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Hanson Howard Gallery : Day Dreams, March 2008

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Our annual exhibition in recognition of National Women's History Month celebrates women artists who have been represented by Hanson Howard Gallery for several years. Visit the Hanson Howard Gallery website at www.hansonhowardgallery.com

Bridging Heaven & Earth Show # 185 with Vivianne Nantel

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Vivianne, an artist and environmental and animal activist (and joyous and loving collaborator in the Bridging Art Project), was born in St-Lambert, Province of Quebec, in the suburb of Montreal, Canada. She grew up with a desire to make a contribution to the world. At a young age she was already fascinated with curvilinear lines and splashes of colors. She also spent many nights wondering about the stars, the universe, and the purpose of existence and being. The very young artist filled countless hours drawing as a child. Her interests also extended to performing arts, and her mother encouraged her to pursue ballet and theatre, which she did for over twelve years. At seventeen years old, she suffered a serious car crash in Montreal, which put an end to her emerging profession as a ballerina with Les Ballet Moderne Du Quebec. Vivianne then studied Dramatic Art in college, going on to pursue acting and modeling for the following decade. She did a series of TV commercials and prints, which eventually led her to travel to Latin America and the USA. She fell in love with the United States and in 1985 decided to stay. Destined to become a painter, she emerged in 2001 after graduating Magna cum Laude while receiving a B.F.A. from San Francisco State University with a minor in creative writing in 1999-2000. Vivianne has traveled extensively to the United Stated, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Holland, Belgium, Greece, England and Austria to study and visit museums. The essence of Vivianne's free spirit is truly of a renaissance and spiritually awakened being. Naturally gifted with many precious blessings, creating art and lovingly whispering to the world—a voice that stirs the soul; she is also a freelance writer, poet, speaker, spokesperson, model, animal activist, and humanitarian. She is dedicated and devoted to help changing this world to a more peaceful, compassionate and harmonious planet for all its inhabitants by creating more awareness, helping expand people's consciousness by opening their hearts and reconnecting to their true Divine nature and the oneness of this creation. Her childlike, humorous, spontaneous, profound, enthusiastic spirit is a delightful light. She is in a constant state of wonderment about this entire universe. Several of her articles and poems have been published in newspapers and media such as: Poet's Paper, National Literary Journal in the USA, Vallarta Tribune and Tribuna de La Bahia (in Spanish) in Mexico, Malibu Chronicle Magazine, Light & Life Journal, Planet Light Worker Magazine, and Animal Wellness Magazine. She has also appeared as a guest speaker on Earth Advocate, a regional TV program in California, and in the documentary film on Harp Seals, by Sea Shepherd Conservatory Society in 2005, and in the Art of Living Foundation international commercial. Vivianne paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States and also abroad, including: the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum in Roscoe Village, Ohio, the Yosemite Museum in Yosemite, California, the Williamsburg Art and Historical Society of New York City; the Peace Museum and Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Blue Dolphin Fine Art Gallery in Pensacola, Florida, Powell Street Fine Art Gallery in San Francisco, and Castle Kruenburg, Austria. One of her paintings was featured at the 2004 Women's History Exhibition at the Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House, New York, curated by Dr. Connie Koppelman from the Stony Brook University, NY. Nantel's work also has been selected for other nationwide-juried exhibitions entitled, Celebrating the Goddess at the Joan Hanley Fine Art Gallery in La Veta, Colorado, and also at the Indian Valley Artists Center, Inc., Hamilton Field, Novato, California, entitled from Heart to Heart, and also at the Peninsula Museum of Art in Belmont, California, in a national exhibition entitled, Angels and Demons. Her work has also graced the cover of Psychic Reader Journal and Malibu Chronicle Magazine, Planet Worker Light Magazine. For interviews, appearance and/or engagement with the artist, please call her at 415 453-3880 Western Pacific Time and visit her website at: http://www.VivianneNantel.com Bridging's website is: www.HeavenToEarth.com

Legacy of Generations: Pottery by American Indian Women

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http://www.arttvllc.com/broadcast.php HDTV documentary for WETA aired nationally on PBS taped in New Mexico and the National Museum of Women in the ARts. Features the Tafoya family (Pueblo) and how they carry on tradition through individual creativity.

Gallery show recalls history of baseball in Hingham

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One of the 19th century photos shows the Hingham Baseball Club, the members dapper, confident, ready for their Saturday afternoon game, no doubt with some libation. The challengers, Porters Players, are looking a bit scruffy, but what spirit. Then there's the baseball that beaned Tom Murphy's father back in the 1940s -- you can see the ball's split rawhide leather surface. The senior Murphy wrote on the ball at the time: "Ball removed from game. I stayed in." And what's this -- a team in 1900 with three women? Those are some of the surprises and the mysteries in the historic baseball exhibit on display through Nov. 16 at the Dot Gallery, at 112 North St., Hingham. "Hingham Base Ball: An Exhibit of Historic Photos, Art & Artifacts" was put together by gallery owner/director Gary Nisbet and Hingham Historical Society director Suzanne Buchanan, with contributions from local residents. It celebrates how baseball really started in New England -- with town teams -- and became very popular. with town teams. The exhibit was inspired by an earlier event Buchanan and Nisbet created to amplify the national America's favorite pastime past time and stimulate interest in local history. On Sept. 16, there was a vintage baseball game at Derby Academy, with two fictitious 19th century teams, the Derbys and the Coopers, playing ball by 1890s rules. "As word got out about the upcoming game, people started telling us about personal stuff they had, old photographs, uniforms, gloves, artworks and collectibles," Nisbet said. "The items connected them personally with the history of baseball here in Hingham. Some things were so interesting or unique, we decided we had to have an exhibit after the game."

Sharon Lam : Professional Photographer

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http://www.riseabove.com Bachelor in Fine Arts (Photography) from the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia Selected as one of 15 women photographers from different parts of the world to participate in Tag Heuer's global travelling exhibition, Strength & Beauty embodied by Avant-Garde women, to raise funds for the UNIFEM charity auction elected for Gasworks Studios Residency London, UK Selected and exhibited for Maurice Lacroix Artist Challenge 2004 Nominated for 'Best Set Design' for Cameronian Art Awards 2005 Exhibited at WORK (National Art Gallery, KL) and CUT featuring contemporary photography from SEA in 2008 Chosen as mentor for Apostrophe Gallery project in collaboration with Digi Communications Selected as a consultant for Apostrophe project 2008 Selected as Malaysia's Top 40 Under 40 in 2007 Currently divides her time between commercial and creative work. Successful in both fields with clients in the architecture, food and travel industries, as well as winning recognition and awards for her creative work.

