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When the family is out in the pool, Uggs doesn't know what to do with himself. I run around taking pictures of him.
New Deal mural entitled "Battle of Kings Mountain" painted in 1941 by Verona Burkhard. After the post office moved into new quarters in 1986, the mural was moved to City Hall. It was moved back to the original post office location in 2015, which is now a museum.
Historic plaque:
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New York, USA: Catherine Amal, secretary, Equal Opprtunities Commission, Uganda looks at a powerpoint presentation by a panel member during a side event entitled "Gender statistics and monitoring tools for agriculture and food security" organized by FAO and IFAD at the UN headquarters in New York City on 13 March, 2015.
Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Sudeshna Chowdhury. Editorial use only. Copyright ©FAO
The 2015 UMASH Annual Forum entitled "Growing Agricultural Education: Embracing Health and Safety" was held at the Davies Center on the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire campus on May 28, 2015. The forum was co-sponsored by the the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH), the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, the Southern Minnesota Center of Agriculture and South Central College and MN West Community and Technical College, the National Farm Medicine Center in Marshfield WI, and the Migrant Clinician's Network.
The forum included presentations highlighting existing efforts to address agricultural health and safety in educational programs, a panel discussion and a series of small group discussions focused on agricultural health and safety education and outreach. Fifty-five attendees from diverse backgrounds including healthcare, occupational health and safety, education, research, government, media, communications, immigrant services and human resources participated in the forum. The interactive format provided attendees many opportunities to network and take part in discussions with different attendees throughout the day.
Read the event summary, download the presentation slides and resources at umash.umn.edu/annualforum/
From my set entitled “Cranesbill”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranium
Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. It is found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. These attractive flowers will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semi-ripe cuttings in summer, by seed or by division in autumn or spring.
The species Geranium viscosissimum is considered to be protocarnivorous.
The name "cranesbill" derives from the appearance of the seed-heads, which have the same shape as the bill of a crane. The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος, géranos, or γερανός, geranós, crane. The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. Their rose, pink to blue or white flowers have 5 petals.
Cranesbills are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Brown-tail and Mouse Moth.
Confusingly, "geranium" is also the common name of members of the genus Pelargonium, which were formerly classified in the cranesbill genus. In the United States, true Geraniums are frequently distinguished from the less hardy Pelargoniums as (rather redundantly) "hardy geraniums" by gardeners and in the horticultural trade. One can make the distinction between the two by looking at the flowers: Geranium has symmetrical flowers, while Pelargonium has irregular or maculate petals. Other former members of the genus are now classified in genus Erodium, including the plants known as filarees in North America.
Scarborough 2012-
The next day, in the pub, my friend Max showed me a poem that he told me he had written during the night, which he had entitled "Before the New Tide":
"The boy, alone
Left the ball to lay
Where it had come to rest,
Punctured and silent.
As the dusk drew on
The sea fell back,
The voices of the children
Thinned and frayed
In the wind.
Much further on
Before the new tide,
An old woman searches for a shell
in which listen to the whispered,
Distant roaring
Of the tide before."
He then read from the essay by William Hazlitt "Why Distant Objects Please" (1822):
"Distant objects please, because, in the first place, they imply an idea of space and magnitude, and because, not being obtruded too close upon the eye, we clothe them with indistinct and airy colours of fancy. In looking at the misty mountain tops that bound the horizon, the mind is as it were conscious of all the conceivable objects and interests that lie between; we imagine all sorts of adventures in the interim; strain our hopes and wishes to reach the air-drawn circle, or to "descry new lands, rivers, and mountains", stretching far beyond it: feelings carried out of themselves lose their grossness and their husk, rarefied, expanded, melt into softness and brighten into beauty, turning to "Imperial mould, sky-tinctured". We drink the air before us, and borrow more refined existence from objects that hover on the brink of nothing. Where the landscape fades from the dull sight, we fill the thin, viewless space with shapes of unknown good, and tinge the hazy prospect with hopes and wishes and more charming fears..."
"Whatever is placed beyond the reach of sense and knowledge, whatever is imperfectly discerned, the fancy pieces out at its leisure; and all but the present moment, but the present spot, passion claims for its own, and brooding over it with wings outspread, stamp sit with an image of itself. Passion is Lord of infinite space, and distant objects please because they border on its confines, and are moulded by its touch."
After which we sank into silence for a while.
The show entitled "Your emotional future" is the first solo exhibition by Olafur Eliasson in Eastern Europe. It will last from 21 May to 2 October 2011 at the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv, Ukraine. The show is open from Tuesday through Sunday from 12am to 9pm. Admission is free.
