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1 de dezembro de 2011
8 de novembro de 2011
Turn on, tune in, drop out
Earlier this year I attended an event called 'Consciousness and the Biosphere'. The colloquium was chaired by Dr David Luke and speakers were cosmologist Bernard Carr, Biosphere 2 creator John Allen, consciousness research pioneer Ralph Metzner (he was one of Tim Leary's Harvard colleagues and partner in the exploration of psychedelics) and Beckley Foundation founder and directorAmanda Feilding. Now that some of the content is out, I have the pleasure of sharing a bit of that wonderful experience with you (so far, only the video of Metzner's talk has been released. I'll update the post when more are out).
During a whole afternoon the guest speakers presented interesting facts and enlighting discussions on topics such as the origins and evolution of consciousness, mind altering substances, sustainability, environmental issues, spirituality, drug-policy reform and art. A summary of the lectures is available here.
Our lovely hosts the October Gallery also presented us with a delicious dinner in the patio (a networking / socializing moment that resulted in my participation in the 'I am Braziliality' exhibition later on) and a closing party that included poetry, live music, dancing and drinks. The gallery has a liking for events of that nature, so if you're interested in themes such as consciousness expansion and ethnic art, keep an eye out for further talks and exhibitions ;)
I've attended several conferences and symposia before and after that, but for it's laid back vibe, interesting and interactive crowd, approachable speakers, cozy scenery, rich content and immersive experience, this is still the one I hold closest to my heart. May others like that follow...
* Como o conteúdo relacionado ao post é todo escrito e falado em inglês, dessa vez não vai rolar tradução
During a whole afternoon the guest speakers presented interesting facts and enlighting discussions on topics such as the origins and evolution of consciousness, mind altering substances, sustainability, environmental issues, spirituality, drug-policy reform and art. A summary of the lectures is available here.
The video can't be embedded so CLICK HERE to watch Metzner's talk
I've attended several conferences and symposia before and after that, but for it's laid back vibe, interesting and interactive crowd, approachable speakers, cozy scenery, rich content and immersive experience, this is still the one I hold closest to my heart. May others like that follow...
* Como o conteúdo relacionado ao post é todo escrito e falado em inglês, dessa vez não vai rolar tradução
7 de novembro de 2011
Visible Cities // Cidades Visíveis
You know when you're reading a sci-fi story and trying to imagine what that futuristic or post apocalyptic city might look like? Well, Atelier Olschinsky pretty much nailed it! Based in Vienna, the self entitled creative studio combines fine art and architecture to create these stunning digital illustrations. The last series in the bunch pays homage to notorious fictional cities.
Sabe quanto você está lendo uma história de ficção científica e fica tentando imaginar o visual daquela cidade futurística ou pós apocalíptica? Então, o Atelier Olschinsky conseguiu botar a idéia no papel e acertou na mosca! Com sede em Vienna, o auto-entitulado 'estudio criativo' combina técnicas de arte e arquitetura para criar essas ilustrações digitais lindas de morrer. A última série do grupo presta homenagem a notórias cidades fictícias.
via Lauren Franklin
Sabe quanto você está lendo uma história de ficção científica e fica tentando imaginar o visual daquela cidade futurística ou pós apocalíptica? Então, o Atelier Olschinsky conseguiu botar a idéia no papel e acertou na mosca! Com sede em Vienna, o auto-entitulado 'estudio criativo' combina técnicas de arte e arquitetura para criar essas ilustrações digitais lindas de morrer. A última série do grupo presta homenagem a notórias cidades fictícias.
via Lauren Franklin
23 de outubro de 2011
The Minotaur / O Minotauro
Hats off to the Lazarides Gallery team for curating one of the most exciting events of the year: The Minotaur exhibition (not to be confused with 'The King and the Minotaur", earlier this year). Set in the depths of the Old Vic Tunnels, the show displays works by artists such as Robert Del Naja (aka Massive Attack's 3D), Zevs, David Falconer, Stanley Donwood (Radiohead's official artist) and many many more.
