When I look back to last year. I realize it was a great year. Culturally.
In the summer I went back to Sweden. On a trip to Stockholm I went to the most memorable exhibition of the year; Speed For Life. It was an exhibition by fashion photographer Mikael Jansson. But instead of exhibiting fashion photographs, Jansson showed the result of a three year long project where he has followed the Formula 1 race all over the world documenting it his own style. The photographs were beautiful, and amazing.
Back in Vancouver I finally got to see my favourite painter’s Georgia O’Keeffe’s work. In a great exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery her work was presented along with some famous photographs of her by her husband Alfred Steiglitz. The exhibition was very satisfying. I did miss a little bit some of her city paintings, which I find her most interesting work, but what was shown was inspiring enough.
Music hasn’t hit me as hard. Although I have discovered great artists such as Juana Molina and Lt Fisk. The best album I bought was probably Nouvelle Vague’s Bande À Part.
Many great films have come out from last year, and I have many to catch up with. Films I have seen and enjoyed has been Death Proof, Lust, Caution and The Darjeeling Limited, but the best one is Roy Andersson’s You, The Living, a movie that just won’t leave my head.
To finish it off, the best trip for me 2007 was to the Scottish island Islay, a little island in the Atlantic ocean that is full of single malt Whisky distilleries such as Laphroaig, Bowmore and Lagavulin. This is where I also made the discovery of the year; Caol Ila 12 year old single malt, my favourite whisky so far.
There. Now I can move on and appreciate what has to come in the new year.
Coal Ila Whisky Distillery
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