The exhibition at the PinchukArtCentre is a milestone in the evolution of the artist’s oeuvre. With a total of 16 works presented on three floors – all of which, with a few exceptions, such as Beauty (1993) and Room for one colour (1997) – are from 2010/2011 and include numerous works especially created for the PinchukArtCentre.
i production designed a feature film entitled GEMINI (danish title: TVILLING), from 2003. thought i would throw this up here, while i am updating my website.
this particular frame grab features the set decoration for a house in hellerup. this is trine dyrholm with video camera.
one of the things that we also payed a lot of attention to was the choice of costume. it was intentional that as the film wears on, the character julie should wear clothing that grew increasingly neutral. as she was losing her sense of identity in the actual story, we wanted her wardrobe to give the impression that she was disappearing into the background of her environment. this frame shows that fairly well.
Entitled: "Fly"
Just now started messing around with my pictures I took in Africa. This one is designed to activate others with a similar heartbeat for Africa.
Installation entitled "Nutrimetica, 2008" as part of the Next Wave Festival, 2008. Installation part of group show entitled "Nightclub Project" at The Men's Gallery, KIng St Melbourne. Live performance by May Bluebell.Work by Luke Warm - meatkeeper@gmail.com
New Deal mural entitled "Justice as Protector and Avenger" painted in 1938 in the courtroom of the US Courthouse. This mural has had lots of controversy through the years and remains behind curtains unless it is requested to be viewed.
1890 Published in an album entitled 'Fremantle Views', this photo was labelled 'South West Aboriginal woman outside a hut of leaves wearing a Buka, 1890, near Fremantle’.
This Noongar/Whadjuk woman has the long digging stick, typical of the south-western and Walyalup region, which was used to dig for root vegetables and small animals. Her hut is constructed of eucalyptus branches, bent and threaded over a single frame of eucalyptus trunks placed in a semi-circle into the ground and bent over towards the centre. Balga grass (Xanthorrhoea/Grass Tree) was also used to construct huts, especially in wet weather and when the hut was to stand for any length of time. The grass fronds were stuck into a simple frame in successively higher concentric circles, to form a thatch which drained the rain onto the ground and kept the interior of the hut dry.
She is wearing a Buka (also Boka or Booka), the name for the cloak traditionally worn by Noongar peoples. Unlike in the south-east, where peoples such as Yorta Yorta wore possum-skin cloaks, Noongar peoples generally use the pelt of the kangaroo.
Whadjuk is the name of the dialectal group from the Perth area. Whadjuk is situated south of Yued and north of the Pinjarup dialectal groups. The major cities and towns within the Whajuk region include Perth, Fremantle, Joondalup, Armadale, Toodyay, Wundowie, Bullsbrook and Chidlow. The approximate size of the Whadjuk region is 5,580 km.
Text from South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council and Nyungar Tradition: Glimpses of Aborigines of south-western Australia 1829-1914 by Lois Tilbrook
Image from Royal Western Australian Historical Society R3008
Pinched from book entitled:
ROOT DEVELOPMENT OF FIELD CROPS
BY JOHN E. WEAVER Professor of Plant Ecology, University of Nebraska 1926
www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/010139fieldcroproots/01...
August 20, 2018:.
18-544206.
The central fountain sculpture, entitled Éclatement II, is by Charles Daudelin, a master of abstract sculpture whose work combines movement, volume, and matter. In this piece, the powerful spray of water pays homage to Québec’s hydroelectric heritage. The fountain also echoes the artist’s work at Place du Québec in Paris, entitled Embâcle, highlighting the ties that bind these two capitals of the French-speaking world, one in North America, the other in Europe
Québec,
Québec Québec (City),
Artwork/Art Display,
The Central Fountain Sculpture,
Entitled Éclatement II Is By Charles Daudelin Built 1998
Québec Québec (City) Historical Buildings,
Québec Historical Site,
Québec Québec (City) Historical Buildings,
Heritage Railway structures,
Heritage Railway Stations,
Canadian Heritage Railway Stations,
Passenger Train System,
VIA Rail Canada,
VIA Rail Stations,
VIA Rail Gare du Palais Built 1915 By Canadian Pacific Railway,
The Leaders Of Technique program hosted their 1st Annual Tie Ceremony entitled “A City Tied Together” on Wednesday, October 10th. This epic event symbolically connected Elizabeth’s younger and older generations by having prominent Elizabeth men donate neck ties to the members of the L.O.T. program.
