The sea is vital for our economy. Our Royal Navy, plays a vital role in the world, in ensuring security, and protection of our peoples, enabling trade to happen in a globalised world and helping on some marine protection issues. It is also very good to see representatives of the Armada de Chile at this event, and to learn more of their important work.

The sea is something that unites us all, wherever we are in the world. As we have learnt at this conference, the ocean defines our world, occupies two thirds of our planet, ensures the air we breathe, drives the climate we live in, the food we eat and unites our common humanity. Ultimately our world depends on the sea.

But we know relatively little of the truth about the ocean. We know more of the stars in our skies – and not least due to the world leading astronomy facilities and international collaboration, here in Chile – than we know about the depths, flows and contents of our oceans.

This conference of IMPAC4 focuses on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Important and precious assets in our global ocean. It is only about understanding more about the ocean, its depths, its resources, its challenges – and our impacts on it - that we can start to understand the truth about our planet and how best to develop it and preserve it for future generations. The talks and exchange of ideas on MPAs and Global Change, MPAs and Coastal Communities, Management of MPAs, are vital in helping to develop a shared vision of the future.

All these themes are important for the UK and Global Britain. It may come as a surprise to many of you that the UK with its Overseas Territories are custodians to the fifth largest marine estate in the world. The UK has specific constitutional and legal responsibilities for the 14 Overseas Territories and a responsibility to ensure their security and good governance, through a partnership approach based on shared values and a right to self-determination. Through the Blue Belt initiative we are committed to protecting and conserving the marine environments of the UK Overseas Territories. By 2020 we are committed to protecting around 4 million square kilometres of ocean.

In 2016 the UK announced the designation of protected areas of over 444 km2 around St Helena, and 840 km2 around Pitcairn; and a commitment to designate marine protected areas around Ascension – 445 km2 by 2019 and Tristan da Cunha – 750km2 by 2020. The UK has previously declared MPAs in British Indian Ocean Territory; South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands; and the UK led internationally agreed MPA on the South Shelf of the South Orkney Islands through the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.

Sharing ideas, experiences and developing plans for the future is an important part of this conference. It is one thing to designate MPAs. It is another to protect and preserve them. The UK has some experiences in the challenges involved, which we are keen to share, and we are also keen to learn from others. We also have some world leading science and technology and expertise in marine conservation and protection. The British presence at IMPAC4 includes some 30 scientists, technology leaders, NGOs and policy makers. Our speakers include:

CEFAS – the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science is a world leader in marine science and technology, providing innovative solutions for the aquatic environment, biodiversity and food security.

MMO - The Marine Management Organisation licenses, regulates and plans marine activities in the seas around England and Wales, to ensure all activities are carried out in a sustainable way. The MMO is experienced in marine management and also has responsibility for fisheries management.

NOC – The National Oceanography Centre is one of the world’s top oceanographic institutions. It undertakes world leading research in Marine Geoscience, Marine Physics and Ocean Climate, Marine Systems Modelling, Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems, and Ocean Technology and Engineering. It also includes the British Oceanographic Data Centre, the National Marine Equipment Pool – Europe’s largest fleet of autonomous and robotic vehicles and manages two state of the art research ships.

BGS – The British Geological Survey is world leading, providing science and advice to government and research to understand earth and environmental processes.

Tomorrow evening the Satellite Applications Catapult centre, will talk about some of their work to help combat illegal fishing – an economic problem and a global security problem. A number of other UK researchers and policy makers are talking in various sessions of the conference. Through the Embassy we can put you in touch with these and other organisations and experts in the UK. Come and visit the UK stand in the pavilion.

Our Government Chief Scientific Advisor will soon launch a major Foresight report on Future of the Sea. This has been the subject of wide consultation in the UK and covers the resources and economic potential of the sea; environmental issues; and governance of the sea. It is hoped it will encourage further debate and development of priorities across government on ocean and maritime issues. Areas where we hope we can develop further links with Chile.

I quoted Sir Isaac Newton at the start of this talk. Newton was one of the early Presidents of the Royal Society – the oldest learned society in the world. The Royal Society has just published an important report on Future Ocean Resources: Metal Rich Minerals and Genetics – and considering the balance of exploitation and sustainability of resources is another important issue for international consideration and collaboration. Our international science collaboration fund is called the Newton Fund, through which we have developed a number of collaborations with Chile, and we look forward to working in future partnerships to tackle global challenges.

Shakespeare in The Tempest coined the phrase of ‘sea change’. All of us in the tempest of this changing world need to collaborate together on the challenges of the ocean, marine protection and conservation and encourage a sea change to discover that great ocean of truth for our future world.

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Alexander Ponomarev: Concordia is at the Antarctic Pavilion, Venice until November 22.

"We are interested in the concept of transnational community. Antarctica is the closest thing to an existing political utopia that we have on this planet. Antarctica is liberation."

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Antarctic Pavilion Artists Had to Downsize Venice Outing to Make Room for Organizer’s Own Work The Antarctic Biennale, a 12-day expedition to Antarctica for a select group of artists, curators, and scientists, already received scrutiny last year when a key curator resigned from her role, largely due to a lack of communication and an inaccurate representation of the project. In addition to the journey to ... Read entire story. Source: artnet News

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extremely accurate (at The Antarctic Pavilion)

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65 years and still going strong

By Bob Ely (1950)

Photo: (l-r) Chris Angus, Bob Ely and Colin Hayes

I arrived at the Old House from the Army, National Service. We felt it an advantage to have that bit of maturity and get more out of university. I needed a grant to afford it and got it from my Higher School Certificate results from East Suffolk CC. Fees paid and £225 a year for living! When I said I thought it very generous the Education Officer said, “Mr Ely, we are sending you to Cambridge not a technical college. There will be extracurricular activities, which you will enjoy but which all cost money. Besides, you may wish to keep a bottle of sherry on you sideboard for visitors to your rooms!” What a true concept of education.