Parabéns ao time de curadores da Lazarides Gallery por um dos eventos mais interessantes do ano: a exposição O Minotauro (não confundir com "TheKing and the Minotaur" outra expo com o mesmo tema esse ano). Situada nos escuros tunneis do Old Vic, a mostra conta com obras de artistas como Robert Del Naja (o 3D do Massive Attack), Zevs, David Falconer e Stanley Donwood (artista oficial do Radiohead), entre muitos outros.
Perfect (dim) lighting and sound effects (think screams in the distance, rattling chains and an ever beating drum) help transform the naturally eerie old tunnels into a morbid labyrinth, every turn leading to a beautiful and disturbing rendering of the ancient greek myth. While pieces like Falconer's 'Vermin Death Star' and Vhils' carved wall portrait seem like the work of desperate maze wanderers killing time while they wait for their death, others, like Atma's candlelit crucifix and Zac Ové's nightmarish tribal sculptures, act as a kind of fearful homage to the terrible creature, who seems to be lurking around the corner.
Iluminação (baixa) e efeitos sonoros (gritos, correntes e um tambor incessante) perfeitos ajudam a transformar os tuneis em um assustador labirinto onde cada curva leva a um bela e perturbadora interpretação do antigo mito grego. Enquanto alguns trabalhos parecem obra de andarilhos perdidos no labirinto, passando o tempo enquanto aguardam a morte certa (como 'Vermin Death Star' de Falconer e o retrato esculpido na parede de Vhils), outros, como o crucifixo de Atma e as esculturas tribais bizarras de Zac Ové são como temerosas homenagens à terrível criatura, que parece estar sempre à espreita.
To top it off, some drinks at the trendy pop up bar or, for those who got the money, the makers of Pret-a-Diner offer a fine dining experience with menus signed by Michelin star chefs (75 pound a head).
The Minotaur exhibition is a truly unmissable event and, seeing that it ends on the 25/10, my advice is: RUN!
A expo O Minotauro é imperdível e, como termina dia 25/10, meu conselho é: CORRA!
Parabéns ao time de curadores da Lazarides Gallery por um dos eventos mais interessantes do ano: a exposição O Minotauro (não confundir com "TheKing and the Minotaur" outra expo com o mesmo tema esse ano). Situada nos escuros tunneis do Old Vic, a mostra conta com obras de artistas como Robert Del Naja (o 3D do Massive Attack), Zevs, David Falconer e Stanley Donwood (artista oficial do Radiohead), entre muitos outros.
Zak Ové
Doug Foster's film reflected in water: trance // O filme de Doug Foster refletido na água: transe
Atma
Iluminação (baixa) e efeitos sonoros (gritos, correntes e um tambor incessante) perfeitos ajudam a transformar os tuneis em um assustador labirinto onde cada curva leva a um bela e perturbadora interpretação do antigo mito grego. Enquanto alguns trabalhos parecem obra de andarilhos perdidos no labirinto, passando o tempo enquanto aguardam a morte certa (como 'Vermin Death Star' de Falconer e o retrato esculpido na parede de Vhils), outros, como o crucifixo de Atma e as esculturas tribais bizarras de Zac Ové são como temerosas homenagens à terrível criatura, que parece estar sempre à espreita.
David Falconer: Rats!
Zak Ové
Zak Ové
Zak Ové
Vhils
To top it off, some drinks at the trendy pop up bar or, for those who got the money, the makers of Pret-a-Diner offer a fine dining experience with menus signed by Michelin star chefs (75 pound a head).
Pra fechar a noite, drinks no pop up bar super cool ou, pra quem tem grana, uma experiência gastronômica dos criadores do Pret-a-Diner, com menus elaborados por chefs estrelados do Guia Michelin (75 libras por cabeça).
Ian Francis
The Minotaur exhibition is a truly unmissable event and, seeing that it ends on the 25/10, my advice is: RUN!
A expo O Minotauro é imperdível e, como termina dia 25/10, meu conselho é: CORRA!
5 de outubro de 2011
The Feynman Series
Physics Noble Prize winner Richard Feynman shares some thoughts on the how scientific knowledge adds to beauty, how the Pope eat, sleeps and goes to the toilet like the rest of us and the gift of curiosity, among other things...
