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"Television and Fire"
Jeff Nisbet and Johnny Andrew Gigliotti Bailik (Godfuel)
Curated by:
Liza Mitchell
Contact:
Liza Mitchell 310-489-8998
liza4lov@aol.com
Dates:
Sept. 26th - October 29th 2009
Artist reception: Sat., Oct. 17th, 2009 6-9 PM
Preview: Sat, Sept. 26th 6-9 PM
2nd Saturday ArtWalk: Oct. 10th, 6-9 PM
Location:
309 Pine Avenue
Phantom Galleries LA Long Beach invites you to experience the imposing and vibrant paintings of Jeff Nisbet and Johnny Bailik (Godfuel). The themes of “Television and Fire” ignite the room with the two of the most culture changing inventions of humankind. Join us to explore these talented artists’ exploration and interpretations.
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The following should be linked and then on a separate page. Thanks
Should appear on the gallery page as
Jeff Nisbet Bio
GODFUEL Bio
Jeff Nisbet Bio
‘television’ is a body of work that deals with physical application processes, light projection, and aleatory operations. It focuses on the object quality of television. Juxtaposed are tiles drawn from commercial signage, emphasizing the social politics of the television as a network for consumerism. The tiles have been consciously situated to subvert an advertising message. The true chance occurrence is the smear.
Jeff Nisbet is as an artist and curator living and working in Long Beach. After graduating with a B.F.A. in painting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in spring 2009, he moved to Long Beach and has recently taken up the position of curator at Sipology Galerie. Jeff has been showing in Honolulu for the last three years at the Loft Gallery, the Common’s Gallery, the University of Hawaii Main Gallery, Soullenz Gallery, bar35 Bar and Gallery, and The Manifest. He has had two solo shows at the Loft Gallery, located in Honolulu’s Chinatown District, and has performed twice in April of 2008 and 2009 at Art Mania using the innards of disused computers.
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GODFUEL Bio
JOHNNY ANDREW GIGLIOTTI BAILIK (GODFUEL)
Johnny Andrew Gigliotti Bailik was born in the same steel town as the late Andy Warhol; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1989 he studied privately at the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts and in 1992 he moved to the Cleveland, Ohio area to attend the Nationally Accredited Bliss Hall School of Fine and Performing Arts.
In 1994 Bailik organized with other fellow art students an Anti-Censorship exhibition which featured a lecture by Andres Serrano, most known for his photograph entitled "Piss Christ", as well as a speech by Dennis Barrie, who was the director of the Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati during the infamous Robert Mapplethorpe obscenity trial. In 1996 Bailik helped to organize a regionally legendary show entitled "Spectacle", a multi-media, collaborative, outdoor performance that contained everything from static art to interactive sculpture to extravagant performance art.
Bailik's travels and life as an artist has also made it possible for him to meet such artists as Paul Jenkins, Dennis Oppenheim, Julian Schnabel, Ed Moses, Mark DiSuvero, Dennis Hopper, and Robert Rauschenberg to name a few, as well as to work with artists of varying degrees and aesthetics.
Since 1991 Bailik's work has been primarily painting, but has also included sculpture, video, and installations. It has been displayed internationally in contemporary and modern museums, commercial galleries, and private collections. He has also won awards and grants in multi-media, video installation, and painting. Bailik moved to Los Angeles, California at the end of 1999. He states, "I have been profoundly affected by the 'City of Angels'. The energy, spirituality, diversity, the eclecticism of the culture and the land has altered my work dramatically. It is a beautiful time and place to explore." Johnny Bailik continues to live and work in his Venice studio.
(awards)
2000, 2003, 2004; J. Miletta Award in Painting
1997; Stephen Stackhouse Memorial Award in Art
1996, 1997; Butler Institute of American Art Award
1994 - 1997; Florence Simon Beecher Art Grant
1993 - 1997; Bliss Hall Fine Art Scholarship
1993; John Mitchell Award in Design
(education)
1997; BFA (Painting), Bliss Hall, Youngstown, OH.
1992; Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
(exhibitions)
2009, Phantom Galleries LA., Long Beach, CA.
2009, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2008, Joined Medea Gallery, San Pedro, CA.
2007, Final Round Art Dubai, Dubai U.A.E.
2007, DCA Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2006, Group Show, The Brick House, Venice, CA.
2006, Group Show, Montagna Galleria, Rome, Italy
2005, DCA Gallery, Venice, CA.
2004, Joined DCA Gallery, Venice, CA.
2003, Group Show, Cleenewerck Group Show, Venice, CA.
2003, Group Show, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2001, Private Show, Curated by Kaat Cleenewerck, Venice, CA.
2001, Group Show, Montagna Galleria, Rome, Italy
2001, Solo Exhibit, Pergandy Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2001; Solo Exhibit, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2000, Group Show, gallerie 119, Bruxelles, Belgium
1999; Solo Exhibit, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
1998; Group show of selected Abstract Painting, T. Lambert Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
1998; Solo Exhibit, Pergandy Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
1997; Solo Exhibit, "The Dissolution Series", The Artists Guild, Warren, OH.
1997; "Collaborative Project", selected group, site specific installation, Cleveland, OH.
1997; Selected pieces from "The Dissolution Series", Cedar Gallery, Youngstown, OH.
1997; Senior Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art
1997; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art
1996; "Spectacle", a multi-media, collaborative, outdoor performance, Cleveland, OH.
1996; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art
1995; Juried "Works on Paper", McDonough Museum of Art
1995; "D2" Group show, Cleveland, OH.
1994; Anti-Censorship Exhibit, Bliss Gallery, Youngstown, OH.
1994; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art
1994; Juried "Works on Paper", McDonough Museum of Art
1993; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art
1992; Hoyt Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
1991; Hoyt Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
(positions)
2003; Ace Institute of Contemporary Art, Installations Preparator, Los Angeles, CA.
2000 - 2009; godfuel studios, Creative Director, Venice, CA.
1997; Gallery Preparator, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
1994 - 1997; Installations Coordinator, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH.
1993 - 1996; "The Art Association" Officer, Cleveland, OH.
(publications)
"Kunst en Culture" magazine - 2000
"Deze Week in Brussel" weekly newspaper - 2000
"The Art of Digital Imaging: Principles & Processes" by Jon Krasner 1998
"Pig Iron Press" publication featuring an article on Bailik’s work, which also covered work by Andres Serrano - 1994
This one defining skill, accomplished even by a baby, determines who and what we are. This "simple" skill has shaped us and the world around us.
"Television and Fire"
Jeff Nisbet and Johnny Andrew Gigliotti Bailik (Godfuel)
Curated by:
Liza Mitchell
Contact:
Liza Mitchell 310-489-8998
liza4lov@aol.com
Dates:
Sept. 26th - October 29th 2009
Artist reception: Sat., Oct. 17th, 2009 6-9 PM
Preview: Sat, Sept. 26th 6-9 PM
2nd Saturday ArtWalk: Oct. 10th, 6-9 PM
Location:
309 Pine Avenue
Phantom Galleries LA Long Beach invites you to experience the imposing and vibrant paintings of Jeff Nisbet and Johnny Bailik (Godfuel). The themes of “Television and Fire” ignite the room with the two of the most culture changing inventions of humankind. Join us to explore these talented artists’ exploration and interpretations.
-------
The following should be linked and then on a separate page. Thanks
Should appear on the gallery page as
Jeff Nisbet Bio
GODFUEL Bio
Jeff Nisbet Bio
‘television’ is a body of work that deals with physical application processes, light projection, and aleatory operations. It focuses on the object quality of television. Juxtaposed are tiles drawn from commercial signage, emphasizing the social politics of the television as a network for consumerism. The tiles have been consciously situated to subvert an advertising message. The true chance occurrence is the smear.
Jeff Nisbet is as an artist and curator living and working in Long Beach. After graduating with a B.F.A. in painting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in spring 2009, he moved to Long Beach and has recently taken up the position of curator at Sipology Galerie. Jeff has been showing in Honolulu for the last three years at the Loft Gallery, the Common’s Gallery, the University of Hawaii Main Gallery, Soullenz Gallery, bar35 Bar and Gallery, and The Manifest. He has had two solo shows at the Loft Gallery, located in Honolulu’s Chinatown District, and has performed twice in April of 2008 and 2009 at Art Mania using the innards of disused computers.
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GODFUEL Bio
JOHNNY ANDREW GIGLIOTTI BAILIK (GODFUEL)
Johnny Andrew Gigliotti Bailik was born in the same steel town as the late Andy Warhol; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1989 he studied privately at the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts and in 1992 he moved to the Cleveland, Ohio area to attend the Nationally Accredited Bliss Hall School of Fine and Performing Arts.
In 1994 Bailik organized with other fellow art students an Anti-Censorship exhibition which featured a lecture by Andres Serrano, most known for his photograph entitled "Piss Christ", as well as a speech by Dennis Barrie, who was the director of the Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati during the infamous Robert Mapplethorpe obscenity trial. In 1996 Bailik helped to organize a regionally legendary show entitled "Spectacle", a multi-media, collaborative, outdoor performance that contained everything from static art to interactive sculpture to extravagant performance art.
Bailik's travels and life as an artist has also made it possible for him to meet such artists as Paul Jenkins, Dennis Oppenheim, Julian Schnabel, Ed Moses, Mark DiSuvero, Dennis Hopper, and Robert Rauschenberg to name a few, as well as to work with artists of varying degrees and aesthetics.
Since 1991 Bailik's work has been primarily painting, but has also included sculpture, video, and installations. It has been displayed internationally in contemporary and modern museums, commercial galleries, and private collections. He has also won awards and grants in multi-media, video installation, and painting. Bailik moved to Los Angeles, California at the end of 1999. He states, "I have been profoundly affected by the 'City of Angels'. The energy, spirituality, diversity, the eclecticism of the culture and the land has altered my work dramatically. It is a beautiful time and place to explore." Johnny Bailik continues to live and work in his Venice studio.
(awards)
2000, 2003, 2004; J. Miletta Award in Painting
1997; Stephen Stackhouse Memorial Award in Art
1996, 1997; Butler Institute of American Art Award
1994 - 1997; Florence Simon Beecher Art Grant
1993 - 1997; Bliss Hall Fine Art Scholarship
1993; John Mitchell Award in Design
(education)
1997; BFA (Painting), Bliss Hall, Youngstown, OH.
1992; Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
(exhibitions)
2009, Phantom Galleries LA., Long Beach, CA.
2009, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2008, Joined Medea Gallery, San Pedro, CA.
2007, Final Round Art Dubai, Dubai U.A.E.
2007, DCA Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2006, Group Show, The Brick House, Venice, CA.
2006, Group Show, Montagna Galleria, Rome, Italy
2005, DCA Gallery, Venice, CA.
2004, Joined DCA Gallery, Venice, CA.
2003, Group Show, Cleenewerck Group Show, Venice, CA.
2003, Group Show, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2001, Private Show, Curated by Kaat Cleenewerck, Venice, CA.
2001, Group Show, Montagna Galleria, Rome, Italy
2001, Solo Exhibit, Pergandy Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2001; Solo Exhibit, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2000, Group Show, gallerie 119, Bruxelles, Belgium
1999; Solo Exhibit, T. Lambert Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
1998; Group show of selected Abstract Painting, T. Lambert Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
1998; Solo Exhibit, Pergandy Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
1997; Solo Exhibit, "The Dissolution Series", The Artists Guild, Warren, OH.
1997; "Collaborative Project", selected group, site specific installation, Cleveland, OH.
1997; Selected pieces from "The Dissolution Series", Cedar Gallery, Youngstown, OH.
1997; Senior Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art
1997; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art
1996; "Spectacle", a multi-media, collaborative, outdoor performance, Cleveland, OH.
1996; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art
1995; Juried "Works on Paper", McDonough Museum of Art
1995; "D2" Group show, Cleveland, OH.
1994; Anti-Censorship Exhibit, Bliss Gallery, Youngstown, OH.
1994; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art
1994; Juried "Works on Paper", McDonough Museum of Art
1993; Juried Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art
1992; Hoyt Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
1991; Hoyt Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
(positions)
2003; Ace Institute of Contemporary Art, Installations Preparator, Los Angeles, CA.
2000 - 2009; godfuel studios, Creative Director, Venice, CA.
1997; Gallery Preparator, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
1994 - 1997; Installations Coordinator, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH.
1993 - 1996; "The Art Association" Officer, Cleveland, OH.
(publications)
"Kunst en Culture" magazine - 2000
"Deze Week in Brussel" weekly newspaper - 2000
"The Art of Digital Imaging: Principles & Processes" by Jon Krasner 1998
"Pig Iron Press" publication featuring an article on Bailik’s work, which also covered work by Andres Serrano - 1994
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Matthew Frost and Meghan Frost attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
Subject: A walking work of art, Gregory Da Silva is more than an odd spectacle...
Contact : Gregory da silva Cape Town South Africa Cellphone: 0737507923
Email: eggman@galmail.co.za
A walking work of art, Gregory Da Silva is more than an odd spectacle - he is a symbol of Africa's many diverse cultures...
A Symbol of African Unity
In the first heady years of the African Union, the world's eyes are increasingly turned to the continent from which humankind first appeared. Beneath the seemingly impenetrable mask of violence portrayed in popular media, lies a living and thriving cultural climate which Des Warde finds well depicted by West African street artist Gregory Da Silva.