An entitled actor throws his sandwich across the greenroom during an interview with a journalist from the LEGOwood Reporter. It's just another day of high powered wheelin' and dealin' at Hieroglyph Studios!
Models Chase Kaufman and Brooke Fleming photographed in Indio, California as part of a narrative photo series entitled "The Breakup" photo by Kansas City photographer Jason Tracy #models #editorial #narrative#motel #moody #glass #rain #window #kansascityphotographer ©Jason Tracy
This photographic portfolio entitled “ANCESTRAL LANDSCAPES” is the result of an incredible journey in Scotland through breathtaking natural landscapes. Scotland landscape is a permanent theater, a mysterious drama in which the initial plot seems to come from ancient feuds or the echo of legends. Contrasting like its climate, Scotland offers a range of light and shadow carried by the impetuousness of the elements. Weather reports are more like predicting the future than science. As frustrating as it may sound, it forces you to make your day unexpected. The turbulence of time exacerbates the green of the hills, the darkness of the mountains and the density of the ocean. The caledonian bad weather offers atmospheres that seem to come out of the most fantastic tales and legends. In this interplay of shades and contrasts, Scotland is a perpetual painting that offers aesthetes the violence of its brushstrokes. Consistently tackling the elements in Scotland grabs you literally and figuratively. The wind blows across the plains, the rain draws a curtain over the landscape and the proud mountains impress. Scotland is home to some of the most stunning landscapes I have ever seen. Shaped by landslides and tectonic movements that have completely sculpted their surroundings, these landscapes instantly immerse you in an almost supernatural fantasy world. One does not expect to discover such an exciting landscape. Vastness constantly echoes within us through our eyes.
Installation entitled "Nutrimetica, 2008" as part of the Next Wave Festival, 2008. Installation part of group show entitled "Nightclub Project" at The Men's Gallery, KIng St Melbourne. Live performance by May Bluebell.Work by Luke Warm - meatkeeper@gmail.com
Entitled "Prayer for World Peace" designed and created by Tibetan monk Yeshi Palden who traveled from New York to Louisville to make the sand painting at Zen Garden. Completed April 13, 2008. Adopted by Interfaith Paths to Peace as its logo ( with permission).
This panorama is entitled “Clifton,” like “Occoquan,” it was named after the town in which it was photographed in. When printed at its native size, the panorama should measure approximately 10” tall by 168” (~14 feet) wide, “Clifton” was photographed at a full 360 degree view, meaning it’s a complete capture of everything that happened around the camera.
Hello everyone and welcome to my first photography project of the year! After roughly three years of searching, thinking, photographing, developing, and all that, I figured out what my main theme will be for the rest of my photography career in High School: Panoramas. From the simplistic pictures of Photo I, the random creative projects of Photo II, the suicide and murder themes of early Photo III, to my main theme of old towns captured as a panoramas from late Photo III and onward. I didn’t choose to shoot old towns on panoramas just because it might seem easy; in fact, the general practice of editing a panorama is far from simple, for my first one for this project, it took approximately two weeks of nonstop editing. On average, it took me approximately 20 minutes to capture a 270 degree panorama, and it could take longer depending on how populated and crowded it was to shoot the whole thing. Not only that, since the panoramas are being edited at their native size (10 inches by infinity inches), they require beefy computers to be edited completely. Our editing PCs at school fulfil the guidelines for “beefy” at least for regular photo editing, but in reality, they aren’t the best for panorama editing at all. In the end, the process is time consuming and requires a lot of patience. For the easiness of printing and mounting, the panoramas are printed on 13” x 19” semi-gloss paper. If I were to use these panoramas in a contest, for example, then I’d print them at their full size. The first panorama is entitled “Occoquan,” named after the town in which it was photographed in. When printed at its native size, the panorama should measure approximately 10” tall by 140” (~11.6 feet) wide. The next panorama is entitled “Clifton,” like “Occoquan,” it was named after the town in which it was photographed in. When printed at its native size, the panorama should measure approximately 10” tall by 168” (~14 feet) wide, “Clifton” was photographed at a full 360 degree view, meaning it’s a complete capture of everything that happened around the camera. The final panorama is entitled “Alexandria,” also named after the town in which it was photographed in. When printed at its native size, the panorama should measure approximately 10” tall by 127” (~10.6 feet) wide, “Alexandria” was photographed at a 270 degree view, meaning its only 3/4ths of the total landscape. All of the panoramas successfully capture everything going on in the town at that moment in time like people walking, going about their day and cars driving by going were they need to. These panoramas aren’t just some photos of towns, they’re a time capsule; for example, when people take family pictures, they want the memories to be kept in a physical and authentic form; however, when you take those pictures, you miss what goes on in other parts of the scene, the style of people, the activities of people, and most importantly, the decade and era of people. These panoramas photograph a date, not just an event. They photograph how we lived during this period in time because only time, itself, can change. Eventually we won’t live life in this lifestyle anymore, time moves on and things change. That’s my goal in capturing “Occoquan,” “Alexandria,” and “Clifton.” Well that’s all I really have to say about them, I’ll see you all in my second quarter project!