Richard Feynman, vencedor do Premio Nobel de física, compartilha algumas idéias. Entre elas, como o conhecimento científico soma à beleza do mundo, como o Papa come, dorme e vai ao banheiro como todos nós, e o dom da curiosidade.
This is a companion project with the Sagan Series, in an attempt to to promote scientific education and scientific literacy in the general population.
Os videos são parte de um projeto paralelo da Sagan Series - uma tentativa de promover a educação científica entre a população.
via Tassiana Nuñez Costa
Richard Feynman, vencedor do Premio Nobel de física, compartilha algumas idéias. Entre elas, como o conhecimento científico soma à beleza do mundo, como o Papa come, dorme e vai ao banheiro como todos nós, e o dom da curiosidade.
This is a companion project with the Sagan Series, in an attempt to to promote scientific education and scientific literacy in the general population.
Os videos são parte de um projeto paralelo da Sagan Series - uma tentativa de promover a educação científica entre a população.
via Tassiana Nuñez Costa
21 de setembro de 2011
De Outro Mundo // Out of This World
Essa é a última semana para ver a excelente exposição 'Out Of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It' (algo como 'De Outro Mundo: Ficção Científica Como Você Nunca Viu'), em cartaz na British Library até dia 25/09.
A meia luz e o som de um teremin incessante bem no estilo abdução alienígena dão o tom da mostra, dividida em 6 temas: 'Mundos Futuros', 'Mundos Virtuais', 'Fim do Mundo', 'Mundos Paralelos', 'Mundos Alienígenas' e 'Mundo Perfeito?'. Cada um se desdobra em um guarda-chuva de sub-temas como Marte, cyborgs, viagem no tempo, civilizações perdidas, etc...
Dim lighting and an incessant theremin sound in the best 'close encounter' style set the stage for the show, divided into 6 main themes: 'Future Worlds', 'Virtual Worlds', 'End of the World', 'Parallel Worlds', 'Alien Worlds' and 'Perfect World?'. Each one unfolds into an array of sub-themes like Mars, cyborgs, time travel, lost civilizations, etc...
A expo, como o nome sugere, vai além dos clichês e mostra que o assunto é muito mais rico e antigo do que muitos imaginam. Em cartaz estão preciosidades como trechos da Íliada de Homero falando de robôs, edições preservadíssimas de 'As Viagens de Guliver' (1726) e 'Micromegas' de Voltaire (1752), todas as edições da revista Amazing Stories e, meu preferido, uma carta de George Orwell ao seu editor dizendo que "o livro novo está ok. poderia estar melhor mas estou satisfeito (...) só não decidi um nome ainda. Estou entre 'O Último Homem da Europa' e '1984'".
The exhibition, as the name sugests, goes past the cliches and shows that the subject is much richer and older than many imagine. On display, gems like experts of Homer's Iiliad mentioning robots, well preserved editions of Guliver's Travel's (1726) and Voltaire's 'Micromegas' (1752), all the issues of Amazing Stories mag and, my favourite, a letter from George Orwell to his editor saying "the new book is ok. It could be better, but I'm satisfied (...) I haven't decided on the title yet, I'm between 'The Last Man in Europe' and '1984'".
From War of the Worlds' (H.G. Wells) to 'Star Wars' (George Lucas), '2001' (Kubrick) to 'Doctor Who' (BBC), 'Journey to the Moon' (Georges Méliès) to 'Matrix' (Wachowski bros), Brave New World (Huxley) to Neuromancer (William Gibson), passing through several Russian, French, Japanese and Chinese authors and directors, it's all there.
Mais do que uma aula de literatura e cinema, a expo é também uma aula de história onde podemos ver que em todas as épocas desenvolvimento científico/tecnológico e produção cultural caminham lado a lado e são diretamente influênciados um pelo outro. É super interessante ver como algumas das máquinas e situações presentes nas histórias e consideradas fantasiosas no seu tempo, acabaram, décadas depois, tornando-se realidade.
More than a lesson in literature and film, the exhibition is also a history lesson where one can see that throughout time scientific/ technological development and culture have been walking side by side. It's extremely interesting noticing how some machines and situations described in these stories and considered far-fetched and fantasious in their present times, years later came to be true.