The outfit always turns heads, and each day it boasts a new feature, a new symbol of an African culture or practice.
His headdress weighs up to twenty five kilograms, his body is armoured with artifacts and his face painted with tribal patterns and an undying smile. Each day, Gregory Da Silva presents the city centre with a new display of his symbolic art.
Gregory's voice is lively and he repeatedly offers phrases and words in French. Born in Benin, West Africa, 1979, he was trained in computer science at university, but went on to found a theatre group in Benin called 'Voice of Spirit' or 'Voix de l'Esprit' which performed politically motivated as well as comic and poetic theatre at the Benin National Library.
After receiving an invitation to perform at the MASA - Market for African Performing Arts - Festival in the Ivory Coast in 2003, where he represented his country, Benin, for a week before flying to South Africa. He sold his creations at the V&A Waterfront and began to grace the streets of Cape Town with his unique form of art. It was so unique it initially led the bemused Cape Town police to put him in the back of their car and call their superiors for advice! Naturally they were advised them to let him go and Gregory now enjoys a good relationship with the city authorities...
My attention is soon turned to his artifact-laden tunic which Gregory says is about "all African tradition, all African culture[s]" and he goes on to explain some of the more prominent objects displayed.
"Everything must be life,
everything must shine, and be positive"
First, he points out the clusters of sea shells hanging around his neck, saying that in Africa these shells were "old money" and once used as currency. He explains the eggs on his head dress as being symbolic of life and says "everything must be life, everything must shine, [and] be positive". Next his hands grab the arcane black bottle near his waist to explain that in his culture, the Sangoma people would place "good spirits" in a bottle, with which they would "heal sick people [they] passed while walking on the roads".
The broken shards of mirror found on his chest bear similar spiritual significance, and are often worn by Voodoo people in Africa and are said to be a kind of window into the spiritual world, and a "way to talk to [their] ancestor[s]".
Gregory says his main inspiration or motivation is to "make people laugh" and "make people happy" and to represent different African cultures. He says he always thinks "how we can put all of Africa together to make [it] one", adding that "not one country can be forgotten".
When he is travelling in Africa, be it in Senegal, Cameroon, Mali or the Congo, the local people invariably look at him and say "ahh, that is our culture" as they see something of their own represented. "All Africa is in my clothes" he says, drawing attention again to his peerless suit.
When not walking St. Georges Mall or Green Market Square, Gregory features at the Grahamstown festival, the Hermanus Whale Festival, has been hired to receive guests at hotels and airports, and has also appeared on SABC 2 and E-TV News.
He is very popular with tourists, especially those from Italy, England, America and Germany, who frequently ask why he does not come over and do his thing in their own country. But he says his focus is on Africa. Pictures of him certainly do get back to their countries though, as Gregory says everyday "hundreds" of pictures are taken of himself, usually posing with the tourists.
Asked about his dreams and ambitions, Gregory (or the "Egg Man" or "Ei man" as he is also known) says that this year he is planning on starting an art school, which is part of his 'Project For Africa' for this year. He wants to impart creative knowledge to South African youth, giving them the power to create beautiful things and also to support themselves, all part of his ultimate venerable ambition to "[bring] Africa together to make one".
Indeed, and good luck to him.
Egg On His Face But He's Happy
Gregory da silva, A Symbol of African Unity
Who is that Guy with all the Eggs on his head that you see at all the bestest Festivals in South Africa ? His name is gregory da Silva - An Artist Comedian, Storyteller, dancer from Benin West Africa. Gregory da Silva ( Egg Man ) was born in Benin West Africa, Voodoo Country. He speaks French and English and is staying in Cape Town South Africa. Gregory da silva has appeared at many Festivals in Africa and is presently staying in Cape Town South Africa. Gregory has appeared at many Festivals in Africa :
The Masa Festival 2003 ( market for African Performing Arts) in Ivory coast West Africa,
The grahamstown Festival South African National Art Festival,
The Hermanus Whales festival,
The Darling festival, The Gariep Kimberley Festival, Innibos Film Festival Nelspruit Mpumanlanga,
Moorresberg farm Shows,
The Biltong Castle Larger Festival in Somerset East South africa,
The Stellenbosch Street Festival,
The Simonstown Penguin Festival South Africa. He performs every day in Market square Cape Town and adds an air of rio - style festivity wherever he performs. Many Tourrists from Germany, England, America, Italy, France, Belguim call Gregory : The Egg man, or Chicken Man. Very famous in Africa.
AFRICAN EXTRAVAGANZA : The National Arts Festival had its usual colourful start in Grahamstown South Africa. Here Gregory da Silva from Benin, West Africa, wears headgear adorned with African artifacts. Gregory da Silva has becomes an Institution at the National Art festival Grahamstown. Picture by ALAN EASON
A festival favourite for many years, the ubiquitous "Eggman" was back at the 2006 National Arts Festival, making an appearance at the Village Green (CuePix/daylin paul)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Kim Griffin-Hunter attends CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
Ron McLaughlin -Senior Manager, CIBC Commercial Banking showing his continued support for the Salvation Army.
Salvation Army Hope in the City Breakfast 2009
The Salvation Army's Hope in the City Breakfast is the premiere annual fundraising breakfast for our organization. Each year, this event draws Vancouver's corporate community together to mark it's support for as well as the launch of The Salvation Army's Christmas campaign and kettle kick off in the business community.
photos by the Ron Sombilon Gallery Team
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Jacob Pritikin, Jody Hill Mischel, Kate Guilich, Max Timm and David Cyganowski attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
PERU: THE CITY OF MACHU PICCHU
The City of Machu Picchu is world-wide considered to be one of the most famous archaeological rests of humankind. This legacy of the ancient Peruvians, builded astride among abysses of the valley of the Urubamba river, covered with vegetation, is a true city of an incredible giddiness. The City is builded in stone among the flanks of two hills belonging to the eastern mountain range of the Andes, descending into the Amazonian upper and its design gives us a clear idea of a rational organisation.
To reach it the traveller has two choices: there are auto-trams or trains to be taken in the City of Cusco until kilometre 110. Once arriving to the foot of one of the high hills a bus must be taken in Puente Ruinas (Ruinas Bridge), which gos through a spectacular road until reaching the terrace with a tourist hotel is found. From here you set out by foot to meet the ruins, located at 2,300 meters above the sea level. The alternative is the fantastic Inca Walk or Inca Trail.
Machu Picchu is enclosed by the high hills Huayna Picchu to the north; Cutija to the south; Putucusi to the east; and by the Ccollipani valley to the west. The ride leas to the entrance of the city and to various outside stone staircases which communicate towards different sections of the citadel. And it truly results impressive for the visitor to contemplate the achievements of the Inca architects, having building this stone citadel among peaks and abysses.
The mysterious city is well preserved.
Surrounding the whole citadel there are rests of the rampart measuring 5 meters per 1.80 of thickness which, according to archaeologists, makes evident a military and defensive outlook. It is calculated that there are some three thousand steps leading to squares, worship, places, houses, tillage platforms and sepulchers. In that way, a ten-door oriel is found, overlooking the citadel. Nothing has been left at random.
The military bastion raises in a semicircular shape and showing two windows. The finishing of the walls is perfect. To the north stands the Doorway of the Amarus, which entrance is formed by two perrons with diverse orifices which, it is asserted, were made for breeding vipers.
Behind the bastion there is a quadrangular court. It has walls of 4 metres height. In this place it can be appreciated nine vaulted-niches together with its stone nails. Next to the Doorway of the Amarus there is a square fountain showing an engraving seat with capacity for four persons.
The Palace of the Inca, formed by a corridor, a court and three rooms with vaulted-niches, is builded in the middle of Machu Picchu. Here is the Holy Square, of 60 square metres area, where main buildings converge, including those of religious service. The first of these is the Three-Window Temple, with three walls and same number of windows; walls are disposed in the style of an altar. The Sacerdotal Mansion is the third one. There, in an enormous room lived the High Priest , the Willac Umo.
Going up through a perron of 78 steps, you arrive to the Holy Square, where the four terraces of the Intihuatana are placed, which top is a regular polygonal. In the middle raises a quadrangular prism that served as sundial.
With regard to the oldness of Machu Picchu there are various views. The majority asserts that it is an evident sample of the Inca architecture.
I took this picture in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. A huge display just inside the reception area celebrated the Chinese New Year. I thought this was so odd because it was about the weekend of Valentine's Day, and I figured Vegas would capitalize on it, i.e. all of the wedding chapels galore. Instead, a huge approximately 40 foot Chinese idol with massive looking gold coins strewn beneath it was the focus. The only place we found in town celebrating Valentine's Day was Walmart.
Though my hubby and I enjoyed the short vacation we took in Vegas through many of the sights and sounds that were family friendly, this aspect of blatant idol worship disturbed me. Though the displays all over town celebrating this festival were very alluring as noted above in this picture I took, those things that it represented to me is perhaps the core of humankind's separation from God--the love of money and sin. When I read these passages listed below during one of my devotions, I was reminded of the pictures I shot in Vegas and decided to post them on my flickr site:
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. (Psalm 135:15-18, NIV)
The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts. (Revelation 9:20-21, NIV)
The result of of the love of money and sin brought to mind these like passages:
He said to me, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters, and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." (Revelation 21:6-8, NIV)
Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. (Revelation 22:14-16, NIV)
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:14-15, NIV)
The Good News after reading these very convicting passages can be found in passages like these that sum up the whole purpose of the Lord, bringing to light our many failings:
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
But now a righteousness from God, apart from the law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. (Romans 3:19-24, NIV)
For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. (Romans 11:32, NIV)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9, NIV)
The cool thing about this grace and righteousness given freely to us as a gift is that it has a wonderful side effect: We no longer desire or love to sin because His power touches us and are inclined instead to desire to do good and love (Romans 6:1 to 8:14 and Deuteronomy 5:29). This effect does not come by reading and studying and memorizing Scripture, though it is most certainly advantageous: Through it, we discover what sin is in order to agree with Him that it is wrong and it encourages us to do good and to love and to show ourselves approved and to fellowship with Him and others along with exhorting and rebuking us in Him, etc. (1 Corinthians 1:17 to 2:16). This new desire/inclination, instead, comes through His power poured on us through His Heavenly Waterfall and His Blood and His Breath (John 19:34-35, 1 John 5:7-8, John 3:3-18, Acts 8:15-17, Acts 10:47-48, Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 19:1-7, John 20:21-22, Acts 1:5-8, Acts 2:1-4, Matthew 3:11).
Thus, the love of money (or that which is worldly) and sin within us dies
and the love to do good and to love comes to life within us, making us new creatures in Him. We no longer feel, then, when someone tells us something is sin through Scripture that he/she is trying to ruin our fun. Rather, we see it as though we are being called on by God to be in agreement with Him and that He is looking out for us because we believe He is Good. Though we may still end up sinning, the important thing is that we no longer desire/love to sin (Romans 7:15-16). The benefit of this dying and cleansing of the old sinfully desirous self is that we inherit eternal life in Christ Jesus in this life and when we physically die because we will be resurrected in both spirit and then body as Jesus was (Romans 6:23, Romans 8:17, Romans 10:9-13, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 and 12-2 and 35-57, 1 John 4:2-3, John chapters 20-21, Luke chapter 24, Mark chapter 16, Matthew 28:1-10, Acts 1:1-3) .
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Prayer of Salvation and Fullness
If anyone reading this post has not accepted Jesus in this way to be cleansed from the love/desire of money (the worldly) and sin, may I implore the reader to do so now. If he/she doesn't know how, one may just pray something like this:
Dear, Heavenly Father, I believe You and Your Word that I have sinned. I'm so sorry for loving that which You hate and now agree with you that sin is not fun but harmful and that You are only trying to look out for me. I realize now that You are Good...so Good, in fact, that you sent Your Only Begotten Son Christ Jesus to take my place in punishment for this sin I have committed against You and others, past, present, and future. Please forgive me and cleanse me from all of this sin through Jesus' Heavenly Water and Blood poured down on me miraculously from You.
Dear, Christ Jesus, thank You for living a sinless life for me, for being tortured and tormented and crucified for me, for dying for me, and for being resurrected for me and for ascending for me--all You have so lovingly done for me. Thank You for saving me through Your Heavenly Water and Blood that You shed on the Cross for just this purpose. Please come and Breathe new life in me and fill my mouth with Your life-giving manna to bless me with being joined to You, as a branch into the True Vine, so that I may enjoy the waves of love from the Heavenly Father through You and be blessed with Your Living Waters, the Holy Spirit, in my belly and heart. Please come and live within me and live through me now because I can do no real good apart from You and Your Spirit. Also please baptize me with the Holy Spirit and with Your Fire.
Dear, Holy Spirit, please come and live through me, be my Counselor and Comforter, and lead and guide me into all truth and lead and guide me to glorify Jesus and worship God in Spirit and Truth. Thank You.
In all of these things, please just mercifully and graciously give me all of the fullness of spiritual blessings that You have in store for me, to inherit all that You Jesus so lovingly and diligently worked for. In Christ Jesus' Name, I ask You for all of this and thank and praise You for doing so.
