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A small bird (and a small, speedy furry animal) kept us company at the top of Mt Toubkal by Mary Loosemore

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Based on Bonsaibirder's blog, I think it's a rock bunting...

Wednesday 19 February 2014: Neltner Refuge (3207 m / 10522 ft) - Toubkal (جبل توبقال‎) (4167 m / 13671 ft) - Neltner Refuge (3207 m / 10522 ft)

An early rise and shine at the Neltner Refuge - 5.53am alarm, breakfast back down in the dining room at 6.30am ish, donning waterproofs, boots, then outside for crampon lacing and ice axe wrangling (and photos) and we were ready and raring to go on our Mt Toubkal ascent by 7.15am. Beautiful clear blue skies, pristine snow and very cold. We'd had feather patterned ice on the inside of our dorm window this morning.

After a bit of stopping and starting we found our pace, with Hussein-the-guide leading the way and Mohammed bringing up the rear, and eventually splitting into two groups. Strong winds en route brought the temperature down further and whipped up the snow - beautiful but occasionally painful. You needed to keep moving. My ears got very cold (hence the scarf-as-headscarf look in the photos). Towards the top of the valley, the morning sun caught up with us, providing a touch of warmth but making the snowscape very bright. Time to don the Julbo sunglasses (another image element I'd rather be without!).

Just after 11am we reached the head of the valley - Tizi'n'Toubkal (3940 m / 12926 ft) - and were rewarded with a magical view east of misty blue ridges and, somewhere beyond that, the Sahara. Looking behind us we could see the valley we'd climbed through, to the north the path up to the peak - the metal pyramid on top making it easy to identify. A very photogenic stop, and Hussein found us a sheltered spot for a bit of a breather before the final push up and round to the very top of Toubkal.

We summited at 11.45am or there abouts, and once we'd caught our breaths it was time for celebratory snaps, sweets and mélange courtesy of Hussein. Tara, Liz, Denyse and Mohammed arrived about half an hour later accompanied by another group who were carrying skis on their packs, planning to a ski descent. Now that's what I call nuts (but then again, I don't ski....). More photos, plus bread and cheese triangles to celebrate. Beautiful panoramic views under blue skies - who could ask for more?

A speedy descent - due to a combination of taking a more direct path down and gravity, plus the lure of lunch back at the refuge. The wind had dropped and it got hot clad in accumulated thermals. I'd settled on Uniqlo polo neck base layer, M&S thermal top, Mountain Kingdoms fleece, plus my Goretex jacket on top; for bottoms, Icebreaker thermal leggings, Gelert trousers, Tibetan waterproof trews (admittedly a little on the short side) plus gaiters - a lower half look reminiscent of Little Lord Fauntleroy. As I'd absent-mindedly done yesterday's crampon training in my Salomon hiking boots (Women's Sector Mid GTX), I'd worn them again today - my new Scarpas didn't get a look in on this trip. My Mountain Equipment Women's Randonee Mitts were invaluable, as were (Hazel's - thank you...) trekking poles.

We were back at the refuge around 3.30pm, and by 4 o'clock were feasting on a late lunch of pasta, lentils, carrots, peas, cucumber/tomato/red onion/sweetcorn salad, bread and olives, accompanied by lots of tea and rounded off with the zingyest clementines I've ever tasted - it's citrus season, and these are fully ripened, fresh fruit.

As the wood stove warmed the dining room, afternoon tea followed at 5.30pm - paratha-y pancakes drizzled with honey - followed by dinner at 7pm. Bed followed not long after (and a good night's sleep, partly due to escaping last night's condensation drips).

A fantastic day.

PS It looks like we did the South Col / Cwm (Irhzer n'Ikhibi Janoub) route.

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The drama unfolded just before dawn yesterday after investigators had followed a white Honda Civic, registered to a home in Ajax, and a gold Honda, which was stolen but not yet reported as such, from an address in Toronto to Ascot Cres., a winding, tree-lined street not far from Steeles Ave. and Kennedy Rd.

There has been a rash of airbag thefts across York Region, particularly in Markham.

Since January, there have been 43 incidents of airbag thefts and investigators had zeroed in on a couple of suspects.

The undercover officers watched the two cars pull over to the side of Ascot Cres., just around a bend, and saw the driver of the gold Honda attempt to remove an airbag. It was just after 5 a.m. when Plunkett approached the open driver's side, said La Barge.

"As Const. Plunkett attempted to arrest the suspect, the suspect put the vehicle into reverse, and accelerated over a curb, across a lawn and over several shrubs," he said.

Plunkett was then pinned by the open door as it struck a tree on the front lawn of 65 Ascot Cres. As the suspect tried to drive away, the officer was dragged onto a nearby lawn and thrown from the car.

The suspect continued to reverse across the lawn, "at which time assisting officers rammed the vehicle to stop its progress," said La Barge. The suspect fled the car but was quickly arrested.

The second suspect was also arrested trying to flee.

Police said they didn't know why the suspects chose Ascot, except at that time of day it is still dark and there are no surveillance cameras in the immediate area.

Kuo Wan Liu was awake inside his Ascot Cres. home. "There was a big bang noise once, and then a second one," Liu said. "It was not normal. Ascot Crescent is very quiet."

Soon after, a group of people outside were yelling, "`Bleeding! Bleeding! Bleeding!' Very loud," he said.

It's unclear how many officers were at the scene when Plunkett moved in. La Barge said other officers were in the area and responding when Plunkett moved in to make the arrest.

The 22-year veteran had identified himself as a police officer, but detectives will look at what he was wearing and what identification he had, said homicide Det. Kevin Torrie.

Plunkett, married and the father of a daughter, 18, and sons 16 and 14, was rushed to Scarborough Grace Hospital, where he died.

Nadeem Jiwah, 19, has been charged with manslaughter. He was on a recognizance order to live at Hawkeshead Cres.

Baseer Yousafzai, 23, is facing various charges of theft and mischief. He is a landed immigrant from Afghanistan. They're scheduled to make a court appearance in Newmarket today.

A charge of first-degree murder requires evidence of planning and specific intent, second-degree murder covers a "spur of the moment" decision to kill with no planning, and a manslaughter charge can be laid when someone commits an unlawful act that results in someone's death, criminal lawyer Andrew McKay explained.

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TORONTO -- At last, the family of York Regional Police Det. Const. Rob Plunkett can begin to heal.

Nadeem Jiwa, the airbag thief convicted of manslaughter in Plunkett's death, has lost an appeal of his sentence and must do the dozen years behind bars he was given in 2011. No more excuses, no more stalling, no more whining. He must do his time.

For Amanda Plunkett, the good news came a day after a grim anniversary - Aug. 7 marked five years since her vibrant father was senselessly killed in the line of duty. From that day of horror, there have been so many difficult stages for the family to endure - Jiwa's preliminary hearing, the trial, a shocking verdict that came back not as murder but manslaughter, and then news that still not satisfied, he was appealing his sentence.

But now, finally, an end.

"It's been hanging over our heads," explained Plunkett's 22-year-old daughter, who is working this summer as an assistant youth probation officer. "We've been waiting for this decision and we can all rest easy now. We're relieved that this last little thing is over now. It's that last bit. There's nothing more he can do."

In a judgment released Wednesday, the Ontario Court of Appeal found Justice Michelle Fuerst's sentence was on the "very high end" for a youthful, first-time offender, but contrary to what his lawyers had argued, it was not demonstrably unfit.

"Police officers carry out an essential and responsible role in society," wrote Justice Eileen Gillese on behalf of a three-judge panel, quoting an earlier decision. "When a police officer is killed in the execution of duty, the community is understandably outraged. In imposing sentence, it is appropriate to reflect society's revulsion for this aspect of the offence."

In the early morning hours of that August day in 2007, 19-year-old Jiwa was on bail facing airbag theft charges and was out well past the 1 a.m. curfew when he was supposed to be tucked in at his mother's home. Instead, he was out with a friend in a Markham, Ont., neighbourhood, stealing a car and valuable airbags. Plunkett , 43, was part of an undercover surveillance unit watching Jiwa and his partner when they were given the order just before 5 a.m. to move in and make the arrests.

With the cops screaming, "Police, police," his partner in crime quickly surrendered, Not Jiwa. He jumped into his stolen gold Honda and threw it into reverse, crushing Plunkett against a tree. And even as the father of three lay collapsed on the ground, the thief kept on reversing. When his car was finally rammed to a stop, Jiwa tried to take off on foot.

He later insisted at his trial that hitting Plunkett had been an accident and he didn't know he was a police officer trying to arrest him.

Charged with first-degree murder, Jiwa was convicted by a jury of the lesser offence of manslaughter in 2011 and sentenced to 12 years in prison and a 10-year driving ban when he's released. In May, Jiwa's lawyers went to the appeal court to argue the sentence was too harsh for a first-offender with genuine remorse.

The learned judges disagreed.