This is the last week to check the excellent 'Out of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It' exhibition at the British Library (ends on 25/09)
Através do espelho e o que Alice encontrou // Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there - John Tenniel
Dim lighting and an incessant theremin sound in the best 'close encounter' style set the stage for the show, divided into 6 main themes: 'Future Worlds', 'Virtual Worlds', 'End of the World', 'Parallel Worlds', 'Alien Worlds' and 'Perfect World?'. Each one unfolds into an array of sub-themes like Mars, cyborgs, time travel, lost civilizations, etc...
A expo, como o nome sugere, vai além dos clichês e mostra que o assunto é muito mais rico e antigo do que muitos imaginam. Em cartaz estão preciosidades como trechos da Íliada de Homero falando de robôs, edições preservadíssimas de 'As Viagens de Guliver' (1726) e 'Micromegas' de Voltaire (1752), todas as edições da revista Amazing Stories e, meu preferido, uma carta de George Orwell ao seu editor dizendo que "o livro novo está ok. poderia estar melhor mas estou satisfeito (...) só não decidi um nome ainda. Estou entre 'O Último Homem da Europa' e '1984'".
The exhibition, as the name sugests, goes past the cliches and shows that the subject is much richer and older than many imagine. On display, gems like experts of Homer's Iiliad mentioning robots, well preserved editions of Guliver's Travel's (1726) and Voltaire's 'Micromegas' (1752), all the issues of Amazing Stories mag and, my favourite, a letter from George Orwell to his editor saying "the new book is ok. It could be better, but I'm satisfied (...) I haven't decided on the title yet, I'm between 'The Last Man in Europe' and '1984'".
Olho // Eye - Frank R Paul
(essa edição cunhou o termo 'Cientificção' // this issue coined the term 'Scientificion')
De 'Guerra dos Mundos' (H.G Wells) a 'Guerra nas Estrelas' (George Lucas), '2001' (Kubrick) a 'Doctor Who' (BBC), 'Viagem à Lua' (Georges Méliès) a 'Matrix' (irmãos Wachowski), 'Admirável Mundo Novo' (Huxley) a 'Neuromancer' (William Gibson), passando por diversos autores e diretores Russos, Franceses, Japoneses e Chineses, está tudo lá.From War of the Worlds' (H.G. Wells) to 'Star Wars' (George Lucas), '2001' (Kubrick) to 'Doctor Who' (BBC), 'Journey to the Moon' (Georges Méliès) to 'Matrix' (Wachowski bros), Brave New World (Huxley) to Neuromancer (William Gibson), passing through several Russian, French, Japanese and Chinese authors and directors, it's all there.
Os Marcianos // The Martians - Alvim Correa
More than a lesson in literature and film, the exhibition is also a history lesson where one can see that throughout time scientific/ technological development and culture have been walking side by side. It's extremely interesting noticing how some machines and situations described in these stories and considered far-fetched and fantasious in their present times, years later came to be true.
A viagem à Lua // The Moon Voyage - Emil Antoine Bayard
*A tip for those who go: get the catalog - much easier than writing down the names of 2983 books by hand ;)
22 de agosto de 2011
'Infectious Flowers' at the Roundhouse (or, my obsession for skin disease...)
Depois de alguns meses afastada, estou de volta. Normal, acontece...
Então, não sei se mencionei em algum outro post, mas eu sou obcecada por problemas de pele. Eu amo ver imagens (fotográficas ou feitas à mão) de doenças de pele - quanto mais sérias melhor. Há algo fascinante nas texturas, aqueles acumulos alienígenas tomando conta de um corpo humano, a prova visível de uma imperfeição no processo evolutivo... ah...os simples prazeres da vida...
So, not sure I mentioned it in any other post, but I have an obsession for skin conditions. I absolutely love seeing images (photographic or hand-made) of skin diseases - the nastier the better. Something about the texture, all those clusters taking over a human body like an alien life form, seeing this "gap" in evolutionist perfection...ahhh the simple pleasures in life...
Eu fico sempre feliz em encontrar outras pessoas que compartilham esse hábito aparentemente estranho (sério, ninguém mais a-do-ra-va ver àquelas fotos de vítimas de varíola nos livros de história?!), então imaginem como fiquei ao me deparar com o trabalho de Mat Collishaw.
