Friday, February 27, 2015
Whistle While You Work - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Labels:
animation,
Communes and Communities,
domesticity,
folk tales fairy tales and fantasy,
Labour,
movies
A Kind of Loss
Used
together: seasons, books, a piece of music.
The
keys, teacups, bread basket, sheet and a bed.
A
hope chest of words, of gestures, brought back, used,
used
up.
A
household order maintained. Said. Done.
And
always a head was there.
I've
fallen in love with winter, with a Viennese septet, with summer.
With
Village maps, a mountain nest, a beach and a
bed.
Kept
a calender cult, declared promises irrevocable,
bowed
before something, was pious to a nothing
(-to
a folded newspaper, cold ashes, the scribbled piece of paper) ,
fearless
in religion, for our bed was the church.
From
my lake view arose my inexhaustible painting.
From
my balcony I greeted entire peoples, my neighbors.
By
the chimney fire, in safety, my hair took on its deepest hue.
The
ringing at the door was the alarm for my joy.
It's
not you I've lost,
but
the world.
Ingeborg
Bachmann
Monday, February 23, 2015
What Little Remains of Life
Life is a non-equilibrium process involving a series of biochemical reactions that use external energy to build the cellular structure and the complexity of the organism. Humans strive for the continuation of their existence. This can be based on an illusory afterlife according to religion or on practical efforts through technology. But the temporality of individual lives is inevitable. Death in the universe, governed by the law of entropy, is unavoidable. Thus, as all traces of human existence fade away, what is most important in life is what one thinks and does at the present moment, when one is fully aware of life. Capturing each moment and filling it with some meaning is the only consolation in life.
By Ben G.Yacobi
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.4, No.1 (January 2014):38-47
http://www.philosophyoflife.org/jpl201403.pdf
http://www.philosophyoflife.org/jpl201403.pdf
Pair Production
Using
Efstathiou’s wall piece Cloud Chamber as
a starting point, this two-person exhibition and short residency at
New Court Gallery has been informed by aesthetic qualities extracted
by a scattered Physics glossary and the co-habitation of two
differentiated art practices. Under the conditions of the ‘isolated’
environment of the empty exhibition-studio space reminiscent of a
cloud chamber as ‘a
sealed environment where charged particles may leave ionized tracks
distinctive in various shapes indicating different types of
collisions’, Maria Efstathiou and Margarita Myrogianni have merged
their artistic practices by coming up with mixed-media explorations
through aesthetic interpretations inspired by such scientific
terminology. Annihilation, energized particles, matter and
anti-matter, growth formation, suspension of phenomena, have been
phrases used during the artists’ stay whilst working on new and
existing work brought in from their Athens studios. The outcome of
this endeavor has involved exposing their methodologies by focusing
on the preparatory stages and seeing the process as the end product
via a metaphorical take on the term pair production
as ‘a
direct conversion of radiant energy to matter’.
Text by Maria Georgoula
New
Court Gallery, Repton, Derbyshire, Feb.2015
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Catholic Priest who was Dead for 48 Minutes Says God is a Woman
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Pluto (in it’s entirety)
Help me get an asteroid for the Summer..
The Planet eh...now Asteroid Pluto (in it’s entirety)
Availability: In stock
$250,000.00
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
More Precious than Gold
Limited to just 12 copies, numbered 1958–1969, the Lunar Rock Edition of Norman Mailer’s MoonFire is designed by Marc Newson. His concept was inspired by the Apollo 11 LEM (Lunar Excursion Module). Each book is contained in a case made from a single piece of aluminum—its surface an actual 3-D topography of the Moon—and comes with a unique piece of lunar rock.
Meteorites from the Moon are exceptionally rare. There are fewer than 70 lunar meteorites known with a total combined weight of approximately 55 kilograms, making them millions of times rarer than gem grade diamonds. However, most lunar meteorites reside in museum collections and research institutions, leaving only 15 kilograms or so available to individual collectors worldwide. Since acquiring an Apollo moon rock is virtually impossible, the only realistic way to own a piece of the moon is by acquiring a lunar meteorite.