COLOMBIA WAR ART ( Part 01 )

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"APERTURA COLOMBIA" A survey of Colombian photography and video featuring 14 Colombian artists and photojournalists. The works of art in this exhibition go beyond simple reportage or exposé. They document the events and emotional turmoil caused by terror, exclusion and loss. They demonstrate the artist's ability to come to grips with the violent modern history of Colombia and transform this history into a positive source of truth and regeneration. Jesús Abad Colorado's award-winning photographs serve as testimonials to the despair, resilience and strength of those caught in the vicious maelstrom of violence that has encompassed Colombia recent history. Miguel Ángel Rojas, one of the masters of contemporary photography, loaned works from his major retrospective in the capitol city, Bogotá, which examines the effects of Colombia's narco- wars on its people and landscape. The equally significant Luis Fernando Peláez, combines photography and sculpture together in poetic works of art that dig into the deepest aspects of memory. Juan Fernando Herrán's solemn photographs reveal hidden memorials that commemorate the slaughter of innocents with simply constructed crosses. Juan Manuel Echavarria's "Monumentos" series serves as a poignant response to tragedy, taking its inspiration from W.H. Auden's poem "Beaux des Arts". María Elvira Escallón's series, "Desede Adentro"investigates the aftermath of a devastating act of violence and the ephemeral human presence that remains. In his "Short Wave" series, François Bucher journey's through the detritus of a drug lord's abandoned home. Internationally acclaimed artist, Óscar Muñoz's images categorically chart human loss or disappearance. A seminal figure of video art in Colombia, José Alejandro Restrepo's installation deals with issues of myth and national history. Libia Posada questions the history of violence towards women. In the genre of l8th and l9th century portraiture, contemporary abused women are depicted in company with and in contrast to traditional portraits of men of that era. The video and photography of Luigi Baquero offers a sobering look into the internal refugee crisis that has subjected the lives of millions of Columbians to abject poverty. Luz Elena Castro's project "Faces of Colombia"presents intimate portraits of Colombian life. Andres Sierra's erotically charged "Karma Sutra" project is a powerful metaphor for Colombia's ongoing tragedy. Jaime Ávila's "Banderas negras" is a symbolic triptych that depicts the complicity between United States and foreign governments. The artists in APERTURA COLOMBIA are engaged in transgressing the tumultuous history of their country, in particular, the experience of living under conditions of perpetual war and terrorism. Further, they are works of universal import, created by gifted artists who are uniquely suited to understand and interpret the radical zeitgeist of the 21st Century. APERTURA COLOMBIA will be on view from March 8th, through May 18th. The Station Museum of Contemporary Art is located in Midtown on the corner of Alabama and La Branch. The museum is open Wed -- Sun, 11am -- 6pm. Admission is always free. Please call to schedule tours. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Otros proyectos de Ernesto Leon www.madretierra.cc http://groups.msn.com/VIEJASFOTOSACTUALES www.veneradio.org www.ernestoleon.com email ernestoleon Veneradio@yahoo.com

Laurie Toby Edison (2001) - Part 1 of 3

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Documentary about American photographer Laurie Toby Edison by Kyoto Japan based filmmaker John Wells. Edison speaks with Rebecca Jennison about her work in conjunction with the exhibition "Meditations on the Body" at the Osaka National Museum of Art. Camera: Canon XL1. John Wells website: http://www.kisetsuga.com Laurie Toby Edison website: http://laurietobyedison.com/ ドキュメンタリー：ローリー・トビー・エディソン「からだへの瞑想：ウィメン・エン・ラージ&ファミリア・マン」大阪国立国際美術館

Ella Shields at 54, male impersonator 1933

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Ella Shields.(b., Baltimore, MD, 1879-1952). Miss Shields' extraordinary performing career spans over 50 years from her debut in 1898, the Victorian era, thru WWI & WWII. Ella was hailed on many a continent for her talents and was a "star attraction" in both vaudeville and British Music Hall. Miss Shields opened the London Palladium in 1910 and featured in America on the Keith-Albee circuit in vaudeville theatres in her native country, including in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland in 1947 at the recently refurbished 1914 historic Hippodrome. Her signature song, Burlington Bertie from Bow, (1915) is still being sung today. Miss Shields is the likely role model for "Victor" in Victor/Victoria since Julie Andrews adored Miss Shields and both appeared on the same bill for a Royal Command Performance in 1948 with Danny Kaye topping the bill. Ella enjoyed a spectacular success late in her career in Thanks for the Memory ( a three year smash hit) with other British Music Hall legends and was honored as the "First Great Grandmother of British Music Hall". Ella Shields: The Woman Behind the Man has been performed at such venues as the Victorian Festival in Cape May, NJ, Queen Mary 2, International Museum Theatre Conference in London, Senior Theatre League of America Conference in Las Vegas, NV, Johns Hopkins University, Walters Art Museum, Washington College, Goucher College, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Creative Alliance and other venues including Baltimore Living History Theatre Series at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion in 2007. (see 2006-2007 Programs). Note: Harriet Lynn in summer 2006 was one of nine other women invited from across the country to learn the "Chautauqua way" bringing her "Ella Shields" show to participate as a member of the inaugural training class of the Woman Chautauqua Institute (WCI) at Cottey College, a two-year, liberal arts, women's college, in Nevada, Missouri. WCI received support from the Missouri Humanities Council and National Endowment for the the Humanities for this program.

Sharon Lam : Professional Photographer

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http://www.wolfangdigital.com Project: Sharon Lam: Professional Photographer. Martell VSOP 'Rising Personilities' Awards 2008. Client: Pernod Ricard Malaysia Overview: Bachelor in Fine Arts (Photography) from the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia Selected as one of 15 women photographers from different parts of the world to participate in Tag Heuer's global travelling exhibition, Strength & Beauty embodied by Avant-Garde women, to raise funds for the UNIFEM charity auction elected for Gasworks Studios Residency London, UK Selected and exhibited for Maurice Lacroix Artist Challenge 2004 Nominated for 'Best Set Design' for Cameronian Art Awards 2005 Exhibited at WORK (National Art Gallery, KL) and CUT featuring contemporary photography from SEA in 2008 Chosen as mentor for Apostrophe Gallery project in collaboration with Digi Communications Selected as a consultant for Apostrophe project 2008 Selected as Malaysia's Top 40 Under 40 in 2007 Currently divides her time between commercial and creative work. Successful in both fields with clients in the architecture, food and travel industries, as well as winning recognition and awards for her creative work. WolFang Digital produced a series of videos for the winners of Martell's Rising Personalities Award to be aired during the awards presentation Gala Dinner. These videos are biographies of each winner and document their lives from their past successes to present celebrity status. The respective videos were projected onto large screens before the winner came onto stage to receive their award. Products & Services provided: Videography, Video Editing, Motion Graphics, Scriptwriting, DVD authoring. WOLFANG DIGITAL: A dynamic, fully-integrated video production company since 1999. Our products include corporate, event, launch and training video production, scriptwriting, advanced DVD authoring, motion graphics and 3D animation. As video content specialists we continue to create products of international standards that promise to inspire, inform and communicate through the digital media of video, animation and sound. Call us and see how we can improve your business. WolFang Digital: +603 7804 7729 Visit us at: http://www.wolfangdigital.com

Laurie Toby Edison (2001) - Part 2 of 3

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Variant Edition Episode 45

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Season 2 rolls on! More News, Reviews and an interview with Khary Randolph. In this episode: -Kevin sat down with Khary Randolph at last November's The National in NYC. Khary fills us in on his history in the business: comics, animation and commercial art work...and how comics pay the least! -Reviews of X-Men #195, Zombies vs Robots #2, Maintenance #1, Punisher War Journal #3, Ms Marvel One Shot, Anita Blake #4, Ghost Rider Finale, Essential Tales of the Zombie, Frontline #10 and Drain #2! -Mike and Jenn take a look at the Superman Museum Qualtiy 1/4 scale statue, JLA Cover to Cover: Superman statue and the Women of the DC Universe: Power Girl bust. -Nick runs down all the NYCC news. -Plus Kevin steps Behind the Counter to advance review A. David Lewis' Empty Chamber. Want to see more of Kevin's interview with Khary? www.variantedition.com Episode 45 is online through iTunes, available on www.variantedition.com and sharable through YouTube. And don't forget to check out our forums...let us know what you think of the episodes or would like to see something covered on the show.