After a few months away, I'm back. No biggie, it happens...
Então, não sei se mencionei em algum outro post, mas eu sou obcecada por problemas de pele. Eu amo ver imagens (fotográficas ou feitas à mão) de doenças de pele - quanto mais sérias melhor. Há algo fascinante nas texturas, aqueles acumulos alienígenas tomando conta de um corpo humano, a prova visível de uma imperfeição no processo evolutivo... ah...os simples prazeres da vida...
So, not sure I mentioned it in any other post, but I have an obsession for skin conditions. I absolutely love seeing images (photographic or hand-made) of skin diseases - the nastier the better. Something about the texture, all those clusters taking over a human body like an alien life form, seeing this "gap" in evolutionist perfection...ahhh the simple pleasures in life...
Eu fico sempre feliz em encontrar outras pessoas que compartilham esse hábito aparentemente estranho (sério, ninguém mais a-do-ra-va ver àquelas fotos de vítimas de varíola nos livros de história?!), então imaginem como fiquei ao me deparar com o trabalho de Mat Collishaw.
I'm always glad to find someone who shares this apparently weird habit (really, didn't anyone else l-o-v-e seeing those pictures of smallpox victims in history books?), so imagine how happy I was to find out about Mat Collishaw's work.
Na série 'Infectious Flowers' (Flores Infecciosas), petálas decoradas com imagens de ferimentos (graças ao photoshop) formam uma fauna tóxica esquisitíssima, como algo saído diretamente de um futuro distópico.
In the photography series Infectious Flowers, petals adorned with real skin diseases thanks to photoshop give life to some weird toxic fauna apparently right out of a dystopian future.
Agora a boa notícia pra quem vai estar em Londres nessa quarta, 24 de Agosto: o filme Sordid Earth, uma experiência audio-visu-sensorial criada em parceria com o arquiteto Ron Arad, vai ser exibidido no Roundhouse. A trilha ficará a cargo de 20 percussionistas Brasileiros.
The good news for those in London on Wed, August 24th, is that Sordid Earth, Matt's site-specific audio-visual-sensorial instalation created in partnership with architect Ron Arad, will be showing at the Roundhouse accompanied by 20 Brazilian drummers. Full info here
The good news for those in London on Wed, August 24th, is that Sordid Earth, Matt's site-specific audio-visual-sensorial instalation created in partnership with architect Ron Arad, will be showing at the Roundhouse accompanied by 20 Brazilian drummers. Full info here
29 de maio de 2011
"It's all fun and games...
...until someone gets killed"
Wel...the new Is Tropical video begs to differ...
'The Greeks' was directed by french collective Megaforce (part of the El Niño Crew, mentioned here a while ago)
via my brother :)
Wel...the new Is Tropical video begs to differ...
'The Greeks' was directed by french collective Megaforce (part of the El Niño Crew, mentioned here a while ago)
via my brother :)
11 de maio de 2011
Double bill at the Haunch of Venison - Wim Wenders and Eve Sussman
Here I am, still taken aback by the emotional roller-coaster and visual masterpiece that is Pina, and along comes Mr Wim Wenders to blow me off my feet again...
'Places, Strange and Quiet', takes us on a trip and gives us a chance, at least for a couple of hours, to see the world through his eyes. And what eyes... Among the almost 40 photographs taken from 1983 - 2011 are beautifully contrasted black and white images, gigantic ultra graphic c-prints and even some tiny polaroids.
Despite being taken in so many different countries (from Japan to Brazil, Germany to Albania), there is a common element to all of his photographs - a sort of dystopic, ephemeral quality. They're constantly referencing a humanity that isn't there, bringing forth traces of a past which reinforce the present, making each captured moment both beautiful and melancholic.
It's interesting how the lack of people is exactly what makes his photographs so narrative - the director persona is present in every shot, setting the scenery and inviting our minds to fill in the blanks and create our own stories.
On the ground floor, Eve Sussman's videos and photographs subtly drag us into a timeless world where past and future come together in an everlasting, cyclic, present.