Project Serial Number: Q1:P2:PY4
Camera Model: Olympus E-510 DSLR
Lens: Zuiko ED 40-150mm Telephoto Lens
Camera Resolution: 10 Megapixels
Edited With: Adobe Photoshop CC 2017
Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank
(Dr. J. Silver Series) - 1985
Jeff Koons
USA - Born 1955
This is one of a series of tanks Koons made in 1985 for his first solo exhibition, entitled Equilibrium, at the New York gallery, International With Monuments. The tanks, glass vitrines supported on black steel stands, were made in three sizes, holding one, two or three professional basketballs. The Total Equilibrium Tanks are completely filled with distilled water and a small amount of sodium chloride reagent, to assist the hollow balls in remaining suspended in the centre of the liquid. In a second version, the 50/50 Tanks, only half the tank is filled with distilled water, with the result that the balls float half in and half out of the water. A group of objects cast in bronze, including a lifeboat and an aqualung were exhibited at the same time. To complement the tanks, Koons framed a series of advertising posters created by the sportswear company Nike and hung them on the walls. These depict American basketball heroes wearing Nike trainers and other sportswear, holding and surrounded by basketballs. For Koons,
the tanks were an ultimate state of being ... The Nike posters were the Sirens – the great deceivers, saying Go for it! I have achieved it. You can achieve it too! And the bronzes were the tools for Equilibrium that would kill you if you used them. So the underlying theme, really, was that death is the ultimate state of being. What was paralleling this message was that white middle-class kids have been using art the same way that other ethnic groups have been using basketball – for social mobility. You could take one of those basketball stars, Dr. Dunkelstein, or the Secretary of Defense, and one could have been me, or Baselitz, or whoever.
Koons began using ready-made household objects in an earlier group of works, entitled The New. This consists of a series of vacuum-cleaners, often selected for brand names which appealed to the artist, such as ‘The New Shelton Wet/Dry’, which he had mounted in Perspex boxes. Their names are part of the titles, as in Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Two Dr J Silver Series, Spalding NBA Tip-Off), in which the names of types of Spalding brand basketballs are referred to. The artist consulted several physicists before he found the solution for the correct equilibrium in his tanks. Although he had wanted the balls to be in permanent equilibrium in the water, he discovered that this was not possible without immiscible additives. He commented: ‘I wanted to keep it a very womb-like situation with water. I like the purity of water. So I arrived at an equilibrium which is not permanent but very pure.’ Over a period of six months the balls gradually sink to the bottom of the tank and have to be reset. Because of this, they may be seen as representing transience, human frailty and vulnerability to change in fortune.
In order to finance his art-making independently of the art market, for several years during the early 80s Koons worked as a commodities broker on Wall Street. The Equilibrium works were all funded in this way. Koons’ awareness of the commodity-nature of the art object and the market forces which set a value to an artwork may be seen as underpinning this body of work. Enclosed in the watery vitrines, the basketballs become idealised objects which may refer to nostalgia or ambition – either way they are unattainable. The artist’s framing of the common object within a vitrine, suggestive of preservation, developed the tradition of the Duchampian ready-made to a further level. This was to herald his subsequent bodies of work in which cast kitsch objects were cast in steel or remade in porcelain, and thus elevated beyond the banal to become objects of aesthetic and commercial value.
The three ball equilibrium tanks were made in two versions, the versions being differentiated by the make of basketball. The edition size of each version was two. There are three further three-ball tanks in existence.
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The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art is a privately owned contemporary art gallery in Oslo in Norway. It was founded and opened to the public in 1993.[1] The collection's main focus is the American appropriation artists from the 1980s, but it is currently developing towards the international contemporary art scene, with artists like Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Matthew Barney, Tom Sachs, Doug Aitken, Olafur Eliasson, and Cai Guo-Qiang. The museum gives 6-7 temporary exhibitions each year. Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art collaborates with international institutions and produces exhibitions that travel worldwide.[2] In 2012 the museum moved to two new buildings designed by Renzo Piano in Tjuvholmen.