Oh! Phnom Penh

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Phnom Penh, the Capital City of Cambodia. Some important places and monuments in Phnom Penh: WATT PHNOM A small hill crowned by an active wat (pagoda) marks the legendary founding place of the Phnom Penh. The hill is the site of constant activity, with a steady stream of the faithful trekking to the vihear, shrines and fortune tellers on top, and a constellation of vendors, visitors and motodups at the bottom. Elephant rides available. The legend of the founding of Wat Phnom is tied to the beginnings of Phnom Penh. Legend has it that in 1372 Lady Penh (Yea Penh) fished a floating Koki tree out of the river. Inside the tree were four Buddha statues. She built a hill ('phnom' means 'hill') and a small temple (wat) at what is now the site of what is now known as Wat Phnom. Later, the surrounding area became known after the hill (Phnom) and its creator (Penh), hence 'Phnom Penh.' The current temple was last rebuilt in 1926. The large stupa contains the remains of King Ponhea Yat (1405-1467) who moved the Khmer capital from Angkor to Phnom Penh in 1422. Look for the altar of Lady Penh between the large stupa and the vihear. She is said to be of particular help to women. ........................................... NATIONAL MUSEUM The distinctive rust-red National Museum next to the Royal Palace was dedicated by King Sisowath in 1920. Over 5000 objects are on display including Angkorian era statues, lingas and other artifacts, most notably the legendary statue of the 'Leper King.' Though the emphasis is on Angkorian artifacts, there is also a good collection of pieces from later periods, including a special exhibition of post-Angkorian Buddha figures. Visiting the museum after rather than before a trip to the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap helps lend context to the Angkorian artifacts. Multi-lingual tour guides are available. Souvenirs and books available. Photography is limited. The museum borders Street 178, aka 'Artist's Street' which is lined with local art galleries and souvenir shops. The Reyum Gallery on Street 178 is of particular note, exhibiting the works of contemporary Cambodian artists. .................................... INDEPENDENCE MONUMENT (At the intersection of Norodom and Sihanouk) The Independence Monument (Vimean Ekareach) was inaugurated in November 9, 1962 to celebrate Cambodia's independence from foreign rule. Renowned Cambodian architect, Vann Molyvann was the architect of the monument. The Independence Monument now also serves as a monument to Cambodia's war dead. It is the site of colorful celebrations and services on holidays such as Independence Day and Constitution Day. .......................................... Details of other monuments in this video will be coming soon....

Laurie Toby Edison (2001) - Part 3 of 3

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COLOMBIA WAR ART ( Part 03 )

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"APERTURA COLOMBIA" A survey of Colombian photography and video featuring 14 Colombian artists and photojournalists. The works of art in this exhibition go beyond simple reportage or exposé. They document the events and emotional turmoil caused by terror, exclusion and loss. They demonstrate the artist's ability to come to grips with the violent modern history of Colombia and transform this history into a positive source of truth and regeneration. Jesús Abad Colorado's award-winning photographs serve as testimonials to the despair, resilience and strength of those caught in the vicious maelstrom of violence that has encompassed Colombia recent history. Miguel Ángel Rojas, one of the masters of contemporary photography, loaned works from his major retrospective in the capitol city, Bogotá, which examines the effects of Colombia's narco- wars on its people and landscape. The equally significant Luis Fernando Peláez, combines photography and sculpture together in poetic works of art that dig into the deepest aspects of memory. Juan Fernando Herrán's solemn photographs reveal hidden memorials that commemorate the slaughter of innocents with simply constructed crosses. Juan Manuel Echavarria's "Monumentos" series serves as a poignant response to tragedy, taking its inspiration from W.H. Auden's poem "Beaux des Arts". María Elvira Escallón's series, "Desede Adentro"investigates the aftermath of a devastating act of violence and the ephemeral human presence that remains. In his "Short Wave" series, François Bucher journey's through the detritus of a drug lord's abandoned home. Internationally acclaimed artist, Óscar Muñoz's images categorically chart human loss or disappearance. A seminal figure of video art in Colombia, José Alejandro Restrepo's installation deals with issues of myth and national history. Libia Posada questions the history of violence towards women. In the genre of l8th and l9th century portraiture, contemporary abused women are depicted in company with and in contrast to traditional portraits of men of that era. The video and photography of Luigi Baquero offers a sobering look into the internal refugee crisis that has subjected the lives of millions of Columbians to abject poverty. Luz Elena Castro's project "Faces of Colombia"presents intimate portraits of Colombian life. Andres Sierra's erotically charged "Karma Sutra" project is a powerful metaphor for Colombia's ongoing tragedy. Jaime Ávila's "Banderas negras" is a symbolic triptych that depicts the complicity between United States and foreign governments. The artists in APERTURA COLOMBIA are engaged in transgressing the tumultuous history of their country, in particular, the experience of living under conditions of perpetual war and terrorism. Further, they are works of universal import, created by gifted artists who are uniquely suited to understand and interpret the radical zeitgeist of the 21st Century. APERTURA COLOMBIA will be on view from March 8th, through May 18th. The Station Museum of Contemporary Art is located in Midtown on the corner of Alabama and La Branch. The museum is open Wed -- Sun, 11am -- 6pm. Admission is always free. Please call to schedule tours. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Otros proyectos de Ernesto Leon www.madretierra.cc http://groups.msn.com/VIEJASFOTOSACTUALES www.veneradio.org www.ernestoleon.com email : Veneradio@yahoo.com

Exploring and Understanding Iran (1 of 10)

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Renowned news reporter Raegeh Omar looks into a country which we understand little about yet talked about extensivly in the world Arena. He pays a visit to Tehran and takes a look into issues such as Tehran metro system, Mehrabad national Airport, Imam Khomeini International Airport, Valiasr Street (formally known as Pahlavi street), Avang Music, shiraz isfahan shomal,Resalat Tunnel, Hakim, Hemmat Fazlollah highways Ekhtelaf Khoda Pasho Regime Daneshgah Mehran Mehrafshan Taleghani Ave, Gooya, Beheshti Ave, Tehran Monorail, Tehran University, Alborz mountain range and its contribution to the pollution within the city. Other issues that are discussed are Darolfonoon, Jordan Avenue, American College of Tehran, Azadi Sport Complex, Tochal is the world's fifth highest ski resort, Peacock Throne, Golestan Palace, National Museum of Iran, Sa'dabad Palaces Complex, Glassware and Ceramics Museum of Iran, The Carpet Museum of Iran, Tehran's Underglass painting Museum, Niavaran Palace Complex. Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iranian Imperial Crown Jewels, also called the Imperial Crown Jewels of Persia, its is claimed to be the largest, most dazzling and valuable jewel collection in the world. The Imperial Crown Jewels are still on display in the Iranian Central Bank in Tehran He then procedes to the Azadi Tower Square where he talks about Tehran Theater, Hasanabad, Atisaz, Niavaran, Farmanieh, Hosseiniye Ershad, Soltani Mosque, Atiq, Mo'ezz o-dowleh mosque, Fath Ali Shah Haj Seyd Azizollah mosque, built by Fath Ali Shah Al-javad mosque. The Old Sepahsalar mosque, Sepahsalar mosque (Madreseh e Motahari) Filsuf o-dowleh Mosque, Qajar era Moshir ol-Saltaneh Mosque, Qajar era Mo'ayyer ol-Mamalik Mosque,ashura muharram hezbollah hassan shia iman hussain Qajar era Shahr Banu Mausoleum Javan-mard Qassab Mausoleum, Imam-zadeh shrines, Imam Zadeh Saleh. Saqa Khanehs, Ebn-e Babooyeh cemetery, Takhti, Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, Zahir o-dowleh cemetery, Iraj Mirza, Mohammad Taghi Bahar, Forough Farrokhzad, Abolhasan Saba, Ruhollah Khaleghi, Darvish-khan, Kordan Tomb, Seljuqi, Karaj Maydanak Tomb, Karaj The Polish Cemetery British Gholhak Garden, where numerous World War II western Allied soldiers are buried. 2- Polish cemetery (Catholic cemetery) Dulab south of Tehran Orthodox Cemetery, Dulab/The Russian Unknown Soldier's Tomb (Cenotaph) Dakhme gabrha. Located on Moshiryh Road behind 7th unit of Tehran cement factory. Naghare Khane Tower, دانشگاه مادر The program moves on to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sadeghieh Square, Tehran Metro (Green line), Apadana Apartment complex, Tehran West Bus depot, Azadi Square, Mehrabad Airport, Sadeghieh, Akbatan Apartment complex. Censorship in Iran, women's rights, freedom of speech, Supreme National Security Council, Iran's Azeri, Ayatollah Khomeini, Evin Prison, Amirkabir University of Technology, Mohammad Khatami, Khordad reform movement, Tcherike-ye Tara, Be Ranghe Arghavan, Santouri, Iran Iraq War, Imposed War (جنگ تحمیلی, Jang-e-tahmīlī) and Holy Defense (دفاع مقدس, Defā'-e-moghaddas) in Iran, and Saddām's Qādisiyyah (قادسيّة صدّام) in Iraq, Pahlavi dynasty, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Abadan Crisis, Operation Ajax, Ayatollah Khomeini became Supreme Leader, Iran hostage crisis, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Khodro, Samand Iran University Tehran Revolution Ayatollah Khomeini Azadi Alborz Ahmadinejad Khodro Samand Gooya Avang Shiraz

