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Although the United Nations passed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, women and girls around the world continue to be among the most vulnerable members of our global society. Often facing violence, repression, and enforced ignorance, this young female populace is subjected to a horrifying existence on earth.
Inside the sixteenth-century Church of San Gallo, New York-based conceptual artist Patricia Cronin has created a shrine in their honor. For over two decades, critically acclaimed artist Patricia Cronin has created compelling works, many with social justice themes focusing on gender. Here, she has gathered hundreds of girls clothes from around the world and arranged them on three stone altars to act as relics of these young martyrs. Commemorating their spirit, this dramatic site-specific installation is a meditation on the incalculable loss of unrealized potential and hopelessness in the face of unfathomable human cruelty; juxtaposed against the obligation and mission we have as citizens of the world to combat this prejudice.
The central altar exhibits brightly colored saris worn by girls in India, three of who were recently gang raped, murdered and left to hang from trees. The left altar displays hijabs representing the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria. And the third altar presents a pile of aprons & uniforms symbolizing those worn by girls at the Magdalene Asylums and Laundries, forced labor institutions for young women without options in Ireland, the United Kingdom and America as recently as 1996.
Shrines, part of every major religion's practice, provide a space for contemplation, petition and rituals of remembrance. In this exhibition, dramatically illuminated mounds of their clothing are elevated to the status of art to bring awareness to this urgent crisis, while providing a space to reflect and, hopefully, inspire viewers into action. One framed photograph of each of these three tragic events will accompany this installation, which hopes to propose a new and reflective dialogue between gender, memory and justice.
The installation is located at the Chiesa di San Gallo, a historic-site destination near the heart of Venetian culture and society, Piazza San Marco. Built in 1581 as an oratory for the Orseolo family hospice, it was enlarged to its present form in 1703. Long deconsecrated, this church - the smallest in the city of Venice, features elaborate stone altars, Corinthian columns, wood panel walls and a checkerboard-patterned marble floor.
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Three individuals of Macroscopic Solutions, LLC captured the images in this database collaboratively.
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Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist
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Daniel Saftner B.S. Geoscientist and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
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Annette Evans Ph.D. Student at the University of Connecticut
annette@macroscopicsolutions.com
This weekend Damien, Matt and I braved another cold winters morning at long reef point to try our hand at some seascapes.
This is a shot of Damien attempting to get his feet wet all for the perfect shot..
This was the view facing south close to midnight on April 1, whereas the photo below shows the view across the sky, in the North, at at almost exactly the same time. This must have been a very unusually high up Aurora, since a photo showing almost exactly the same thing was posted on the front page of Spaceweather.com for April1-2, taken by someone down in Fort St. John, British Columbia, nearly 1,000 miles south of where I shot this.
Facing time
Lars Widenfalk, Erikslund.
Konstverket i bohusgranit köptes 2010 och placerades på vändplanen mellan Fregatten och Briggen.
”Facing time handlar om tid och de avtryck vi gör
under vår tid på jorden. Vi ger samtiden ett utseende och en bild. I skulpturens titel ligger också det faktum att vi alla känner av tidens gång, det är bara att se sig själv
i spegeln...... facing time.”
This photo was taken during the snowstorm
it was snowing a lot with very strong wind!
I love how he looks so still but all around him the snow is moving like crazy
Told to face the wall after failing to stop crying
After learning he has failed to eat the coconut yogurt which he desired so much (too bad, survival of the fittest). Understand his pain in the loss but the lesson was also to learn about accepting the fact and stop whining
Luckily did receive some retail therapy later and got some stuff home.
Music inspiration by The Staves
Before crossing this amazing bridge to Wales (and travel to lovely Swansea), we stopped by here a day before departure on a short walk. In compare to this 5km long monster, I felt suddenly so negligible...
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I looked at this and saw a look of surprise on the front of that old church in Chinatown...I think it has something to do with being shadowed by that huge modern building on the right...old meets new...progress is inevitable
Very popular composition, I was there and just had to give it a go myself :)
ISO 100, 30" exposure, wide angle lens (screw on). Used GIMP to crop the image, adjust the contrast levels and sharpen the tower (which was a little blurry). Lens flare was natural from a light source next to the signage.
I particularly like the vivid colour in contrast to the dark sky and brown/greens of the Queen Elizabeth II tower.
A flurry of chirping black-capped chickadees surrounded me, drawing my attention in various directions, when this pair of House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) landed on an old weathered Douglas-fir branch right in front of me. They paused long enough for a few frames. Here is a male and female together. They appear to be looking at each other, but more likely they are watching me quite closely.
Another unid. Thelymitra. Still on the hunt for an I.D. as there are so many hybrids and lookalikes among Thelys! Any I.D. help always appreciated. [Kanangra-Boyd National Park, NSW]
I'd spotted a small stand of Sunflowers on the side of the road but couldn't get back to them for a week due to wet weather etc.
By the time I'd returned most had started to wither.....but these two still stood tall and rather majestic like....catching the early morning sun.
Enjoy the week and thanks for visiting. Cheers Dale.