PORTFOLIO PRIYATA BOSAMIA
ARCHITECTURE AS AN EXPERIENCE Year 5 , Design Dissertation The thesis is a study of various dense urban fabrics in the city of Mumbai. Tools like “derive” which is a form urban wandering and mental mapping and “detournement” which is the physical representation of these urban wanderings were used to create several maps.
Derive is a form of urban wandering. A walking journey through different physical areas in which one mentally records; one finds, likes and dislikes.
The dense urban fabrics which were mainly markets of the city were studied focusing on the “dispersed processes” which took place in each of them. Putting these dispersed processes together formed the experience of the place and gave it a sense of character. One such urban fabric was the area of Zaveri Bazaar, the oldest and most important jewellery market in the city. Zaveri bazaar has dwindled in the past few years due to decrease in efficiency in these dispersed processes. The idea was to recreate the experience of the market making it more efficient, inclusive and porous.
Experiencing architecture always begins with the city. Studying groups like the Situationsts helped in understanding how people experienced cities. The tools used by them became starting points for me to become the “urban wanderer” , studying and experiencing the dense fabrics of Mumbai. The production of space by Henri Lefebvre was a great refrence for me to categorise and breakdown all my varying experiences and studies into simpler forms and categories. To bring all my studies into a physical form, the art of map making was studied which inturn helped me create experential maps of my own. References and readers : 1. An introduction to the Situationist 2. The production of Space - Henri Lefebvre 3. Time, space ,direction -Diversities of Cognitive approach 4. Psychogeography - Merlin Coverley
Detournement is a physical representation of the psychogeograhpy that took place on a derive. A map created by dismantling and recreating the exsisting maps based on their individual views and expereinces.
Psychogeography The study of the specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behaviour of individuals.
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ed city a map created by Guy Debord. The maps were mic labyrinth with multiple entrances, paths and exits c region. The naked city was veiwed as a map which the uninteresting parts of the city leaving only the interions.
Left is a pilgrimage map from the Nathdwara temple in Rajasthan. Pilgrimage maps were typically a variety of miniature paintings; all out of a scenic view of a pilgrimage route. They were typically made on textiles for sale to pilgrims and patrons to mark their actual visit. Rich in detail, the large maps mostly captured tentative topographical details- flora & fauna, water circuits , and important temple sites. Pilgrimage maps were also known as experiential maps.
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Maps reveal how people perceive space, property , identity , life cycle , popular perceptions and beyond ; and, as such , narrate even a “plot� literary and cultural developments , including travel narratives , economic developments , and burgeoning nationalism. Maps shape minds and control the imagination; and yet they also order the known and the unknown. Maps, as universally accepted are graphic recordings of a spatial construction disposed as cognitive apparatuses.
ractice which embraces production and reproduction cular locations and spatial set characteristics of each ation. Spatial practice ensures continuity and some ohesion.
tations of space which are tied to the relations of s and to the order which those relations impose and nowledge, to signs to codes and to frontal relations.
tational space embodying complex symbolisms, coded, sometimes not, linked to the cladestine or unside of social life, as also to art.
1: Mappa mundi 2 : Al-Sharif al - Idrisi, World Map,1154
SITE ONE SARDAR VALLABH BHAI PATEL ROAD “The study of space, from humanistic perspective, is thus the study of people’s spatial feelings and ideas in the stream of experience. Experience is totality of means by which we we come to know the world - we know the world through sensations,prceptions and conceptions.” -Yi Fu Tuan, Space & Place
Sardar Vallabhai Road is an east-west corridor that c the city from shore to shore, this belt has multiple sma industries. The area was first studied as a whole, mapp different dispersed processes which went on in the area a mainly focussing on the metal industry of Kumbharwa Khetwadi.