Exploring and Understanding Iran (3 of 10)

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Masters of Photography - Jacques-Henri Lartigue

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Photography © Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - France/AAJHL http://www.lartigue.org/us2/donation/index.html Lartigue's Portrait © Jeanloup Sieff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Henri_Lartigue Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894 - 1986) was a French photographer and painter. Born in Courbevoie (a city outside of Paris) he is most famous for his stunning photos of automobile races, planes and fashionable Parisian women from the turn of the century. He started taking photos when he was 6, his subject matter being primarily his own life and the people and activities in it. Look at him in the bathtub at the age of 8, in "My Hydroglider with Propeller" http://www.masters-of-photography.com/images/full/lartigue/lartigue_hydroglider.jpg As a child he photographed his friends and family at play -- running and jumping, racing wheeled soap boxes, building kites, gliders and aeroplanes, climbing the Eiffel Tower and so on. He also photographed many famous sporting events, including automobile races such as the Coupe Gordon Bennett and the French Grand Prix, early flights by aviation pioneers including Gabriel Voisin, Louis Blériot, and Roland Garros, and tennis players such as Suzanne Lenglen at the French Open tennis championships. While he sold a few photographs in his youth, mainly to sporting magazines such as La Vie au Grand Air, in middle age he concentrated on his painting, and it was through this that he earned his living, although he maintained written and photographic journals throughout his life. Only when he was 69 were his boyhood photographs serendipitously discovered by Charles Rado of the Rapho agency, who introduced him to John Szarkowski, then curator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, who in turn arranged an exhibition of his work at the museum. By then as he received stints for fashion magazines, he was famous in other countries other than his native France, when until 1974 he was commissioned by the newly elected President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to shoot an official portrait photograph. The result was a simple photo of him without the use of lighting utilising the national flag as a background. http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/root/bank/le_president/giscgd.jpg Although best known as a photographer, Lartigue was a capable if not especially gifted painter and showed in the official salons in Paris and in the south of France from 1922 on. He was friends with a wide selection of literary and artistic celebrities including the playwright Sacha Guitry, the singer Yvonne Printemps, the painters Kees van Dongen, Pablo Picasso and the artist-playwright-filmmaker Jean Cocteau. He also worked on the sets of the film-makers Jacques Feyder, Abel Gance, Robert Bresson, François Truffaut and Federico Fellini, and many of these celebrities became the subject of his photographs. Lartigue, however, photographed everyone he came in contact with, his most frequent muses being his three wives, and his mistress of the early 1930s, the Romanian model Renée Perle. http://www.geocities.com/parolesok/ojedoss.gif He met his muse in 1930 on the Rue de la Pompe. He thought she was Mexican, "She is beautiful," Lartigue told his diary. "The small mouth with the full painted lips! The ebony black eyes. From under her fur coat comes a warmth of perfume. The head looks petite on her long neck." The pair spent two years together, cavorting as if on eternal vacation in Cannes, Juan-les-Pins, and Biarritz, with Lartigue's camera always at the ready. In the "shadowless heaven" of his photographs, glamorous women, including his first and second wives, Bibi and Florette, abound, but Perle's lacquered hair, slender silhouette, modern T-shirts, armfuls of bangles, and talonlike nails shone the brightest. "Around her," Lartigue wrote, "I see a halo of magic." In 1979, he donated his entire photographic œuvre to the French State, mandating the Association des Amis de Jacques Henri Lartigue, known as the Donation Jacques Henri Lartigue, to conserve and manage this collection, under the supervision of the French Ministry of Culture. --------------------- Music- La vie en Rose by Cyndi Lauper http://www.cyndilauper.com/ Support the artist, buy her music as I did http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=cyndi+lauper+vie+en+rose&x=0&y=0

