Wrapped buildings


Photos by Mads Dam


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Wrapped buildings

Sometimes buildings are wrapped in various materials for various purposes; renovation or art. Not sure about this one, but sometimes I prefer an ocean of possibilities instead of a few boring facts...


Old counting machines


Nightshots by Mads Dam


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Old counting machines

One late night I was wandering home, and passed a shop specializing in old things. 3 old counting machines were displayed, and I stopped and wondered: Old calculators were slow and inefficient, and they were large. A modern equivalent would be a microprocessor so tiny, that it was invisible to the naked eye. But, as the photos reveal, these old monsters were quite beautifull, nevertheless...


The Bull and the Dragon


A Fountain in Copenhagen


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The Bull and the Dragon

I've seen this fountain many times before, but this time my camera also saw it...


Midsummer Fire


Copenhagen June 2008


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Midsummer Fire in Fælledparken, Monday 23 June in Copenhagen 2008. More Fire photos..?


Recycle Station


Futuristic buildings in High Tåstrup


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Futuristic buildings in High Tåstrup

May / June 2008 Mikala Lykke was invited to create a sculpture of recycle materials in in High Tåstrup, just south of Copenhagen.
You can see the sculpture process elsewhere. Here I'd like to show the recycle station itself, and all their futuristic buildings.


Glass


Transparent motives


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Glass...

Transparent, semivisible, looking through...


Scratches


Written with rust


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Scratches...

Some surfaces receive so many bites by the teeth of time, that they may end looking like drawings written with rust...


Rappenskralde


A recycle sculpture


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A recycle sculpture in High Tåstrup, 25 May 2008...

Some weeks ago Mikala Lykke was invited to create a sculpture of recycle materials, in High Tåstrup, just south of Copenhagen. I promised to help her. Sunday May 25 we had 4 hours to complete the sculpture, and here's some photos to illustrate the process...

Summer 2008


Summertimes sometimes


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Summer 2008...

We hardly had any winter in 2007/08. Hopefully we'll get some summer instead...


PaveMental


Walking vistas


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PaveMental

Certain things we walk on, stand on, spill and spit on, perhaps even puke on. We take them for granted, but we never take a look. Here I did the opposite, have a look, look around. The pavement is an overlooked gallery: Here are the images from the stone and asphalt ages...


Winter 2008


Snow photographs


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Winter 2008

We hardly had any winter in 2007/08. But a few times snow fell after all, I rushed out to capture some glimpses...


Charlottenborg
Without Filter


CUF II 2008


Charlottenborg - Without Filter II

Recently a new exibition took place, without filter and in Valby, Copenhagen. I participated with 5 photos from the Light Show collection.
CUF 2008. Prøvehallen. Porcelænstorvet 4.
2500 Valby. Copenhagen. 12-13 april 2008.
www.charlottenborgudenfilter.dk


Blue drops


Water in small pieces


Blue drops

I guess the title says it all. But
can you guess the surface..?


Tower in High Tåstrup


May 2008 - south of Copenhagen


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Tower in High Tåstrup, May 2008...

Recently I visited High Tåstrup, together with Mikala Lykke who was working on a sculpture made of recycled materials. On our way home I spotted this giant tower that I had never seen before. Wow...


Little Green Red Men


It's Time and Space to Stop and Go


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Little Green Red Men

Signs at Night, Signs of Light, Signs in Sight.
All in Walking Distance. Left or Right.

Light Show


Fire in the Dark


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Night light. Nocturnal lux

Light 3 - Light 2 - Light 1 - Light 0

Normally light is only the means to create a photographic image. But here I've crossed the line: Light has become the motive itself.

I have broken two fundamental rules: Make sure there's enough light,
and keep the camera still.

Instead I went out into the night, and kept the camera moving while photographing moving objects. No flash, but long exposure. Photographing in the dark and shaking the lens at any photon drifting by. Sounds like a recipé for chaos? Yes, most of the times, but now and then new order arise from chaos, presenting views I would never have envisioned myself. It sounds like a paradox, yet such photos may be shaken and sharp.


