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museumoflatinamericanart: Regina José Galindo (Guatemala, b. 1974) is one of the most radical performance artists in Latin America today. Her work is inspired by the performances of body-oriented artists of the 1960s and 1970s such as Marina Abramović, Chris Burden, Orlan and Gina Pane. She uses her own body to test her mental and physical…
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Nine dangerous things you were taught in school
Nine dangerous things you were taught in school 1. The people in charge have all the answers.That’s why they are so wealthy and happy and healthy and powerful—ask any teacher. 2. Learning ends when you leave the classroom.Your fort building, trail forging, frog catching, friend making, game playing, and drawing won’t earn you any extra…
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If I discover a scientific idea, surely someone else would’ve discovered the same idea had I not done so. Whereas, look at Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” — if he didn’t paint “Starry Night,” nobody’s gonna paint “Starry Night.” So, in that regard, the arts are more individual to the creative person than a scientific idea…
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rustybreak: Christo & Jeanne Claude
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not my Obituary
OBITUARYFAJARDO Rafael, 97, of Passaic, on Mon. Visit, Thurs, 5-9 PM, Funeraria Alvarez, Passaic. Mass, Fri, 10 AM, St. Cyril and Methodius Church, Clifton. Entomb, E. Ridgelawn Cem, Clifton. funerariaalvarez.com Published in The Record/Herald News on May 17, 2012 May I live as long as this namesake, may all who loved him find solace, and…
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museumoflatinamericanart: Last week our Chief Curator, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill traveled to Colombia for the opening of Sociales: Debora Arango Arrives Today at the National Museum of Colombia. The same exhibition will open later this year here at MOLAA on September 23. Arango was a contemporary of Frida Kahlo, and like Kahlo, she pushed boundaries ; in a…
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rafaelfajardo: I am posting this here because I was talking to my students about the polarization in attitudes between work and play. I created a flippant, playful, neo-Calvinism based on Calvin and Hobbes to mark the contrast. In the age of industry of Calvin play is suspect. In the Ludic Age where neo-Calvinism is ascendant…
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Introducing FF Chartwell Designed by Travis Kochel, FF Chartwell is a fantastic typeface for creating simple graphs. Driven by the frustration of creating graphs within design applications and inspired by typefaces such as FF Beowolf and FF PicLig, Travis saw an opportunity to take advantage of OpenType technology to simplify the process. Using OpenType features,…
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bookporn: Julio Cortázar, Carlos Fuentes and Luis Buñuel.
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bookporn: Gabriel García Márquez and Carlos Fuentes.