"The exhibition centers around whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir a film that follows the observations and surveillance of a geophysicist code writer stuck in a futuristic city. The experimental fiction runs endlessly, editing live in real time, with no beginning, middle or end, never repeating the same way twice. " Below are some stills from the film.
Both exhibitions are on until May 14th
Haunch of Venison Gallery
6 Burlington Gardens
London W1S 3ET
020 7495 5050
'Places, Strange and Quiet', takes us on a trip and gives us a chance, at least for a couple of hours, to see the world through his eyes. And what eyes... Among the almost 40 photographs taken from 1983 - 2011 are beautifully contrasted black and white images, gigantic ultra graphic c-prints and even some tiny polaroids.
Despite being taken in so many different countries (from Japan to Brazil, Germany to Albania), there is a common element to all of his photographs - a sort of dystopic, ephemeral quality. They're constantly referencing a humanity that isn't there, bringing forth traces of a past which reinforce the present, making each captured moment both beautiful and melancholic.
It's interesting how the lack of people is exactly what makes his photographs so narrative - the director persona is present in every shot, setting the scenery and inviting our minds to fill in the blanks and create our own stories.
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"The exhibition centers around whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir a film that follows the observations and surveillance of a geophysicist code writer stuck in a futuristic city. The experimental fiction runs endlessly, editing live in real time, with no beginning, middle or end, never repeating the same way twice. " Below are some stills from the film.
Both exhibitions are on until May 14th
Haunch of Venison Gallery
6 Burlington Gardens
London W1S 3ET
020 7495 5050
2 de maio de 2011
who shot the sheriff?
"Queer jew socialist boy seeks a better world" said one of the signs in the 1978 anti racism rally-turned-concert that united punk and reggae, took east London's Victoria Park by storm and changed the course of music and politics in the UK.
This is the full story - a film for all the cynics and skeptics who think they can't change the world...
So glad I caught this at the EEFF. Although I wasn't even born at the time and am not a Londoner per say, I couldn't help but get goosebumps when I saw such a familiar scenery taken by the crowd, united for something they believed in.
More about the history and events that lead to the 1978 Carnival - including Eric Clapton's racist remarks - here
This is the full story - a film for all the cynics and skeptics who think they can't change the world...
So glad I caught this at the EEFF. Although I wasn't even born at the time and am not a Londoner per say, I couldn't help but get goosebumps when I saw such a familiar scenery taken by the crowd, united for something they believed in.
25 de abril de 2011
Control - Spoek Mathambo
A "darkwave township house" cover of Joy Division. Need I say more?
SPOEK MATHAMBO - CONTROL from spoek mathambo on Vimeo.
SPOEK MATHAMBO - CONTROL from spoek mathambo on Vimeo.
Well, actually, I do - the BEAUTIFUL video was directed by photographer Pieter Hugo (he's the one responsible for the amazing hyena men series) and cinematographer Michael Cleary.
19 de abril de 2011
Cortina de Fumaça (Smokescreen)
O documentário Cortina de Fumaça, de Rodrigo MacNiven, aborda de maneira objetiva e nada moralista um assunto MUITO importante que raramente é discutido de maneira clara: a atual política de repressão às drogas.
Rodrigo MacNiven's documentary Smokescreen approaches in an objective and non-judgemental way a VERY important subject that is rarely discussed in a clear manner: our current drug policy.
Através de inúmeros depoimentos de cientistas, médicos, políticos e sociólogos, o filme consegue trazer à tona fatos esclarecedores e incontestáveis sobre os reais interesses por trás da repressão às drogas. Sem qualquer opinião pessoal sobre consumo, o doc consegue afastar qualquer chance de algum moralista de meia tijela levantar a bandeira da apologia (pausa pro bocejo).
Statements collected from doctors, scientists, politicians and sociologists clarify and bring to the surface incontestable facts regarding the real interests behind drug repression and anti drug laws. With no personal opinions regarding drug use, the film is able to keep away moralists who might be tempted to raise the apology flag (yawn)
Ou seja, mesmo que você seja radicalmente contra o uso de drogas (alô dona leilane neubarth, mãe de dois filhos), vale assistir pois o filme se vale do assunto para, na verdade, discutir algo bem maior: a caça às liberdades individuais em prol de interesses sócio-político-econômicos bem questionáveis.