"This was a very serious crime," wrote Justice Sarah Pepall. "Detective Plunkett was killed in the line of duty. His family and colleagues have been devastated by his death. I recognize that Mr. Jiwa was only 19 years of age at the time of the offence, had no previous record, showed some remorse and the killing was involuntary. Nonetheless, the offence was committed while he was on bail for pending air bag theft charges; he was driving a stolen vehicle having spent several hours stealing air bags; and he was in violation of his curfew."

The top court's decision was applauded by John Miskiw, Plunkett's friend and head of the York police association. "Sonja Plunkett and her children deserve some closure to the court process."

But, of course, 12 years doesn't mean 12 years at all and the family will soon have the parole system to confront: Given two-for-one credit for the almost four years he spent in custody, Jiwa has only three years left on his sentence. < As of Sept 2012.

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Exctracteur Format @Venice Biennale 2011 . by Biennalist by Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel : Artist

Biennalist

Biennalist is an Art Format commenting on active biennials and managed cultural events through artworks.Biennalist takes the thematics of the biennales and similar events like festivals and conferences seriously, questioning the established structures of the staged art events in order to contribute to the debate, which they wish to generate.

About artist Thierry Geoffroy/Colonel:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Geoffroy

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Room_(art)

www.emergencyrooms.org/formats.html

www.colonel.dk/

Biennalist :

Biennalist is an Art Format commenting on active biennials and managed cultural events through artworks.Biennalist takes the thematics of the biennales and similar events like festivals and conferences seriously, questioning the established structures of the staged art events in order to contribute to the debate, which they wish to generate.

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links about Biennalist :

Thierry Geoffroy/Colonel:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Geoffroy

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Room_(art)

www.emergencyrooms.org/formats.html

www.colonel.dk/

—--Biennale from wikipedia —--

The Venice International Film Festival is part of the Venice Biennale. The famous Golden Lion is awarded to the best film screening at the competition.

Biennale (Italian: [bi.enˈnaːle]), Italian for "biennial" or "every other year", is any event that happens every two years. It is most commonly used within the art world to describe large-scale international contemporary art exhibitions. As such the term was popularised by Venice Biennale, which was first held in 1895. Since the 1990s, the terms "biennale" and "biennial" have been interchangeably used in a more generic way - to signify a large-scale international survey show of contemporary art that recurs at regular intervals but not necessarily biannual (such as triennials, Documenta, Skulptur Projekte Münster).[1] The phrase has also been used for other artistic events, such as the "Biennale de Paris", "Kochi-Muziris Biennale", Berlinale (for the Berlin International Film Festival) and Viennale (for Vienna's international film festival).

Characteristics[edit]

According to author Federica Martini, what is at stake in contemporary biennales is the diplomatic/international relations potential as well as urban regeneration plans. Besides being mainly focused on the present (the “here and now” where the cultural event takes place and their effect of "spectacularisation of the everyday"), because of their site-specificity cultural events may refer back to,[who?] produce or frame the history of the site and communities' collective memory.[2]

The Great Exhibition in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, in 1851, the first attempt to condense the representation of the world within a unitary exhibition space.

A strong and influent symbol of biennales and of large-scale international exhibitions in general is the Crystal Palace, the gigantic and futuristic London architecture that hosted the Great Exhibition in 1851. According to philosopher Peter Sloterdijk,[3][page needed] the Crystal Palace is the first attempt to condense the representation of the world in a unitary exhibition space, where the main exhibit is society itself in an a-historical, spectacular condition. The Crystal Palace main motives were the affirmation of British economic and national leadership and the creation of moments of spectacle. In this respect, 19th century World fairs provided a visual crystallization of colonial culture and were, at the same time, forerunners of contemporary theme parks.

The Venice Biennale as an archetype[edit]

The structure of the Venice Biennale in 2005 with an international exhibition and the national pavilions.

The Venice Biennale, a periodical large-scale cultural event founded in 1895, served as an archetype of the biennales. Meant to become a World Fair focused on contemporary art, the Venice Biennale used as a pretext the wedding anniversary of the Italian king and followed up to several national exhibitions organised after Italy unification in 1861. The Biennale immediately put forth issues of city marketing, cultural tourism and urban regeneration, as it was meant to reposition Venice on the international cultural map after the crisis due to the end of the Grand Tour model and the weakening of the Venetian school of painting. Furthermore, the Gardens where the Biennale takes place were an abandoned city area that needed to be re-functionalised. In cultural terms, the Biennale was meant to provide on a biennial basis a platform for discussing contemporary art practices that were not represented in fine arts museums at the time. The early Biennale model already included some key points that are still constitutive of large-scale international art exhibitions today: a mix of city marketing, internationalism, gentrification issues and destination culture, and the spectacular, large scale of the event.

Biennials after the 1990s[edit]

The situation of biennials has changed in the contemporary context: while at its origin in 1895 Venice was a unique cultural event, but since the 1990s hundreds of biennials have been organized across the globe. Given the ephemeral and irregular nature of some biennials, there is little consensus on the exact number of biennials in existence at any given time.[citation needed] Furthermore, while Venice was a unique agent in the presentation of contemporary art, since the 1960s several museums devoted to contemporary art are exhibiting the contemporary scene on a regular basis. Another point of difference concerns 19th century internationalism in the arts, that was brought into question by post-colonial debates and criticism of the contemporary art “ethnic marketing”, and also challenged the Venetian and World Fair’s national representation system. As a consequence of this, Eurocentric tendency to implode the whole word in an exhibition space, which characterises both the Crystal Palace and the Venice Biennale, is affected by the expansion of the artistic geographical map to scenes traditionally considered as marginal. The birth of the Havana Biennial in 1984 is widely considered an important counterpoint to the Venetian model for its prioritization of artists working in the Global South and curatorial rejection of the national pavilion model.

International biennales[edit]

In the term's most commonly used context of major recurrent art exhibitions:

Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, South Australia

Asian Art Biennale, in Taichung, Taiwan (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts)

Athens Biennale, in Athens, Greece

Bienal de Arte Paiz, in Guatemala City, Guatemala[4]

Arts in Marrakech (AiM) International Biennale (Arts in Marrakech Festival)

Bamako Encounters, a biennale of photography in Mali

Bat-Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism

Beijing Biennale

Berlin Biennale (contemporary art biennale, to be distinguished from Berlinale, which is a film festival)

Bergen Assembly (triennial for contemporary art in Bergen, Norway)www.bergenassembly.no

Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, China

Bienal de Arte de Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Biënnale van België, Biennial of Belgium, Belgium

BiennaleOnline Online biennial exhibition of contemporary art from the most promising emerging artists.

Biennial of Hawaii Artists

Biennale de la Biche, the smallest biennale in the world held at deserted island near Guadeloupe, French overseas region[5][6]

Biwako Biennale [ja], in Shiga, Japan

La Biennale de Montreal

Biennale of Luanda : Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace,[7] Angola

Boom Festival, international music and culture festival in Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal

Bucharest Biennale in Bucharest, Romania

Bushwick Biennial, in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York

Canakkale Biennial, in Canakkale, Turkey

Cerveira International Art Biennial, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal [8]

Changwon Sculpture Biennale in Changwon, South Korea

Dakar Biennale, also called Dak'Art, biennale in Dakar, Senegal

Documenta, contemporary art exhibition held every five years in Kassel, Germany

Estuaire (biennale), biennale in Nantes and Saint-Nazaire, France

EVA International, biennial in Limerick, Republic of Ireland

Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, in Gothenburg, Sweden[9]

Greater Taipei Contemporary Art Biennial, in Taipei, Taiwan

Gwangju Biennale, Asia's first and most prestigious contemporary art biennale

Havana biennial, in Havana, Cuba

Helsinki Biennial, in Helsinki, Finland

Herzliya Biennial For Contemporary Art, in Herzliya, Israel

Incheon Women Artists' Biennale, in Incheon, South Korea

Iowa Biennial, in Iowa, USA

Istanbul Biennial, in Istanbul, Turkey

International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, in Tehran and Istanbul

Jakarta Biennale, in Jakarta, Indonesia

Jerusalem Biennale, in Jerusalem, Israel

Jogja Biennale, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Karachi Biennale, in Karachi, Pakistan

Keelung Harbor Biennale, in Keelung, Taiwan

Kochi-Muziris Biennale, largest art exhibition in India, in Kochi, Kerala, India

Kortrijk Design Biennale Interieur, in Kortrijk, Belgium

Kobe Biennale, in Japan

Kuandu Biennale, in Taipei, Taiwan

Lagos Biennial, in Lagos, Nigeria[10]

Light Art Biennale Austria, in Austria

Liverpool Biennial, in Liverpool, UK

Lofoten International Art Festival [no] (LIAF), on the Lofoten archipelago, Norway[11]

Manifesta, European Biennale of contemporary art in different European cities

Mediations Biennale, in Poznań, Poland

Melbourne International Biennial 1999

Mediterranean Biennale in Sakhnin 2013

MOMENTA Biennale de l'image [fr] (formerly known as Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal), in Montreal, Canada

MOMENTUM [no], in Moss, Norway[12]

