Yusheen’s travelogue

"Telectroscope" Installation, Brooklyn and London uploaded on 30 May 2008

The "telectroscope" is an installation by artist Paul St George. It allows people at Fulton Ferry in Brooklyn to see people on the bank of the Thames in London and vice versa, in real time. The idea has a fictional historical background, where the artist's "great-grandfather" invented a telectroscope that used a transatlantic tunnel from New York to London to allow people to connect across the Atlantic. In reality, the installation uses a highspeed broadband link. This photo is taken in Brooklyn, looking to London and you can see the Tower Bridge in the background, some British security guards, and a man dressed in a tux. It was about 12 am in London at the time.

Calatrava's Telecommunications Tower at Montjuic uploaded on 19 May 2008

Skater Hangout in Front of MACBA uploaded on 19 May 2008

View from a tower of Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona uploaded on 18 May 2008

Gaudi's towers reach towards the sky as the city extends to the horizon below.

Gaudi's Rooftop Creations at Casa Batllo, Barcelona uploaded on 17 May 2008

The rooftop form of Casa Batllo is like the skeletal spine of a sleeping creature.

Gaudi's Parc Guell colorful esplanade overlooks the sea uploaded on 17 May 2008

A large, open esplanade, or the Greek theatre, rests above the Sala Hipostila, meant to be a marketplace. A long, wave-like bench borders the side with a view of the sea.

Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona uploaded on 17 May 2008

Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia Relief, Barcelona uploaded on 17 May 2008

Exterior detail on one of the towers of La Sagrada Familia.

Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona uploaded on 17 May 2008

Roofscape of Gaudi's La Pedrera, Barcelona uploaded on 17 May 2008

The roof of La Pedrera is a playground of whimsical chimneys and sentinel-like forms.