Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Ibeyi - River
These French/Cuban twin beauties make up the group Ibeyi. They sing in both English and Yoruba, a West African language that travelled to Cuba via slavery in the 1700s. The twins' father was the famed Cuban percussionist, Anga Díaz, who was a member of the Buena Vista Social Club.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
NOWHERE (2009) / central scene / for Pina
This is breathtaking.
"NOWHERE was created by DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU in 2009 to inaugurate the renovated Main Stage of the Greek National Theatre in Athens.This central scene is dedicated to the memory of PINA BAUSCH.
NOWHERE explores the nature of the theatrical stage itself, a spatial mechanism continually transformed and redefined by the human presence to denote any place, and yet designed to be a non-place. 26 performers measure and mark out the space using their bodies, pitting themselves against its dimensions and technical capabilities in a site-specific performance that can be presented nowhere else."
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Friday, June 27, 2014
Brian Calvin
"The slender young people Brian Calvin paints
look as if they were lifted from a teenage cartoonist's sketchbook. They
have comically long faces, oversize heads, huge lips, stringy hair, big
eyes with reflections carefully noted, and vacant, vaguely depressed
expressions.
Because of the cartoon style
and the disaffected moods of his subjects, this Los Angeles-based artist
has been called a slacker. The label is wrong, though, because he pays
assiduous attention to the formal dimensions of his medium. The way he
flattens, simplifies and crops his figures and their Southern California
backgrounds and his use of richly saturated colors has earned him
comparison with Alex Katz and David Hockney. It does appear that he is
at once emulating and parodying those painters, and the effect is
amusing."NYT
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Not Vital
"Not Vital
Makaranta School
Agadez, Niger
Not Vital had been working in Niger, building himself a home there (beginning his project to build a home on every continent from which to watch the stars). The home/tower he built there, at four stories tall was the tallest adobe structure in the area. So as he spent time there, he wanted to give back to the community. But 'the Tuaregs - the nomadic people of the region, were very much against a school because they believed if children learned to read and do mathematics, they would not be able to read the stars anymore.' So a school house became reinvented as a staircase/pyramid structure by Not Vital in which the students could continue to learn outdoors, as their nomadic culture called for, but still have a centralized place to encourage education." SoftPyramid
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Monday, June 16, 2014
Friday, May 30, 2014
Hannah Putz
"Young
Austrian photographer Hanna Putz´s body of work is characterized by her
precise composition and arrangement of people within her photographs.
Her strong visual language, suggests a quiet complexity which, often
makes the protagonists of her photographs function as abstract
sculptures rather than human beings posing for a photograph.This comes
across especially in her compelling series of mothers with their
children.
Hanna Putz was born in Vienna in 1987 and currently lives and works in London."V
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Maya Angelou on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight: INTERVIEW
“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life. I’ve learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life.” I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one. I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
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