Moscow Biennale, in Moscow, Russia

Munich Biennale, new opera and music-theatre in even-numbered years

Mykonos Biennale

Nakanojo Biennale[13]

NGV Triennial, contemporary art exhibition held every three years at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

October Salon – Belgrade Biennale [sr], organised by the Cultural Center of Belgrade [sr], in Belgrade, Serbia[14]

OSTEN Biennial of Drawing Skopje, North Macedonia[15]

Biennale de Paris

Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA), in Riga, Latvia[16]

São Paulo Art Biennial, in São Paulo, Brazil

SCAPE Public Art Christchurch Biennial in Christchurch, New Zealand[17]

Prospect New Orleans

Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism

Sequences, in Reykjavík, Iceland[18]

Shanghai Biennale

Sharjah Biennale, in Sharjah, UAE

Singapore Biennale, held in various locations across the city-state island of Singapore

Screen City Biennial, in Stavanger, Norway

Biennale of Sydney

Taipei Biennale, in Taipei, Taiwan

Taiwan Arts Biennale, in Taichung, Taiwan (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts)

Taiwan Film Biennale, in Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art [el], in Thessaloniki, Greece[19]

Dream city, produced by ART Rue Association in Tunisia

Vancouver Biennale

Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition and Conference (VIVA ExCon) in the Philippines [20]

Venice Biennale, in Venice, Italy, which includes:

Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art

Venice Biennale of Architecture

Venice Film Festival

Vladivostok biennale of Visual Arts, in Vladivostok, Russia

Whitney Biennial, hosted by the Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City, NY, USA

Web Biennial, produced with teams from Athens, Berlin and Istanbul.

West Africa Architecture Biennale,[21] Virtual in Lagos, Nigeria.

WRO Biennale, in Wrocław, Poland[22]

Music Biennale Zagreb

[SHIFT:ibpcpa] The International Biennale of Performance, Collaborative and Participatory Arts, Nomadic, International, Scotland, UK.

—---Venice Biennale from wikipedia —

The Venice Biennale (/ˌbiːɛˈnɑːleɪ, -li/; Italian: La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation.[2][3][4] The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of its kind. The main exhibition held in Castello, in the halls of the Arsenale and Biennale Gardens, alternates between art and architecture (hence the name biennale; biennial).[5][6][7] The other events hosted by the Foundation—spanning theatre, music, and dance—are held annually in various parts of Venice, whereas the Venice Film Festival takes place at the Lido.[8]

Organization[edit]

Art Biennale

International Art Exhibition

1895

Even-numbered years (since 2022)

Venice Biennale of Architecture

International Architecture Exhibition

1980

Odd-numbered years (since 2021)

Biennale Musica

International Festival of Contemporary Music

1930

Annually (Sep/Oct)

Biennale Teatro

International Theatre Festival

1934

Annually (Jul/Aug)

Venice Film Festival

Venice International Film Festival

1932

Annually (Aug/Sep)

Venice Dance Biennale

International Festival of Contemporary Dance

1999

Annually (June; biennially 2010–16)

International Kids' Carnival

2009

Annually (during Carnevale)

History

1895–1947

On April 19, 1893, the Venetian City Council passed a resolution to set up an biennial exhibition of Italian Art ("Esposizione biennale artistica nazionale") to celebrate the silver anniversary of King Umberto I and Margherita of Savoy.[11]

A year later, the council decreed "to adopt a 'by invitation' system; to reserve a section of the Exhibition for foreign artists too; to admit works by uninvited Italian artists, as selected by a jury."[12]

The first Biennale, "I Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia (1st International Art Exhibition of the City of Venice)" (although originally scheduled for April 22, 1894) was opened on April 30, 1895, by the Italian King and Queen, Umberto I and Margherita di Savoia. The first exhibition was seen by 224,000 visitors.

The event became increasingly international in the first decades of the 20th century: from 1907 on, several countries installed national pavilions at the exhibition, with the first being from Belgium. In 1910 the first internationally well-known artists were displayed: a room dedicated to Gustav Klimt, a one-man show for Renoir, a retrospective of Courbet. A work by Picasso "Family of Saltimbanques" was removed from the Spanish salon in the central Palazzo because it was feared that its novelty might shock the public. By 1914 seven pavilions had been established: Belgium (1907), Hungary (1909), Germany (1909), Great Britain (1909), France (1912), and Russia (1914).

During World War I, the 1916 and 1918 events were cancelled.[13] In 1920 the post of mayor of Venice and president of the Biennale was split. The new secretary general, Vittorio Pica brought about the first presence of avant-garde art, notably Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.

1922 saw an exhibition of sculpture by African artists. Between the two World Wars, many important modern artists had their work exhibited there. In 1928 the Istituto Storico d'Arte Contemporanea (Historical Institute of Contemporary Art) opened, which was the first nucleus of archival collections of the Biennale. In 1930 its name was changed into Historical Archive of Contemporary Art.

In 1930, the Biennale was transformed into an Ente Autonomo (Autonomous Board) by Royal Decree with law no. 33 of 13-1-1930. Subsequently, the control of the Biennale passed from the Venice city council to the national Fascist government under Benito Mussolini. This brought on a restructuring, an associated financial boost, as well as a new president, Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata. Three entirely new events were established, including the Biennale Musica in 1930, also referred to as International Festival of Contemporary Music; the Venice Film Festival in 1932, which they claim as the first film festival in history,[14] also referred to as Venice International Film Festival; and the Biennale Theatro in 1934, also referred to as International Theatre Festival.

In 1933 the Biennale organized an exhibition of Italian art abroad. From 1938, Grand Prizes were awarded in the art exhibition section.

During World War II, the activities of the Biennale were interrupted: 1942 saw the last edition of the events. The Film Festival restarted in 1946, the Music and Theatre festivals were resumed in 1947, and the Art Exhibition in 1948.[15]

1948–1973[edit]

The Art Biennale was resumed in 1948 with a major exhibition of a recapitulatory nature. The Secretary General, art historian Rodolfo Pallucchini, started with the Impressionists and many protagonists of contemporary art including Chagall, Klee, Braque, Delvaux, Ensor, and Magritte, as well as a retrospective of Picasso's work. Peggy Guggenheim was invited to exhibit her collection, later to be permanently housed at Ca' Venier dei Leoni.

1949 saw the beginning of renewed attention to avant-garde movements in European—and later worldwide—movements in contemporary art. Abstract expressionism was introduced in the 1950s, and the Biennale is credited with importing Pop Art into the canon of art history by awarding the top prize to Robert Rauschenberg in 1964.[16] From 1948 to 1972, Italian architect Carlo Scarpa did a series of remarkable interventions in the Biennale's exhibition spaces.

In 1954 the island San Giorgio Maggiore provided the venue for the first Japanese Noh theatre shows in Europe. 1956 saw the selection of films following an artistic selection and no longer based upon the designation of the participating country. The 1957 Golden Lion went to Satyajit Ray's Aparajito which introduced Indian cinema to the West.

1962 included Arte Informale at the Art Exhibition with Jean Fautrier, Hans Hartung, Emilio Vedova, and Pietro Consagra. The 1964 Art Exhibition introduced continental Europe to Pop Art (The Independent Group had been founded in Britain in 1952). The American Robert Rauschenberg was the first American artist to win the Gran Premio, and the youngest to date.

The student protests of 1968 also marked a crisis for the Biennale. Student protests hindered the opening of the Biennale. A resulting period of institutional changes opened and ending with a new Statute in 1973. In 1969, following the protests, the Grand Prizes were abandoned. These resumed in 1980 for the Mostra del Cinema and in 1986 for the Art Exhibition.[17]

In 1972, for the first time, a theme was adopted by the Biennale, called "Opera o comportamento" ("Work or Behaviour").

Starting from 1973 the Music Festival was no longer held annually. During the year in which the Mostra del Cinema was not held, there was a series of "Giornate del cinema italiano" (Days of Italian Cinema) promoted by sectorial bodies in campo Santa Margherita, in Venice.[18]

1974–1998[edit]

1974 saw the start of the four-year presidency of Carlo Ripa di Meana. The International Art Exhibition was not held (until it was resumed in 1976). Theatre and cinema events were held in October 1974 and 1975 under the title Libertà per il Cile (Freedom for Chile)—a major cultural protest against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

On 15 November 1977, the so-called Dissident Biennale (in reference to the dissident movement in the USSR) opened. Because of the ensuing controversies within the Italian left wing parties, president Ripa di Meana resigned at the end of the year.[19]

In 1979 the new presidency of Giuseppe Galasso (1979-1982) began. The principle was laid down whereby each of the artistic sectors was to have a permanent director to organise its activity.