The museum opened in 1993, and was funded by two philanthropic foundations established by descendants of the Fearnley shipping family, the Thomas Fearnley Foundation and the Heddy and Nils Astrup Foundation.
The two foundations merged in 1995 to become the Thomas Fearnley, Heddy and Nils Astrup Foundation. The Thomas Fearnley Foundation was established by shipping magnate Thomas Fearnley (1880–1961) in 1939; he was the son of shipping magnate Thomas Fearnley (1841–1927) and grandson of romantic painter Thomas Fearnley. The Heddy and Nils Astrup Foundation was named for Nils Ebbessøn Astrup, who was a maternal grandson of Thomas Fearnley (1841–1927).
The museum created a stir in the international art world in 2002 when it purchased the American artist Jeff Koons's monumental sculpture in gilt porcelain of the pop star Michael Jackson with Bubbles, his favourite chimpanzee, for US $5.1 million.
The permanent collection consists of works of Norwegian and International Contemporary Art. The museum collection was originally based on a private collection that goes back thirty years and has significantly developed with the many changes in modern/contemporary art. There has been an interest in German Abstract Expressionism, English modern painting, and the Young British Artists. Presently the collection is orientated towards the young American art scene. It also encompasses works pertaining to the steadily increasing global art community. The main areas of curatorial expertise in the museum are art from the 1960s to the present, including American and European pop-art, post-modern appropriation art of the 1980s and international contemporary art.
Astrup Fearnley Museet is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary in 2023. To mark this significant milestone the museum presents an extensive exhibition featuring iconic works, hidden treasures and recent acquisitions to the Astrup Fearnley Collection, across the museums two buildings. The selected works represent various time periods and highlight a number of key directions that have come to define the identity of the collection and the museum more broadly. The collection includes significant works by Matthew Barney, Paul Chan, Trisha Donnelly, Félix González-Torres, Nan Goldin, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Glenn Ligon, Bjarne Melgaard, Julie Mehretu and Cindy Sherman.
The museum building is designed by renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, whose other notable museum buildings include Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
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"The collection does not concentrate on specific eras, styles or groups, but reflects an in-depth attention to the work of a wide variety of artists. The museum maintains the vibrancy of the collection by regularly rehanging the exhibitions, placing the works in new constellations and contexts. The presentation on show focuses on a range of practices, often including several works by individual artists, in order to highlight the breadth and depth of the collection. Well-known artworks are juxtaposed with newly purchased pieces that have never been exhibited before. Not selected according to an overall theme, the different works generate a dialogue through their interplay with one other. This exhibition presents a multitude of topics and concepts that may inspire new directions of exploration. The artworks encourage us to examine complex issues and meditate on questions of aesthetics and politics, of identity, sexuality and violence, and of loss, faith and belonging."
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Our earlier visit to Oslo in September, 2022:
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Aker Brygge and Tjuvholmen
www.visitnorway.com/listings/aker-brygge-wharf/4471/
A bridge connects Aker Brygge to Tjuvholmen ('the thief islet'). Tjuvholmen is not only one of Oslo’s newest quarters, it is also a must-see for all design and architecture aficionados. The area is known for its rich, architectural diversity and the many art installations in between the houses. There are also a lot of galleries on Tjuvholmen, as well as the AstrupFearnley Museum, which situated at the outermost tip of the island, between its sculpture park and a small beach.
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The Silver Room, 1442 N Milwaukee Ave, Wicker Park, is hosting the art exhibition entitled “100 Canvases for A Better World” on Friday, July 8th 2011 from 7 pm to 11 pm. This is a juried group show that all procedes from the silent auction will go to funding The Silver Room 9th Annual Sound System Block Party “A Better World,” which will be held Saturday, July 16th 2011 from 12 Noon to 10 PM at the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Evergreen.
"100 Canvases for a Better World" is the generous creative contribution of 100 local artists. Each artist was given the creative license to express " A Better World" in a 12 X 12 inch space.The mediums were not limited to canvases- work on metal, wood, glass, and fabric are all making a feature in this group art exhibition. The art will be sold by silent auction, the starting bid for each piece is $50.