Many people think that this kind of prayer is not necessary in receiving Christ Jesus. However, just like a marriage ceremony (or what used to be an engagement ceremony in Old Testament times) is not absolutely necessary to be married, it helps humans to have a particular event signify a new direction in life as a kind of anchor or compass in order to hold fast to a commitment made to another. I hope and pray anyone reading this post will be moved to do so.
© 4-30-2009 Victoria Tribby
I took this picture in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. A huge display just inside the reception area celebrated the Chinese New Year. I thought this was so odd because it was about the weekend of Valentine's Day, and I figured Vegas would capitalize on it, i.e. all of the wedding chapels galore. Instead, a huge approximately 40 foot Chinese idol with massive looking gold coins strewn beneath it was the focus. The only place we found in town celebrating Valentine's Day was Walmart.
Though my hubby and I enjoyed the short vacation we took in Vegas through many of the sights and sounds that were family friendly, this aspect of blatant idol worship disturbed me. Though the displays all over town celebrating this festival were very alluring as noted above in this picture I took, those things that it represented to me is perhaps the core of humankind's separation from God--the love of money and sin. When I read these passages listed below during one of my devotions, I was reminded of the pictures I shot in Vegas and decided to post them on my flickr site:
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. (Psalm 135:15-18, NIV)
The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts. (Revelation 9:20-21, NIV)
The result of of the love of money and sin brought to mind these like passages:
He said to me, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters, and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." (Revelation 21:6-8, NIV)
Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. (Revelation 22:14-16, NIV)
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:14-15, NIV)
The Good News after reading these very convicting passages can be found in passages like these that sum up the whole purpose of the Lord, bringing to light our many failings:
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
But now a righteousness from God, apart from the law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. (Romans 3:19-24, NIV)
For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. (Romans 11:32, NIV)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9, NIV)
The cool thing about this grace and righteousness given freely to us as a gift is that it has a wonderful side effect: We no longer desire or love to sin because His power touches us and are inclined instead to desire to do good and love (Romans 6:1 to 8:14 and Deuteronomy 5:29). This effect does not come by reading and studying and memorizing Scripture, though it is most certainly advantageous: Through it, we discover what sin is in order to agree with Him that it is wrong and it encourages us to do good and to love and to show ourselves approved and to fellowship with Him and others along with exhorting and rebuking us in Him, etc. (1 Corinthians 1:17 to 2:16). This new desire/inclination, instead, comes through His power poured on us through His Heavenly Waterfall and His Blood and His Breath (John 19:34-35, 1 John 5:7-8, John 3:3-18, Acts 8:15-17, Acts 10:47-48, Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 19:1-7, John 20:21-22, Acts 1:5-8, Acts 2:1-4, Matthew 3:11).
Thus, the love of money (or that which is worldly) and sin within us dies
and the love to do good and to love comes to life within us, making us new creatures in Him. We no longer feel, then, when someone tells us something is sin through Scripture that he/she is trying to ruin our fun. Rather, we see it as though we are being called on by God to be in agreement with Him and that He is looking out for us because we believe He is Good. Though we may still end up sinning, the important thing is that we no longer desire/love to sin (Romans 7:15-16). The benefit of this dying and cleansing of the old sinfully desirous self is that we inherit eternal life in Christ Jesus in this life and when we physically die because we will be resurrected in both spirit and then body as Jesus was (Romans 6:23, Romans 8:17, Romans 10:9-13, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 and 12-2 and 35-57, 1 John 4:2-3, John chapters 20-21, Luke chapter 24, Mark chapter 16, Matthew 28:1-10, Acts 1:1-3) .
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Prayer of Salvation and Fullness
If anyone reading this post has not accepted Jesus in this way to be cleansed from the love/desire of money (the worldly) and sin, may I implore the reader to do so now. If he/she doesn't know how, one may just pray something like this:
Dear, Heavenly Father, I believe You and Your Word that I have sinned. I'm so sorry for loving that which You hate and now agree with you that sin is not fun but harmful and that You are only trying to look out for me. I realize now that You are Good...so Good, in fact, that you sent Your Only Begotten Son Christ Jesus to take my place in punishment for this sin I have committed against You and others, past, present, and future. Please forgive me and cleanse me from all of this sin through Jesus' Heavenly Water and Blood poured down on me miraculously from You.
Dear, Christ Jesus, thank You for living a sinless life for me, for being tortured and tormented and crucified for me, for dying for me, and for being resurrected for me and for ascending for me--all You have so lovingly done for me. Thank You for saving me through Your Heavenly Water and Blood that You shed on the Cross for just this purpose. Please come and Breathe new life in me and fill my mouth with Your life-giving manna to bless me with being joined to You, as a branch into the True Vine, so that I may enjoy the waves of love from the Heavenly Father through You and be blessed with Your Living Waters, the Holy Spirit, in my belly and heart. Please come and live within me and live through me now because I can do no real good apart from You and Your Spirit. Also please baptize me with the Holy Spirit and with Your Fire.
Dear, Holy Spirit, please come and live through me, be my Counselor and Comforter, and lead and guide me into all truth and lead and guide me to glorify Jesus and worship God in Spirit and Truth. Thank You.
In all of these things, please just mercifully and graciously give me all of the fullness of spiritual blessings that You have in store for me, to inherit all that You Jesus so lovingly and diligently worked for. In Christ Jesus' Name, I ask You for all of this and thank and praise You for doing so.
Many people think that this kind of prayer is not necessary in receiving Christ Jesus. However, just like a marriage ceremony (or what used to be an engagement ceremony in Old Testament times) is not absolutely necessary to be married, it helps humans to have a particular event signify a new direction in life as a kind of anchor or compass in order to hold fast to a commitment made to another. I hope and pray anyone reading this post will be moved to do so.
© 4-30-2009 Victoria Tribby
Sponsor - Cofunds
Artist - Oliver Dean
Design - 'Animal Mineral'
What inspired the design?
This design was inspired by Darwin’s Theory of evolution and the role of humankind in protecting vulnerable species.
The Giraffe stands as a clear example of “Decent with modification” through its distinctive features. Over generations, animals respond to environmental survival requirements through every biologically conceivable manner.
This striking design would mean the giraffe would be recovered in a reflective metal as an extract of mineral sourced from the home of the giraffe) to demonstrate that not only do wild animals evolve to “Reflect” survival needs but as humans we are responsible for the welfare and longevity of animals who are affected by our excavation of minerals from fragile environments.
In this Artwork, the giraffe’s identity is disguised/or shrouded by the mineral that surrounds it.
About the Sponsor
Cofunds is an ‘investment platform’. That means we enable people to buy investments simply through financial advisers and other institutions such as stockbrokers and banks. We provide the technology, tools and services to enable them to manage investments in one place, securely and online.
We’re independent as we don’t give advice and we don’t sell our own products. We launched in 2001 and are now the UK's largest platform, looking after over £40 billion of investments on behalf of roughly 800,000 people.
We employ around 700 staff and have offices in the City of London and Chelmsford, Essex.
We aim to work together as ‘One Cofunds’. This means we collaborate across our departments, so we’re all ultimately working towards our purpose ‘We make investing easier for our customers and the investors they serve.
Visit Cofunds at www.cofunds.co.uk
About the Artist
Oliver Dean is a Colchester based illustrator and community artist. He offers a flexible approach to community arts, working with groups of all ages, across a range of media and always exploring the creativity of those involved.
His illustrations focus on providing humour and originality. Oliver is currently self publishing his first children’s book; Permanent Barker, which was funded through the crowd funding website; Kickstarter.
24h Radio broadcast performance from CoseCosmiche.
16 - 17 december 2018
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Photos by Matteo Castellani
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24 hour live radio performance of sound, poetry and radio works inspired by the Universe.
Where: CoseCosmiche, Via Aleardi 11, Milan
Start: 16.00, 16th December 2018 (SUN), km 0
End: 16.15, 17th December 2018 (PLUTO), km 5.906.376.272
Radio webstream (active on 16th December): humankind.voyage:8000/spaceradio
FM: 97.3 (CoseCosmiche area)
BROADCASTING TIMETABLE: humankind.voyage
Broadcast by Alan Alpenfelt
Random Synth sound generator by Luca Xelius Martegani
Shop design: Paolo Di Benedetto
ARTISTS
Tomomi Adachi / Alan Alpenfelt / Giuliana Altamura / Alvax / Ashtoreth & Anja Aerts / Sofía Bertomeu / Vanni Bianconi / Bluenoid / Brandon Boan / Pamela Breda / Dario Buccini / Distant Fires Burning / Canary Burton & Marylou Blakeslee / Joan Cambon / Catenation / Claudio Cavalli / Gustavo Chab / Caro C / CLARA / WORRAN feat. Maud Marique & Rebecca Glover / Athena Corcoran-Tadd / Marc Cosmic / DAGGER MOTH & Marc Ribot / Maroulita De Kol / Cláudio de Pina / Marco Dibeltulu / Hazal Döleneken / Abby Donovan / Ceel Mogami de Haas / Dr Hanzo / Ducks! / Kaj Duncan David & Martin Lau / BA Denigris / Giorgio Dursi / Duty / Exotikdot / Jurgen Fonteijn / Chelidon Frame / Nicola Frattegiani / Zeno Gabaglio / Alessandro Gaffuri & Alice Diacono / Alessandro Gambato / Ghosts of Electricity / Ian Gibbins / Gigsta / Penelope Gkika / Mark Goodwin / Jared Green / Guili Guili Goulag / Stelios Hadjithomas / Ursula Häse / Werner Hasler / Juliana Herrero / Kathryn Hummel / Olga Kokcharova / Antoine Läng / Dominique LeGendre / Nicole L'Huillier & Daniela Catrileo / Lite Orchestra / LucidBLN / Luminance / William Memotone / Stephanie Merchak / Muzikačaka / Alyssa Moxley / Necromishka / Guan Ng Chor / Oikoi / Moggy Ogara / Olga Palomäki / Claudio Parodi / Georgia Pazarloglou / Mario Pegoraro / Pic Nic Radio / Fred Poulet / prOphecy sun / Rodrigo Quintanilha / Andrew Reddy / George Ridgway / Francesca Ruberto / Pekka Sassi / Katharina Schmidt / SciFiSol / Hannah Silva / Anna Stereopoulou / Syrenomelia / Lorenzo Tamai / Tavishi / Temple Music / The little typists / Walt Thisney / Vincent Tholomé / Tribes of Europe / TJ Thompson / Tonylight / Dixie Treichel / VaathV / Massimiliano Viel / Sally Walmsley / Hannah Woźniak / El Wud / Xelius / Angelina Yershova / Billy Yfantis
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ENGLISH (Italiano sotto)
The performing arts company V XX ZWEETZ in collaboration with the music label Human Kind Records has invited poets, artists and musicians to send sound works inspired by the Universe. These works will be transmitted via webradio and FM during a 24 hour radio performance from 16 to 17 December 2018 in Milan, at the Athur Cravan Foundation and thanks to the support of Cosmic Things.
During the 24 hours starting from 4pm on Sunday 16 December 2018 (GTM+1), the shop facing via Aleardi 11 in Milan will be transformed into a 'spaceship' in which an astronaut will spend a day immersed in the spatial sound.
The astronaut believes that peaceful places on Earth barely exist anymore and have been exhaustively explored, as have metaphysical ones. So he chooses Outer Space where he can freely listen and perceive himself immersed inside infinity. While drifting, he shares with us the sounds he encounters.
He will travel for 24 hours through the Solar System starting from the Sun and reaching Pluto. On his way, he will meet objects and planets that will activate the sound works collected during the "call". The rest of the journey, when no object or planet is encountered, will be defined by sounds generated randomly by a Synthesizer. The total duration of the trip is 5,906,376,272 km corresponding to 4,101,650 km for each minute of transmission.
The public can access the spacecraft freely at any time to listen to the trip with him. They can feed him, send him letters and postcards, play chess and help him spend the time when he feels alone.
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Powered in collaboration with Cose Cosmiche & V XX Zweetz
Sustained by ProHelvetia | SRKS/FSRC
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How the project was born:
It started when a sound poem on Mercury was composed as a commission by Radio Pic Nic (Bruxelles) to create works for the Sviluppo-Parallelo exhibition in 2016 at the Luzern Kunstmuseum, Switzerland.
The innate passion towards the vastness and mystery related to the Universe was so intriguing that it inspired Human Kind Records to invite other artists to contribute to something bigger.
Through the networking art concept “Freundeskreis” (circles of friends), nine artist collectives were chosen to compose for nine planets. They were invited to Milan on the 27th March 2017 for a one day lab and concert at the Galleria Giuseppe Pero. Together with art residency project CoseCosmiche and astrophysicist Luca Valenziano, we shared amongst us our artistic curiosities and responses towards the planets and the Universe.
The artists then selected their planets and returned to their own worlds to create their works.
As we know (or think we know…) Space does not stop expanding. Human Kind Records therefore decided to create a Universe of its own: humankind.voyage .
Subject: A walking work of art, Gregory Da Silva is more than an odd spectacle...