In 1980, the Architecture section of the Biennale was set up. The director, Paolo Portoghesi, opened the Corderie dell'Arsenale to the public for the first time. At the Mostra del Cinema, the awards were brought back into being (between 1969 and 1979, the editions were non-competitive). In 1980, Achille Bonito Oliva and Harald Szeemann introduced "Aperto", a section of the exhibition designed to explore emerging art. Italian art historian Giovanni Carandente directed the 1988 and 1990 editions. A three-year gap was left afterwards to make sure that the 1995 edition would coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Biennale.[13]

The 1993 edition was directed by Achille Bonito Oliva. In 1995, Jean Clair was appointed to be the Biennale's first non-Italian director of visual arts[20] while Germano Celant served as director in 1997.

For the Centenary in 1995, the Biennale promoted events in every sector of its activity: the 34th Festival del Teatro, the 46th art exhibition, the 46th Festival di Musica, the 52nd Mostra del Cinema.[21]

1999–present[edit]

In 1999 and 2001, Harald Szeemann directed two editions in a row (48th & 49th) bringing in a larger representation of artists from Asia and Eastern Europe and more young artists than usual and expanded the show into several newly restored spaces of the Arsenale.

In 1999 a new sector was created for live shows: DMT (Dance Music Theatre).

The 50th edition, 2003, directed by Francesco Bonami, had a record number of seven co-curators involved, including Hans Ulrich Obrist, Catherine David, Igor Zabel, Hou Hanru and Massimiliano Gioni.

The 51st edition of the Biennale opened in June 2005, curated, for the first time by two women, Maria de Corral and Rosa Martinez. De Corral organized "The Experience of Art" which included 41 artists, from past masters to younger figures. Rosa Martinez took over the Arsenale with "Always a Little Further." Drawing on "the myth of the romantic traveler" her exhibition involved 49 artists, ranging from the elegant to the profane.

In 2007, Robert Storr became the first director from the United States to curate the Biennale (the 52nd), with a show entitled Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense.

Swedish curator Daniel Birnbaum was artistic director of the 2009 edition entitled "Fare Mondi // Making Worlds".

The 2011 edition was curated by Swiss curator Bice Curiger entitled "ILLUMInazioni – ILLUMInations".

The Biennale in 2013 was curated by the Italian Massimiliano Gioni. His title and theme, Il Palazzo Enciclopedico / The Encyclopedic Palace, was adopted from an architectural model by the self-taught Italian-American artist Marino Auriti. Auriti's work, The Encyclopedic Palace of the World was lent by the American Folk Art Museum and exhibited in the first room of the Arsenale for the duration of the biennale. For Gioni, Auriti's work, "meant to house all worldly knowledge, bringing together the greatest discoveries of the human race, from the wheel to the satellite," provided an analogous figure for the "biennale model itself...based on the impossible desire to concentrate the infinite worlds of contemporary art in a single place: a task that now seems as dizzyingly absurd as Auriti's dream."[22]

Curator Okwui Enwezor was responsible for the 2015 edition.[23] He was the first African-born curator of the biennial. As a catalyst for imagining different ways of imagining multiple desires and futures Enwezor commissioned special projects and programs throughout the Biennale in the Giardini. This included a Creative Time Summit, e-flux journal's SUPERCOMMUNITY, Gulf Labor Coalition, The Invisible Borders Trans-African Project and Abounaddara.[24][25]

The 2017 Biennale, titled Viva Arte Viva, was directed by French curator Christine Macel who called it an "exhibition inspired by humanism".[26] German artist Franz Erhard Walter won the Golden Lion for best artist, while Carolee Schneemann was awarded a posthumous Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.[27]

The 2019 Biennale, titled May You Live In Interesting Times, was directed by American-born curator Ralph Rugoff.[28]

The 2022 edition was curated by Italian curator Cecilia Alemani entitled "The Milk of Dreams" after a book by British-born Mexican surrealist painter Leonora Carrington.[29]

The Biennale has an attendance today of over 500,000 visitors.[30][31][32]

Role in the art market[edit]

When the Venice Biennale was founded in 1895, one of its main goals was to establish a new market for contemporary art. Between 1942 and 1968 a sales office assisted artists in finding clients and selling their work,[33] a service for which it charged 10% commission. Sales remained an intrinsic part of the biennale until 1968, when a sales ban was enacted. An important practical reason why the focus on non-commodities has failed to decouple Venice from the market is that the biennale itself lacks the funds to produce, ship and install these large-scale works. Therefore, the financial involvement of dealers is widely regarded as indispensable;[16] as they regularly front the funding for production of ambitious projects.[34] Furthermore, every other year the Venice Biennale coincides with nearby Art Basel, the world's prime commercial fair for modern and contemporary art. Numerous galleries with artists on show in Venice usually bring work by the same artists to Basel.[35]

Central Pavilion and Arsenale[edit]

The formal Biennale is based at a park, the Giardini. The Giardini includes a large exhibition hall that houses a themed exhibition curated by the Biennale's director.

Initiated in 1980, the Aperto began as a fringe event for younger artists and artists of a national origin not represented by the permanent national pavilions. This is usually staged in the Arsenale and has become part of the formal biennale programme. In 1995 there was no Aperto so a number of participating countries hired venues to show exhibitions of emerging artists. From 1999, both the international exhibition and the Aperto were held as one exhibition, held both at the Central Pavilion and the Arsenale. Also in 1999, a $1 million renovation transformed the Arsenale area into a cluster of renovated shipyards, sheds and warehouses, more than doubling the Arsenale's exhibition space of previous years.[36]

A special edition of the 54th Biennale was held at Padiglione Italia of Torino Esposizioni – Sala Nervi (December 2011 – February 2012) for the 150th Anniversary of Italian Unification. The event was directed by Vittorio Sgarbi

A DEMISSÃO DAS MINHAS 2 MATRÍCULAS MUNICIPAIS NA PREFEITURA MUNICIPAL DE BELFORD ROXO. PROFESSORA FAIZA KHALIDA (MATRÍCULAS 5508 E 14725). PROCEDIMENTOS ADMINISTRATIVOS 04/002133/09 E 04/2132/09. Portarias 947/GP/2010 de 22/07/2010 publicada em 23/07/2010 by Faiza Khálida

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"A felicidade que senti com a realização da cirurgia feita não conseguiu compensar o adoecimento pela quantidade de ofensas que sofri. A fase mais tranquila de minha vida foi o pós-cirúrgico, pois vi um sonho realizado e o acolhimento que recebi do médico e sua equipe, mas ao chegar ao Brasil me vi diante do meu real contexto".

Dr. Kamol Pansritum

"LÁ NA TAILÂNDIA EM 2004, VIAJANDO SÓ E NO TSUNAMI, ME DIZIAM QUE EU ERA A PRIMEIRA BRASILEIRA OPERADA COM O DR. KAMOL PANSRITUM, QUE NENHUMA MULHER TRANSEXUAL DO BRASIL O HAVIA ESCOLHIDO ANTERIORMENTE. O ÚNICO OUTRO CIRURGIÃO TAILANDÊS CONFIADO PELAS BRASILEIRAS ATÉ ENTÃO ERA INACESSÍVEL PORQUE COBRAVA PELO MENOS 3 VEZES MAIS".

No ano de 2004 eu realizei uma cirurgia de redesignação sexual no exterior após o fim do ano letivo deste ano e o último compromisso de trabalho. Aproximadamente, eu viajei dia 22, cheguei no dia 23, mas não pude operar no mesmo dia porque o cirurgião estava cansado por ter realizado outra operação no mesmo dia. Acordei operada no Natal daquele ano, durante a ocasião do Tsunami, lá na Tailândia e me diziam que eu era a primeira brasileira a realizar a cirurgia de redesignação sexual com o médico cirurgião Kamol Pansristum.

PRIMEIRA FUNCIONÁRIA PÚBLICA DO MUNICÍPIO DE BELFORD ROXO A CORRIGIR A DOCUMENTAÇÃO EM RELAÇÃO AO PRENOME E AO SEXO EM VIRTUDE DO PROCESSO TRANSEXUALIZADOR REALIZADO DURANTE O TRABALHO NA REDE PÚBLICA MUNICIPAL.

"Viver a experiência do preconceito, do desprezo

Viver o desprezo de construir um caminho que nunca se percorreu.

Ver e conhecer as pessoas e os inimigos como eles são realmente, e não como se disfarçam.

Ser mulher é nascer no fogo e morrer com a missão cumprida".

VIVÊNCIA DA TRANSFOBIA ADMITIDA E VELADA

Marcelino santos de araújo (mat. 17994) ofendia professora transexual na internet. Foi descoberto pela delegacia de crimes virtuais . Ele é funcionário público municipal de Belford Roxo no cargo de eletricista de baixa tensão. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Registro de ocorrência na Delegacia de Polícia da transfobia do subsecretário municipal de Duque de Caxias Paulo Allevato RG 3473270 IFP no banheiro do prédio do IPTU da prefeitura municipal. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Segunda parte do registro de ocorrência na delegacia de polícia da transfobia do subsecretário municipal de Duque de Caxias Paulo Allevato RG 3473270 IFP no banheiro do prédio do IPTU da Prefeitura Municipal de Duque de Caxias. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Antes de realizar a cirurgia na Tailândia em dezembro de 2004, eu havia iniciado um acompanhamento médico no Hospital Estadual do Rio de Janeiro chamado IEDE em 06/03/2004. Logo na primeira consulta, que foi uma entrevista longa com o Doutor psiquiatra eu relatei a ele, inclusive, um grande abalo psicológico e mental em virtude do meu trabalho na rede de educação municipal de Belford Roxo no cargo de professorx. Caminhavam juntos nesse momento a minha disforia de gênero e o meu adoecimento psicológico e mental. As pessoas questionam se a cirurgia realizada não curaria todos os meus problemas e adoecimentos psicológicos e mentais. Uma coisa é a disforia de gênero com indicação cirúrgica de redesignação sexual. Outra coisa é o transtorno afetivo bipolar. Outra coisa também é o preconceito. Também o assédio moral. Também o bullying, etc.

