AAWWIILLJanuary ­ February (no.5) / 2011 || editor: Florin Cosma

ITALIAN FUTURISM

JENNIFER INGRAM

2011GOLDENGLOBE AWARDS

RENDEZ­VOUSWITH BELARUS

CELESTINE

AMERICAN DREAM I

AWIL Magazine is growing and it needs your help,the present writers are Michael Johnson, DănilăAlexandra, Hristofor Hrisoskulov and I, FlorinCosma. Starting with the 6th issue a couple ofpeople said they want to get involved, but for thisproject to continue its development we would needat least three more writers.First we are searching for somebody who enjoysliterature in order to write reviews of books, eithernew or old and to ”track down” young writers thatdid not publish their works ”on paper” yet, theInternet is a great treasure chest.Second we would like to get in touch with someonewho is interested in open source software/culturealong with the ”sharing culture” spin­off.Third, if you like to start a career in writing youmight think of gathering news for AWIL Magazine,these should range from politics to science, from artto history (archaeological discoveries and so on).This activity will prove useful in tackling futurewriting positions.We are searching for people that have ideas andknow how to defend them. This magazine is free, itpromotes knowledge, development and cooperation.It is written by people that enjoy cultural diversityand understand that we are all one. Throughunderstanding our world, we understand ourselvesand begin to stand on our own feet.All the best,

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In this Issue you will find, first of all, a new name forthe magazine, AWIL, with a new logo, this being the first ina series of changes that I hope will improve readersatisfaction, along with diversified content. Hristoforexamines the situation in Eastern Europe in a wonderfularticle about Belarus, Michael gives us an excellent lessonabout Italian Futurism and Machine Aesthetic, Alexandrasums up the 2011 Gloden Globe Awards and I offer you thefirst in a series of four articles addressing the role of Americain a changing world.

PS: From the start of this year the world was shakenboth literally and metaphorically. The situation in most of theArab countries is far from being stabilized and the disaster inJapan unites humanity in the attempt to find solutions. Youwill not be able to read about these events in the presentissue of AWIL, the reason being that not enough time haspassed, the prospect of a nuclear calamity is not totallyeliminated and recent events in Bahrain and Libya tend toworsen the situation.

Enjoy your reading,Florin Cosma

EDITORIAL

Changing times II

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POLITICS9 ­ EUROPE ­ Rendez­vous with Belarus

CONTENTS

SOCIETY3 ­ WORLD ­ AMERICAN DREAM I

PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION19 ­ ESOTERISM ­ Corpus Hermeticum I

ART & ARCHITECTURE13 ­ ART HISTORY ­ Italian Futurism21 ­ POEMS BY ­ Celestine25 ­ ARCHITECTURE ­ Nakagin Tower29 ­ ARTIST ­ Jennifer Ingram37 ­ CINEMA ­ 2011 Golden Globe

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theAMERICANDREAMby Florin Cosma

Part 1America an exampleor an enforcer?

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America is much more than a country, and the term superpowerdoes not quite sum up the reality, so what is it? In the minds ofpeople all over the world it is a place where dreams becomereality, where freedom, justice, prosperity even meritocracy arepromoted, for others it is a country that tries to rule the world, toenslave smaller nations and so on. Nobody denies its importanceand American culture really has no boundaries or ideologies itcan't overcome. Even if oppressive governments try to stop thisinfluence, the common people never turn their back on a goodAmerican movie, a song, a magazine, and the examples cancontinue.But in an age so difficult to understand, and with recent eventsthat have shaken the foundation of the US what will happen to thedreams of liberty, justice, prosperity, equality, if their embodimentwill decline. China does not stand for the same values as theWest, Europe does not have enough power to decide anythingwithout American support, and a series of extremist movementsthreaten the peaceful development of our planet.

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Being too young to remember the time whenAmerica was not synonymous with "evil" I will try to basemy theories on contemporary history. The United Statessucceeded in having an image that knows no border, in thepast even Stalin enjoyed Western movies from time to time(according to Khrushchev) and in Nazi Germany peoplewere rather familiar with American culture (before 1941).Something fascinated people about this country and nevermade them burn American symbols.

Now, being anti­American is a real trend and wars,assassinations, puppet countries and the barbarous thingsdone by US soldiers do not improve the fact that peoplefrom all over the globe change the way they see a placethat was once known for liberty, prosperity, and equality.The thing is that somewhere along the way, Americastarted to decline, it no longer is an example in the minds

America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiserof the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of theworld to reach the American living standard.Mikhail Gorbachev

America is not the crude stereotype of a self­interestedempire. The United States has been one of the greatestsources of progress that the world has ever known. We wereborn out of revolution against an empire. We were foundedupon the ideal that all are created equal.Barack Obama

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of common people, instead it is usually associated withacts of terror and complete lack of respect for humanlives. To put it simply, the moment when Americanculture made way for the American army and when therepublic transformed into a state runned bycorporations, the US lost.

It is obvious that the end of World War II andmore significantly, the start of the Cold War, wereevents that shaped the way in which the world saw thiscountry and how this country saw the world. Goingback to a policy of non interference with the OldWorld was no longer an option because if this was tohappen it would of meant disaster. Globalisation wasstarting to take shape.