Contact : Gregory da silva Cape Town South Africa Cellphone: 0737507923
Email: eggman@galmail.co.za
A walking work of art, Gregory Da Silva is more than an odd spectacle - he is a symbol of Africa's many diverse cultures...
A Symbol of African Unity
In the first heady years of the African Union, the world's eyes are increasingly turned to the continent from which humankind first appeared. Beneath the seemingly impenetrable mask of violence portrayed in popular media, lies a living and thriving cultural climate which Des Warde finds well depicted by West African street artist Gregory Da Silva.
The outfit always turns heads, and each day it boasts a new feature, a new symbol of an African culture or practice.
His headdress weighs up to twenty five kilograms, his body is armoured with artifacts and his face painted with tribal patterns and an undying smile. Each day, Gregory Da Silva presents the city centre with a new display of his symbolic art.
Gregory's voice is lively and he repeatedly offers phrases and words in French. Born in Benin, West Africa, 1979, he was trained in computer science at university, but went on to found a theatre group in Benin called 'Voice of Spirit' or 'Voix de l'Esprit' which performed politically motivated as well as comic and poetic theatre at the Benin National Library.
After receiving an invitation to perform at the MASA - Market for African Performing Arts - Festival in the Ivory Coast in 2003, where he represented his country, Benin, for a week before flying to South Africa. He sold his creations at the V&A Waterfront and began to grace the streets of Cape Town with his unique form of art. It was so unique it initially led the bemused Cape Town police to put him in the back of their car and call their superiors for advice! Naturally they were advised them to let him go and Gregory now enjoys a good relationship with the city authorities...
My attention is soon turned to his artifact-laden tunic which Gregory says is about "all African tradition, all African culture[s]" and he goes on to explain some of the more prominent objects displayed.
"Everything must be life,
everything must shine, and be positive"
First, he points out the clusters of sea shells hanging around his neck, saying that in Africa these shells were "old money" and once used as currency. He explains the eggs on his head dress as being symbolic of life and says "everything must be life, everything must shine, [and] be positive". Next his hands grab the arcane black bottle near his waist to explain that in his culture, the Sangoma people would place "good spirits" in a bottle, with which they would "heal sick people [they] passed while walking on the roads".
The broken shards of mirror found on his chest bear similar spiritual significance, and are often worn by Voodoo people in Africa and are said to be a kind of window into the spiritual world, and a "way to talk to [their] ancestor[s]".
Gregory says his main inspiration or motivation is to "make people laugh" and "make people happy" and to represent different African cultures. He says he always thinks "how we can put all of Africa together to make [it] one", adding that "not one country can be forgotten".
When he is travelling in Africa, be it in Senegal, Cameroon, Mali or the Congo, the local people invariably look at him and say "ahh, that is our culture" as they see something of their own represented. "All Africa is in my clothes" he says, drawing attention again to his peerless suit.
When not walking St. Georges Mall or Green Market Square, Gregory features at the Grahamstown festival, the Hermanus Whale Festival, has been hired to receive guests at hotels and airports, and has also appeared on SABC 2 and E-TV News.
He is very popular with tourists, especially those from Italy, England, America and Germany, who frequently ask why he does not come over and do his thing in their own country. But he says his focus is on Africa. Pictures of him certainly do get back to their countries though, as Gregory says everyday "hundreds" of pictures are taken of himself, usually posing with the tourists.
Asked about his dreams and ambitions, Gregory (or the "Egg Man" or "Ei man" as he is also known) says that this year he is planning on starting an art school, which is part of his 'Project For Africa' for this year. He wants to impart creative knowledge to South African youth, giving them the power to create beautiful things and also to support themselves, all part of his ultimate venerable ambition to "[bring] Africa together to make one".
Indeed, and good luck to him.
Egg On His Face But He's Happy
Gregory da silva, A Symbol of African Unity
Who is that Guy with all the Eggs on his head that you see at all the bestest Festivals in South Africa ? His name is gregory da Silva - An Artist Comedian, Storyteller, dancer from Benin West Africa. Gregory da Silva ( Egg Man ) was born in Benin West Africa, Voodoo Country. He speaks French and English and is staying in Cape Town South Africa. Gregory da silva has appeared at many Festivals in Africa and is presently staying in Cape Town South Africa. Gregory has appeared at many Festivals in Africa :
The Masa Festival 2003 ( market for African Performing Arts) in Ivory coast West Africa,
The grahamstown Festival South African National Art Festival,
The Hermanus Whales festival,
The Darling festival, The Gariep Kimberley Festival, Innibos Film Festival Nelspruit Mpumanlanga,
Moorresberg farm Shows,
The Biltong Castle Larger Festival in Somerset East South africa,
The Stellenbosch Street Festival,
The Simonstown Penguin Festival South Africa. He performs every day in Market square Cape Town and adds an air of rio - style festivity wherever he performs. Many Tourrists from Germany, England, America, Italy, France, Belguim call Gregory : The Egg man, or Chicken Man. Very famous in Africa.
AFRICAN EXTRAVAGANZA : The National Arts Festival had its usual colourful start in Grahamstown South Africa. Here Gregory da Silva from Benin, West Africa, wears headgear adorned with African artifacts. Gregory da Silva has becomes an Institution at the National Art festival Grahamstown. Picture by ALAN EASON
A festival favourite for many years, the ubiquitous "Eggman" was back at the 2006 National Arts Festival, making an appearance at the Village Green (CuePix/daylin paul)
Encountering Neptune in 1989, NASA's Voyager mission completed humankind's first close-up exploration of the four giant outer planets of our solar system. Collectively, since their launch in 1977, the twin Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered that Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune were far more complex than scientists had imagined. There was a lot more to be learned.
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in order to understand their atmospheric dynamics and evolution.
"The Voyagers don't tell you the full story," said Amy Simon of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, who conducted giant planet observations with OPAL.
Hubble's image sharpness is comparable to the Voyager views as they approached the outer planets, and Hubble spans wavelengths from ultraviolet to near-infrared light. Hubble is the only telescope that can provide high spatial resolution and image stability for global studies of cloud coloration, activity, and atmospheric motion on a consistent time basis to help constrain the underlying mechanics of weather and climate systems.
All four of the outer planets have deep atmospheres and no solid surfaces. Their churning atmospheres have their own unique weather systems, some with colorful bands of multicolored clouds, and with mysterious, large storms that pop up or linger for many years. Each outer planet also has seasons lasting many years. (The James Webb Space Telescope's infrared capabilities will be used to probe deep into atmospheres of the outer planets to complement the OPAL observations.)
Following the complex behavior is akin to understanding Earth's dynamic weather as followed over many years, as well as the Sun's influence on the solar system's weather. The four distant worlds also serve as proxies for understanding the weather and climate on similar planets orbiting other stars.
Planetary scientists realized that any one year of data from Hubble, while interesting in its own right, doesn't tell the full story of the outer planets. Hubble's OPAL program has routinely observed the planets once a year when they are closest to the Earth.
"Because OPAL now spans 10 years and counting, our database of planetary observations is ever growing. That longevity allows for serendipitous discoveries, but also for tracking long-term atmospheric changes as the planets orbit the Sun. The scientific value of these data is underscored by the more than 60 publications to date that include OPAL data," said Simon.
This payoff continues to be a huge archive of data that has led to a string of remarkable discoveries to share with planetary astronomers around the world. "OPAL also interfaces with other ground- and space-based planetary programs. Many papers from other observatories and space missions pull in Hubble data from OPAL for context," said Simon.
For more information: science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-celebrates-...
Image credit: NASA, ESA, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael H. Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
24h Radio broadcast performance from CoseCosmiche.
16 - 17 december 2018
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Photos by Matteo Castellani
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24 hour live radio performance of sound, poetry and radio works inspired by the Universe.
Where: CoseCosmiche, Via Aleardi 11, Milan
Start: 16.00, 16th December 2018 (SUN), km 0
End: 16.15, 17th December 2018 (PLUTO), km 5.906.376.272
Radio webstream (active on 16th December): humankind.voyage:8000/spaceradio
FM: 97.3 (CoseCosmiche area)
BROADCASTING TIMETABLE: humankind.voyage
Broadcast by Alan Alpenfelt
Random Synth sound generator by Luca Xelius Martegani
Shop design: Paolo Di Benedetto
ARTISTS
Tomomi Adachi / Alan Alpenfelt / Giuliana Altamura / Alvax / Ashtoreth & Anja Aerts / Sofía Bertomeu / Vanni Bianconi / Bluenoid / Brandon Boan / Pamela Breda / Dario Buccini / Distant Fires Burning / Canary Burton & Marylou Blakeslee / Joan Cambon / Catenation / Claudio Cavalli / Gustavo Chab / Caro C / CLARA / WORRAN feat. Maud Marique & Rebecca Glover / Athena Corcoran-Tadd / Marc Cosmic / DAGGER MOTH & Marc Ribot / Maroulita De Kol / Cláudio de Pina / Marco Dibeltulu / Hazal Döleneken / Abby Donovan / Ceel Mogami de Haas / Dr Hanzo / Ducks! / Kaj Duncan David & Martin Lau / BA Denigris / Giorgio Dursi / Duty / Exotikdot / Jurgen Fonteijn / Chelidon Frame / Nicola Frattegiani / Zeno Gabaglio / Alessandro Gaffuri & Alice Diacono / Alessandro Gambato / Ghosts of Electricity / Ian Gibbins / Gigsta / Penelope Gkika / Mark Goodwin / Jared Green / Guili Guili Goulag / Stelios Hadjithomas / Ursula Häse / Werner Hasler / Juliana Herrero / Kathryn Hummel / Olga Kokcharova / Antoine Läng / Dominique LeGendre / Nicole L'Huillier & Daniela Catrileo / Lite Orchestra / LucidBLN / Luminance / William Memotone / Stephanie Merchak / Muzikačaka / Alyssa Moxley / Necromishka / Guan Ng Chor / Oikoi / Moggy Ogara / Olga Palomäki / Claudio Parodi / Georgia Pazarloglou / Mario Pegoraro / Pic Nic Radio / Fred Poulet / prOphecy sun / Rodrigo Quintanilha / Andrew Reddy / George Ridgway / Francesca Ruberto / Pekka Sassi / Katharina Schmidt / SciFiSol / Hannah Silva / Anna Stereopoulou / Syrenomelia / Lorenzo Tamai / Tavishi / Temple Music / The little typists / Walt Thisney / Vincent Tholomé / Tribes of Europe / TJ Thompson / Tonylight / Dixie Treichel / VaathV / Massimiliano Viel / Sally Walmsley / Hannah Woźniak / El Wud / Xelius / Angelina Yershova / Billy Yfantis
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ENGLISH (Italiano sotto)
The performing arts company V XX ZWEETZ in collaboration with the music label Human Kind Records has invited poets, artists and musicians to send sound works inspired by the Universe. These works will be transmitted via webradio and FM during a 24 hour radio performance from 16 to 17 December 2018 in Milan, at the Athur Cravan Foundation and thanks to the support of Cosmic Things.
During the 24 hours starting from 4pm on Sunday 16 December 2018 (GTM+1), the shop facing via Aleardi 11 in Milan will be transformed into a 'spaceship' in which an astronaut will spend a day immersed in the spatial sound.
The astronaut believes that peaceful places on Earth barely exist anymore and have been exhaustively explored, as have metaphysical ones. So he chooses Outer Space where he can freely listen and perceive himself immersed inside infinity. While drifting, he shares with us the sounds he encounters.
He will travel for 24 hours through the Solar System starting from the Sun and reaching Pluto. On his way, he will meet objects and planets that will activate the sound works collected during the "call". The rest of the journey, when no object or planet is encountered, will be defined by sounds generated randomly by a Synthesizer. The total duration of the trip is 5,906,376,272 km corresponding to 4,101,650 km for each minute of transmission.
The public can access the spacecraft freely at any time to listen to the trip with him. They can feed him, send him letters and postcards, play chess and help him spend the time when he feels alone.
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Powered in collaboration with Cose Cosmiche & V XX Zweetz
Sustained by ProHelvetia | SRKS/FSRC
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How the project was born:
It started when a sound poem on Mercury was composed as a commission by Radio Pic Nic (Bruxelles) to create works for the Sviluppo-Parallelo exhibition in 2016 at the Luzern Kunstmuseum, Switzerland.
The innate passion towards the vastness and mystery related to the Universe was so intriguing that it inspired Human Kind Records to invite other artists to contribute to something bigger.
Through the networking art concept “Freundeskreis” (circles of friends), nine artist collectives were chosen to compose for nine planets. They were invited to Milan on the 27th March 2017 for a one day lab and concert at the Galleria Giuseppe Pero. Together with art residency project CoseCosmiche and astrophysicist Luca Valenziano, we shared amongst us our artistic curiosities and responses towards the planets and the Universe.
The artists then selected their planets and returned to their own worlds to create their works.
As we know (or think we know…) Space does not stop expanding. Human Kind Records therefore decided to create a Universe of its own: humankind.voyage .
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 22JAN16 - Jennifer Doudna, Professor of Chemistry and of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA, looks on during the open forum session 'Life in 2030: Humankind and the Machine' at the Annual Meeting 2016 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2016.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Michele Limina
24h Radio broadcast performance from CoseCosmiche.