PRECONCEITO ERA RELATADO EM PROCESSOS ADMINISTRATIVOS

2006

FOLHA 05 - PROCESSO 04/3977/06 - Esse diretor já me fez passar por inúmeros constrangimentos ... sempre usando brincadeiras ridículas perante as pessoas debochando da minha sexualidade e inclusive me proibia de trabalhar de saia ou vestido from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Era desrespeitada no exercício da minha função, dava aulas sendo chamada de viado, discriminada, me jogavam terra. Os alunos realizaram manifestação na Escola, na SEMED e ao vereador local pedindo o meu retorno à Escola, que me aceitassem (04/2743/03) from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

FOLHA 03 DO PROCESSO ADMINISTRATIVO 04/2743/03 - Fiquei perturbada, fragilizada, desorientada, com os nervos pronto pra explodir, paranoica, EM DEPRESSÃO com as pessoas que ficavam me chamando de Xxxxxxxxx debochando da minha sexualidade - Discriminação from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

"sentimento de tristeza, desânimo, dificuldades para dormir, cheia de pensamentos, irritabilidade, sentindo-se um lixo ..." (texto transcrito do prontuário médico de 15/06/2004 IEDE)

Após o psiquiatra do IEDE diagnosticar a transexualidade, ele me encaminhou para o tratamento endócrinológico em março de 2004 iniciando oficialmente o processo transexualizador acompanhado por lá. Juntamente com antidepressivo e ansiolítico sedativo, eu fazia uso de hormônio feminino transdérmico e bloqueador antiandrogênico oral. Quando eu cheguei ao IEDE eu já fazia uso de hormônio, estrogênio e progesterona e tive que mudar o que eu já tomava a partir daí.

Usuária Faiza Khálida Fagundes Coutinho - "a pressão social e o constrangimento sofridos fizeram com que apresentasse sintomas de depressão, relatados pela psiquiatra no prontuário da usuária, e este fato a fez deixar de comparecer ao trabalho". IEDE from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

O hormônio estrogênio mexe com o psicológico e com o mental assim como a medicação psicotrópica também. Um dos sintomas que se desenvolveram em mim foi a depressão por exemplo. Eu já sentia depressão quando cheguei ao Hospital do IEDE e essa questão foi relatada em prontuário médico do Hospital. Outra questão agravante, era que eu tinha também o transtorno afetivo bipolar que só foi diagnosticado uns 7 anos depois. É normal haver o diagnóstico demorado do transtorno bipolar. O uso dos remédios psicotrópicos podem piorar o quadro de quem tem o transtorno bipolar quando não se tem a ciência desta doença mental, eclodindo mania, euforia, quadros de humor e sintomas psicóticos por exemplo.

Diagnóstico do transtorno bipolar leva até 10 anos ou mais

DOCUMENTOS MÉDICOS EM PROCESSOS ADMINISTRATIVOS DE 2003 JÁ APONTAVAM DEPRESSÃO E ADOECIMENTO PSÍQUICO E MENTAL

O Formulário de Referência do Centro Psiquiátrico do Rio de Janeiro consta de processos administrativos de 2003 da professora Faiza Khálida arquivados pela Procuradoria Municipal de Belford Roxo. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

MÉDICA PSIQUIATRA TÉCNICA DO SUS SOLICITA TRATAMENTO AMBULATORIAL PSIQUIÁTRICO EM 17/07/03 PARA A PROFESSORA TRANSEXUAL FAIZA KHÁLIDA DA REDE MUNICIPAL DE EDUCAÇÃO DE BELFORD ROXO. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Em 2009 nos primeiros meses, eu estive na secretaria municipal de educação levada por uma amiga também funcionária pública municipal da rede de educação de Belford Roxo mostrando o documento médico psiquiátrico da médica que me acompanhava desde maio de 2008 cientificando a Prefeitura Municipal essas minhas realidades a fim de comprovação médica: que eu estava doente, em acompanhamento psiquiátrico, usando medicação psicotrópica, comprometida psicológica e mentalmente para o trabalho e para a vida social; mas o próprio gestor da secretaria de educação, coagido, 2 semanas depois, me disse que iria esquecer que ele tinha recebido ciência desse documento médico porque ele estava sendo pressionado pelo supervisor educacional da secretaria municipal de educação que também atuava como assessor jurídico da procuradoria de Belford Roxo Jorge Silva. O interesse e a mobilização do grupo dominante da Prefeitura Municipal de Belford Roxo era pela minha condenação, pela minha exclusão e pelo silenciamento do que eu passava e passei inclusive em relação a minha saúde psicológica e mental.

2003

HISTÓRICO DE ADOECIMENTO PSÍQUICO NO TRABALHO E PEDIDO DE SOCORRO A PROCURADORIA DE BELFORD ROXO "Não me encontro em condições mentais de desenvolver as minhas atividades. Por Jesus Cristo, preciso de ajuda médica"

REGISTRO DO CENTRO DE ATENÇÃO PSICOSSOCIAL LESLIE CHAVIN 17/07/2003 - DEPRESSÃO diagnóstico sindrômico PROBLEMAS NO TRABALHO DE PROFESSOR EM BELFORD ROXO Histórico de adoecimento psíquico MEDICAÇÃO ENCAMINHAMENTO - professora municipal Faiza Khálida. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

SEGUNDA FOLHA DO REGISTRO DO CAPS DE DUQUE DE CAXIAS (17/07/2003) MEDICAMENTO DOSE DIÁRIA - DIAGNÓSTICO SINDRÔMICO - ENCAMINHAMENTO - ASSINATURA DA MÉDICA PSIQUIATRA TÉCNICA - CRM E CONFERÊNCIA COM O DOCUMENTO ORIGINAL. ADOECIMENTO PSÍQUICO FAIZA KHÁLIDA. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

NO VERSO DA PRIMEIRA FOLHA DO REGISTRO DO CENTRO DE ATENÇÃO PSICOSSOCIAL LESLIE CHAVIN DE DUQUE DE CAXIAS A MÉDICA PSIQUIATRA RELATOU POUCA MELHORA COM O ANTIDEPRESSIVO AMYTRIL QUE A PROFESSORA FAIZA KHÁLIDA ESTAVA USANDO HÁ 7 DIAS (17/07/2003). from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

PARTE DO PROCESSO DE 2003 escrito à mão COM ASSINATURA E MATRÍCULAS MUNICIPAIS. "... Peço a Prefeitura que custeie para mim um tratamento Psicológico e Psiquiátrico pois sei que não me encontro mais, depois de tudo isso, no meu senso normal ..." from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

O meu diagnóstico do transtorno bipolar foi fechado apenas em 2011 e somente após o diagnóstico houve melhora. Antes, eu tomava entre as medicações o antidepressivo por indicação médica mas sem considerar essa realidade, podendo isso ter contribuído para os outros quadros graves que eu apresentei como euforia e sintomas psicóticos.

Devido à intensificação de transtornos de ordem psicológica, no ano de 2008 a usuária Faiza Khálida faltou sucessivamente. A usuária Faiza Khálida desde maio de 2008 encontrava-se sob os cuidados da médica psiquiatra Dra. - RIO SEM HOMOFOBIA from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Em 2015 um médico psiquiatra do posto de saúde público municipal de Duque de Caxias que também já me medicou e uma psicóloga perita que faz inclusive perícias para o Tribunal de Justiça do estado do Rio de Janeiro me falaram que o uso dos hormônios durante o meu processo transexualizador também ajudou que eu tivesse apresentado esse quadro de adoecimento mental grave que me levou a demissão nas minhas duas matrículas municipais de Belford Roxo.

A sua especial condição de transexual lhe trazia inúmeros dissabores aos quais não lhe era dado suportar, injúria, agrura e constrangimento ilegal sofridos. Faiza passou a apresentar depressão, comportamento delirante persecutório e sintomas psicóticos from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

As perícias concluíram que não apenas o uso e o não uso dos hormônios e o uso das medicações psicotrópicas, mas também as alterações bioquímicas e hormonais ocorridas durante este processo influenciaram neste quadro de adoecimento juntamente com as questões que me eram estressoras relacionadas ao preconceito, assédio e bullying no trabalho.