For more information visit The Silver Room:
1442 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
773.278.7130
Event on Facebook:
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Check Sixty Inches From Center for the latest on Chicago art:
sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/archive/
(Image Credit: Tempestt Hazel)
Entitled Blue Tarpaulin, the recently installed work by guerilla artist Itsol Boolshedt. Due to be replaced on Monday by something possibly less meaningful, but then I shouldn't really prejudge. Let's wait and see.
all photos entitled "pagsanjan rapids" are processed. for unprocessed photos, visit my multiply site. :)
This photographic portfolio entitled “ANCESTRAL LANDSCAPES” is the result of an incredible journey in Scotland through breathtaking natural landscapes. Scotland landscape is a permanent theater, a mysterious drama in which the initial plot seems to come from ancient feuds or the echo of legends. Contrasting like its climate, Scotland offers a range of light and shadow carried by the impetuousness of the elements. Weather reports are more like predicting the future than science. As frustrating as it may sound, it forces you to make your day unexpected. The turbulence of time exacerbates the green of the hills, the darkness of the mountains and the density of the ocean. The caledonian bad weather offers atmospheres that seem to come out of the most fantastic tales and legends. In this interplay of shades and contrasts, Scotland is a perpetual painting that offers aesthetes the violence of its brushstrokes. Consistently tackling the elements in Scotland grabs you literally and figuratively. The wind blows across the plains, the rain draws a curtain over the landscape and the proud mountains impress. Scotland is home to some of the most stunning landscapes I have ever seen. Shaped by landslides and tectonic movements that have completely sculpted their surroundings, these landscapes instantly immerse you in an almost supernatural fantasy world. One does not expect to discover such an exciting landscape. Vastness constantly echoes within us through our eyes.
An article entitled "Sea lions at Victoria's Race Rocks injured by debris, boats" just ran in Victoria's Times Colonist that quoted me. See it here: www.timescolonist.com/technology/lions+Victoria+Race+Rock...
Anna Hall, a marine zoologist also quoted in the article suggests showing graphic images to children to warn them of the dangers posed to sea lions. This series is a response to that suggestion and not biased propaganda as I have been accused of.
C868 is having difficulties moving on land and in water and cannot socialize normally with the other sea lions or find enough food to stay healthy.
An update from a NOAA research biologist and a veterinarian who specializes in marine mammals: Both experts agree the wound has been present for so long that the original source of the trauma is impossible to say with scientific certainty. Possible causes include orca bite, entanglement, and boat strike.
These are the pieces from my first solo show, entitled “The Ghost of the You Haunted Me..." held at Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago, IL on Sept 7, 2012.
This body of work is the culmination of many of the elements found in my custom toy work within my Forest of Sorrows narrative and I have strived to create a cohesive storyline that ties together many of the concepts and themes seen over the past couple of years.
In this story, when people pass onto the next life, those with unfinished business are taken to the Silva Dolorosa (The Forest of Sorrows) to begin a life anew, where the choices and decisions they make will determine how their lives turn out.
At the end of days as one’s life ebbs away, the Flederkanichen creatures arrive to shepherd these souls, manifested as a seed, and carry them to the Silva Dolorosa. Upon arriving, they drop the soul seeds down into the depths of the forest where the Saplings catch them, plant them in their heads waiting for them to bloom again, at which point they will plant them on the forest floor in the perfect place, so that the souls can begin their new lives.
On one particular day, with one particular soul seed dropped by the Flederkanichen, a big gust of wind blew the seed out of the hand of the Sapling assigned to it and it hit the ground, breaking the cardinal rule of the forest. It was at this moment that Locket, the geist girl was reborn in this limbo, confused and bewildered as to where she was. Frightened, she runs deep into the forest to discover who she was in her previous life, and what she was to become in the next.
Concurrently, at the moment at which Locket was born, the last guardian of the forest, the Hollow Knight, was awakened from deep slumber, tasked with ensuring the sanctity of the Silva and all of its denizens. He sets off on a quest to find Locket, only to encounter yet another new visitor to the forest - the ferocious and monstrous Blackwülf, who seems to be racing the Hollow Knight in a quest to reach Locket first.
This is the story of death, understanding, rebirth and redemption. I hope that the pieces I have created for this show will help to give an insight into this story that I have been telling.
Photos taken by Kirby Kerr.
Please contact rotofugi.com for availability.
The show entitled "Your emotional future" is the first solo exhibition by Olafur Eliasson in Eastern Europe. It will last from 21 May to 2 October 2011 at the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv, Ukraine. The show is open from Tuesday through Sunday from 12am to 9pm. Admission is free.
The exhibition at the PinchukArtCentre is a milestone in the evolution of the artist’s oeuvre. With a total of 16 works presented on three floors – all of which, with a few exceptions, such as Beauty (1993) and Room for one colour (1997) – are from 2010/2011 and include numerous works especially created for the PinchukArtCentre.
