The Israeli Committee Against House Demolition in the Occupied Territory
http://www.icahd.org/eng/
Posted by Luiz Teixeira de Freitas on Facebook 28/06/09 - Great Documentary, specially for all of us who are in the confort of our homes on this Sunday afternoon!!!
Sunday, 28 June 2009
Cattelan on Creed
Martin Creed's WORK NO. 227: THE LIGHTS GOING ON AND OFF
We all have our bad days, when you just can’t get it right, like moments of loss and surrender. And we all have our good days, when everything seems to run smoothly, just perfect for no apparent reason. I can see clearly now the rain has gone. You wake up, things are okay, and the sun is shining. And then out of the blue, there you go again, down into the dark pit of depression. It’s not just a matter of mood swings. Its something more basic and perverse: the inability to preserve joy. The need to measure it against a black background. Art is no different. It’s a ride on the roller coaster of emotions. Sometimes I feel so happy, sometimes I feel so sad. I always thought Martin Creed’s Work No. 227: The lights going on and off had something to do with this simple truth. It has the ability to compress happiness and anxiety within one single gesture. Lights go on, lights go off – sunshine and rain, and then back to beginning to repeat endlessly. I do not know what Creed was thinking about when he made it but to me it always looked like a swing, a mood swing. That’s why I never found it funny but frightening in its simplicity, it’s a sculpture for our lithium oriented, Prozac enhanced reality. Are we afraid of the dark or just blinded by the light? I see a rainbow and I want to paint it black.
Maurizio Cattelan, 2004
We all have our bad days, when you just can’t get it right, like moments of loss and surrender. And we all have our good days, when everything seems to run smoothly, just perfect for no apparent reason. I can see clearly now the rain has gone. You wake up, things are okay, and the sun is shining. And then out of the blue, there you go again, down into the dark pit of depression. It’s not just a matter of mood swings. Its something more basic and perverse: the inability to preserve joy. The need to measure it against a black background. Art is no different. It’s a ride on the roller coaster of emotions. Sometimes I feel so happy, sometimes I feel so sad. I always thought Martin Creed’s Work No. 227: The lights going on and off had something to do with this simple truth. It has the ability to compress happiness and anxiety within one single gesture. Lights go on, lights go off – sunshine and rain, and then back to beginning to repeat endlessly. I do not know what Creed was thinking about when he made it but to me it always looked like a swing, a mood swing. That’s why I never found it funny but frightening in its simplicity, it’s a sculpture for our lithium oriented, Prozac enhanced reality. Are we afraid of the dark or just blinded by the light? I see a rainbow and I want to paint it black.
Maurizio Cattelan, 2004
Friday, 26 June 2009
In memory of Michael Jackson... a great artist !
My favorite music of his...! When I was 12 my mom gave me the cassette with this music... I think I heard it more than 100 times on my walkman... I completely remember it was during a Summer trip to London! I used to perform in front of the mirror and produce fake tears... I was preparing for Hollywood!!! duh!
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Friday, 19 June 2009
Research Quotes II
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
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