Markets and Bazaars have played a very big role in the city of Mumbai. They are hubs of culture and traditions that have boosted the city’s economy as a whole. They become nodes which make the dense urban fabric of the city and give it character. Three such bazaars were studied and analysed for their programmes, activities, overall structure, character and excperience. Detailed maps were created using tools like “Derive” which is a form urban wandering and mental mapping and “detournement” which is the physical representation of these urban wanderings. The maps helped
Initial abstract hand drawings and models indicating the mulitiple dispersed proccesses in the area.
S I T E TWO MANGAL DAS TEXTILE MARKET
Maps documenting the dense and closely connected textiles markets
connects all scale ping the and then ada and The wholesale textile market comprises of 3 sub-markets namely the Mangaldas Market, Swadeshi Market and the M.J. Market. Each market has its individual process of loading, un-loading, buying and selling but at the same time all three are very well connected .
A detailed map documenting the dispersed processes in the mulitple markets on Sardar vallabh bhai patel road.
Initial abstract models indicating the dense, multi layered and connected textiles markets.
S I T E THREE ZAVERI BAZAAR Zaveri Bazaar, is one of the oldest jewellery markets and the biggest gold supplier, it has a strong impact on the history and economy of the city of Mumbai. The jewellery market has multiple workshops, living spaces, retail shops and all shops encompassing jewellery making. It is currently dwindling due to poor living and working conditions which is in turn makSELECTED SITE SELECTED SITE ing people leave the area. This therefore has an impact on the processes which are making them inefficient. The idea was to recreate the experience of Zaveri Bazaar making it more efficient, porous, inclusive and connected. MAKING THE SITE POROUS & ACCESSIBLE -
INTRODUCING SMALLER STREETS
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EFFICIENCY OF THE PROCESS
ACCESSIBILITY
INCLUSIVE
RECREATING THE EXPERIENCE OF THE MARKET CONNECTIVITY INTRODUCING BREAKOUT SPACES & PAUSE POINTS IN THE SPACE
MAKING THE SITE POROUS & ACCESSIBLE MAKING THE SITE POROUS & ACCESSIBLE -
INTRODUCING SMALLER STREETS INTRODUCING SMALLER STREETS
INTRODUCING BREAKOUT SPACES & PAUSE POINTS IN THE SPACE INTRODUCING BREAKOUT SPACES & PAUSE POINTS IN THE SPACE
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MAKING THE SITE POROUS & ACCESSIBLE -
INTRODUCING SMALLER STREETS
Map indicating the many dispersed processes of the bazaar
Design Process models - The idea was to create self sufficent units for each of the processes taking place in Zaveri bazaar. The final design retained some of the older structures with relevant plug in programmmes.
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EFFICIENCY EFFICIENCY OF OF THE THE PROCESS PROCESS
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RECREATING RECREATING THE THE EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE OF THE MARKET CONNECTIVITY OF THE MARKET
CONNECTIVITY
SPECIALISED JEWELLERY UNIT
OFFICE UNIT
RESELLING & DISMANTLING UNIT
SMALL OFFICE UNIT + WORKSHOP PLUG-IN
GOLD ARTISIAN UNIT
SPECIALISED GEM UNIT
DIAMOND & GEM ARTISIAN UNIT
CONNECTORS BETWEEN UNITS
SOCIAL SPACES
JEWELLERY TOOL STALLS
NEWSPAPER STAND
IMMITATION JEWELLERY UNIT
South Elevation
Different scales of skylights and louvers helped bring in light and ventilation into each of the spaces. This helped creating comfortable working and living spaces for the craftsmen,jewellers and gold smiths. Multiple pause points were created to act as breakout or recreational spaces for the area.
West Elevation
Final handcut and handmade model from Balsa wood.
Self sufficent units were designed for the different processes taking place in Zaveri bazaar. Shaded streets and pause points were created to give it bazaar like experience. Detailed site studies helped in understanding the need for breakout and public spaces in the area. Stepped seaters, benches and newspaper stands were added to recreate and enhance the public spaces of the area.