Meteorites from the Moon are exceptionally rare. There are fewer than 70 lunar meteorites known with a total combined weight of approximately 55 kilograms, making them millions of times rarer than gem grade diamonds. However, most lunar meteorites reside in museum collections and research institutions, leaving only 15 kilograms or so available to individual collectors worldwide. Since acquiring an Apollo moon rock is virtually impossible, the only realistic way to own a piece of the moon is by acquiring a lunar meteorite.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Life Imitating Nature — Wenchuan
At Wolong National Nature Reserve, Chinese scientists face
the challenge of caring for a population of 150 giant pandas
and reintroducing them into the wild to support this highly
endangered species. The adult pandas have lost the skills
needed to survive independently of humans, so the reserve
staff focus their efforts on the newborn cubs.
In order to teach the cubs real panda ways, any contact with
their domesticated parents or humans has to be avoided.
The scientists came up with a cunning plan: by dressing up
as pandas, and mimicking natural panda behaviour,
they hope to teach the cubs by example.
Despite their best efforts, only two giant pandas have been
successfully reintroduced to their natural habitat in the
past 30 years.
the challenge of caring for a population of 150 giant pandas
and reintroducing them into the wild to support this highly
endangered species. The adult pandas have lost the skills
needed to survive independently of humans, so the reserve
staff focus their efforts on the newborn cubs.
In order to teach the cubs real panda ways, any contact with
their domesticated parents or humans has to be avoided.
The scientists came up with a cunning plan: by dressing up
as pandas, and mimicking natural panda behaviour,
they hope to teach the cubs by example.
Despite their best efforts, only two giant pandas have been
successfully reintroduced to their natural habitat in the
past 30 years.
by Anne Miltenburg
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Θάνος Μurray Βελλούδιος / Χαμένος κρίκος ή μεταιχμιακός σπινθηριστής?
Στο
κέντρο Τέχνης και Πολιτισμού Beton7 από
τις 13/01/2015 μέχρι τις 07/02/2015 θα πραγματοποιηθούν
τεκμηριώσεις, συμπλεύσεις και συμπλέξεις
αναφορικά με το έργο του Θ. Μ – Β, θα
ανακληθούν αναμνήσεις, θα υπάρξουν
αναπολήσεις, θα γίνουν αναφορές,
σταθμίσεις και αποτιμήσεις και θα
εντοπιστούν οι προοπτικές που ανοίγονται.
Στο πλαίσιο του αφιερώματος θα διοργανωθούν
εκθέσεις, παρουσιάσεις τεκμηρίων,
συζητήσεις, διαλέξεις, διάλογοι, προβολές
ταινιών και φωτογραφιών, ηχητικές και
άλλες εγκαταστάσεις, καθώς επίσης και
επιτελέσεις (perfomances) σε επιμέλεια
Δημοσθένη Αγραφιώτη.
Πρόγραμμα
δράσεων:
13.01
| 20.00 Εγκαίνια και επιτελέσεις (performances)
από τους: Joulia Strauss, Michele
Valley,
Δημοσθένης Αγραφιώτης.
15.01
| 18.45 Αντώνης Βολανάκης, Επιτέλεση
16.01
| 18.45 Βασίλης Νούλας, Κώστας
Τζημούλης.Επιτελεστική διάλεξη
21.01
| 18.45 Διαμαντής Καράβολας .”Ο Θ.Βελλούδιος
και τα συγκείμενα (context) του 1920-30”.Διάλεξη.
22.01
|18.45 Πάνος Χαραλάμπους {Joseph Βeuys
–Βελλούδιος} και Πάνος Μποσνάκης {Marcel
Duchamp-Βελλούδιος}.Ομιλίες.