As now, it was a small college and thus more intimate than some of our mighty neighbours and more friendly. No ladies of course, so we marched across the court in our dressing gowns to the baths and loos and those of us on higher floors agreed to pee in the sink! We all shared rooms. A few years back I stayed in College, before refurbishment, and was asked what I thought of my room, “fine” I said. “Not a bit primitive?” And then I realised my standards were marginally out of date.

Some famous characters there were. Daddy Dean the Master who called himself an anachronism; Lancelot Fleming, Antarctic explorer and later Bishop of Norwich like our Founder; Tony Tremlett, Chaplain and also later in the same Bishopric! His rooms were a constant source of Nescafé and conversation for all and sundry; and J W C Turner the world’s leading criminal lawyer and Secretary of the University Cricket Club. As  a Life Member I sat on the roof of the Pavilion at Fenners with him during matches and met many famous masters of the game, including Jack Fingleton, Richie Benaud, both Australians and our own Raman Subba Row. In those days, half the Test team were Oxbridge.

But some things have not changed. The wisteria outside my ground floor room on E staircase, punting on the river, hoards of cyclists rushing to lectures, eating in Hall. But the menus are different because those were days of pretty severe rationing! And we had to be in College by midnight and no ladies after 10pm. Girls were scarce, outnumbered 9 to 1 by men. And, contrary to some impressions, we actually worked pretty hard, though perhaps with a broader and more contemplative outlook than the modern world of headlong rush and social pressures allows.

I was a member of the Union and spoke in one debate when Greville Janner was president of the Union. The topic appealed to me and I supported the motion, “This seat of learning needs patching.”

These days I am still in touch with a couple of very old Hall friends and a delightful selection of new ones who have done me the honour of making me an Emeritus member of the THA Committee. In fact, I am still on three committees to keep me out of mischief. And two dining clubs and two lunch clubs, all in London, help keep me in touch with the world. They all help take up my day as does catering for myself and playing croquet with my fellow residents in our supported living complex; a wonderful and beautiful setting for those us of mature years. We are 28 in all; nine nonagenarians and a lady aged 105! I also run an annual lunch for my year with great help from the office.

So you can imagine how I look forward to the THA autumn dinner where I meet so many friends and enjoy greatly the cross generational contact that is so typical of our College.

It’s more than worth the effort of a four hour journey each way and I warmly commend it to all. You will meet so any people who are not strangers but merely, as the Irish put it, friends that you have not met before! www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/alumni/events

Bob Ely (1950) has been an active member of the Trinity Hall community for over 65 years. He arrived as a student in 1950 and has since volunteered as a Year Rep and member of the Trinity Hall Association, arranging events and keeping alumni connected with College.

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This week David Chipperfield unveiled a museum and a skyscraper

This week on Dezeen, British practice David Chipperfield Architects completed an overhaul of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin and revealed a skyscraper in New York.

In Berlin, the studio carried out a "surgical" renovation of Mies van der Rohe's museum, which is the only building he designed in Europe after his emigration to the USA.

David Chipperfield Architects aimed to retain the architect's original vision for the gallery while updating the ageing structure and reorganising the lower floor.

Meanwhile in New York, the studio unveiled The Bryant. The 32-storey concrete block in Midtown Manhattan, which overlooks Bryant Park and the New York Public Library, contains a hotel and residential apartments.

Salone del Mobile to go ahead in September 2021 following "constructive internal debate"

This week the organisers of Milan's Salone del Mobile ended speculation that the event would be canceled or moved to a smaller venue by confirming that the furniture fair will take place.

The fair, considered the most important design fair in the world, will run as planned at the Fiera Milano exhibition centre from 5 to 10 September.

Antarctica's first flag aims to give the uninhabited continent a voice in the climate crisis

In other design news, American journalist Evan Townsend shared his design for an Antarctic flag – which he believes is the first to be widely used on the continent.

Named True South, the flag was designed to give the largely uninhabited continent a distinctive identity and for others around the world to focus on its protection.

"True South is the first flag to be created, supported and adopted by members of the global Antarctic community," he told Dezeen.

David Rockwell's "intimate and grand" Oscars set recalls glamour of early ceremonies

The Oscars were awarded this week in California with a live audience attending. The ceremony took place in the main ticket hall of LA's art deco Union Station, in a set designed by US architect David Rockwell.

Rockwell aimed to recall the glamour of past Oscars ceremonies in his design.

Adjaye Associates unveils Cherry Groce Memorial Pavilion in Brixton

In London, UK studio Adjaye Associates unveiled a triangular memorial to Cherry Groce who was wrongfully shot by police in 1985.

Built in Brixton, where Groce lived, the structure is formed of two triangles that act as seating and canopy, connected by a single column.

Mars Architectes creates wooden apartment block enclosed by 1970s housing

Popular projects this week included a Japanese-informed wooden apartment building in Paris, a hotel in Miami created by American designer Ken Fulk for musician Pharrell Williams and a boutique hotel in Puerto Escondido.

This week's lookbook focused on courtyards and enclosed outdoor spaces.

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