Seu prenome masculino sempre lhe causou muito constrangimento, sobretudo atualmente, após a operação de reversão sexual. Seu prenome causa constante ridicularização sendo fonte de risos, chacotas e discriminação. (2005 DEFENSORIA PÚBLICA Faiza Khalida) from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Em 2010 os processos administrativos realizados pela Procuradoria Municipal de Belford Roxo e que originaram os atos administrativos que me demitiram não consideraram que eu estava doente conforme relatam as diversas referências médicas.

Os processos que levaram aos atos administrativos que me demitiram também não consideraram o processo transexualizador que eu realizava tão conhecido publicamente pelos Procuradores Municipais e funcionários das diversas secretarias do município de Belford Roxo como a de educação e das escolas em que eu trabalhava.

O uso dos medicamentos que eu fazia também não foram considerados nestes processos.

"Meu nome de homem foi uma agressão imposta. Eu só quero ter paz no trabalho. Faiza Khálida 35 anos, professora 2008"

"Após uma operação bem-sucedida na Tailândia, Faiza Khálida ainda enfrenta dificuldades em escola municipal"

"Professora transexual luta contra o preconceito

Quatro anos depois de se submeter a uma cirurgia para mudança de sexo, Faiza Khálida, de 35 anos, ainda sofre preconceito na escola em que leciona inglês, em Belford Roxo"

"Tenho tido dores-de-cabeça e chorado muito - conta Faiza"

"Trauma do passado - Faiza foi afastada da primeira escola municipal em que trabalhou pela diretora após começar a fazer mudanças no seu corpo e no seu modo de vestir"

20/08/2007

A Sra Faiza Khálida Fagundes Coutinho apresentava tristeza, falta de prazer nas atividades, choro fácil, irritabilidade, impaciência com os alunos, insônia, ansiedade, cefaleias frequentes e dificuldades para cumprir suas tarefas no trabalho (Dra Isabella Vieira Médica CRM 5268631-0)

20/08/2007 - A Sra Faiza Khálida apresentava tristeza, falta de prazer nas atividades, choro fácil, irritabilidade, impaciência com os alunos (era professora), insônia, ansiedade, cefaleias frequentes E DIFICULDADES PARA CUMPRIR SUAS TAREFAS NO TRABALHO from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

A pressão social, a vulnerabilidade social, os problemas sociais presentes como a transfobia relatada pelo Jornal Extra em 2008, a homofobia relatada em processos administrativos e o bullying escolar também não foram citados. Nem mesmo os setores de Assistência Social e Direitos Humanos da Prefeitura Municipal de Belford Roxo e a coordenadoria LGBT (Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais, Travestis, Transexuais e Transgêneros) me ligaram ou procuraram para me dar uma palavra de conforto, assistência. Até esses setores que deveriam apoiar grupos marginalizados foram também dominados pelo grupo político dominante.

Embora a Secretaria de Assistência Social e Direitos Humanos e a Coordenadoria LGBT da Prefeitura Municipal de Belford Roxo saibam da situação de vulnerabilidade, dificuldade, isolamento, exclusão e carência de apoio e serviços públicos que muitas transexuais e transgêneros se encontram na escola, no trabalho e na sociedade, eu nunca fui procurada por esses setores responsáveis pela assistência social a LGBTs da Prefeitura Municipal. Em 2011, me foi dito na SEMPOPU (Secretaria Municipal de Políticas Públicas de Belford Roxo) que eu parasse de recorrer da minha demissão, que eu parasse de apresentar documentos e pareceres médicos comprobatórios e não aparecesse mais na Prefeitura mesmo se ainda tivesse algo a dizer já que eu não era bem-vinda.

DIGA NÃO A TODAS AS FORMAS DE PRECONCEITO

NOVEMBRO DA DIVERSIDADE BELFORD ROXO

CAMPANHA DA PREFEITURA MUNICIPAL

PROCESSO 04/1497/03

"Fui humilhada muitas vezes. Tem muita gente que tem ódio de homossexual e o preconceito é muito grande nas escolas. É um ambiente doentio. Eu sendo professorx não aguentei"

Fui humilhada muitas vezes. Tem muita gente que tem ódio de homossexual e o preconceito é muito grande nas escolas. Eu sendo professora não aguentei. É um ambiente doentio. (Professora em processo transexualizador Faiza Khálida) - 04 de junho de 2003 from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Uma pessoa de minha família me levou ao programa Rio sem Homofobia para ter apoio psicológico e jurídico. Eles me encaminharam para o núcleo da Defensoria Pública especializado em Diversidade (NUDIVERSIS) que entrou na Justiça em Belford Roxo contra esse ato administrativo que me demitiu.

Louvado seja o Senhor Jesus Cristo para sempre.

Professora Faiza Khálida Fagundes Coutinho

Prefeitura Municipal de Belford Roxo

Matrículas 5508 e 14725

Identidade 09089680-4

CPF 024114147-81

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1- Ameaça de morte, assédio, bullying, tratamento discriminatório e adoecimento psíquico mental quando eu trabalhava na Escola Municipal São Bento em 2002.

RECEITUÁRIO DE CONTROLE ESPECIAL PASSADO PELA MÉDICA PSIQUIATRA TÉCNICA DO CAPS DE DUQUE DE CAXIAS - MEDICAMENTO PARA DEPRESSÃO (17/07/2003) Professora transexual de Belford Roxo Faiza Khálida após relato de tratamento discriminatório no trabalho. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

REMÉDIO TAMBÉM PASSADO PELA PSIQUIATRA E HOMEOPATA TÉCNICA DO CAPS DE DUQUE DE CAXIAS EM 17/07/2003 - 2 TABLETS MANHÃ / TARDE / NOITE - (HOMEOPATIA) - Quadro depressivo - professora transexual Faiza Khálida da rede municipal de educação de Belford Roxo from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

RECEITUÁRIO DE CONTROLE ESPECIAL CENTRO PSIQUIÁTRICO RIO DE JANEIRO PRESCRIÇÃO AMITRIPTILINA 10/07/03. OS PRIMEIROS TRATAMENTOS PSICOLÓGICOS APÓS VIVÊNCIAS TRAUMÁTICAS NO TRABALHO e INÍCIO DO USO DE MEDICAMENTOS PSICOTRÓPICOS PARA CONSEGUIR TRABALHAR. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Medicamento / remédio psiquiátrico DIAZEPAM prescrito no Centro Psiquiatrico do Rio de Janeiro para a professora transexual Faiza Khálida em 10 de julho de 2003 após depressão profunda causada por discriminação no trabalho na educação de Belford Roxo from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Data 10 de julho de 2003 registro dos sintomas psiquiátricos no trabalho da rede municipal de educação de Belford Roxo. (Doença do trabalho na Prefeitura Municipal de Belford Roxo e sintomas depressivos). Relatos de discriminação em processos de 2003. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

REGISTRO DO CENTRO DE ATENÇÃO PSICOSSOCIAL LESLIE CHAVIN 17/07/2003 - DEPRESSÃO diagnóstico sindrômico PROBLEMAS NO TRABALHO DE PROFESSOR EM BELFORD ROXO Histórico de adoecimento psíquico MEDICAÇÃO ENCAMINHAMENTO - professora municipal Faiza Khálida. de Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Folha 03 do Processo 04/002061/03 - Diretora Vera e orientadora pedagógica Fátima da Escola Municipal São Bento sacanearam a professora Faiza Khálida mentindo em relatório técnico de 2002 dizendo que ela não entregou o planejamento from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

2- Buscando eu ajuda psicológica e iniciando o uso de medicamento contínuo para conseguir trabalhar em 2003 após vivencias traumáticas no trabalho.

O Formulário de Referência do Centro Psiquiátrico do Rio de Janeiro consta de processos administrativos de 2003 da professora Faiza Khálida arquivados pela Procuradoria Municipal de Belford Roxo. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

PARTE DO PROCESSO DE 2003 escrito à mão COM ASSINATURA E MATRÍCULAS MUNICIPAIS. "... Peço a Prefeitura que custeie para mim um tratamento Psicológico e Psiquiátrico pois sei que não me encontro mais, depois de tudo isso, no meu senso normal ..." from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

MÉDICO PSIQUIATRA EDGAR TAVARES DA CLÍNICA DE REABILITAÇÃO CASA DAS PALMEIRAS ENCAMINHOU PROFESSORA TRANSEXUAL FAIZA KHÁLIDA DA REDE DE EDUCACAO DE BELFORD ROXO PARA PSICOTERAPIA AMBULATORIAL EM 21 DE JULHO 2003 - ADOECIMENTO PSÍQUICO from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

NO VERSO do encaminhamento do médico Edgar Tavares da Clínica Casa das Palmeiras FOI ESCRITO O TELEFONE E O ENDEREÇO DO AMBULATÓRIO DO IPUB (Ufrj) - Encaminhando professora Faiza Khálida para psicoterapia ambulatorial em 21/7/2003 from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

MÉDICA PSIQUIATRA TÉCNICA DO SUS SOLICITA TRATAMENTO AMBULATORIAL PSIQUIÁTRICO EM 17/07/03 PARA A PROFESSORA TRANSEXUAL FAIZA KHÁLIDA DA REDE MUNICIPAL DE EDUCAÇÃO DE BELFORD ROXO. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

3- Processo administrativo 04/14/97/03 - Assunto: Homofobia - AMBIENTE DOENTIO - onde registrei - "Eu sendo professorx não aguentei a homofobia. O preconceito é muito grande nas escolas municipais. Fui humilhada muitas vezes. É um ambiente doentio".