Final thesis presentation panel
Each of the units were connected at different levels through bridges. The connectors were added based on the processes and their dependencies. One of the key elements of recreating the exeperience of the bazaar, involved in making the ongoing systems more efficent.
LIVING PODS Year 4 , Design Studio , Artist - in - Residency Picking elements - Window and Balcony
The Design Studio started with a Façade study around the city, documenting it, in the form of pictures and diagrams. The “Extruded Window” which is a blend of both a window and a balcony was the element that was created through this. Different scales and geometries were used to explore the potential of this element, which led to selecting four different variants of triangular forms. These forms were combined together to create diverse spaces, which initially started off as a façade element but through the design process developed into habitable spaces, “The Living Pods”.
Window + Balacony = Extruded window
The program, selected was of an “Artist–in– Residency”, wherein these pods were the living and work spaces for the artists. Different programmes such as common studios, art galleries, exhibition spaces, shops and cafes were created for them to interact both amongst themselves as well as with the general public. The emphasis of these pods was more so on creating an amiable space for the artist, which was designed bearing in mind the position of the northern light with respect to each pod. Extruded window - Triangle
Final Triangular Modules
Exploded Axonometric of Living Pod 4m x 4m x 5 m
Exploded Axonometric of Living Pod 4m x 4m x 4 m Process models and Sketches - Creating spaces with the selected triangular models.
The idea of the “extruded window� transformed into that of a living pod. Creating different combinations to optimize the amount of light and ventilation within the pods to create comfortable living and working spaces.
L I V I N G & WORKING PODS
Section CC’ show the public spaces of the Artist - in - Residency. The common studio being in the middle allows the public to see the artists at work and create an interactive environment for the same in the cafes and restaurants. Section DD’ & EE’ show the private space of the Artist - in - Residency with the different kinds of living studios for different kinds of artists.
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Artists Living studios are tucked in and away from the public programs to provide artists privacy and their own space.
Common art studios are placed in a way that the public is able to witness the artists at work, this inturn helps the artist engage with the public.
Formation of intimate informal courtyards, providing space for the artists to interact with each other. Large windows on the north to bring in diffused light within each pods.
Cafe and restaurant Different scales of art galleries for the artists and designers to showcase their work.
Public plaza for events and art installations
The pods were spaces for the artist to work and live in. Large openings were created on the north of each of these pods to bring in diffused light creating comfortable and ambiable spaces for the artists.
COMPLEXITY IN NATURAL NON-LIVING SYSTEMS Year 2, Design Workshop Complexity in Non-living Systems in Nature. The Second Year Design Workshop focussed on structural and functional complexities found in non-living systems in nature. These include geological formations, rocks, minerals, salt, sand &quartz.Complex systems are signified by two or more components that are distinct and integrated. Systems in nature exhibit an inherent complex structure based on their process of formation. These systems react with dynamic environmental factors (such as heat, pressure and agents such as wind, water, light etc) that cause functional complexity so as to achieve a natural state of equilibrium. The studio investigated various complex systems through a process of diagrams and models to devise a dynamic installation based on specific structural complexities and their reactions to changing environmental conditions.
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HONEYCOMB WEATHERING occurs in sandstone. It is influenced by the salinity, moisture and sunlight levels. Sunlight being the key factor determines the opening sizes. Starting off as isolated pits the size gradually increases in accordance to the sunlight. The ones exposed to the direct sun form larger openings. These pits never intersect with each other or combine to form bigger ones. This is due to the presence of the zone of influence. It is a simultaneous process resulting in an uneven framework. This formed the basic concept for the design. The natural rock surface develops into several different forms, hexagons being the most common and stable . With a simple pulling mechanism with co - related elements the installation moderates the size and character of the opening (pore) being formed. The material used are deodar wood, MS rods and plates and nylon thread.