Rough Trade - Kate Rigg

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She'll gladly "Yank Your Chain!" A day in the life of a New York City waitress and comedian... Kate Rigg. This clip is from "her act" filmed at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, New York City. Originally from Canada and Australia, Kate's comedy career began after she graduated with an acting degree from The Juilliard School. The allure of the club scene drew her to Caroline's Comedy Club, NYC, where she quickly was slotted for a series of appearances and features showcasing her particular brand of character based comedy, edgy socio-political commentary, Asian American slanted jokes, and in your face dirty girl talk. She has brought this funky urban Asian sensibility to The Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian Institute, Chicago Museum of Modern Art, and The Public Theater... (to name a few). She has preformed at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, the Toyota Comedy Festival, The Marshalls Women in Comedy Festival, and developed her first comedy and music revue for NBC's PSNBC in New York, and the HBO Time Warner workspace in Los Angeles. This show "Kate's Chink-O-Rama: featuring the chinkorama dancers" is a New York city favorite at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, and has toured extensively to comedy festivals, colleges and special events around the Country. Her follow up "Birth of a nASIAN" a collection of characters, stand up and trip hop spoken word, was part of the Mark Taper Forum's Summerfest, was developed at La Mama ETC, New York City, then toured to MACLA in San Jose, and New World Theater in Massachusetts, the Vancouver Comedy Festival, Women in Theater Conference Toronto, ConWorks Seattle, OutNorth Alaska, MACLA, CCE Portland and the Comedy Central Theater L.A as part of their 2007 season. As a standup, Kate has appeared on NBC Late Friday, CTV Women of The Night, NPR, CBC Radio, Sirius Radio, STAR TV, National Lampoon's International Comedy DVD, Comedy Central, SEX TV, PBS, Latin American TV, vH1, as well as being profiled in the film Race is the Place Alongside Amiri Baraka and Danny Hoch (aired at festivals and on PBS). She has produced numerous comedy shows for RIPE TV and Time Warner on demand, and The Naughty Show Bad Girls of Comedy Show, which is in international release on DVD by Eagle Rock Entertainment. Her Nuyorasian Hip Hop band, Slanty Eyed Mama, (with electric violinist Lyris Hung) has toured the US, Canada and Australia, notably at the Perth International Arts Festival in Australia, the Eurasian Nation Festival, the Asian Film Festival at University of Michigan, the A/PI heritage fest in Union Square NYC, LA's GRAND Performances at City Center, The Asian American Jazz Festival in Chicago, Girl Fest Hawaii, Soundfest NYC, The Philadelphia Fringe Fest and the Women in Performance Conference. Kate's band continues to bust out the funky urban Asian rhymes on stages all over America. They were recently invited to play at the Smithsonian Institutes' keynote 2007 Asian Heritage Month Performance. Kate was a 2004 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) fellow as well as a 2005 NEA grant recipient to develop new work. In 2006 she won the Urban Arts Initiative Grant through the Asian American Arts Alliance, the Ludwig Vogelstein Award to develop new work and one of the Asian Women's Giving Circle's Inaugural Grants to Artists for her work in the Asian American community. She has been awarded grants and prizes by The Toronto Arts Council, The Canada Council, The PatsyLu Fund for Women in Music, Dixon Place, The Australia Council for the Arts, The Norma Epstein Foundation, The Juilliard School Interarts Program, and the University of Melbourne As an actor she recurs on Law and Order, Fox's Family Guy, and starred in the New York premieres of Dogeaters at the Public Theater, and BFE at Playwright's Horizons. Off Broadway she was also seen in the Vagina Monologues at the Westside Theater, The Most Fabulous Story Every Told, at Minetta Lane, Sez She, at the Mark Taper Forum. She frequently hosts events and benefits, some of which include: The Coalition of Asian Children and Families Benefit (NYC), The Asian Women's Giving Circle Awards (NY), The Asian American Recovery Services Mentor Luncheon (San Francisco), The Sistering Shelter for Homeless Women Benefit (Toronto), Eurasian Nation's Launch Party (NY), Queen's Pride, The Dinah Shore Weekend VIP Pool Party, The Heritage of Pride NYC Rally, Bryant Park, The NYU Asian Heritage Month Fashion and Arts Show, the A/PI Heritage Month Conference Smith College, A/PI Heritage Month New York in Union Square Park, Kate has spoken on/written about Asian American culture and representation in Time Magazine, The Globe and Mail, On and Off Magazine, BUST, The San Francisco Examiner, THIS Magazine, NOW Magazine, CBC Radio and A Magazine. Produced & Directed by Richard Currier. (Excerpt/15 MINUTES) ©2007 richardcurrier Discover Kate @: http://www.katerigg.com/ ****************

Acropolis museum about to sacrifice historic buildings

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SHALL THEY DEMOLISH A WORK OF ART, TO REVEAL A RESTAURANT TERRACE? 17 DIONYSIOU AREOPAGITOU STR. This building was designed in 1930 by architect Vassilis Kouremenos (1875 -- 1957). He was from Epirus, an honours graduate of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris,member of the Athens Academy from its inception, Professor at the National Polytechnic, painter, friend of Eleftherios Venizelos and Pablo Picasso. He worked in Athens,Paris, Istanbul and Dublin and received prestigious awards. The façade is decorated with mosaics, sculptures and grey and pink marble. The mosaics depict Oedipus and the Sphinx (right) and the return of Theseus (left). The women by the door wear traditional dress from Dropoli in Epirus. According to architecture historians, the building is a significant early 20th century monument and the most beautiful Art Deco specimen in Athens . It marks the shift from classicism to modernism in an ideal synthesis. It was listed as Protected by the Ministry of Physical Planning in 1978, along with another eight on the same street, and as a Work of Art by the Culture Ministry in 1988. It stands in front of the site were the New Acropolis Museum was recently built. The official guidelines for the designs of the New Acropolis Museum explicitly stated that the buildings at numbers 17 and 19 would remain in place. The New Museum was allowed a height of several more meters than neighboring buildings, so that it could have a "dialogue with the Parthenon." The fact that the Museum would not be visible from street level was one reason why the design was approved. Now, in a sudden change of mind, some officials want to demolish this building (and its neighbour at number 19), so that the lower levels of the Museum can have a better view to the Acropolis--especially the restaurant terrace. Is that what we want? If not please send your message of support to nrouse@tee.gr and adoxiadis@notos.biz, and we shall forward it to the appropriate authorities. ΑΠΟΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΙΣΜΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΔΙΑΤΗΡΗΤΕΟΥ Δ. ΑΡΕΟΠΑΓΙΤΟΥ 17 ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ ΚΑΤΟΙΚΩΝ Την Τρίτη 3/7/2007 στο ΥΠΠΟ, σε πολύωρη κοινή συνεδρίαση του ΚΑΣ και του ΚΣΝΜ (που ορίστηκε αιφνιδιαστικά την Παρασκευή 29/6/07 χωρίς να ειδοποιηθούν οι έχοντες έννομο συμφέρον) αποφασίστηκε, με μια ψήφο διαφορά (την διπλή ψήφο του προέδρου) ο αποχαρακτηρισμός του κτιρίου της Διονυσίου Αρεοπαγίτου 17 από 'Εργο Τέχνης, με σκοπό να ακολουθήσει αποχαρακτηρισμός και του αρ. 19 και να κατεδαφισθούν. Αιτιολογία: η θέα από το Νέο Μουσείο Ακροπόλεως που θεωρήθηκε υπέρτερο δημόσιο συμφέρον. Παρά την απόπειρα αιφνιδιασμού, πρόλαβαν να ταχθούν κατά της κατεδάφισης η Ελληνική Εταιρεία για την Προστασία του Περιβάλλοντος και της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς, Πανεπιστημιακές Σχολές, ο Δήμος Ιωαννίνων, Ακαδημαϊκοί, Καθηγητές Πανεπιστημίου κ.α. Το κτίριο της Διον. Αρεοπαγίτου 17, είναι έργο του 1930 του Ηπειρώτη αρχιτέκτονα Βασίλη Κουρεμένου (1875 -- 1957) . Ο Κουρεμένος ήταν αριστούχος της Ecole des Beaux Arts στο Παρίσι, Ακαδημαϊκός, ζωγράφος, καθηγητής στο ΕΜΠ, φίλος του Ελ. Βενιζέλου και του Pablo Picasso. Τιμήθηκε με διεθνή βραβεία για το έργο του στο Παρίσι, την Κωνσταντινούπολη, την Ελλάδα, το Δουβλίνο. Το κτίριο θεωρείται από τους μελετητές ως ένα από τα πιο σημαντικά της εποχής του μεσοπολέμου στην Αθήνα, ίσως το ωραιότερο δείγμα Art Deco στην πόλη. Την όψη του κοσμούν γλυπτά, ψηφιδωτά, ορθομαρμαρώσεις από κόκκινο και γκρίζο μάρμαρο. Χαρακτηρίζεται διατηρητέο από το ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ το 1978 και έργο τέχνης από το ΥΠΠΟ το 1988. Σε όλους τους αρχιτεκτονικούς διαγωνισμούς του Νέου Μουσείου της Ακρόπολης, η ύπαρξη των διατηρητέων 17 & 19 είναι βασική προϋπόθεση για τον σχεδιασμό. Στο Νέο Μουσείο επιτρέπεται κατά παρέκκλιση ύψος 24μ., ώστε να «συνομιλεί με τον Παρθενώνα» πάνω από τα κτίρια της περιοχής. Το ΚΑΣ το 2003 δικαιολογεί τη θετική του απόφαση για την ανέγερση του Μουσείου με το σκεπτικό ότι το Μουσείο δεν θα είναι ορατό από την Δ. Αρεοπαγίτου και συνεπώς δεν θα επιβαρύνει τα μνημεία και τα διατηρητέα κτίρια. Εγκρίνει δηλαδή την ανέγερση του Μουσείου, επειδή ο τεράστιος όγκος του κρύβεται από τα κτίρια της Δ. Αρεοπαγίτου! Με το ίδιο σκεπτικό εγκρίνεται η ανέγερση και από το ΣτΕ το 2005. Με την κατεδάφιση των δύο αυτών διατηρητέων κτιρίων ουσιαστικά ακρωτηριάζεται ο αρχιτεκτονικός χαρακτήρας της Δ. Αρεοπαγίτου. Ταυτόχρονα χάνεται ένα σημαντικό κομμάτι της σύγχρονης αστικής ιστορίας μας. Και όλα αυτά στο όνομα ενός κτιρίου -- μουσείου το οποίο θα έπρεπε να είχε ως αποστολή τη διατήρηση και τη μεταφορά της μνήμης και όχι την καταστροφή της. Και δυό λόγια για τη θέα: Από την αίθουσα των γλυπτών του Παρθενώνα φαίνεται ο Παρθενώνας και ολόκληρος ο βράχος της Ακρόπολης. Κρύβεται το Θέατρο του Διονύσου, όχι μόνο από τα κτίρια της Δ. Αρεοπαγίτου, αλλά και από τα ψηλά πλατάνια του δρόμου που αποτελούν τη «δροσιά των περιπατητών» όπως επεσήμανε η Μαρίζα Κωχ, και από τα πυκνά κυπαρίσσια του αρχαιολογικού χώρου. Θα πρέπει και αυτά να «καούν» στο όνομα του υπέρτερου δημοσίου συμφέροντος; Τα κτίρια της Διον. Αρεοπαγίτου στην ουσία εμποδίζουν το εστιατόριο του Μουσείου να φαίνεται από τον Μεγάλο Περίπατο και τον Αρχαιολογικό χώρο. Το τεράστιο, υπαίθριο εστιατόριο θα λειτουργήσει πάνω σε μια υψηλή τσιμεντένια εξέδρα -- πρόβολο (στο ύψος της στέγης του κτιρίου Βάιλερ) που εξέχει από τον κύριο όγκο του Μουσείου, προς τη Διον. Αρεοπαγίτου, επί της οποίας σημειωτέον ότι δεν επιτρέπεται χρήση εστιατορίου. Όσο για τις πίσω όψεις των διατηρητέων, που φαίνονται από το Μουσείο, υπάρχουν λύσεις: φύτευση δένδρων, αρχιτεκτονική ανάπλαση, εικαστικές παρεμβάσεις. Αρκεί να συναινέσει το ΥΠΠΟ. Με την σκανδαλώδη απόφαση επιχειρείται να καταλυθεί η ιερότητα του αρχαιολογικού χώρου, η πολύτιμη αρχιτεκτονική μας κληρονομιά, ο μοναδικός χαρακτήρας της Διονυσίου Αρεοπαγίτου, για να πίνει τον καφέ του ο τουρίστας με ανεμπόδιστη θέα και να ενισχυθούν έτσι οι εμπορικές χρήσεις του μουσείου. Αυτό θέλουμε; Αν όχι, ας πάρει το μήνυμα ο Υπουργός Πολιτισμού και Βουλευτής Α Αθηνών Γ. Βουλγαράκης, τηλ. γραφείου 2103636177, fax 2103638137, email gvoulg@parliament.gr Μαρίνα Κουρεμένου olvia@hol.gr, Αρίστος Δοξιάδης adoxiadis@notos.biz Αχιλλέας Φρειδερίκος af@teknika.gr, Nίκος Ρουσέας nrouse@tee.gr, Μανώλης Αναστασάκης anastasakis@tee.gr , Μίμης Κουμαντάνος m.koumantanos@aktena.gr

