Sculptures by the Sea: Selected Works, 2024

 

All photos taken by Epiphanie Bloom.

Women of Cologne's Museum of East Asian Art

All photos taken by Epiphanie Bloom. 

These are the representations of women that caught my eye in the Museum of East Asian Art of Cologne. All three countries - Japan, China and Korea - are represented. The first and last two images are from Japan, the porcelain sculptures are from Korea, and the rest are from China (as far as I can recall). There may have been more representations of women on display than shown here, but even so, they comprised a minority of the works on display. My intention is to pay attention to the women's presence as it is, in order to expand upon it. 

The erotic art from China is a rare work, because most similar pieces would have been destroyed at some point, in some misguided aim for respectability.

Shivering in the Shade [Poem]

Perking up and wilting in cycles

Letting radio songs inform my moods

Hope may be offered but I don't find it likely

It'll deliver me from a hearty brood

A surge of can-do spirit

I'm thinking I can find a way forth

At least for a while, I wager

I won't be distinctly lost

The radio has gaps and silences

In its search for beauty it falls short

When the most beautiful tunes of the planet

Resist conventions of 'Record'

The spontaneous playful serenade

Or shivering poets wrapped in the shade

Impromptu exaltations, scattered throughout the day

Technology can't capture it all... no way

The Awe of Vienna's National Library

All photos taken by Epiphanie Bloom.

The 'Floating Earth' in Hannover

All photos taken by Epiphanie Bloom. 

Location: The Maschpark in Hannover. 

The 'Floating Earth' exhibition was a temporary installation by Luke Jerram. 

I turned up to admire the New Town Hall and adjacent parklands one day in May 2024, and there it was. 

Colourful Trinity Church - Bansko, Bulgaria

All photos taken by Epiphanie Bloom.