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The final model was made out of deodar wood with MS rods and plates and nylon thread
INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Year 4, Design Studio The Salk Instiute designed by Louis Kahn is a functional institution which brings with it a monastic feeling. Kahn took advantage of the site’s tranquil surroundings and abundant natural light in his design, which was about an “intellectual retreat” that broke away from the definition of what an ideal institute was supposed to be. For me, designing an institute for environmental science was to create comfortable spaces for the students living and studying there and for them to have experiences of a secluded as well as an interactive space. The design process lend itself to understanding these comfortable spaces, in terms of light and wind and its effect in the space, by making a series of study models. Study models also comprised of taking inspiration from the Human Lung to bring out the finer nuances and emphasize on the breather, which eventually developed into the negative space of the design. The process models were then taken to site to understand the same and to bring out the optimum amount of light and wind within the design. Design development then involved bringing out the three main branches of the institutional departments which were Forestry, Air quality Management and Ecology, to lend itself to create individual as well as cohesive spaces for each of them. These spaces all included laboratories, classrooms, workshops, fabrication studios and lecture halls for each. The design also comprised of a common library, computer laboratory, mess, fitness center and recreational rooms to facilitate interaction amongst the students.
Jet effect
Gap effect
Institute case studies
What did I want my institute to be or do? Open Secluded Interactive Breather Comfortable Microclimate
Diversion effect
Wind study patterns in a space
Site plan showing strong wind direction on site. Creating Breathing spaces - Lung Lobe - Lobule-Bronchiole-Alveoli Big to small Sacks Porosity Branching system Primary,Secondary, Tertiary Flow
Trees acting as air purifiers
Venturi effect
Clay models - Wind & Light study - Mass & void - Branching
On - site models - Flowing into site - Branching system - Orientation
A Common Library for all the Departments is at the centre of the institute therefore easily accessible. The library along with a common reading area has individual study rooms for students. There is a continious flow of spaces throughout the institute, the library is connected to the lecture hall and classrooms for easy access. 1 : Plan cut at 2 : Plan cut at 3 : Plant cut at 4 : Plan cut at
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4 Hand sketches expressing the fluid design language of the institute.
TRANSMOGRIFY Evolo Skyscraper Competition 2016 Junkspace is the space created by piling matter on top of matter, cemented to form a solid. A space which has the ability to mutate over time when required, is free of junkspace. The city of Mumbai has been inoculated by the virus of junkspace. For the longest time the mills were the economic reinforcements of the city. Large lands were allocated for production thereby increasing job opportunities. There was a major population influx in the city due to this industrial boom. In the early 1980’s the mill workers called on a strike for higher wages eventually leading to their lockdown. These spaces turned into abandoned spaces and lay as the remains of modernization. One of the well known mill lands was the Bitia mills started in 1905 which closed shop in the 1980’s after a strike between the owners and workers. This area located in the heart of the city soon got revamped to form a mall and residential complex. The mall now called High Street Phoenix has been successful but with the growth of e-commerce what is the future of such a colossal space? Does it become a junkspace? Transmogrify is a skyscraper that aims to self evolve in order to compliment the external changes. It’s sustainable yet not permanent in form. The Transmogrify helps to curb the unplanned urban sprawl. It’s structural flexibility allows the walls and slabs to be re-arranged as required. The walls and slabs are stacked and move to organize themselves to suit the program. It’s an adaptive design capable of intelligent growth through the self-regulation of it’s own system. The skyscraper as such has no shelf date and can continue changing infinitely.
The term junkspace is versed by Rem Koolhas in his publication Junkspace
Phoenix Mills, in the commercial district of Lower Parel, Mumbai is a site which has undergone continuous change over the past decade, from being Bitia Mills in 1905, to High Street Phoenix and the St. Regis Hotel.