This means even if you're radically agains drug use (the link above is in reference to a crazy brazilian reporter's verbal attack on an interviewee who used facts that went against the reporter's personal opinion on the subject) you should watch it because the film uses the topic to discuss something much bigger and important: the persecution of individual freedom in the name of questionable social-political and economical interests.
Para assistir na íntegra, clique aqui
To watch the complete film, click here (sorry, no subtitles for the portuguese spoken parts, but most of it is in english)
Rodrigo MacNiven's documentary Smokescreen approaches in an objective and non-judgemental way a VERY important subject that is rarely discussed in a clear manner: our current drug policy.
Através de inúmeros depoimentos de cientistas, médicos, políticos e sociólogos, o filme consegue trazer à tona fatos esclarecedores e incontestáveis sobre os reais interesses por trás da repressão às drogas. Sem qualquer opinião pessoal sobre consumo, o doc consegue afastar qualquer chance de algum moralista de meia tijela levantar a bandeira da apologia (pausa pro bocejo).
Statements collected from doctors, scientists, politicians and sociologists clarify and bring to the surface incontestable facts regarding the real interests behind drug repression and anti drug laws. With no personal opinions regarding drug use, the film is able to keep away moralists who might be tempted to raise the apology flag (yawn)
Ou seja, mesmo que você seja radicalmente contra o uso de drogas (alô dona leilane neubarth, mãe de dois filhos), vale assistir pois o filme se vale do assunto para, na verdade, discutir algo bem maior: a caça às liberdades individuais em prol de interesses sócio-político-econômicos bem questionáveis.
This means even if you're radically agains drug use (the link above is in reference to a crazy brazilian reporter's verbal attack on an interviewee who used facts that went against the reporter's personal opinion on the subject) you should watch it because the film uses the topic to discuss something much bigger and important: the persecution of individual freedom in the name of questionable social-political and economical interests.
Para assistir na íntegra, clique aqui
To watch the complete film, click here (sorry, no subtitles for the portuguese spoken parts, but most of it is in english)
15 de abril de 2011
The King and the Minotaur
A mid-spring night’s dream. Cliché as it may be, that is the only way I can describe “The King and The Minotaur”. Located in an 1850’s barn near King’s Cross, the pop-up gallery features video installations, sculptures, illustrations, performance and live music – all scattered throughout a maze-like structure.
The project is the brainchild of architects James Wignall and Bradley Moore, whose studio is right next door (part of Babel Studios complex, where the barn is located).
When asked by the owner if they were interested in the unused space, the two jumped at the opportunity to bring the beautiful architecture of the stable to life. According to Bradley, apart from the screens, everything else was pretty much already there – they just had to rearrange it.
The structure invites you to explore the scenery at your own will, bringing a factor of awe and adventure to the experience. The see-through screens allow visitors to view each other and interact as they try to figure out how to go from one chamber to the next, making each time around unique - you never know who you will bump into along the way.
The shadows of passersby are cast and multiplied on the screens and voiles, forming a sort of ongoing spontaneous “projection” that sometimes overlaps the videos.
As if this weren’t enough, some very peculiar “inhabitants” make the whole thing even more surreal. The entrance is guarded by a doll-faced pixie that opens the gate at the sound of a knock and greets the newcomers. Next to her, sits the minotaur, knitting away. Finally, a group of female “fauns” wonder around all night, occasionally stopping to deliver beautiful performances combining theatre and contemporary dance.
Music of the heavens: every night guest composers take their place on the hanging wooden platform where they perform the evening’s live score.
After making your way through the maze, you can grab a drink in the beautifully assembled “Liquid Room”, make yourself comfy on a hay block stool and chill out while watching other visitors try to figure out how to get there. The fact is, 5 minutes inside and you forget all about London – I felt like I was in someone’s cottage, ready to see meadows and lakes when the exit door opened. This was by far one of the most interesting, original and pleasurable experiences I’ve ever had here in London. Or anywhere else, for that matter…
“The King and the Minotaur” is open from 7pm to 12am, Thursdays to Saturdays, until April 30th (it will be closed over the royal wedding weekend). Tickets cost £7.00 and can be bought here.
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