Bojing!

by | Aug 26, 2014 | Uncategorized

Yesterday Hanyi foundry in Beijing released the short film  聚  Getting Together – The Story of Bojing which I made with Yimeng Wu, which tells the story of how she created the Chinese font Bojing, an amalgamation of Berlin and Beijing. Yimeng Wu, who grew up in China and Germany, now works at her design studio in Berlin. It was a pleasure working with Yimeng to combine the design elements with the action of writing the font with ink and a brush to create a visual impression of her process. Take a look at the video here: 聚 Getting Together – The Story of Bojing Please share and comment if you enjoy!  ...

Sunda Kelapa – the old port at the mouth of the Ciliwung river in Jakarta

by | Jan 2, 2014 | Uncategorized

Wooden boats still load freight to bring to the archipelago nation. The swept prows and broad beams of a century and a half ago toil on into this one, diesel has replaced sail but I saw no navigational systems on the boat I was allowed to board – just a cb radio and a cell phone with gps. A Pakistani businessman inquired where I was from and what brought me down to the harbour. I told him the boats. He told me he was shipping barrels of palm oil to be made into laundry soap.   A dusty old, stinking place but it’s a friendly, working harbour and I enjoyed a kopi with a few curious...

In Victoria

by | Oct 1, 2013 | Uncategorized

Preparing for the Good Life half marathon here in Victoria BC. Racing against myself for a solid finish. On my mind, among other things, is the struggle to protect the Headwaters of the Skeena, Nass and Stikine rivers. Referred to as the ‘Sacred Headwaters’ because of it’s cultural importance to the Tahltan Nation, any environmental impact there would likely affect vast areas down stream in all three watersheds. Following Shell Oil, who had planned to remove natural gas by the controversial technique known as fracking, Fortune Minerals is now trying to push through a plan to mine coal in the region. I support the Tahltan in their fight to protect the Sacred...

Indonesia July – Aug 2013

by | Sep 3, 2013 | Uncategorized

5 weeks in Indonesia included 4 weeks of travel and adventure and one week of interviews and conversation to explore the feasibility of continuing my documentary project on the people who work in animal rescue and conservation. The result is I have some footage, have been reacquainted with the protagonists, have met some new people and have a lot of information and ideas to think on. One thing is clear however: there are great stories...