16 - 17 december 2018
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Photos by Matteo Castellani
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24 hour live radio performance of sound, poetry and radio works inspired by the Universe.
Where: CoseCosmiche, Via Aleardi 11, Milan
Start: 16.00, 16th December 2018 (SUN), km 0
End: 16.15, 17th December 2018 (PLUTO), km 5.906.376.272
Radio webstream (active on 16th December): humankind.voyage:8000/spaceradio
FM: 97.3 (CoseCosmiche area)
BROADCASTING TIMETABLE: humankind.voyage
Broadcast by Alan Alpenfelt
Random Synth sound generator by Luca Xelius Martegani
Shop design: Paolo Di Benedetto
ARTISTS
Tomomi Adachi / Alan Alpenfelt / Giuliana Altamura / Alvax / Ashtoreth & Anja Aerts / Sofía Bertomeu / Vanni Bianconi / Bluenoid / Brandon Boan / Pamela Breda / Dario Buccini / Distant Fires Burning / Canary Burton & Marylou Blakeslee / Joan Cambon / Catenation / Claudio Cavalli / Gustavo Chab / Caro C / CLARA / WORRAN feat. Maud Marique & Rebecca Glover / Athena Corcoran-Tadd / Marc Cosmic / DAGGER MOTH & Marc Ribot / Maroulita De Kol / Cláudio de Pina / Marco Dibeltulu / Hazal Döleneken / Abby Donovan / Ceel Mogami de Haas / Dr Hanzo / Ducks! / Kaj Duncan David & Martin Lau / BA Denigris / Giorgio Dursi / Duty / Exotikdot / Jurgen Fonteijn / Chelidon Frame / Nicola Frattegiani / Zeno Gabaglio / Alessandro Gaffuri & Alice Diacono / Alessandro Gambato / Ghosts of Electricity / Ian Gibbins / Gigsta / Penelope Gkika / Mark Goodwin / Jared Green / Guili Guili Goulag / Stelios Hadjithomas / Ursula Häse / Werner Hasler / Juliana Herrero / Kathryn Hummel / Olga Kokcharova / Antoine Läng / Dominique LeGendre / Nicole L'Huillier & Daniela Catrileo / Lite Orchestra / LucidBLN / Luminance / William Memotone / Stephanie Merchak / Muzikačaka / Alyssa Moxley / Necromishka / Guan Ng Chor / Oikoi / Moggy Ogara / Olga Palomäki / Claudio Parodi / Georgia Pazarloglou / Mario Pegoraro / Pic Nic Radio / Fred Poulet / prOphecy sun / Rodrigo Quintanilha / Andrew Reddy / George Ridgway / Francesca Ruberto / Pekka Sassi / Katharina Schmidt / SciFiSol / Hannah Silva / Anna Stereopoulou / Syrenomelia / Lorenzo Tamai / Tavishi / Temple Music / The little typists / Walt Thisney / Vincent Tholomé / Tribes of Europe / TJ Thompson / Tonylight / Dixie Treichel / VaathV / Massimiliano Viel / Sally Walmsley / Hannah Woźniak / El Wud / Xelius / Angelina Yershova / Billy Yfantis
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ENGLISH (Italiano sotto)
The performing arts company V XX ZWEETZ in collaboration with the music label Human Kind Records has invited poets, artists and musicians to send sound works inspired by the Universe. These works will be transmitted via webradio and FM during a 24 hour radio performance from 16 to 17 December 2018 in Milan, at the Athur Cravan Foundation and thanks to the support of Cosmic Things.
During the 24 hours starting from 4pm on Sunday 16 December 2018 (GTM+1), the shop facing via Aleardi 11 in Milan will be transformed into a 'spaceship' in which an astronaut will spend a day immersed in the spatial sound.
The astronaut believes that peaceful places on Earth barely exist anymore and have been exhaustively explored, as have metaphysical ones. So he chooses Outer Space where he can freely listen and perceive himself immersed inside infinity. While drifting, he shares with us the sounds he encounters.
He will travel for 24 hours through the Solar System starting from the Sun and reaching Pluto. On his way, he will meet objects and planets that will activate the sound works collected during the "call". The rest of the journey, when no object or planet is encountered, will be defined by sounds generated randomly by a Synthesizer. The total duration of the trip is 5,906,376,272 km corresponding to 4,101,650 km for each minute of transmission.
The public can access the spacecraft freely at any time to listen to the trip with him. They can feed him, send him letters and postcards, play chess and help him spend the time when he feels alone.
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Powered in collaboration with Cose Cosmiche & V XX Zweetz
Sustained by ProHelvetia | SRKS/FSRC
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How the project was born:
It started when a sound poem on Mercury was composed as a commission by Radio Pic Nic (Bruxelles) to create works for the Sviluppo-Parallelo exhibition in 2016 at the Luzern Kunstmuseum, Switzerland.
The innate passion towards the vastness and mystery related to the Universe was so intriguing that it inspired Human Kind Records to invite other artists to contribute to something bigger.
Through the networking art concept “Freundeskreis” (circles of friends), nine artist collectives were chosen to compose for nine planets. They were invited to Milan on the 27th March 2017 for a one day lab and concert at the Galleria Giuseppe Pero. Together with art residency project CoseCosmiche and astrophysicist Luca Valenziano, we shared amongst us our artistic curiosities and responses towards the planets and the Universe.
The artists then selected their planets and returned to their own worlds to create their works.
As we know (or think we know…) Space does not stop expanding. Human Kind Records therefore decided to create a Universe of its own: humankind.voyage .
I took this picture in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. A huge display just inside the reception area celebrated the Chinese New Year. I thought this was so odd because it was about the weekend of Valentine's Day, and I figured Vegas would capitalize on it, i.e. all of the wedding chapels galore. Instead, a huge approximately 40 foot Chinese idol with massive looking gold coins strewn beneath it was the focus. The only place we found in town celebrating Valentine's Day was Walmart.
Though my hubby and I enjoyed the short vacation we took in Vegas through many of the sights and sounds that were family friendly, this aspect of blatant idol worship disturbed me. Though the displays all over town celebrating this festival were very alluring as noted above in this picture I took, those things that it represented to me is perhaps the core of humankind's separation from God--the love of money and sin. When I read these passages listed below during one of my devotions, I was reminded of the pictures I shot in Vegas and decided to post them on my flickr site:
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. (Psalm 135:15-18, NIV)
The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts. (Revelation 9:20-21, NIV)
The result of of the love of money and sin brought to mind these like passages:
He said to me, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters, and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." (Revelation 21:6-8, NIV)
Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. (Revelation 22:14-16, NIV)
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:14-15, NIV)
The Good News after reading these very convicting passages can be found in passages like these that sum up the whole purpose of the Lord, bringing to light our many failings:
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
But now a righteousness from God, apart from the law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. (Romans 3:19-24, NIV)
For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. (Romans 11:32, NIV)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9, NIV)
The cool thing about this grace and righteousness given freely to us as a gift is that it has a wonderful side effect: We no longer desire or love to sin because His power touches us and are inclined instead to desire to do good and love (Romans 6:1 to 8:14 and Deuteronomy 5:29). This effect does not come by reading and studying and memorizing Scripture, though it is most certainly advantageous: Through it, we discover what sin is in order to agree with Him that it is wrong and it encourages us to do good and to love and to show ourselves approved and to fellowship with Him and others along with exhorting and rebuking us in Him, etc. (1 Corinthians 1:17 to 2:16). This new desire/inclination, instead, comes through His power poured on us through His Heavenly Waterfall and His Blood and His Breath (John 19:34-35, 1 John 5:7-8, John 3:3-18, Acts 8:15-17, Acts 10:47-48, Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 19:1-7, John 20:21-22, Acts 1:5-8, Acts 2:1-4, Matthew 3:11).
Thus, the love of money (or that which is worldly) and sin within us dies
and the love to do good and to love comes to life within us, making us new creatures in Him. We no longer feel, then, when someone tells us something is sin through Scripture that he/she is trying to ruin our fun. Rather, we see it as though we are being called on by God to be in agreement with Him and that He is looking out for us because we believe He is Good. Though we may still end up sinning, the important thing is that we no longer desire/love to sin (Romans 7:15-16). The benefit of this dying and cleansing of the old sinfully desirous self is that we inherit eternal life in Christ Jesus in this life and when we physically die because we will be resurrected in both spirit and then body as Jesus was (Romans 6:23, Romans 8:17, Romans 10:9-13, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 and 12-2 and 35-57, 1 John 4:2-3, John chapters 20-21, Luke chapter 24, Mark chapter 16, Matthew 28:1-10, Acts 1:1-3) .
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Prayer of Salvation and Fullness
If anyone reading this post has not accepted Jesus in this way to be cleansed from the love/desire of money (the worldly) and sin, may I implore the reader to do so now. If he/she doesn't know how, one may just pray something like this:
Dear, Heavenly Father, I believe You and Your Word that I have sinned. I'm so sorry for loving that which You hate and now agree with you that sin is not fun but harmful and that You are only trying to look out for me. I realize now that You are Good...so Good, in fact, that you sent Your Only Begotten Son Christ Jesus to take my place in punishment for this sin I have committed against You and others, past, present, and future. Please forgive me and cleanse me from all of this sin through Jesus' Heavenly Water and Blood poured down on me miraculously from You.
Dear, Christ Jesus, thank You for living a sinless life for me, for being tortured and tormented and crucified for me, for dying for me, and for being resurrected for me and for ascending for me--all You have so lovingly done for me. Thank You for saving me through Your Heavenly Water and Blood that You shed on the Cross for just this purpose. Please come and Breathe new life in me and fill my mouth with Your life-giving manna to bless me with being joined to You, as a branch into the True Vine, so that I may enjoy the waves of love from the Heavenly Father through You and be blessed with Your Living Waters, the Holy Spirit, in my belly and heart. Please come and live within me and live through me now because I can do no real good apart from You and Your Spirit. Also please baptize me with the Holy Spirit and with Your Fire.
Dear, Holy Spirit, please come and live through me, be my Counselor and Comforter, and lead and guide me into all truth and lead and guide me to glorify Jesus and worship God in Spirit and Truth. Thank You.
In all of these things, please just mercifully and graciously give me all of the fullness of spiritual blessings that You have in store for me, to inherit all that You Jesus so lovingly and diligently worked for. In Christ Jesus' Name, I ask You for all of this and thank and praise You for doing so.
Many people think that this kind of prayer is not necessary in receiving Christ Jesus. However, just like a marriage ceremony (or what used to be an engagement ceremony in Old Testament times) is not absolutely necessary to be married, it helps humans to have a particular event signify a new direction in life as a kind of anchor or compass in order to hold fast to a commitment made to another. I hope and pray anyone reading this post will be moved to do so.
© 4-30-2009 Victoria Tribby
…after a long walk, with the threat of heavy rain, you get to spend a good hour or two slipping and sliding, crouching and crawling along one of the oldest tunnels dug by humankind. That mud is sticky…very sticky and I’ll defy anyone to go down there and not come out covered!
It’s normal to spend a good couple of hours cleaning your camera equipment once you have been down here!
Went with a good friend Jim who, as a postman, you would have thought a long walk would have been no bother…jeez…the moaning !
All pictures copyright to www.mckenzie.photos
The full history....
The idea of a fixed link across the English Channel was first put forward in the early part of the 19th Century but concerns over national security stalled attempts to progress it.
But an Anglo-French protocol was established in 1876 for a railway tunnel under the Channel. South Eastern Railway Chairman Sir Edward Watkin and French Suez Canal contractor Alexandre Lavalley conducted exploratory works on either side of the water, coming together in 1882 under the umbrella of the Submarine Railway Company.
In 1880, No.1 shaft was sunk and a 7-foot diameter pilot tunnel begun below Abbot's Cliff, between Dover and Folkestone, 10 feet above high water level. The driving force was Captain Thomas English's rotary boring machine - 33 feet in length and powered by compressed air - which was capable of cutting 5/16" for every rotation of its cutting head, at a rate of two revolutions per minute and almost half-a-mile per month. It was though hoped that this performance could be improved over time.
In February 1881, with about 800 feet driven and the machine proven, work was refocused at a site further along the coast, accessed via the 160-foot No.2 shaft at Shakespeare Cliff. Here another pilot tunnel was started under the foreshore, progressing through lower grey chalk towards a meeting with the French pilot tunnel - which was extending from Sangatte - 11 miles out to sea. This phase of the work was expected to be complete by 1886. Machinery was being developed which would then have enlarged the heading to 14 feet in diameter before a 2-foot thick concrete lining was inserted. The approach railways would fall on a gradient of 1:80 before reaching a depth of 150 feet below the sea bed. Operational ventilation would be provided by the compressed-air locomotives used to haul the trains.
But 1882 saw the government call a halt, worried about the military implications of a land-link to Europe. Sir Edward's well-reasoned reassurances fell on deaf ears with 2,040 yards of the Shakespeare Cliff heading driven, another 897 yards at Abbot's Cliff and 1,825 yards on the French side of the Channel. Both shafts were later backfilled.
When the idea of a tunnel was revisited in both 1974 and 1988, various remedial works were carried out on the 1880s workings as a result of the new alignments potentially intersecting with them. This work discovered a number of roof falls and broken timber supports. A concrete bulkhead was installed 890 yards into the No.2 heading, effectively entombing the boring machine.