“If space-junk is the human debris that litters the universe, junk-space is the residue mankind leaves on the planet.” - Rem Koohlas
Primary rail junction Industry Primary Rails & Vertical
Secondary Rails
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Sliding of Primary Rails
Retail Chutes
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Packaged Food Industry Sliding of Rails Movement of Walls and Slabs
Joiney Details
Plans
Housing Units
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Online good storage & Delivery
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Year 4, Urban Design Studio
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STREET CONNECTIVITY & OPEN SPACES
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The area of Malad (W) lacked street connectivity and open spaces. The existing open spaces were neglected and were encroached upon. For example, few were used up for parking or for dumping waste. The idea was to make the existing spaces interesting and approachable, introduce more open and green spaces, activate street edges and introduce street furniture in the scape depending on the character of the area. The selected site started at malad station, passing through the high-rise commercial and residential area ending at the creek. The street patterns and the scale of open spaces would keep changing according to the context. Focus was also to increase the connectivity of streets. The introduction of green corridor for a shaded pedestrian walkway, cycling track , internal roads, pick up and drop off points etc. Creation of junctions and making them interesting by introducing activities or street furniture. Major parameters were minimum walking distance, accessibility and legibility. The derived benefit was the intersection of these various pathways. The change in experience when you walk from a busy street to a quiet shaded lane. The change in experience when you walk from a hard paved road to a green corridor. It was about creating an experience for a person walking through the site.
14 street links 9 nodes CI = 1.56
Vehicular vs. Pedestrian Density in Malad Advantages of street connectivity : - Reduction in travel distance - Improved bicycle and pedestrian routes and accessibility. - Safer roads - Encourages pedestrinisation - More efficent public service access.
6 street links 6 nodes CI = 1.00
Connectivity Index (CI)
Internal road
Connecting dead ends
Pedestrian pathway
Balanced street Connectivity Index (CI) : The connectivity index is defined as the number of street links divided by the number of nodes and Types of connected street patterns Site Photos
Internal road
Mid-block pedestrian CONCEPT
2 Dead ends 5 Intersections I.R. = 0.4
5 Dead ends 16 Intersections I.R. = 0.31
5 Dead ends 20 Intersections I.R. = 0.25 Intersection ratio : No. of dead ends / No. of intersectons Maximum desired intersection ratio is 0.75
Intersection Spacing
Accessibility Index : Actual walking distance / Walking distance
Project aim : Create more intersections Increase connectivity Minimum walking distance Create junctions Green spaces Active Street Edges Street Furniture Permeability and Legibility Pedestrian and Cyclist Enviorment Intersection ratio : No. of dead ends / No. of intersectons Maximum desired intersection ratio is 0.75
Identifying important nodes
Networks emerging out of the nodes SITE ANALYSIS
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RECREATIONAL SPACE
HIGH - RISE RESIDENTIA & COMMERCIAL
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Street connectivity & open spaces - Plan
Site opening into a waterbody with a deck area.
Different recreational spaces created using various materials.
Pedestrianisation of High-rise residential area by increasing street connectivity
Densed gaothan area with multiple small community spaces.
Overlap betweem hard and soft landscape.
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Market & low-rise residential area with hard & soft landscape acting as a buffer between the station and S.V. road.
Pedestrian pathway Green plaza Green corridor Cycle pathway Pick - up and drop -off for public transport and cycle stand PLANS
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1. Formation of multiple nodes giving rise to primary offshoots
2. Primary pedestrian network
3. Generation of internal pedestrian networks,fomation of public plazas and a cycling track running through the site
Final model Exploded Axonometric
BOAT CLUB APARTMENTS Professional work, SJK Architects Boat Club Apartment is a luxury rental apartment building comprising of four duplexes across four floors, located on a corner plot in Chennai. It responds to the site by strategically blocking some parts of the façade for privacy and opening up others and projecting out some parts to allow residents to enjoy the outside view. The façade is thus a neat composition of clean geometries and lines punctuated with balconies, niching in and projecting out
The material palatte for the building was monochromatic with form finish concrete walls, local grey granite and statuario marble. The wooden doors and windows made with local teak wood added that warmth to building.
