michele travierso

Reluctant Pet

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:27:38 -0800

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Giant Toy Ship on the Bund

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:25:57 -0800

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"For You, Filthy Customers"

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:19:07 -0800

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Xepo's Pinhole Camera Children Art Project - Behind the Scenes

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:34:45 -0800

More soon, but the Geist of the project is to give rudimentary pinhole cameras to a bunch of kids, a little training in how to use them and tell them to go take pictures of their soon-to-disappear neighborhood, not far from the Southern part of the Bund.

The project is the brainchild of Xepo, a Spanish photographer friend and host of the Swatch Art Peace Hotel art residency program. Happy to be part of the gang! I'll be writing a little something that'll go with a selection of the kids' pictures in a booklet.

Meanwhile, here are some of the behind-the-scenes of the preparations, which were properly taped by the bearded gentlemen you can see at work in the second image, a fellow Italian named Franco. Enjoy!

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Largest Manhunt in Years?

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:04:36 -0800

I've seen different "Wanted" posters over the course of more than half a decade of roaming the streets of Shanghai, but never as many as for this guy. The slightly out-of-focus portraits, stills from security cameras, are literally everywhere. There's a similar note also at a popular cafe and bakery for expat at the Shanghai Center, Portman hotel. Not your likely hideaway if you are running away from the police, I would say. Apparently he is the perpetrator of a homicide in Nanjing.

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Liked "The Artist"? There Might Be a Lesson for Journalism in It, Somebody Found Out

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:59:27 -0800

And he presented it out in pretty much the same style:

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Shifting Focus

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:11 -0800

Goodbye Singapore, and Farewell.

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That Came, Went and Wasn't Half Bad

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:37:32 -0800

In Italy, 17th has the same nefarious connotation of 13th in the Anglophone parts of the world.

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Two Incontrovertible Proofs I'm Becoming Asian

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:16:01 -0800

Well, just a circumstantial one and an incontrovertible one:

- Opting out a wine bar dinner to go to a Japanese/Korean bbq, drinking makkoli instead of Bordeaux (but that's a weak one. I mean, grilled meat is grilled meat!)
- I have a urge to share food picture with uninterested friends and acquaintances. Kampai!

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Handiwirman Saputra, Suspended Forms #7 (at Singapore Tyler Print Institute)

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:52:28 -0800

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"I Cry. But I Cry on the Inside."

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:40:45 -0800

Best answer-to-request-for-advice-to-a-magazine letter ever. Jeffrey Goldberg, on the March issue of The Atlantic.

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What the Last Few Days Felt Like

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:41:34 -0800

IMG_6047.MOV Watch on Posterous

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Ephemeral Traces

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:56:48 -0800

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Life. Is. Good.

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:50:49 -0800

Overlooking Marina Bay. Singapore.

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It's Not Until You've Seen the Tiny Imperfections of Dozens of Others That You Realize How Truly Good Frecce Tricolori Are

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:48:41 -0800

The statement in the title could be read metaphorically too, if you are so inclined. But if we confine ourselves to the limited but fascinating universe of aerobatic formation flying, I have to admit that growing up watching the globally acclaimed, prize winning Frecce Tricolori - the Italian air force aerobatic team - has spoiled me for life.

Today's exhibitions at the Singapore Airshow were a little underwhelming, compared to what I've seen in the past. That said: being the sucker that I am for all things flying, I had a grand time again. Despite the , sometimes necessary, often sad and at times despicable purposes and intentions they serve, the gadgetry that defense companies can come up with is amazing. More soon.

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Going to Rave Party? Charter a 787, Tripping the Life Fantastic!

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:30:01 -0800

The led lighting system pushed to its limits. (A fictional) Ibiza Airlines might appreciate the feature.

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Boeing 787 Tour - One Word Review: a beaut!

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:01:48 -0800

We've all read a lot on the new airlines darling, with its glider-like curvy wings and raked wing tips, the low cabin altitude (you'll land well rested and more moisturized) and a plethora of other interesting technical innovations. But you can actually feel the difference when you can walk in it for the first time. And it surely looks like it's a fast bird!

Indoor and cockpit pics to follow soon.

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Singapore: Food Stalls and Pretty Views from the Promenade

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:01:27 -0800

25 C of blissful gluttony. With a view. Ah, the vagaries of life.

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Amazing Skies in Singapore for the Air Show

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:02:14 -0800

Makes you wanna go gliding!

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And Did You Know That an F15 Cockpit Looks and Feels a Lot Like an IPad?

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:32:45 -0800

Kids in candy stores have less fun than I do at work sometimes. Next in line for a ride in this ultra realistic flight sim.

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