Access to the original heading has been maintained as it meets one of the drainage adits driven from the base of the cliff under the coastal railway. This joins the 1880 tunnel 70 metres from the surface, after passing beneath Shakespeare Cliff Tunnel where it has been reinforced with concrete arches. Adjacent to the junction is a timber-lined passage leading to the base of the shaft where the boring machine would have been assembled.
UNIQLO Ginza / ユニクロ銀座店
I was asked by UNIQLO to create six designs for their Nippon-Omiyage T-shirt lineup, the second three in the series were Onsen, Sakana and Animal Onomatopoeia. All using handmade typography and a connection to the subject itself.
ユニクロの「日本のお土産シリーズ」のデザインに参加させて頂きました。ハンドメイドのタイポグラフィーを使って、イメージを表現するという内容です。2013年の春夏に発売されたのは「東京」「銀座」「神戸」の三都市のお土産でした。2013年の秋冬シーズンは、日本の好きなところを何でもデザインしてもいいという内容でしたので、僕も日本人に負けないぐらい大好きな「温泉」「さかな」をモチーフにデザインしました。「温泉」のデザインでは、日本で大流行している"ゆるキャラ" もつくってみました。３つめのデザインは、音を表現する擬音語が英語と違うところ面白くて、動物の鳴き声をタイポグラフィーにしてデザインしてみました。
Sakana 魚屋
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One of the things I’ve noticed as a foreigner is that the Japanese absolutely love fish, the only Japanese people I know that don’t eat fish are those with an allergy to it. I wanted to create a t-shirt that celebrated this extreme love of fish, both as a food but also a sport, something more subtle than the obvious and overused fish imagery commonly used. Using hand printed shapes and typography I created a simple design that everyone can understand even if they can’t read Japanese.
日本人の魚の消費量の多さは、類を見ないと思います。アレルギー体質という以外の理由で、魚を食べない日本人に出会ったことがありません。魚を食べる事だけでなく、釣りをこよなく愛する方々も多くいます。そんな魚を愛する大勢の日本人の方々に敬意を評して、ハンドメイドの版画の様なイメージと文字で、日本語が読めなくても、魚を愛する想いが伝わるイメージを作ってみました。
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Brenda Wright and Lloyd Dean attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer)
Artist: Richard Bacon
Flower of Life: Community Earth Blessings
Plastic, metal, string, paper
$5000
Why is Art Healing?
The origin of art & healing is rooted in humankind’s ancient history. Before we even had a word for art, the earliest artists were in fact the tribal shaman and healers. By creating cave paintings, masks, costumes, jewelry, fetishes, rituals and stories early shaman were evoking the power of healing by connecting to the spirits of animals, plants and deities. Both cosmic and terrestrial divine energies were called upon for courage, action, transformation and abundance. As we study our collective past, the items that inform us the most about ancient civilizations is their art and their ability to create art.
Personally, the process of creating art has been very cathartic for me and for those I help through art therapy. For example, in 2003 a huge wildfire storm burned my neighborhood in San Diego. For months afterward I was experiencing nightmares and anxiety due to the trauma. To heal my post-traumatic stress I turned to my painting practice as a way to release the tragic images that were haunting my sub-consciousness. By downloading the fear, anger and frustration of living through such a horrific experience, my fine art practice helped me to not only recover, but inspired others to find creative ways of healing too.
Art has the ability to transform our thinking, perspective and understanding of the world around us, including the reality within us. Self-healing of emotional issues can happen through the process of art making. By listening to our inner voice and allowing our eternal Spirit to express, art creates a bridge between the known and the yet to be discovered. I have witnessed the remarkable transformation of many individuals from various backgrounds who have used the universal language of art to heal their relationship with themselves and their communities.
$5000
Richard Bacon Artist Statement
My passion as an artist draws from observing, communing, understanding and co-creating with nature. In my paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs, I combine emotional color relationships, flowing visual textures, and spatial reference as transference of my own personal meaning and energy into our interconnected universal zymology.
My artistic expression is revealed in lucid moments of awareness where I am open, listening intentionally and responding to my outer world’s connection to my inner soulscape. In my work I use multiple expressive layers of various mixed media that represent the multi-layered, multi-dimensional, interconnected union between body, mind, spirit and community.
My art emerges from a subconscious knowing that allows dialogue with abstraction, mystery and spiritual consciousness where interpretive meaning shifts with continuous examination. Blending references to natural landscapes, the human form, and details found from personal experience becomes the palette of my artistic search, bringing my own true nature to stand in the truth of expressed Creation.
Artist Bio
Richard K. Bacon was born on the Fourth of July in 1960 and grew up in Syracuse, New York. He is the eldest son in a family of eight. His first art exhibition was at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse in 1978 during his senior year of high school. Richard received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design in 1982, majoring in Graphic Design. For 18 years, he worked in corporate marketing communications in Boston, Mass. and owned his own design firm, Bacon Design Group, Inc. from 1989-2000. In addition to providing commercial art and marketing services to a wide variety of clients, Richard continued to explore his love for making fine art in his own free time.
In 1994, Richard received support from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to travel, study and create Japanese style art in a Buddhist monastery in Kyoto, Japan. The experience inspired him to establish a greeting card business of his nature photography called EdenArts. Relocating to San Diego, California, in 2000, to pursue fine arts as a fulltime profession, Richard became a member of The Spanish Village Art Center and won awards for his paintings at the San Diego Art Institute, San Diego Watercolor Society and the Valley Center Arts Association. To help support his fine arts career, Richard then became Head of the Computer Graphic Design Department at Coleman College in 2002.
After a wildfire storm destroyed his neighborhood in southern California, Richard purchased a garden center in Washington State in 2005 and converted it into an inspirational Nature & Art Center. Working with art associations, recovering addicts, battered women, the local homeless shelter and high school teens-at-risk, Richard developed EcoArt Therapy as an important healing modality for helping others to expand self-awareness and encourage self-healing.
In 2008, he enrolled at John F. Kennedy University’s School of Holistic Studies in the Dept. of Arts & Consciousness in Berkeley, California and received a Master’s Degree in Transformative Arts in 2010. In addition to refining and expanding his fine arts .
MJ at the Cradle of Humankind, where some of the oldest hominid fossils, as old as 3.5 million years have been found. She is looking at images of our ancestors, who look at us with a gentle reproachfulness, as if wondering how it is that we have messed up the world they left for us.
Leica M9; Ilford HP5+; Rodinal; Heiland split grade print on Ilford MGIVRC paper; print scanned with Canon flatbed scanner; dust spots removed with Lightroom.
It is 2016, has humankind attained peace yet? Will humankind attain peace by 12,016 AD? Will Jesus Christ return and beat swords into plowshares? Has God spent the last 10,000 years sleeping or on vacation or otherwise distracted? If God does exist he better show up soon since the window of opportunity regarding humankind has already closed and therefore the human species has lost its future prospects and soon enough shall also lose its present prospects.
24h Radio broadcast performance from CoseCosmiche.
16 - 17 december 2018
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Photos by Matteo Castellani
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24 hour live radio performance of sound, poetry and radio works inspired by the Universe.
Where: CoseCosmiche, Via Aleardi 11, Milan
Start: 16.00, 16th December 2018 (SUN), km 0
End: 16.15, 17th December 2018 (PLUTO), km 5.906.376.272
Radio webstream (active on 16th December): humankind.voyage:8000/spaceradio
FM: 97.3 (CoseCosmiche area)
BROADCASTING TIMETABLE: humankind.voyage
Broadcast by Alan Alpenfelt
Random Synth sound generator by Luca Xelius Martegani
Shop design: Paolo Di Benedetto
ARTISTS
Tomomi Adachi / Alan Alpenfelt / Giuliana Altamura / Alvax / Ashtoreth & Anja Aerts / Sofía Bertomeu / Vanni Bianconi / Bluenoid / Brandon Boan / Pamela Breda / Dario Buccini / Distant Fires Burning / Canary Burton & Marylou Blakeslee / Joan Cambon / Catenation / Claudio Cavalli / Gustavo Chab / Caro C / CLARA / WORRAN feat. Maud Marique & Rebecca Glover / Athena Corcoran-Tadd / Marc Cosmic / DAGGER MOTH & Marc Ribot / Maroulita De Kol / Cláudio de Pina / Marco Dibeltulu / Hazal Döleneken / Abby Donovan / Ceel Mogami de Haas / Dr Hanzo / Ducks! / Kaj Duncan David & Martin Lau / BA Denigris / Giorgio Dursi / Duty / Exotikdot / Jurgen Fonteijn / Chelidon Frame / Nicola Frattegiani / Zeno Gabaglio / Alessandro Gaffuri & Alice Diacono / Alessandro Gambato / Ghosts of Electricity / Ian Gibbins / Gigsta / Penelope Gkika / Mark Goodwin / Jared Green / Guili Guili Goulag / Stelios Hadjithomas / Ursula Häse / Werner Hasler / Juliana Herrero / Kathryn Hummel / Olga Kokcharova / Antoine Läng / Dominique LeGendre / Nicole L'Huillier & Daniela Catrileo / Lite Orchestra / LucidBLN / Luminance / William Memotone / Stephanie Merchak / Muzikačaka / Alyssa Moxley / Necromishka / Guan Ng Chor / Oikoi / Moggy Ogara / Olga Palomäki / Claudio Parodi / Georgia Pazarloglou / Mario Pegoraro / Pic Nic Radio / Fred Poulet / prOphecy sun / Rodrigo Quintanilha / Andrew Reddy / George Ridgway / Francesca Ruberto / Pekka Sassi / Katharina Schmidt / SciFiSol / Hannah Silva / Anna Stereopoulou / Syrenomelia / Lorenzo Tamai / Tavishi / Temple Music / The little typists / Walt Thisney / Vincent Tholomé / Tribes of Europe / TJ Thompson / Tonylight / Dixie Treichel / VaathV / Massimiliano Viel / Sally Walmsley / Hannah Woźniak / El Wud / Xelius / Angelina Yershova / Billy Yfantis
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ENGLISH (Italiano sotto)
The performing arts company V XX ZWEETZ in collaboration with the music label Human Kind Records has invited poets, artists and musicians to send sound works inspired by the Universe. These works will be transmitted via webradio and FM during a 24 hour radio performance from 16 to 17 December 2018 in Milan, at the Athur Cravan Foundation and thanks to the support of Cosmic Things.
During the 24 hours starting from 4pm on Sunday 16 December 2018 (GTM+1), the shop facing via Aleardi 11 in Milan will be transformed into a 'spaceship' in which an astronaut will spend a day immersed in the spatial sound.
The astronaut believes that peaceful places on Earth barely exist anymore and have been exhaustively explored, as have metaphysical ones. So he chooses Outer Space where he can freely listen and perceive himself immersed inside infinity. While drifting, he shares with us the sounds he encounters.
He will travel for 24 hours through the Solar System starting from the Sun and reaching Pluto. On his way, he will meet objects and planets that will activate the sound works collected during the "call". The rest of the journey, when no object or planet is encountered, will be defined by sounds generated randomly by a Synthesizer. The total duration of the trip is 5,906,376,272 km corresponding to 4,101,650 km for each minute of transmission.
The public can access the spacecraft freely at any time to listen to the trip with him. They can feed him, send him letters and postcards, play chess and help him spend the time when he feels alone.
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Powered in collaboration with Cose Cosmiche & V XX Zweetz
Sustained by ProHelvetia | SRKS/FSRC
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How the project was born:
It started when a sound poem on Mercury was composed as a commission by Radio Pic Nic (Bruxelles) to create works for the Sviluppo-Parallelo exhibition in 2016 at the Luzern Kunstmuseum, Switzerland.
The innate passion towards the vastness and mystery related to the Universe was so intriguing that it inspired Human Kind Records to invite other artists to contribute to something bigger.
Through the networking art concept “Freundeskreis” (circles of friends), nine artist collectives were chosen to compose for nine planets. They were invited to Milan on the 27th March 2017 for a one day lab and concert at the Galleria Giuseppe Pero. Together with art residency project CoseCosmiche and astrophysicist Luca Valenziano, we shared amongst us our artistic curiosities and responses towards the planets and the Universe.
The artists then selected their planets and returned to their own worlds to create their works.
As we know (or think we know…) Space does not stop expanding. Human Kind Records therefore decided to create a Universe of its own: humankind.voyage .
24h Radio broadcast performance from CoseCosmiche.
16 - 17 december 2018
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Photos by Matteo Castellani
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24 hour live radio performance of sound, poetry and radio works inspired by the Universe.