Entitled "Digital Progress, Human Success", we explored how the change brought about by the new Digital Transformation continues to change perspectives and to transform companies, individuals and societies through new ways of thinking; resulting from the technological and digital knowledge we have acquired.
All of this in the purest IE style, to reconnect with our former colleagues, meet new ones and enjoy moments of leisure the event such as lunch and dinner.
Nandi is the name for the bull which serves as the mount (Sanskrit: Vahana) of the god Shiva and as the gatekeeper of Shiva and Parvati. In Hindu Religion, he is the chief guru of eighteen masters (18 Siddhar) including Patanjali and Thirumular. Temples venerating Shiva display stone images of a seated Nandi, generally facing the main shrine. There are also a number of temples dedicated solely to Nandi.
The application of the name Nandi to the bull (Sanskrit: vṛṣabha) is in fact a development of recent centuries, as Gouriswar Bhattacharya has documented in an illustrated article entitled "Nandin and Vṛṣabha". The name Nandi was earlier widely used instead for an anthropomorphic deity who was one of Shiva’s two door-keepers, the other being Mahākāla. The doorways of pre-tenth-century North Indian temples are frequently flanked by images of Mahākāla and Nandi, and it is in this role of Shiva’s watchman that Nandi figures in Kālidāsa’s poem the Kumārasambhava.
ETYMOLOGY
The word “Nandi” is derived from the ancient Indian Language of Sanskrit. The Sanskrit word 'Nandi' in English translates as Happy, Joyous or Happy Person.
BIRTH OF NANDI
There was a sage named Shilada who underwent severe penance to have a boon — a child with immortality. Lord Indra pleased of the austerities of Shilada appeared in front of him to offer a boon. After hearing the request of Shilada and his desire to have an immortal child, Lord Indra suggested he pray to Lord Shiva: nobody else could provide such a boon. Sage Shilada continued his penance for 1,000 years. He was totally immovable for many years, so the termites settled on his body and slowly started to build up their nest. Finally, his whole body was covered up by them. The insects started to eat his flesh and imbibed his blood. At last, only bones remained.
Lord Shiva appeared in front of him and provided the boon for the child. Moreover, Lord Shiva provided Sage Shilada his old form with a single touch. Sage Shilada performed Yagna and a child appeared from the sacrificial fire. His body was clad in armour made out of diamonds. The celestial dancers and singers performed on this auspicious occasion and the deities showered flowers on the child. The boy was named ’Nandi’ — who brings joy. Shilada brought the child home. Immediately the boy lost his divine appearance to an ordinary child. The child completely forgot all about his birth. Sage Shilada was worried about the sudden change. He devoted his time for Nandi's upbringing his education etc. By the age of seven, the boy was well versed in Veda and all sacred texts.
One day the deities Mitra and Varuna visited Sage Shilada. At the first sight of the boy, they commented: Though the boy had all auspicious signs, he would have a very short life. He would not live after the age of eight. Sage Shilada was mortified at this remark. Nandi could not bear his father's sorrow; he began to pray to Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva appeared before him and blessed him. Lord Shiva adorned the boy with a necklace and made him immortal. Lord Shiva blessed the child and declared that he would be worshiped along with Him and become his vahana (vehicle). Immediately the boy got all the divine powers and transformed into half bull-half human. He and Shilada went to Lord Shiva's abode to live.
IN HINDUISM
Bulls appear on the Indus Valley seals, including the 'Pasupati Seal', which depicts a seated figure and, according to some scholars, is similar to Shiva. However, most scholars agree that the horned bull on the Indus Valley seals is not identical to Nandi.
DESCRIPTIONS ON NANDI IN HINDU RELIGIOUS TEXTS INCLUDE:
- Some Puranas describe Nandi or Nandikeshvara as bull face with a human body that resembles that of Shiva in proportion and aspect, although with four hands — two hands holding the Parasu (the axe) and Mruga (the antelope) and the other two hands joined together in the Anjali (obeisance). Brahma Vaivarta Purana mentions Krishna himself to have taken the form of a bull as no one else in the Universe can bear Shiva.
- Vehicle of Shiva: The bull Nandi is Shiva's primary vehicle and is the principal gana (follower) of Shiva.
- Gate keeper of Shiva's abode: The close association of Shiva and Nandi explains the presence of a statue of Nandi at the gate of many temples dedicated to Shiva. It also explains why the word "nandi" in the Tamil, Kannada and Telugu languages is used as a metaphor for a person blocking the way.[citation needed] In Sanskrit, a bull is called vrisha, which has another connotation — that of righteousness or Dharma. It is important to seek the blessings of Nandi before proceeding to worship Lord Shiva.