Photographic Flux


Visions in time


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Flux

Usually photos are good at recording space, while video is required to capture time as well. However, in this collection I try to include both time and space in a single photograph.


Unknown


Unidentified motives


Unknown

Unknown motives, unidentified scenes...


Portraits


People and other animals


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Portrait

Portraits of Marie, Schmidt, Løyche, Morten, Mikala, Thomas and horses...


Photographic excursions


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Air - Copenhagen skies

Assistens graveyard - Still life in Copenhagen

Autumn - Falling season

Balders place - Lightshow feb 2007

Balloons rising from Kings Garden

Bispebjerg - Northwest Copenhagen

Blue drops - Water in small pieces

Charlottenborg Without Filter - CUF 2008

Fire - Burning flaming motives

Photographic Flux - Visions in time

Bull and Dragon - A fountain in Copenhagen

Glass - Transparent motives

Interior 1 - Shifting levels of light

Light Show 0 - Fire in the Dark

Light Show 1 - Fire in the Dark

Light Show 2 - Fire in the Dark

Light Show 3 - Fire in the Dark

Little Green Red Men

Midsummer Fire - Copenhagen June 2008

Old counting machines

PaveMental - Walking vistas

Portraits of people and other animals

Rappenskralde - Recycle sculpture

Recycle Station - Futuristic buildings

Scratches - Written with rust

Seaserpent in Northwest Copenhagen

Shades - Neither black nor white

Spring - Emerging season

Stones, Rocks and Rubble

Streets, roads and rails of the city

Summer 2008

Summer - Blooming season

Things disappearing silently in the background

Tower in High Tåstrup - May 2008

Trees - Forest motives

Urban animals - City life

Wall on Chapel Road

Rain - Dripping season

Winter 2008 - Snow photographs

Winter Ice

Winter Snow

Stones, Rocks and Rubble

Winter Apples

Wrapped buildings

Unknown motives - Unidentified scenes

Ørestaden - new town outside Copenhagen



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The 4 Elements



Are there more than four?



The idea of 4 elements are usually seen as obsolete metaphysics, that finally collapsed centuries ago. However, this is only partly true. The original theory made physical sense, but created nonsense when applied chemically.

Above Fire was supposed to exist a mysterious substance phlogiston, with a negative weight to make the equations work. (And you thought modern physics were weird?).

However, the idea of 4 elements still makes sense, as the four physical states of matter: solid, fluid, gas, plasma.

If understood as principal levels, then Elements are still valid today:

E A R T H


Solid, stabil, unmoving matter. If the aspect of a fixed form is lost, then we'll get the next element:

W A T E R


Fluid form, but the volume is still constant. If a fixed volume also is lost, we'll get the next element:

A I R


Fluid form and volume, but still some substance that creates atmospheric pressure. Air may be in perpetual motion, but it is always there. Loose that and we'll have the next element:

F I R E


Nothing is no longer fixed, not even existence. Fire comes and goes. But though it seems insubstantial, it still leaves tangible traces in the rest of the world.

Next element?



If another aspect is lost, we'll have the next element above Fire. Any suggestions? My own kandidate could be light, as it leaves no traces at all.

Deeper?



How about an element below Earth? Which aspect should then be added? I wonder if Black Holes could fit, but there could be other candidates: Any idea..?

Fire


Burning flaming motives


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Flames

Man is the only animal on Earth that knows the art of manipulating fire. Maybe that's why we also love to play with it. Even though it can be a hungry beast. Here's some burning, flaming, fleeting views...


Air


Copenhagen skies


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Copenhagen Skies

The sky is an eternal kaleidoscope. Here are some sights from recent years. Viewed from the northern bridge. Keep watching the skies...


Water


Liquid fluid


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Water

Liquid, floating, fluent, streaming,
dripping, raining...


Earth


Stones, Rocks and Rubble


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Stone

Pieces and fragments of the city...

Photograph by Mads Dam