Tag Archives: museums

Weekly Eldritch: Black Webs

I don’t think you need to be an arachnophobe to find this art installation creepy..

09-shiharu_shiota_cpa_081-7916-1389-790x350

 

Continue reading

Comments Off on Weekly Eldritch: Black Webs

Filed under Eldritch

Weekly Eldritch: Dead Things in Museums

Apologies for missing a couple of weeks there, I hope Hallowe’en filled in the creepy-things gap for you. Now back to it – my weekly offering of spooky tings, courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

IMG_3332 - Version 2

Continue reading

Comments Off on Weekly Eldritch: Dead Things in Museums

Filed under Eldritch

Toronto Finale: Glorious Library and Pointy Museum

My love affair with libraries and museums continues. A quick stop at the Toronto Reference Library, mostly just to ooh and aah…

IMG_3314

And a final stop at the acutely angled Royal Ontario Museum, a strange melding of old and new.

IMG_3455

IMG_3431

Luckily my enthusiasm for these places is shared by my travelling companion.

IMG_3322

So ends our T.O. trek! Back home, back to school, and back to work!

Comments Off on Toronto Finale: Glorious Library and Pointy Museum

Filed under Author Info/Biographical

Weekly Eldritch: Masks

IMGP1304 - Version 2This first photo is an old one I took at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York years ago and unfortunately I don’t have any more info about this creepy devil dog, or devil horned sheep maybe? Actually, I think a devil sheep would be far scarier than your boring everyday demon hound.

There’s really something unsettling about someone covering their face with a mask, concealing their identity and pretending to be someone or something else. It’s just too bad that masks have gone out of vogue at Hallowe’en, for the younger kids anyway, because of fears that their vision will be hampered when crossing the street. Say what you will, face paint doesn’t allow you to disappear into your character quite as effectively as a mask does.

The following photos were taken in the First Nations exhibit at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria.

DSC08848

DSC08851

DSC08857 - Version 2

DSC08850

Saving the best for last, this one is called “Man Burned by Fire”. Yikes!

How about you? Are you creeped out by people wearing masks?

Comments Off on Weekly Eldritch: Masks

Filed under Eldritch