Prefeitura Municipal de Belford Roxo - Protocolo 04/001497/03 - Requerente: Xxxxxx (Faiza Khálida) Fagundes Coutinho - Matrículas 5508 e 14725 - professora em processo transexualizador - Assunto: Homofobia - Data: 04/06/2003 - escrito à mão from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Tem muita gente que tem ódio de homossexual e o preconceito é muito grande nas escolas, é um ambiente doentio. PROCESSO 04/001497/03 página 03 - 04 de junho de 2003 - Prefeitura Municipal de Belford Roxo - Assunto: HOMOFOBIA from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Fui humilhada muitas vezes. Tem muita gente que tem ódio de homossexual e o preconceito é muito grande nas escolas. Eu sendo professora não aguentei. É um ambiente doentio. (Professora em processo transexualizador Faiza Khálida) - 04 de junho de 2003 from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

4- PROCESSO ADMINISTRATIVO 04/2061/03 - Apresentei o Formulário Referência do Centro Psiquiátrico Rio de Janeiro de 10/07/2003 que também consta em vários outros processos administrativos: "MUITA CEFALEIA, INSÔNIA, MUITO AGRESSIVA, CHORA COM FACILIDADE, VONTADE DE SE MATAR, TRISTEZA, CID PSIQUIÁTRICO E SOLICITAÇÃO DE ATENDIMENTO E CONSULTAS PSIQUIÁTRICAS".

O Formulário de Referência do Centro Psiquiátrico do Rio de Janeiro consta de processos administrativos de 2003 da professora Faiza Khálida arquivados pela Procuradoria Municipal de Belford Roxo. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

MÉDICA PSIQUIATRA TÉCNICA DO SUS SOLICITA TRATAMENTO AMBULATORIAL PSIQUIÁTRICO EM 17/07/03 PARA A PROFESSORA TRANSEXUAL FAIZA KHÁLIDA DA REDE MUNICIPAL DE EDUCAÇÃO DE BELFORD ROXO. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Folha 03 do Processo 04/002061/03 - Diretora Vera e orientadora pedagógica Fátima da Escola Municipal São Bento sacanearam a professora Faiza Khálida mentindo em relatório técnico de 2002 dizendo que ela não entregou o planejamento from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Processo Administrativo da Prefeitura Municipal de Belford Roxo relata mentira usada em relatório técnico de 2002 para excluir professora transexual Faiza Khálida da escola e documentos médicos com CID psiquiátrico e sintomas depressivos from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Processo administrativo 04/2061/03 - Prefeitura Municipal de Belford Roxo - Estado do Rio de Janeiro - A professora Faiza Khálida em processo transexualizador de 30 anos foi atendida na emergência em 10/07/2003.CID psiquiátrico - Folha 04 from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

5- Processo Administrativo 04/2743/03 - Assunto: PROVIDÊNCIAS POR DISCRIMINAÇÃO - Vem requerer providências pela DISCRIMINAÇÃO por orientação sexual que sofri na Escola Municipal São Bento em cumprimento a lei. - Assédio Moral, Danos Morais, Discriminação, Relatório criminoso. "ERA DESRESPEITADA NO EXERCÍCIO DA MINHA FUNÇÃO. DAVA AULAS SENDO CHAMADA DE VIADO, ME JOGAVAM TERRA". "FIQUEI PERTURBADA, FRAGILIZADA, DESORIENTADA, COM OS NERVOS PRONTOS PRA EXPLODIR, PARANOICA, EM DEPRESSÃO COM AS PESSOAS QUE FICAVAM ME CHAMANDO DE VIADINHO DEBOCHANDO DA MINHA SEXUALIDADE". Também constam o Formulário Referência do Centro Psiquiátrico Rio de Janeiro e solicitação da médica do CAPS de tratamento psiquiátrico.

PROCESSO ADMINISTRATIVO NÚMERO 04/002743/03 - Assunto: PROVIDÊNCIAS POR DISCRIMINAÇÃO - Data: 07/10/2003 - PREFEITURA MUNICIPAL DE BELFORD ROXO - Requerente: Xxxxxx FAGUNDES COUTINHO (PROFESSORA FAIZA KHÁLIDA) de Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

EXCELENTÍSSIMO SENHOR PREFEITO DO MUNICÍPIO DE BELFORD ROXO Vem requerer a Vossa Excelência que se digne a conceder: Providências pela discriminação por orientação sexual que sofri na Escola Municipal São Bento em cumprimento a lei estadual número 3406/00 from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

FOLHA 03 DO PROCESSO ADMINISTRATIVO 04/2743/03 - Fiquei perturbada, fragilizada, desorientada, com os nervos pronto pra explodir, paranoica, EM DEPRESSÃO com as pessoas que ficavam me chamando de Xxxxxxxxx debochando da minha sexualidade - Discriminação from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Era desrespeitada no exercício da minha função, dava aulas sendo chamada de viado, discriminada, me jogavam terra. Os alunos realizaram manifestação na Escola, na SEMED e ao vereador local pedindo o meu retorno à Escola, que me aceitassem (04/2743/03) from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

O relatório criminoso discriminatório da diretora Vera Lúcia Castelar de 2002 sobre meu desempenho técnico usado para me excluir da Escola Municipal São Bento foi assinado apenas por 2 pessoas que não exerciam na Escola funções de nível superior. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Procurador Municipal e Presidente da Comissão Permanente de Inquérito Administrativo José Domingos Lucena (mat 11/20.972) diz no processo 04/002743/03 em 24/10/2005 que a professora Leila Bonine deve ser convidada a ler a lei antidiscriminatória from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

O Formulário de Referência do Centro Psiquiátrico do Rio de Janeiro consta de processos administrativos de 2003 da professora Faiza Khálida arquivados pela Procuradoria Municipal de Belford Roxo. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

MÉDICA PSIQUIATRA TÉCNICA DO SUS SOLICITA TRATAMENTO AMBULATORIAL PSIQUIÁTRICO EM 17/07/03 PARA A PROFESSORA TRANSEXUAL FAIZA KHÁLIDA DA REDE MUNICIPAL DE EDUCAÇÃO DE BELFORD ROXO. from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

6- Diretora Vera Lúcia Castelar (mat. 53165) preparou relatório técnico criminoso em 2002 para me afastar da Escola Municipal São Bentos nas 2 matrículas. Eu fui ameaçada de ruína completa por causa deste relatório pela subsecretária de educação Rosângela Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira em 2002 e ameaçada de morte caso chegasse a 100 metros da escola em que eu trabalhava sofrendo discriminação. Após eu pedir reparação pelos DANOS, AMEAÇAS, CONSTRANGIMENTOS E TRAUMAS que me ocorreram por causa deste relatório técnico analisado também pelos 8 supervisores educacionais entre eles Jorge Silva (mat. 54368) , Antônio Carlos Lustosa (mat. 54434) e Joelma Milão, o relatório sumiu dentro da secretaria municipal de educação de Belford Roxo sendo anunciado em 2005 como se ele nunca tivesse existido. Eu continuava sendo tratada como homem na secretaria de educação mesmo após cirurgia transgenital.

7- Em 2005 a reportagem do Jornal O Dia informava que eu havia começado a tomar hormônios 3 anos antes em processo transexualizador. Mesmo após cirurgia e decisão judicial o nome social ainda não era mudado no diário da escola e na ficha funcional. Nesse momento o diretor da escola municipal Jorge Ayres me proibia de usar saia ou vestido conforme relatei em processo de 2006.

8- Em 2007, voltei a caminhar para o agravamento do meu estado mental revivendo traumas do passado na rede de educação em Belford Roxo após orientadora Conceição dizer que eu deveria sair da escola por ser transexual, promover inquérito administrativo disciplinar contra mim, ameaça de morte e dificuldades como abaixo-assinado para sair da escola.

20/08/2007 - A Sra Faiza Khálida apresentava tristeza, falta de prazer nas atividades, choro fácil, irritabilidade, impaciência com os alunos (era professora), insônia, ansiedade, cefaleias frequentes E DIFICULDADES PARA CUMPRIR SUAS TAREFAS NO TRABALHO from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

Usuária Faiza Khálida Fagundes Coutinho - "a pressão social e o constrangimento sofridos fizeram com que apresentasse sintomas de depressão, relatados pela psiquiatra no prontuário da usuária, e este fato a fez deixar de comparecer ao trabalho". IEDE from Ruim no Psicológico .por PRECONCEITO, BULLYING, INJUSTIÇA

9- Em dezembro de 2007, Procurador-Geral de Belford Roxo Lorival Almeida de Oliveira e José Domingos Lucena abriram inquérito promovido pela orientadora Conceição que me dizia que eu não podia estar na escola Jorge Ayres por ser transexual. A advogada da Secretaria Estadual de Direitos Difusos pediu cópia do processo para ela poder me defender. Não me foi permitido ter cópia do processo nem mesmo quando fui intimada a assinar a punição administrativa na secretaria de educação, sendo lá tratada como homem.