24.01
| 16.00 – 20.30 Ανοιχτή συζήτηση με θέμα”
Έργα και βίος του Θ. Murray-Βελλούδιου»
. Συμμετέχουν οι: Ναταλία Μελά, Κώστας
Κλεφτόγιαννης, Αντώνης Νταγαδάκης,
Αναστάσης Καμπέρογλου, Αλέξης Σαββάκης,
Λεωνίδας Εμπειρίκος, Ευθύμης Δημητρίου,
Κατερίνα Κουτσίνα,Γιώργος Πανουσόπουλος,
Λάκης Παπαστάθης, Τώνης Λυκουρέσης,
Διονύσης Φωτόπουλοςκ.ά και όσοι άλλοι
γνώρισαν το Θ. Βελλούδιο από κοντά. [Θα
γίνει βιντεοσκόπηση για τη δημιουργία
αρχείου, αναμνήσεων και μαρτυριών].
27.01
| 18.45 Ελισάβετ Αρσενίου, «Ο Θ.Βελλούδιος
και η Ελληνική πρωτοπορία». Διάλεξη-συζήτηση
30.01
| 18.45 Φαίδων Χατζηαντωνίου. Φαντασιομετρική
παρουσίαση μουσικών και άλλων για την
αεροπορία-«Μ.Χατζηδάκις,Θ.Βελλούδιος.Μια
μουσική διένεξη».
03.02
18.45 Ο Λεωνίδας Εμπειρίκος συζητάει με
το Δημοσθένη Αγραφιώτη για το ζήτημα
της ‘παραναγνώρισης’ στις περιπτώσεις
του Αντρέα Εμπειρίκου και του Θάνου
Μούρραη-Βελλούδιου.
05.02
| 18.45 Νάντια Αργυροπούλου,
"Πολλά
'ισκιώματα',το τρομερό 'Αμάν', ο Βελλούδιος,
ο Εμπειρίκος και η ζωή ως ριζοσπαστική
επινόηση". Επίσκεψη σημειώσεων με
εικόνες .
06.02
| 18.45 Μαρία Γεωργιλάκη ,«Η Μέδουσα του
Βελλούδιου και άλλες μέδουσες»,Διάλεξη
και
προβολές εικόνων.
Συμμετέχουν
- συμβάλλουν: Ελισάβετ
Αρσενίου, Γεωργία Σαγρή, Κατερίνα
Κουτσίνα, Αντώνης Βολανάκης, Νεκτάριος
Παπαδημητρίου, Πάνος Χαραλάμπους,
Παναγιώτης Μποσνάκης, Διαμαντής
Καράβολας, Λεωνίδας Εμπειρίκος, Νάντια
Αργυροπούλου, Φαίδων Χατζηαντωνίου,
Ελένη Πολυβίου, Αντώνης Νταγαδάκης,
Αλέξης Σαββάκης, Βασίλης Νούλας, Κώστας
Τζημούλης, Αναστάσης Καμπέρογλου, Κώστας
Κλεφτόγιαννης, Γεώργιος Βελούδιος,
Ναταλία Μελά, Λάκης Παπαστάθης
(Cinetic-«Paraskinio»), Μανώλης Μανουσάκης, Joulia
Strauss, Michele Valley, Μαριέττα Καλλονά, Τάσος
Βρεττός, Παντελής Βούλγαρης, Γιώργος
Πανουσόπουλος, Μαρία Γεωργιλάκη, Ευθύμης
Δημητρίου, Διονύσιος Φωτόπουλος, Τώνης
Λυκουρέσης, Νίκος Γκίκας, Απόστολος
Αργυριάδης, Μαρία Αργυριάδη, Αλεξάνδρα
Τσουκαλά, Μάρκος Χολέβας κ.α.
Επιμέλεια:
Δημοσθένης
Αγραφιώτης.
Labels:
Bureau of Surrealist Research,
exhibition,
Greek modernity,
Photography,
sculpture,
Symposium and Conversations,
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