WTTW showdown @ SAIC

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note - rapt attention to the video portion is optional. But the audio is cool! This was the first time in 15 years a Chicago public tv station executive from WTTW had taken questions from the public, in public. It is the last time since 1994 as well to our knowledge. Scott Sanders was the introductory speaker for the "Public Television: Past, Present and Future" public forum. It was organized by Coalition for Democracy in Public Television and held at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Panelists: Attorney Janette Wilson - National Executive Director of Operation PUSH; Gordon Quinn - Kartemquin Films (exec. prod. "Hoop Dreams"); Carlos Tortolero - Mexican Fine Arts Museum; Lewis Lapham, editor, Harper's magazine (which for twenty-five years has been endowed by the John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation); Host Dalida Maria Benfield - Women in the Director's Chair. (May 2, 1994) bio: http://about-scott-sanders.blogspot.com/ blog: http://www.chicagomediaaction.org/

Masters of Photography - Clarence H. White

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Clarence Hudson White (1871 --1925) was an American photographer and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement. During his lifetime he was widely recognized as a master of the art form for his consummate sentimental, pictorial portraits and for his excellence as a teacher of photography. Toward the end of his career he founded the Clarence H. White School of Photography, which produced many of the best-known photographers of the Twentieth Century including Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, and Paul Outerbridge. White was born in West Carlisle, Ohio. He moved with his family to Newark, Ohio when he was sixteen. He was avid amateur young artist, and filled sketchbooks with his drawings and paintings before taking up photography in his late teens or early twenties. In 1893 White married Jane Felix, who became White's business manager, critic, and inspiration. In 1906 he decided to move to New York City, and devote his full attention to photography. Stieglitz included White's photos in exhibitions at his Photo-Secession gallery and published them in his highly acclaimed magazine, Camera Work. Stieglitz devoted an entire issue of Camera Work to White's photography and the two men were jointly credited on several images, most notably The Torso. http://www.luminous-lint.com/imagevault/html_15001_15500/15494_thm.jpg He quickly became a renowned instructor, encouraging and inspiring his students rather than formally expounding on technical or aesthetic principles of photography. Although White's teaching never provided him with a significant amount of money, it enabled him to work as a full-time photographer and he deeply loved to teach. In 1914, he founded the Clarence H. White School of Modern Photography. White taught many students who went on to become notable photographers, including Margaret Bourke-White, Anne Brigman, Dorothea Lange, Paul Outerbridge, Karl Struss, and Doris Ulmann. White, Stieglitz, and the other Photo-Secessionists initially imitated traditional fine arts in order to elevate photography to high art. Referred to as pictorialists, they used camera and printing techniques to emulate etchings and achieve soft focus. However, in 1910 Stieglitz renounced pictorialism in favor of sharply focused "straight" photographs, emphasizing the camera's optical clarity and precision.White did not follow Stieglitz's initiative, and after their separation White emerged as the leader of pictorialist photography. In 1916 White co-founded the Pictorial Photographers of America (PPA), a national organization dedicated to promoting pictorial photography. Like the Photo-Secession, the PPA sponsored exhibitions and published a journal. But unlike the Photo-Secession, the PPA consciously refrained from exclusivity and advocated using pictorial photography as a medium for art education. White served as the association's first president until 1921. White's photographs are black-and-white, romanticized, pictorialist images. Women and children were favorite subjects, and White was praised for capturing the character of his models. White composed his images carefully, often taking hours to pose models and frame the photograph. White also experimented with darkroom techniques including platinum and gum bichromate prints. During his lifetime, White's images were widely acclaimed as the pinnacle of the art form. Quotes about White • "I think that if I were asked to name the most subtle and refined master photography has produced, that I would name him... To be a true artist in photography one must also be an artist in life, and Clarence H. White was such an artist." Alvin Langdon Coburn • "What he brought to photography was an extraordinary sense of light. The Orchard is bathed in light. The Edge of the Woods is a tour de force of the absence of light." Beaumont Newhall Music -- Sogno (I dream) by Andrea Bocelli Please, visit his official website http://www.andreabocelli.org