10- O contexto profissional em 2008 me causava abatimento e depressão, os meus 2 aparelhos de som que eu utilizava para dar aulas foram roubados ao mesmo tempo nas 2 escolas municipais em que eu lecionava. A orientadora da escola teria tratado com o rapaz que entrou na escola para danificar minha câmera digital na sala dos professores na frente dela.

11- O relatório discriminatório da diretora Vera Lucia Castelar em 2003 me ocasionou diversos danos inclusive psicológicos, mentais e administrativos, este relatório foi usado para me ameaçar, coagir e chantagear. No relatório técnico da diretora constava a mentira que eu não havia entregado o planejamento. Isso causava indignação inclusive da professora que havia entregado o planejamento junto comigo.

CLICAR AQUI TAMBÉM PARA LER SOBRE OS DANOS ME OCASIONADOS PELO RELATÓRIO TÉCNICO DISCRIMINATÓRIO DE 2002 DA DIRETORA VERA CASTELAR SOBRE MIM.

12- Em 2008 eu não conseguia desenvolver as minhas atividades devido ao meu quadro mental. A pressão social e o constrangimento sofrido fizeram com que eu apresentasse sintomas como depressão relatados em prontuários médicos, e este fato me fez deixar de comparecer ao trabalho.

13- Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Belford Roxo e Procuradoria Municipal silenciaram o preconceito que eu passei na rede pública de educação.

14- O julgamento fundamentalista religioso moral condenatório da identidade de gênero e da orientação sexual, piadinhas, deboches, ofensas, agressões e desrespeitos no trabalho me causavam cefaleia, choro, tristeza, ideação suicida e depressão desde 2003. Esse preconceito social cisnormativo me levava ao sofrimento e a ideação suicida.

15- A médica psiquiatra atestou em maio de 2008 que dificilmente haveria solução do meu quadro de adoecimento mental porque não havia resolução dos problemas sociais e referentes ao meu trabalho que me estressavam.

16- Para me condenar em inquérito administrativo disciplinar, procurador-geral de Belofrd Roxo Lorival Almeida de Oliveira mentiu em processo declarando que eu havia recebido cópia de processo, não permitindo que a advogada da Secretaria Estadual de Direitos Humanos e Difusos do Estado do Rio de Janeiro recebesse cópia do processo.

17- Orientadora pedagógica mobilizava para me tirar da escola. Vivenciava o isolamento.

18- Funcionários públicos municipais de Belford Roxo desrespeitavam a identidade de gênero de transexuais e transgêneros.

19- Transfobia que sofri no banheiro da Prefeitura em 13/10/2008 com o subsecretário Paulo Allevato RG 3473270 IFP.

20- Uma semana após eu ser levada em 2009 a secretaria municipal de educação de Belford Roxo por uma colega também funcionária pública do município mostrando ao subsecretário de educação Miguel de Sousa Ramiro o laudo médico atestando que eu estava comprometida para o trabalho e para a vida social, o subsecretário municipal de educação Miguel de Sousa Ramiro me disse pelo seu telefone celular que esqueceria que ele tinha conhecimento do laudo médico psiquiátrico porque ele tinha que obedecer as ordens do supervisor Jorge Silva (mat. 54368).

21- Em tudo o que me acontecia no meu trabalho de professora da rede municipal de Belford Roxo, nos documentos e relatórios administrativos, não era admitida essa realidade que eu enfrentava com todos os medos, embates, incertezas, discriminações, constrangimentos, prejuízos emocionais e psicológicos. Na escola, eu me sentia um ser do outro mundo em espetáculo circense, alvo do julgamento, conceitos e preconceitos de todos os agentes. As mudanças hormonais, físicas e cerebrais também não eram levadas em conta quando se avaliava minha conduta profissional. Eu era uma funcionária pública julgada fora da minha realidade que eu sou, fui e vivia. Somadas as alterações físicas eu tinha osteopenia, hérnias de disco com irradiação nas pernas e braços, fraturas, grande redução e aumento de peso chegando aos 100 kg, pressão alta e baixa. Eu atravessava um processo transexualizador. O direito à saúde que eu tinha por ser diagnosticada transexual não era apenas a questão da cirurgia transgenital paga com minhas economias de trabalho. Era um processo de adequação física, psicológica,mental, profissional, afetiva e social.

22- Relatório, ocorrência, inquérito, reunião e abaixo-assinado pela minha saída da escola municipal Jorge Ayres de Lima a partir da chegada da orientadora Conceição em 2007.

23- História - professora Faiza Khálida da rede municipal de educação de Belford Roxo.

24- Procuradora Municipal Débora Fernandes C. Pinto (mat. 80/28.585) indicada e fundamentalista religiosa, de posse do meu laudo médico psiquiátrico comprobatório de transtorno bipolar incapacitante, CRM, endereço e telefone da médica que me avaliava desde maio de 2008 e relato sobre problemas sociais relacionados a transexualidade, transfobia, homofobia, assédio e bullying, ignorou tudo e negou por 2 vezes a solicitação determinando que eu ficasse excluída do serviço público de Belford Roxo municipal.

25- A minha doença transtorno bipolar com sintomas psicóticos.

Louvado O Senhor Jesus Cristo para sempre.

Crafts Museum, Delhi, India by balavenise

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www.valleyindiatimes.com/columns/artsofindia/10_09.html

"Madhubani painting or Mithila Painting is a style of Indian painting, practiced in the Mithila region of Bihar state, India.

[edit] Origins

The origins of Madhubani painting or Mithila Painting are shrouded in antiquity. Tradition states that this style of painting originated at the time of the Ramayana, when King Janak commissioned artists to do paintings at the time of marriage of his daughter, Sita, to Lord Ram.

Madhubani painting has been done traditionally by the women of villages around the present town of Madhubani (the literal meaning of which is forests of honey) and other areas of Mithila. The painting was traditionally done on freshly plastered mud wall of huts, but now it is also done on cloth, hand-made paper and canvas.

As Madhubani painting has remained confined to a compact geographical area and the skills have been passed on through centuries, the content and the style have largely remained the same. Madhubani paintings also use two dimensional imagery, and the colors used are derived from plants. Ochre and lampblack are also used for reddish brown and black respectively.

Madhubani paintings mostly depict nature and Hindu religious motifs, and the themes generally revolve around Hindu deities like Krishna, Ram, Shiva, Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati. Natural objects like the sun, the moon, and religious plants like tulsi are also widely painted, along with scenes from the royal court and social events like weddings. Generally no space is left empty; the gaps are filled by paintings of flowers, animals, birds, and even geometric designs. objects depicted in the walls of kohabar ghar (where newly wed couple see each other in the first night) are symbols of sexual pleasure and procreation.

Traditionally, painting was one of the skills that was passed down from generation to generation in the families of the Mithila Region, mainly by women. The painting was usually done on walls during festivals, religious events, and other milestones of the life-cycle such as birth, Upanayanam (Sacred thread ceremony), and marriage.""

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubani_art

facial improvement plans for merona リボルテックQB メローナ 01 by Skinning Bear

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I borrowed those photos from

akibahobby.net/2009/09/revoltech_qb_merona_sample.html

they made detail introductions on figures not yet on the market.

It's about time for me to think about how to marker merona's face as I please. on the tittle I was saying facial improvement, but actually, her face is great in her own ways therefore no improvement is needed.

unlike Echidna, Merona's face has achieved her creater's own perfection (the model sculpter), and now it's time for me to achieve mine on Merona, and it will be my own version of it.

Here we see 3 photos, on the left is original face, at the middle, we can see normally my own skinning bear version of Merona. On the right, is how I tried to expanding her characteristic by adding unusual eyelashes.

One special thing about her eyes is her cross-shaped pupil, it remind me of circus and freak show, but I want to give her some magical, super natural feels and gorgeous gipsy female magician with extoic make-up (at least to Asians....) and all that out look. Plus she can have creams shoot out from her body, this character design actually goes perfectly well of the style that I wish to turn her into.

So, I decide to go bit extreme for her lower eyelashes, it's like a circus make-up and to fit the curve of her body and skirt, I go with round, petal like shape eyelash. I have no idea how I can actually draw that with Gundam marker, but it's always interesting to think about the possibilities.....

By the way check this out for extreme make up that also looks good:

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinning_bear/3922822613/]

(I just find out you can only play this trick in reply, so please see the following.)

if it didn't show, I have pic just under the same tittle around this album.....

I borrowed this pic from here:

images.google.com.tw/imgres?imgurl=http://userdisk.webry....