Where: CoseCosmiche, Via Aleardi 11, Milan
Start: 16.00, 16th December 2018 (SUN), km 0
End: 16.15, 17th December 2018 (PLUTO), km 5.906.376.272
Radio webstream (active on 16th December): humankind.voyage:8000/spaceradio
FM: 97.3 (CoseCosmiche area)
BROADCASTING TIMETABLE: humankind.voyage
Broadcast by Alan Alpenfelt
Random Synth sound generator by Luca Xelius Martegani
Shop design: Paolo Di Benedetto
ARTISTS
Tomomi Adachi / Alan Alpenfelt / Giuliana Altamura / Alvax / Ashtoreth & Anja Aerts / Sofía Bertomeu / Vanni Bianconi / Bluenoid / Brandon Boan / Pamela Breda / Dario Buccini / Distant Fires Burning / Canary Burton & Marylou Blakeslee / Joan Cambon / Catenation / Claudio Cavalli / Gustavo Chab / Caro C / CLARA / WORRAN feat. Maud Marique & Rebecca Glover / Athena Corcoran-Tadd / Marc Cosmic / DAGGER MOTH & Marc Ribot / Maroulita De Kol / Cláudio de Pina / Marco Dibeltulu / Hazal Döleneken / Abby Donovan / Ceel Mogami de Haas / Dr Hanzo / Ducks! / Kaj Duncan David & Martin Lau / BA Denigris / Giorgio Dursi / Duty / Exotikdot / Jurgen Fonteijn / Chelidon Frame / Nicola Frattegiani / Zeno Gabaglio / Alessandro Gaffuri & Alice Diacono / Alessandro Gambato / Ghosts of Electricity / Ian Gibbins / Gigsta / Penelope Gkika / Mark Goodwin / Jared Green / Guili Guili Goulag / Stelios Hadjithomas / Ursula Häse / Werner Hasler / Juliana Herrero / Kathryn Hummel / Olga Kokcharova / Antoine Läng / Dominique LeGendre / Nicole L'Huillier & Daniela Catrileo / Lite Orchestra / LucidBLN / Luminance / William Memotone / Stephanie Merchak / Muzikačaka / Alyssa Moxley / Necromishka / Guan Ng Chor / Oikoi / Moggy Ogara / Olga Palomäki / Claudio Parodi / Georgia Pazarloglou / Mario Pegoraro / Pic Nic Radio / Fred Poulet / prOphecy sun / Rodrigo Quintanilha / Andrew Reddy / George Ridgway / Francesca Ruberto / Pekka Sassi / Katharina Schmidt / SciFiSol / Hannah Silva / Anna Stereopoulou / Syrenomelia / Lorenzo Tamai / Tavishi / Temple Music / The little typists / Walt Thisney / Vincent Tholomé / Tribes of Europe / TJ Thompson / Tonylight / Dixie Treichel / VaathV / Massimiliano Viel / Sally Walmsley / Hannah Woźniak / El Wud / Xelius / Angelina Yershova / Billy Yfantis
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ENGLISH (Italiano sotto)
The performing arts company V XX ZWEETZ in collaboration with the music label Human Kind Records has invited poets, artists and musicians to send sound works inspired by the Universe. These works will be transmitted via webradio and FM during a 24 hour radio performance from 16 to 17 December 2018 in Milan, at the Athur Cravan Foundation and thanks to the support of Cosmic Things.
During the 24 hours starting from 4pm on Sunday 16 December 2018 (GTM+1), the shop facing via Aleardi 11 in Milan will be transformed into a 'spaceship' in which an astronaut will spend a day immersed in the spatial sound.
The astronaut believes that peaceful places on Earth barely exist anymore and have been exhaustively explored, as have metaphysical ones. So he chooses Outer Space where he can freely listen and perceive himself immersed inside infinity. While drifting, he shares with us the sounds he encounters.
He will travel for 24 hours through the Solar System starting from the Sun and reaching Pluto. On his way, he will meet objects and planets that will activate the sound works collected during the "call". The rest of the journey, when no object or planet is encountered, will be defined by sounds generated randomly by a Synthesizer. The total duration of the trip is 5,906,376,272 km corresponding to 4,101,650 km for each minute of transmission.
The public can access the spacecraft freely at any time to listen to the trip with him. They can feed him, send him letters and postcards, play chess and help him spend the time when he feels alone.
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Powered in collaboration with Cose Cosmiche & V XX Zweetz
Sustained by ProHelvetia | SRKS/FSRC
------
How the project was born:
It started when a sound poem on Mercury was composed as a commission by Radio Pic Nic (Bruxelles) to create works for the Sviluppo-Parallelo exhibition in 2016 at the Luzern Kunstmuseum, Switzerland.
The innate passion towards the vastness and mystery related to the Universe was so intriguing that it inspired Human Kind Records to invite other artists to contribute to something bigger.
Through the networking art concept “Freundeskreis” (circles of friends), nine artist collectives were chosen to compose for nine planets. They were invited to Milan on the 27th March 2017 for a one day lab and concert at the Galleria Giuseppe Pero. Together with art residency project CoseCosmiche and astrophysicist Luca Valenziano, we shared amongst us our artistic curiosities and responses towards the planets and the Universe.
The artists then selected their planets and returned to their own worlds to create their works.
As we know (or think we know…) Space does not stop expanding. Human Kind Records therefore decided to create a Universe of its own: humankind.voyage .
24h Radio broadcast performance from CoseCosmiche.
16 - 17 december 2018
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24 hour live radio performance of sound, poetry and radio works inspired by the Universe.
Where: CoseCosmiche, Via Aleardi 11, Milan
Start: 16.00, 16th December 2018 (SUN), km 0
End: 16.15, 17th December 2018 (PLUTO), km 5.906.376.272
Radio webstream (active on 16th December): humankind.voyage:8000/spaceradio
FM: 97.3 (CoseCosmiche area)
BROADCASTING TIMETABLE: humankind.voyage
Broadcast by Alan Alpenfelt
Random Synth sound generator by Luca Xelius Martegani
Shop design: Paolo Di Benedetto
ARTISTS
Tomomi Adachi / Alan Alpenfelt / Giuliana Altamura / Alvax / Ashtoreth & Anja Aerts / Sofía Bertomeu / Vanni Bianconi / Bluenoid / Brandon Boan / Pamela Breda / Dario Buccini / Distant Fires Burning / Canary Burton & Marylou Blakeslee / Joan Cambon / Catenation / Claudio Cavalli / Gustavo Chab / Caro C / CLARA / WORRAN feat. Maud Marique & Rebecca Glover / Athena Corcoran-Tadd / Marc Cosmic / DAGGER MOTH & Marc Ribot / Maroulita De Kol / Cláudio de Pina / Marco Dibeltulu / Hazal Döleneken / Abby Donovan / Ceel Mogami de Haas / Dr Hanzo / Ducks! / Kaj Duncan David & Martin Lau / BA Denigris / Giorgio Dursi / Duty / Exotikdot / Jurgen Fonteijn / Chelidon Frame / Nicola Frattegiani / Zeno Gabaglio / Alessandro Gaffuri & Alice Diacono / Alessandro Gambato / Ghosts of Electricity / Ian Gibbins / Gigsta / Penelope Gkika / Mark Goodwin / Jared Green / Guili Guili Goulag / Stelios Hadjithomas / Ursula Häse / Werner Hasler / Juliana Herrero / Kathryn Hummel / Olga Kokcharova / Antoine Läng / Dominique LeGendre / Nicole L'Huillier & Daniela Catrileo / Lite Orchestra / LucidBLN / Luminance / William Memotone / Stephanie Merchak / Muzikačaka / Alyssa Moxley / Necromishka / Guan Ng Chor / Oikoi / Moggy Ogara / Olga Palomäki / Claudio Parodi / Georgia Pazarloglou / Mario Pegoraro / Pic Nic Radio / Fred Poulet / prOphecy sun / Rodrigo Quintanilha / Andrew Reddy / George Ridgway / Francesca Ruberto / Pekka Sassi / Katharina Schmidt / SciFiSol / Hannah Silva / Anna Stereopoulou / Syrenomelia / Lorenzo Tamai / Tavishi / Temple Music / The little typists / Walt Thisney / Vincent Tholomé / Tribes of Europe / TJ Thompson / Tonylight / Dixie Treichel / VaathV / Massimiliano Viel / Sally Walmsley / Hannah Woźniak / El Wud / Xelius / Angelina Yershova / Billy Yfantis
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ENGLISH (Italiano sotto)
The performing arts company V XX ZWEETZ in collaboration with the music label Human Kind Records has invited poets, artists and musicians to send sound works inspired by the Universe. These works will be transmitted via webradio and FM during a 24 hour radio performance from 16 to 17 December 2018 in Milan, at the Athur Cravan Foundation and thanks to the support of Cosmic Things.
During the 24 hours starting from 4pm on Sunday 16 December 2018 (GTM+1), the shop facing via Aleardi 11 in Milan will be transformed into a 'spaceship' in which an astronaut will spend a day immersed in the spatial sound.
The astronaut believes that peaceful places on Earth barely exist anymore and have been exhaustively explored, as have metaphysical ones. So he chooses Outer Space where he can freely listen and perceive himself immersed inside infinity. While drifting, he shares with us the sounds he encounters.
He will travel for 24 hours through the Solar System starting from the Sun and reaching Pluto. On his way, he will meet objects and planets that will activate the sound works collected during the "call". The rest of the journey, when no object or planet is encountered, will be defined by sounds generated randomly by a Synthesizer. The total duration of the trip is 5,906,376,272 km corresponding to 4,101,650 km for each minute of transmission.
The public can access the spacecraft freely at any time to listen to the trip with him. They can feed him, send him letters and postcards, play chess and help him spend the time when he feels alone.
------
Powered in collaboration with Cose Cosmiche & V XX Zweetz
Sustained by ProHelvetia | SRKS/FSRC
------
How the project was born:
It started when a sound poem on Mercury was composed as a commission by Radio Pic Nic (Bruxelles) to create works for the Sviluppo-Parallelo exhibition in 2016 at the Luzern Kunstmuseum, Switzerland.
The innate passion towards the vastness and mystery related to the Universe was so intriguing that it inspired Human Kind Records to invite other artists to contribute to something bigger.
Through the networking art concept “Freundeskreis” (circles of friends), nine artist collectives were chosen to compose for nine planets. They were invited to Milan on the 27th March 2017 for a one day lab and concert at the Galleria Giuseppe Pero. Together with art residency project CoseCosmiche and astrophysicist Luca Valenziano, we shared amongst us our artistic curiosities and responses towards the planets and the Universe.
The artists then selected their planets and returned to their own worlds to create their works.
As we know (or think we know…) Space does not stop expanding. Human Kind Records therefore decided to create a Universe of its own: humankind.voyage .
24h Radio broadcast performance from CoseCosmiche.
16 - 17 december 2018
-----
Photos by Matteo Castellani
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24 hour live radio performance of sound, poetry and radio works inspired by the Universe.
Where: CoseCosmiche, Via Aleardi 11, Milan
Start: 16.00, 16th December 2018 (SUN), km 0
End: 16.15, 17th December 2018 (PLUTO), km 5.906.376.272
Radio webstream (active on 16th December): humankind.voyage:8000/spaceradio
FM: 97.3 (CoseCosmiche area)
BROADCASTING TIMETABLE: humankind.voyage
Broadcast by Alan Alpenfelt
Random Synth sound generator by Luca Xelius Martegani
Shop design: Paolo Di Benedetto
ARTISTS
Tomomi Adachi / Alan Alpenfelt / Giuliana Altamura / Alvax / Ashtoreth & Anja Aerts / Sofía Bertomeu / Vanni Bianconi / Bluenoid / Brandon Boan / Pamela Breda / Dario Buccini / Distant Fires Burning / Canary Burton & Marylou Blakeslee / Joan Cambon / Catenation / Claudio Cavalli / Gustavo Chab / Caro C / CLARA / WORRAN feat. Maud Marique & Rebecca Glover / Athena Corcoran-Tadd / Marc Cosmic / DAGGER MOTH & Marc Ribot / Maroulita De Kol / Cláudio de Pina / Marco Dibeltulu / Hazal Döleneken / Abby Donovan / Ceel Mogami de Haas / Dr Hanzo / Ducks! / Kaj Duncan David & Martin Lau / BA Denigris / Giorgio Dursi / Duty / Exotikdot / Jurgen Fonteijn / Chelidon Frame / Nicola Frattegiani / Zeno Gabaglio / Alessandro Gaffuri & Alice Diacono / Alessandro Gambato / Ghosts of Electricity / Ian Gibbins / Gigsta / Penelope Gkika / Mark Goodwin / Jared Green / Guili Guili Goulag / Stelios Hadjithomas / Ursula Häse / Werner Hasler / Juliana Herrero / Kathryn Hummel / Olga Kokcharova / Antoine Läng / Dominique LeGendre / Nicole L'Huillier & Daniela Catrileo / Lite Orchestra / LucidBLN / Luminance / William Memotone / Stephanie Merchak / Muzikačaka / Alyssa Moxley / Necromishka / Guan Ng Chor / Oikoi / Moggy Ogara / Olga Palomäki / Claudio Parodi / Georgia Pazarloglou / Mario Pegoraro / Pic Nic Radio / Fred Poulet / prOphecy sun / Rodrigo Quintanilha / Andrew Reddy / George Ridgway / Francesca Ruberto / Pekka Sassi / Katharina Schmidt / SciFiSol / Hannah Silva / Anna Stereopoulou / Syrenomelia / Lorenzo Tamai / Tavishi / Temple Music / The little typists / Walt Thisney / Vincent Tholomé / Tribes of Europe / TJ Thompson / Tonylight / Dixie Treichel / VaathV / Massimiliano Viel / Sally Walmsley / Hannah Woźniak / El Wud / Xelius / Angelina Yershova / Billy Yfantis
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ENGLISH (Italiano sotto)
The performing arts company V XX ZWEETZ in collaboration with the music label Human Kind Records has invited poets, artists and musicians to send sound works inspired by the Universe. These works will be transmitted via webradio and FM during a 24 hour radio performance from 16 to 17 December 2018 in Milan, at the Athur Cravan Foundation and thanks to the support of Cosmic Things.