Masters of Photography - Jan Berdak, Poland

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Jan Berdak, artist photographer, owns AFIAP title. Born in Lviv in 1944. He lives and works in Opole. From 1971 he is a member of Polish Artistic Photographers Union. He has tens individual and common exhibitions behind that were presented and honoured not only in Poland but also abroad. He showed his works together with best world photographers of the century.. for example in 1991 a common exhibition in La Scala with Helmut Newton, Sam Haskins and others '100 nudi/ 100 photographies'. His photos were published in 'Polish Photography Antology', 'Masters of Polish Landscape', 'Fantastic Photography' and many others prestiguous catalogues. Until the end of the 60's he was busy with traditional photography. During the 70's he used traditional photography as a basis for some experiments with noble techniques and photo-montage to make them individual art. This period of his activity within 'creative-photography' was not only pure experiments with two-dimensional area of photo-shooting but also creating a new area for photography purposes. He was greatly fascinated by digital photo techniques and its possibilities to individual interpretation of a picture. He was the first polish photographer to make digital montage on primitive computers available then. In 1988 in warsaw 'Old Gallery' ZPAF he presented the first polish ebxhibition of digitally converted photos that were later showed in many countries. Starting from 1987 he develops digital techniques of photo-shooting but also makes some progress with traditional photography. Many of his photos are not only in private collections but also in museum files. For example in National Museum in Wroclaw. He is still involved with many internet presentations and his photographies became the key element of works we can admire on prestiguous portals. http://www.berdak.eu "FANTOMS-2" cykl wykonany w klasycznej technice fotograficznej w roku 1995. Wielokrotnie pokazywany na wystawach w kraju i zagranica. Jan Berdak urodzil sie w roku 1944, jest lwowianinem. Od 1945 roku na stałe zwiazany z Opolem. Fotografia zajmuje sie od wielu lat. Od 1971 roku jest czlonkiem Zwiazku Polskich Artystow Fotografikow (leg. 387). Posiada tytul Artist FIAP przyznany w Bernie w 1976r. Pierwsza wystawa indywidualna Jana Berdaka odbyla sie w Krakowie w 1963 r. Od tego czasu prace jego autorstwa mozna było zobaczyc na wielu wystawach zarowno w Polsce jak tez wielu krajach Europy i swiata. Za niewatpliwy sukces uwaza udzial W prezentacji fotografii artystycznej na targach "FOTOKINA '72" w Kolonii. Fotografie Berdaka prezentowane byty na kilkudziesięciu wystawach w kraju i na swiecie, w takich miastach jak Paryz, Boudo, Londyn, Edynburg, Kopenhaga, Lozanna, Genewa, Bruksela, Essen, Kassel, Norymberga, Berlin, Hannover oraz w muzeach i galeriach sztuki wspolczesnej w USA i Meksyku a takie w Tokio W Polsce Znaczace wystawy odbyly się w Warszawskiej "Zachecie", Muzeum Sztuki Wspólczesnej w Warszawie, Muzeum Narodowym we Wrocławiu i wielu innych Liczących się miejscach. Wystawial w towarzystwie sław swiatowej fotografii XX wieku, miedzy innymi w 1991 r. Mediolanskiej La Scali wraz z Helmutem Newtonem, Samem Haskinsem i innymi wielkimi fotografami - "100 nudi / 100 fotografie" W dorobku autora odnotowano kilkadziesiat wystaw indywidualnych w tym trzy premierowe w Warszawie. Fotografie Jana Berdaka znajduja sie w wielu zbiorach sztuki fotograficznej, rowniez w Muzeum Narodowym we Wrocławiu. Do konca lat 60-tych uprawiał fotografia w jej tradycyjnym rozumieniu, jednak Przestało mu to wystarczac by w pełni się wypowiedziec. Lata 70-te to wykorzystywanie fotografii klasycznej jako tworzywa do eksperymentów z technikami szlachetnymi i fotomontazem, - tak by tworzyly wlasna podmiotowosc. Ten okres działan Jana Berdaka na polu creative-photography, to nie tylko eksperymenty z 2-wymiarowa przestrzenia obrazu fotograficznego, to rowniez dzialania artystyczne w aranzowanej przestrzeni fotograficznej. Wraz ze zmianami nowoczesnych technologii przetwarzania obrazu, Jan Berdak stale zmienia techniki, które sluza jego autorskiej wypowiedzi. Pojawienie się techniki cyfrowej, oraz jej rozwoj pozwalający na swobodna manipulacja obrazem zainteresowaly go na, tyle, ze wykorzystujac prymitywny wtedy sprzet komputerowy organizuje w 1988 r. pierwsza swoja wystawe przetworzen cyfrowych (Opole, Warszawa, Bielgorod, Hanower). Technika komputerowa zafascynowała go tak bardzo, że ciagle wzbogaca jej warsztat wykorzystujc nowe osiągniecia techniki. Jest jednak ciagle wierny fotografii w klasycznej postaci, bo jest to technika, ktorej nic nie jest w stanie zastapic. http://www.berdak.art.pl http://www.berdak.eu

Sandy Stone. Flesh, Gender, and Technology. 2003. 4/6

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http://www.egs.edu/ Allucquére Rosanne Sandy Stone, anthroposopher, philosopher of the body and transsexual performance artist, talking about flesh and technology, dns and gender, genes and beloging, the meaning of identity and discourse, truth, fiction, failures of discourse and communication, theater, art, science, technology, transgender, feminism, transsexuality, process and operation, donna haraway, male female transsexual, the irony distortion field and the museum of jurassic technology. Public open video philosophy lecture for the faculty and students of the European Graduate School, Media and Communication Studies Department Program, EGS, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Europe, 2007. Allucquére Rosanne Stone Sandy Stone Ph.D. Wolfgang Köhler Chair at EGS, and is the Wolfgang Köhler Professor, department of Radio-TV-Film, and Director, Advanced Communication Technology Lab, University of Texas at Austin. Director of the Group for the Study of Visual Systems at the Center of Cultural Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz. Sandy Stone has has organized several international conferences on cyberspace in Santa Cruz, Austin, Banff/Canada, and Karlsruhe, Germany, between 1991-1995. Author of The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age. In 1974 Stone settled in Santa Cruz, California, and undertook gender reassignment with the Stanford Gender Dysphoria Program in Palo Alto. During this period she published pseudonymously in "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" and "Galaxy" magazine. Later she became a member of the Olivia Records collective, a popular women's music label. In 1987 Stone was accepted in the History of Consciousness program at the University of California, where she studied with Donna Haraway and James Clifford. Stone wrote the seminal essay "The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto" while Haraway's student. The paper was influenced by Haraway's A Manifesto For Cyborgs (later retitled "A Cyborg Manifesto" and first published in Social Text, 1984) and by the turbulent political foment in feminism of that period, but primarily as a reaction to what Stone perceived as a transphobic strain in feminist academia exemplified by Raymond's book. "The Empire Strikes Back" later became the center of an extensive citation network of transgendered academics and a foundational work for transgendered researchers and theorists. The central point of the essay was that transgendered persons were ill-served by hiding their status, and that coming out -- which Stone called "reading oneself aloud" -- would inevitably lead to self-empowerment. Thus Empire Strikes Back rearticulated what was at the time a radical gay-lesbian political statement into a transgendered voice. The importance of this move lay in the political circumstance of the 1980s vis-a-vis mainstream gay and lesbian political action at the national level in the United States. During this period, mainstream gay and lesbian activists generally suppressed transgender issues and visible transgendered activists, fearing that they would frighten the uncertain and still shaky liberal base during a delicate period of consolidation. At this critical juncture, and against mainstream efforts to silence fringe voices, Empire Strikes Back galvanized a largely scattered and disorganized population of young transgendered scholars and focused the attention of this demographic on the need for self-assertion within a largely reactionary institutional structure. Public open lecture with students of the European Graduate School EGS, Media and Communication Studies department program, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Europe, Sandy Stone 2003

