Today I went for a little walk…
I had been to the Seattle Centre (or Center as they seem to constantly misspell it) a few times before. A few Fridays ago we saw the Sonics play basketball (as guests of T-Mobile) at the Key Arena but that was at night. We’d been to the Space Needle (but as it was a cloudy day we neglected the visit to the top, that pleasure will come later in the summer when the new audio visual stuff has been put into place..)
More significantly, for me, were two places which we have already visited. The Experience Music Project (EMP) and the Sci Fi Museum (SFM). Again, these two museums were visited at night. So today I thought it might be a nice idea to go and have a little wander around the site during the day. The main reason for the wandering around was to see the glory of the building which houses both the EMP and the SFM. It is an amazing structure, which at night just looks a bit odd, but during the day the colours and the shapes are simply spellbinding.
The architect responsible for the building is Frank Gehry, who is, maybe, most famous for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. The EMP/SFM building takes on similar themes of construction, but adds colour. The central structure of the building is especially pretty as it is made from Purple colour changing material, so depending on where you stand the density of the purple changes and ripples. (it also confused the camera on my phone, to turn me green yay…) This picture from wikipedia seems to have captured it way better than my freebee phone could…
I didn’t go inside the EMP/SFM (as I mentioned we had already visited), along with many of Seattle’s Arts and Culture attractions there is a time when you can visit for free (the time for the EMP and SFM is the first Thursday of every month). This means that regardless of income everyone has the chance to experience..
The EMP (and SFM) were built by Paul Allen (the other Microsoft founder) and from what I was told were basically built to house and allow others to see his wonderful collection of music & film memorabilia. The main attraction is the largest collection of Jimi Hendrix stuff in existence. Jimi broke quite a few guitars in his time, and there are at least fragments of most of them here… It’s well worth a visit if you ever find yourself in Seattle (especially if it’s on the first Thursday of the month) The EMP provides funding for the rather KEXP radio station, listen to it online and enjoy...
The SFM does exactly what it says on the tin, there are lots and lots of props from various movies, including Darth Vader’s head from Empire, an Alien, Sebastian’s Clothes and the see through coat that Zhora dies in, along with the Gun Deckard used to shoot her (from Bladerunner). The only Doctor Who prop was a gun from the Happiness Patrol, but the curator informs me that they are trying to get more… Again a great place to visit (especially for free on the first Thursday of each month).
And as a curious little aside, the picture by the main entrance for the SciFi Museum heavily features the same moonface which graces the cover of one of my favorite albums from probably my favorite band...
And here's me being as tall as the Space Needle..
More significantly, for me, were two places which we have already visited. The Experience Music Project (EMP) and the Sci Fi Museum (SFM). Again, these two museums were visited at night. So today I thought it might be a nice idea to go and have a little wander around the site during the day. The main reason for the wandering around was to see the glory of the building which houses both the EMP and the SFM. It is an amazing structure, which at night just looks a bit odd, but during the day the colours and the shapes are simply spellbinding.
The architect responsible for the building is Frank Gehry, who is, maybe, most famous for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. The EMP/SFM building takes on similar themes of construction, but adds colour. The central structure of the building is especially pretty as it is made from Purple colour changing material, so depending on where you stand the density of the purple changes and ripples. (it also confused the camera on my phone, to turn me green yay…) This picture from wikipedia seems to have captured it way better than my freebee phone could…
I didn’t go inside the EMP/SFM (as I mentioned we had already visited), along with many of Seattle’s Arts and Culture attractions there is a time when you can visit for free (the time for the EMP and SFM is the first Thursday of every month). This means that regardless of income everyone has the chance to experience..
The EMP (and SFM) were built by Paul Allen (the other Microsoft founder) and from what I was told were basically built to house and allow others to see his wonderful collection of music & film memorabilia. The main attraction is the largest collection of Jimi Hendrix stuff in existence. Jimi broke quite a few guitars in his time, and there are at least fragments of most of them here… It’s well worth a visit if you ever find yourself in Seattle (especially if it’s on the first Thursday of the month) The EMP provides funding for the rather KEXP radio station, listen to it online and enjoy...
The SFM does exactly what it says on the tin, there are lots and lots of props from various movies, including Darth Vader’s head from Empire, an Alien, Sebastian’s Clothes and the see through coat that Zhora dies in, along with the Gun Deckard used to shoot her (from Bladerunner). The only Doctor Who prop was a gun from the Happiness Patrol, but the curator informs me that they are trying to get more… Again a great place to visit (especially for free on the first Thursday of each month).
And as a curious little aside, the picture by the main entrance for the SciFi Museum heavily features the same moonface which graces the cover of one of my favorite albums from probably my favorite band...
And here's me being as tall as the Space Needle..
posted by theboywil | 14:51
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home