During the 24 hours starting from 4pm on Sunday 16 December 2018 (GTM+1), the shop facing via Aleardi 11 in Milan will be transformed into a 'spaceship' in which an astronaut will spend a day immersed in the spatial sound.
The astronaut believes that peaceful places on Earth barely exist anymore and have been exhaustively explored, as have metaphysical ones. So he chooses Outer Space where he can freely listen and perceive himself immersed inside infinity. While drifting, he shares with us the sounds he encounters.
He will travel for 24 hours through the Solar System starting from the Sun and reaching Pluto. On his way, he will meet objects and planets that will activate the sound works collected during the "call". The rest of the journey, when no object or planet is encountered, will be defined by sounds generated randomly by a Synthesizer. The total duration of the trip is 5,906,376,272 km corresponding to 4,101,650 km for each minute of transmission.
The public can access the spacecraft freely at any time to listen to the trip with him. They can feed him, send him letters and postcards, play chess and help him spend the time when he feels alone.
------
Powered in collaboration with Cose Cosmiche & V XX Zweetz
Sustained by ProHelvetia | SRKS/FSRC
------
How the project was born:
It started when a sound poem on Mercury was composed as a commission by Radio Pic Nic (Bruxelles) to create works for the Sviluppo-Parallelo exhibition in 2016 at the Luzern Kunstmuseum, Switzerland.
The innate passion towards the vastness and mystery related to the Universe was so intriguing that it inspired Human Kind Records to invite other artists to contribute to something bigger.
Through the networking art concept “Freundeskreis” (circles of friends), nine artist collectives were chosen to compose for nine planets. They were invited to Milan on the 27th March 2017 for a one day lab and concert at the Galleria Giuseppe Pero. Together with art residency project CoseCosmiche and astrophysicist Luca Valenziano, we shared amongst us our artistic curiosities and responses towards the planets and the Universe.
The artists then selected their planets and returned to their own worlds to create their works.
As we know (or think we know…) Space does not stop expanding. Human Kind Records therefore decided to create a Universe of its own: humankind.voyage .
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Laura Young-Shahata attends Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)
24h Radio broadcast performance from CoseCosmiche.
16 - 17 december 2018
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Photos by Matteo Castellani
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24 hour live radio performance of sound, poetry and radio works inspired by the Universe.
Where: CoseCosmiche, Via Aleardi 11, Milan
Start: 16.00, 16th December 2018 (SUN), km 0
End: 16.15, 17th December 2018 (PLUTO), km 5.906.376.272
Radio webstream (active on 16th December): humankind.voyage:8000/spaceradio
FM: 97.3 (CoseCosmiche area)
BROADCASTING TIMETABLE: humankind.voyage
Broadcast by Alan Alpenfelt
Random Synth sound generator by Luca Xelius Martegani
Shop design: Paolo Di Benedetto
ARTISTS
Tomomi Adachi / Alan Alpenfelt / Giuliana Altamura / Alvax / Ashtoreth & Anja Aerts / Sofía Bertomeu / Vanni Bianconi / Bluenoid / Brandon Boan / Pamela Breda / Dario Buccini / Distant Fires Burning / Canary Burton & Marylou Blakeslee / Joan Cambon / Catenation / Claudio Cavalli / Gustavo Chab / Caro C / CLARA / WORRAN feat. Maud Marique & Rebecca Glover / Athena Corcoran-Tadd / Marc Cosmic / DAGGER MOTH & Marc Ribot / Maroulita De Kol / Cláudio de Pina / Marco Dibeltulu / Hazal Döleneken / Abby Donovan / Ceel Mogami de Haas / Dr Hanzo / Ducks! / Kaj Duncan David & Martin Lau / BA Denigris / Giorgio Dursi / Duty / Exotikdot / Jurgen Fonteijn / Chelidon Frame / Nicola Frattegiani / Zeno Gabaglio / Alessandro Gaffuri & Alice Diacono / Alessandro Gambato / Ghosts of Electricity / Ian Gibbins / Gigsta / Penelope Gkika / Mark Goodwin / Jared Green / Guili Guili Goulag / Stelios Hadjithomas / Ursula Häse / Werner Hasler / Juliana Herrero / Kathryn Hummel / Olga Kokcharova / Antoine Läng / Dominique LeGendre / Nicole L'Huillier & Daniela Catrileo / Lite Orchestra / LucidBLN / Luminance / William Memotone / Stephanie Merchak / Muzikačaka / Alyssa Moxley / Necromishka / Guan Ng Chor / Oikoi / Moggy Ogara / Olga Palomäki / Claudio Parodi / Georgia Pazarloglou / Mario Pegoraro / Pic Nic Radio / Fred Poulet / prOphecy sun / Rodrigo Quintanilha / Andrew Reddy / George Ridgway / Francesca Ruberto / Pekka Sassi / Katharina Schmidt / SciFiSol / Hannah Silva / Anna Stereopoulou / Syrenomelia / Lorenzo Tamai / Tavishi / Temple Music / The little typists / Walt Thisney / Vincent Tholomé / Tribes of Europe / TJ Thompson / Tonylight / Dixie Treichel / VaathV / Massimiliano Viel / Sally Walmsley / Hannah Woźniak / El Wud / Xelius / Angelina Yershova / Billy Yfantis
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ENGLISH (Italiano sotto)
The performing arts company V XX ZWEETZ in collaboration with the music label Human Kind Records has invited poets, artists and musicians to send sound works inspired by the Universe. These works will be transmitted via webradio and FM during a 24 hour radio performance from 16 to 17 December 2018 in Milan, at the Athur Cravan Foundation and thanks to the support of Cosmic Things.
During the 24 hours starting from 4pm on Sunday 16 December 2018 (GTM+1), the shop facing via Aleardi 11 in Milan will be transformed into a 'spaceship' in which an astronaut will spend a day immersed in the spatial sound.
The astronaut believes that peaceful places on Earth barely exist anymore and have been exhaustively explored, as have metaphysical ones. So he chooses Outer Space where he can freely listen and perceive himself immersed inside infinity. While drifting, he shares with us the sounds he encounters.
He will travel for 24 hours through the Solar System starting from the Sun and reaching Pluto. On his way, he will meet objects and planets that will activate the sound works collected during the "call". The rest of the journey, when no object or planet is encountered, will be defined by sounds generated randomly by a Synthesizer. The total duration of the trip is 5,906,376,272 km corresponding to 4,101,650 km for each minute of transmission.
The public can access the spacecraft freely at any time to listen to the trip with him. They can feed him, send him letters and postcards, play chess and help him spend the time when he feels alone.
------
Powered in collaboration with Cose Cosmiche & V XX Zweetz
Sustained by ProHelvetia | SRKS/FSRC
------
How the project was born:
It started when a sound poem on Mercury was composed as a commission by Radio Pic Nic (Bruxelles) to create works for the Sviluppo-Parallelo exhibition in 2016 at the Luzern Kunstmuseum, Switzerland.
The innate passion towards the vastness and mystery related to the Universe was so intriguing that it inspired Human Kind Records to invite other artists to contribute to something bigger.
Through the networking art concept “Freundeskreis” (circles of friends), nine artist collectives were chosen to compose for nine planets. They were invited to Milan on the 27th March 2017 for a one day lab and concert at the Galleria Giuseppe Pero. Together with art residency project CoseCosmiche and astrophysicist Luca Valenziano, we shared amongst us our artistic curiosities and responses towards the planets and the Universe.
The artists then selected their planets and returned to their own worlds to create their works.
As we know (or think we know…) Space does not stop expanding. Human Kind Records therefore decided to create a Universe of its own: humankind.voyage .
Plain tiger description
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusDanaus (1)
This beautifully bright butterfly has captivated humankind’s attention since it was first depicted in an Egyptian tomb 3,500 years ago, making it the first ever butterfly to be recorded in history. Its striking tawny-orange colouration serves as a warning to predators that this species is distasteful, which ultimately deters predators from attacking (3). Framing the startlingly orange hues is a bold black border interlaced with white specks. At first sight the sexes appear very similar, although upon closer inspection one can see the males are slightly smaller than the females. The males can also be distinguished by the presence of a black scent-producing pouch located in the lower-centre of the hind wing; on the underside of the wing it appears as a white-centred black patch. In addition, the males have a pair of brush-like organs hidden within the abdomen, which are used in reproduction (2).
Similar to the adult butterfly, the plain tiger caterpillar has extremely vivid colouration which also acts as a warning signal protecting it from bird attacks. As the caterpillar grows it attains ten horizontal black bands interspersed with paired yellow spots, as well as acquiring three pairs of long, black, tentacle-like appendages, which sometimes become a deep crimson at the base (4). The fully grown caterpillar then forms a pupa which can range from a green-brown colour in a normal environment to a pink colour if the surroundings are dry or unnatural. A horizontal band of miniscule black and golden specks decorate the abdominal segment of the pupa (5).
Also known as
African queen, Lesser wanderer.
Size
Wingspan: 6 – 8 cm
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Plain tiger description
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusDanaus (1)
This beautifully bright butterfly has captivated humankind’s attention since it was first depicted in an Egyptian tomb 3,500 years ago, making it the first ever butterfly to be recorded in history. Its striking tawny-orange colouration serves as a warning to predators that this species is distasteful, which ultimately deters predators from attacking (3). Framing the startlingly orange hues is a bold black border interlaced with white specks. At first sight the sexes appear very similar, although upon closer inspection one can see the males are slightly smaller than the females. The males can also be distinguished by the presence of a black scent-producing pouch located in the lower-centre of the hind wing; on the underside of the wing it appears as a white-centred black patch. In addition, the males have a pair of brush-like organs hidden within the abdomen, which are used in reproduction (2).
Similar to the adult butterfly, the plain tiger caterpillar has extremely vivid colouration which also acts as a warning signal protecting it from bird attacks. As the caterpillar grows it attains ten horizontal black bands interspersed with paired yellow spots, as well as acquiring three pairs of long, black, tentacle-like appendages, which sometimes become a deep crimson at the base (4). The fully grown caterpillar then forms a pupa which can range from a green-brown colour in a normal environment to a pink colour if the surroundings are dry or unnatural. A horizontal band of miniscule black and golden specks decorate the abdominal segment of the pupa (5).
Also known as
African queen, Lesser wanderer.
Size
Wingspan: 6 – 8 cm (2)
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Plain tiger biology
The plain tiger is able to breed throughout the year, but with greater frequency during or just after the monsoon season (4) (5). The female plain tiger is incredibly careful when laying eggs, and will feel out the leaf with her abdomen to test its suitability (2) (4). The female can lay up to 12 eggs on the same plant, although the eggs are laid singly to avoid overcrowding, usually on the undersides of leaves of the preferred milkweed species, Calotropis gigantea (2) (4) (5). After about five days the caterpillars hatch and devour the egg shell before proceeding to eat the leaves they were hatched on. The caterpillars are able to feed openly throughout the day due to their bright colouration which protects them from any nearby bird or reptile predators (4).
Due to feeding on an array of milkweed species, the plain tiger caterpillar accumulates unpalatable alkaloids which induce vomiting in its predators. These toxins are passed on to the adult through the pupal stage, where metamorphosis lasts six to seven days (4). Even when attacked, the plain tiger is blessed with having an extremely tough leathery skin which makes it harder to kill, and, if caught, it will play dead and release a nauseating smell. Whilst an inexperienced predator is still likely to attack, it will learn to avoid the plain tiger once experiencing how foul tasting it is. Another interesting habit of the plain tiger is its slow meandering flight, which gives a potential predator time to recognise the species before it makes the mistake of attacking (2) (5). Remarkably, other butterflies have learnt to mimic the plain tiger’s protection mechanisms in order to escape predation; one particularly good mimic is the female danaid eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus) (2) (6).
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Plain tiger range
This butterfly has an extensive range and can be found throughout the Old World tropics, from Africa to Southeast Asia and even Australasia (1). Recently it has been discovered that there are three subspecies; Danaus chrysippus chrysippus is found in Asia and tropical Africa, Danaus chrysippus alcippus ranges from the Cape Verde Islands, across Africa to Oman, and Danaus chrysippus orientis is predominantly found in tropical Africa and the surrounding islands including Madagascar and the Seychelles (3).
Plain tiger habitat
The plain tiger inhabits open, fairly arid areas rather than the moisture drenched habitats typical of the jungles found in the Old World. Unlike other members of the Danaus genus, the plain tiger often flies in open sunlight, even at the hottest point of the day (2). Throughout its life as a caterpillar, it can be found wherever species of the milkweed family (Asclepiadoideae) grow, particularly on its favoured species, the crown flower (Calotropis gigantea) (4).