Burn Mona Lisa Burn (Britney Spears, Madonna, Lindsey Lohan)

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A video by Atlanta artist Corey Barksdale protesting the fame and prestige of the Mona Lisa. This video is a response to the Youtube video Testing the Mona Lisa. http://www.coreybarksdale.com/ Fame Historian Donald Sassoon cataloged the growth of the painting's fame. During the mid-1800s, Théophile Gautier and the Romantic poets were able to write about Mona Lisa as a femme fatale because Lisa was an ordinary person. Mona Lisa "...was an open text into which one could read what one wanted; probably because she was not a religious image; and, probably, because the literary gazers were mainly men who subjected her to an endless stream of male fantasies." During the 20th century, the painting was stolen, an object for mass reproduction, merchandising, lampooning and speculation, and was reproduced in "300 paintings and 2,000 advertisements".[30] The subject was described as deaf, in mourning,[31] toothless, a "highly-paid tart", various people's lover, a reflection of the artist's neuroses, and a victim of syphilis, infection, paralysis, palsy, cholesterol or a toothache.[30] Scholarly as well as amateur speculation assigned Lisa's name to at least four different paintings[32] and the sitter's identity to at least ten different people.[33] Crowd in front of Mona Lisa at the Louvre. Visitors generally spend about 15 seconds viewing the Mona Lisa. Crowd in front of Mona Lisa at the Louvre. Visitors generally spend about 15 seconds viewing the Mona Lisa.[34] Until the 20th century, Mona Lisa was one among many and certainly not the "most famous painting"[35] in the world as it is termed today. Among works in the Louvre, in 1852 its market value was 90,000 francs compared to works by Raphael valued at up to 600,000 francs. In 1878, the Baedeker guide called it "the most celebrated work of Leonardo in the Louvre". Between 1851 and 1880, artists who visited the Louvre copied Mona Lisa roughly half as many times as certain works by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Antonio da Correggio, Paolo Veronese, Titian, Jean-Baptiste Greuze and Pierre Paul Prud'hon.[30] Prior to the 1962--1963 tour, the painting was assessed for insurance purposes at $100 million. According to the Guinness Book of Records, this makes the Mona Lisa the most valuable painting ever insured. As an expensive painting, it has only recently been surpassed (in terms of actual dollar price) by three other paintings, the Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt, which was sold for $135 million (£73 million), the Woman III by Willem de Kooning sold for $137.5 million in November of 2006, and most recently No. 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock sold for a record $140 million on November 2, 2006. Although these figures are greater than that which the Mona Lisa was insured for, the comparison does not account for the change in prices due to inflation -- $100 million in 1962 is approximately $670 million in 2006 when adjusted for inflation using the US Consumer Price Index.[36] Speculation about the painting Main article: Speculation about Mona Lisa Although the sitter has traditionally been identified as Lisa de Giocondo, a lack of definitive evidence has long fueled alternative theories, including the possibility that Leonardo used his own likeness. However, on January 14, 2008, German academics of Heidelberg University made public a finding that corroborates the traditional identification: dated notes scribbled into the margins of a book by its owner on October 1503 established Lisa de Giocondo as the model for the painting.[37] Other aspects of the painting which have been subject to speculative ideas are the original size of the painting, whether there were other versions of it, and various explanations for how the effect of an enigmatic smile was achieved. In a National Geographic presentation titled "Testing The Mona Lisa" it was deduced after rigorous assessment, the possibility that the figure depicted in the painting, may be maternal, or pregnant. It was found after extensive infrared reflectography, Lisa herself had a haze around her clothing indictative of a guarnello, the attire worn by pregnant women. Another theory proposed by various health professionals was that Leonardo's represenation of her hands as slightly 'large' was further indicative of Lisa's pregnancy. However, on the obverse, as many scholars or persons suggest, this representation is merely a stylistic concept of beauty encapsulated by numerous Renaissance painters, including Leonardo himself.

COLOMBIA WAR ART ( Part 02 )

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"APERTURA COLOMBIA" A survey of Colombian photography and video featuring 14 Colombian artists and photojournalists. The works of art in this exhibition go beyond simple reportage or exposé. They document the events and emotional turmoil caused by terror, exclusion and loss. They demonstrate the artist's ability to come to grips with the violent modern history of Colombia and transform this history into a positive source of truth and regeneration. Jesús Abad Colorado's award-winning photographs serve as testimonials to the despair, resilience and strength of those caught in the vicious maelstrom of violence that has encompassed Colombia recent history. Miguel Ángel Rojas, one of the masters of contemporary photography, loaned works from his major retrospective in the capitol city, Bogotá, which examines the effects of Colombia's narco- wars on its people and landscape. The equally significant Luis Fernando Peláez, combines photography and sculpture together in poetic works of art that dig into the deepest aspects of memory. Juan Fernando Herrán's solemn photographs reveal hidden memorials that commemorate the slaughter of innocents with simply constructed crosses. Juan Manuel Echavarria's "Monumentos" series serves as a poignant response to tragedy, taking its inspiration from W.H. Auden's poem "Beaux des Arts". María Elvira Escallón's series, "Desede Adentro"investigates the aftermath of a devastating act of violence and the ephemeral human presence that remains. In his "Short Wave" series, François Bucher journey's through the detritus of a drug lord's abandoned home. Internationally acclaimed artist, Óscar Muñoz's images categorically chart human loss or disappearance. A seminal figure of video art in Colombia, José Alejandro Restrepo's installation deals with issues of myth and national history. Libia Posada questions the history of violence towards women. In the genre of l8th and l9th century portraiture, contemporary abused women are depicted in company with and in contrast to traditional portraits of men of that era. The video and photography of Luigi Baquero offers a sobering look into the internal refugee crisis that has subjected the lives of millions of Columbians to abject poverty. Luz Elena Castro's project "Faces of Colombia"presents intimate portraits of Colombian life. Andres Sierra's erotically charged "Karma Sutra" project is a powerful metaphor for Colombia's ongoing tragedy. Jaime Ávila's "Banderas negras" is a symbolic triptych that depicts the complicity between United States and foreign governments. The artists in APERTURA COLOMBIA are engaged in transgressing the tumultuous history of their country, in particular, the experience of living under conditions of perpetual war and terrorism. Further, they are works of universal import, created by gifted artists who are uniquely suited to understand and interpret the radical zeitgeist of the 21st Century. APERTURA COLOMBIA will be on view from March 8th, through May 18th. The Station Museum of Contemporary Art is located in Midtown on the corner of Alabama and La Branch. The museum is open Wed -- Sun, 11am -- 6pm. Admission is always free. Please call to schedule tours. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Otros proyectos de Ernesto Leon www.madretierra.cc http://groups.msn.com/VIEJASFOTOSACTUALES www.veneradio.org www.ernestoleon.com email : Veneradio@yahoo.com

Sandy Stone. Flesh, Gender, and Technology. 2003. 1/6

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Sandy Stone. Flesh, Gender, and Technology. 2003. 2/6

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