- Chief in Shiva's army: Some Puranas mention that Nandi lead the Shiva Ganas, Shiva's attendants.
- A Guru of Saivism: In addition to being his mount, Nandi is Shiva's foremost disciple. In the Natha/Siddhar tradition, Nandi is one of the primal gurus. He was the guru to Siddhar Thirumulanathar, Patanjalinathar and others.
- From the yogic perspective, Nandi/Nandhi/Nandikeshvara is the mind dedicated to Lord Siva, the Absolute. In other words, to understand and absorb Light, the 'experience and the wisdom' is Nandi which is the Guru within.
- Spiritually, Nandi represents an individual jiva (soul) and the message that the jiva should always be focused on the Atman (Paramatman).
LEGENDS
According to some puranas, Nandi was born to sage Shilada who got him by the grace of Shiva.
It was Nandi who cursed Ravana (the demon King of Lanka) that his kingdom would be burnt by a monkey (Vanara). And later Hanuman burnt Lanka when he went in search of Sita, who was kept prisoner by Ravana in Ashok Vatika.
In one puranic story, it is stated that once Siva and Parvathi were playing a game of dice. For any game there has to be an umpire, who has to declare who is the winner. Siva and Parvathi agreed to have Nandi (the divine bull) as the umpire. Nandi is a favorite of Siva, as he is Siva's vehicle. Although Siva lost the game, Nandi declared him the winner. It is stated that Parvathi was indignant over Nandi's partiality for Siva and cursed him that he should die from an incurable disease. Thereupon Nandi fell at the feet of Parvathi and pleaded for forgiveness. "Mother forgive me. Should I not show at least this amount of gratitude to one who is my master? Is it not humiliating for me to declare that my master has lost the game? To uphold his honor I no doubt uttered a lie. But am I to be punished with such severity for so small an offence?" Nandi prayed for forgiveness in this manner. Parvathi forgave Nandi and taught him the means to atone for his lapse. She told him. "The Chaturdasi day in the month of Bhadrapada is the day when my son's birthday is celebrated. On that day you have to offer to my son what pleases you most (green grass)". This means that one atones for one's sins when one offers to the Lord what is most pleasing and enjoyable to him. For Nandi the most enjoyable and relishing food is green grass. As directed by Parvathi Nandi worshipped Ganapathi by offering green grass. Nandi was then relieved of his dreaded disease. His health improved and by the grace of Parvathi he was redeemed.
When the positive forces, the devas, and the negative forces, the asuras, joined together on a rare occasion to churn the ocean with a mountain to obtain the nectar of immortality they utilized Vasuki, the serpent, as the rope. The devas pulled from one end and the asuras from the other. Lots of precious herbs and gems were produced during the Churning and one of them was a poison (halāhala) which became human karma. This "poison" was so dangerous that none of the devas or asuras wanted to go near it. It was extremely sticky and coming into contact with this poison, i.e., human karma, would drag the divinity down to the realms of human suffering and ego. As everyone else ran away, Lord Siva, followed by Nandi, came forward to help as he was the only one who could counteract this deadly poison. Siva took the poison into his hand and drank it, the descent of the poison was in turn stopped at His throat, by His divine consort. Siva is therefore also known as Nīlakaṇṭha (the blue-throated one) and Viṣakaṇṭha (the poison-throated one). Nandi saw some of the poison spill out of Siva's mouth and immediately drank if off the ground. The devas and asuras watching were shocked and wondered aloud what would happen to Nandi. Lord Siva calmed their fears saying, "Nandi has surrendered into me so completely that he has all my powers and my protection".
LARGEST NANDIS IN INDIA
1. Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh
2. Brahadishwara Temple, Tamil Nadu
4. Bull Temple, Bangalore, Karnataka
5. Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu
6. Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu, Karnataka
7. Shanthaleswara Temple, Halebidu, Karnataka
8. Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur, Kerala
9. Virupaksha Temple, Hampi, Karnataka
10. Nandi Temple, Western Group of Temples, Khajuraho,
Madhya Pradesh
11. Kedareshvara Temple at Balligavi (Karnataka)
12. Doddabasaveshvara temple, Kurugodu Bellary dist
MISCELLANEOUS
The white color of the bull symbolizes purity and justice.
Women visit images of Nandi, bringing floral offerings, and touch the stone. Their prayers are for fertility. Additionally, it is also considered a custom among some to whisper the fact of their visit, to that shrine, while requesting the faithful attendant to inform his master of the same.
WIKIPEDIA
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