Each apartment is customized and staggered to optimize space, capture views and breezes and perform like bungalows in the sky. A sunlit core, and 4 homes that funnel wind through wooden shutters leaving large glass frames for views of the trees in this little oasis in Chennai – the building derives its striking façade from the resolution of inner spaces. Large balconies and internal stairways, and each window strategically located and designed for comfort and privacy.
Concrete mock ups made in office to experiment with different finishes
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Study models were an essential part of the design process. They helped achieve clarity on scale,material and light.
“Transitions to the outside are essential and the consequent social use of these spaces is wonderful. A traditional coastal home would have large sloping overhangs on all sides of the building and important semi-open spaces where most of the day would be spent. These elements have translated into horizontal projections called chajjas, verandahs into balconies and courtyards into atriums as we build upwards.�
Image credit : Nivedata Gupta & SJK Architect
“To create these homes in the sky at the Boat Club Apartments, the central connecting Core is a sun-filled atrium with a staircase that is encouraging to use – to exercise the knees, commune with neighbours and enjoy the light.”
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his duplex apartment building adapts a neutral palette with exposed concrete as its core finish. Experimenting with arious textures of Sadarhalli granite, we arrived at a crisp palette that uses fluted, honed and brushed stone textures at sing with the light. In contrast are the old recycled burma teak doors and windows that render the much needed armth of a home. Apartment floors are large sized porcelain based white marble tiles with black and grey Indian arble stone in bathrooms that maintain their privacy with reeded glass windows. Image credit : Nivedata Gupta & SJK Architects
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The different window typolgies of the building helped bringing in light and ventitaltion into all the internal spaces. A strong inside out relationship.
115 x 40mm TW rail Internal mesh shutter
Part mock up done for openable louvers for the fixed glass plus louver typology window. Each window typology was customised and detailed to optimise the amount of light and ventilation in each space.
Image credit : Nivedata Gupta & SJK Architects
BOUND PRODUCTS PRODUCTS Product Product design design
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THE MAY PROJECT Art & design The May Project is an experimental & process driven art & design practice started by me in March 2020.
HAND CRAFTEDWOODEN BLOCKS
It primarily started off as a page on Instagram, to share my passion for all thing’s art & design. Through the process I ended up experimenting with materials like textile, concrete, wood & flowers to create handcrafted art & products. As I continue creating and experimenting, I also use the page to share my experiences with art by blogging about the galleries I visit or an artist or art movement I admire.
The process of Block printing. W the wooden block in carefully d in a tray of pigment which is pressed on to a locally source ton fabric to createpatterns.
Working closely with artisans to design and create these handcrated wooden blocks for the process of block printing. Each of them is designed by the me, taking inspiration from nature & art.
HAND PRINTED TEXTILE ART
TEXTILE DYEING
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Using natural materials like Tumeric , marigold flowers and beetroot to naturally dye fabrics.
FURNITURE DESIGN
The design of the table is inspired by the paintings from the Concrete art movement of the 1930’s.The roots of the movement lay in Suprematism, Constructivism and De Sti- jl. It’s aim was to be universally valid and clear, the product of the conscious, rational mind of an artist who has no use for illusion- ism. The art was to be concrete : an entity in itself, not a vehicle for spiritual or political ideas. In practice , the term Concrete Art became a synonym for geometrical abstraction in both painting and sculpture. In the art there is an emphasis on real materials and real space, and a love of grids , geometric shapes and smooth surfaces. Based on the principles and key features of the concrete art movement we created our versions of abstract geometric drawings to create a simple but interesting design for the terrazzo table top. Plan of the table top
ART BLOGGING
Snippets from some of the posts from the The May Project’s instagram page. A way to share experiences with art by blogging about the galleries I visit or an artist or art movement I admire.