Many terrorist groups that are active now inthe Middle East were formed during the Second WorldWar as nationalist movements in the hope ofdestabilizing the region and permitting the Axispowers to take control of important oil reserves. Laterthey became pawns in the hands of the US or USSR inthe Cold War. After the collapse of communism theirrole was officially over but the weapons andinfrastructure remained in place, now the enemybecame the West and using Islam, people were easilytransformed into killing machines, fighting for a placein Heaven. During Communism, people were "hating"(or rather were told to hate) America because it wasthe prime example of capitalism, now, people dislikeAmerica because it is the best example of a countrythat acts without asking others.The question is, are we facing an example or anenforcer. We know the official version that Americafights for global peace and prosperity, for protectinghuman lives and so on, but what is this country reallydoing? Does it try to enforce its view of the world onothers and actually leaves behind its own citizens? Agreat deal of effort is put into maintaining a huge armyand staying a couple of steps ahead of any other statein the hope that it will still dominate the world, thatdecisions taken in Washington are carried out in all

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corners of the globe without many questions asked.This is how friendly and enemy dictators rise and howopinions of people about this great nation plummet.America just sells us the values it was so known forand forgot to implement them inside its own borders? Ifwe look at history, things do not look to good, theAmerican Dream was until 1963, when Martin LutherKing Jr. wrote hist "Letter from a Birmingham Jail",something reserved to "white folks". Civil rights wererather behind those in Europe in that time, for example,women were allowed to vote starting with 1920, thefirst state to grant this right was Finland in 1906 whileUkraine gave women the right to vote and stand forelection into parliament one year before the UnitedStates. Basic things like food and employment aresensitive subjects, would it not be wise to concentrateon the lives of the citizens, thinking of ways to improvethem and by doing this giving an example to the world?There will be no motive for the extremist elements totarget the US and Europe for that matter.Let us look at the present with more attention. Slowlybut steady the private lives of Western citizens isstarting to change, leaning towards a lack of privacy.We should not fall into the danger of thinking thatAmerica will become a police state, but we also shouldnot fall asleep thinking that this is not a possibility. Ifsomeone does not have clear values and does not standby them, then that person is not credible because younever know when he will "switch", when it comes topolitics, this is something that Mubarak learned thehard way.A series of states are starting to fill up the powervacuum that begins to form, China being one of thebest examples, but none of them do not have thecapacity to be half of what America is now. Thedevelopment of Western society depends on thedevelopment of the United States and the message itgives to the world. The European Union does not yethave the institutions to be a serious player on the globalchessboard.

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The transformation process after the collapse of theSoviet Union leaded to a kind of rapprochement of manyEastern European countries to united Europe. But a greatdeal has changed in the meantime and many of the hopes ofthe “colored” revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia haveturned out to be illusory. Where possible the EuropeanUnion and its Member States did in fact pin their hopes onpromotion of regional cooperation to address problems thatspill over into the neighborhood. Unfortunately, worst fearshave been confirmed.

Among the new neighboring countries after theEastern enlargement in 2004 and 2007, Belarus remains anexception in many respects with its supposed “neutrality”and autocratic style of governance. Nearly 1250 kilometersare forming the common border of the European Unionwith Belarus. But after the era of European enlargement andthe increased dominance of territory and borders in the pathtoward national political and economic strength of Russia,the real test for Belarus' transition lies in the overcoming oftwo different political approaches: the EuropeanNeighborhood Policy's "ring of friends" and the Russian"near abroad" policy.

Rendez­vous with Belarus:Is the idea of a united Eastern EU Policy doomedto failure then?

POLITICS - EUROPE

by Hristofor Hrisoskulov

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Since the introduction of the European Neighborhood Policy it hasbeen the goal of the European Union to include Belarus into thepartnership framework: "The EU’s long­term goal is for Belarus tobe a democratic, stable, reliable, and increasingly prosperouspartner with which the enlarged EU will share not only commonborders, but also a common agenda driven by shared values.Through the ENP, the EU will reinforce its lasting commitments tosupporting democratic development in Belarus. When fundamentalpolitical and economic reforms take place, it will be possible forBelarus to make full use of the ENP." No European governmentwas keen to break the ice in relations with Belarus.A presidential election was held in Belarus on 19 December 2010.Of the ten candidates, President Alexander Lukashenko wasdeclared the winner by the Central Electoral Commission, thoughopposition supporters decried the election. On the night of theelection opposition protesters tried to storm a principal governmentbuilding, smashing windows and doors before riot police were ableto push them back. Several websites of the opposition were alsoblocked or hacked. The offices of Polish­funded broadcastersBelsat TV and European Radio for Belarus had also been raided,while relatives of arrested prisoners were denied access to them.Up to 700 opposition activists, including 7 presidential candidates,were arrested in the post election crackdown. Furthermore, at least25 journalists were arrested.

Rendez­vous with Belarus:Is the idea of a united Eastern EU Policy doomedto failure then?

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As if that were not enough, Belarus hasdecided to order the closure of operationsby the Organization for Security andCooperation in Europe's (OSCE) officein Minsk. The announcement was madeby Foreign Ministry spokesman AndreiSavinykh, who explained that the OSCEmission's mandate "had been fulfilled".And the European Union immediatelyreplied: The EU will put AlexanderLukashenko and other top officials on avisa ban list.Given the difficulties in handling therelations with Belarus and PresidentLukashenko in a normal way, allEuropean governments should pursue thesame aims and join forces. What is moreimportant, the European Union has toreconsider their policy toward Belarus.Until now, different approaches towardEastern European neighbors such asdeniers and supporters of deepeningrelations with those countries were oftenimplemented. In this regard, thediscussion about reintroducing visasanctions or not on PresidentLukashenko and other top officials is noexception. Today, deniers and supportersof the idea of reintroducing visasanctions are being shaped and theEuropean Union must not get left behindin this controversial discussion.

A small group of EU member statesincluding Italy, Spain and Portugal areopposing the sanctions against Belarus.The three Southern EU members standquite alone with this notion. It isreflected in the fact that Western,Northern and Eastern EU members, interalia, the United Kingdom, Poland,Germany, Sweden, Hungary, andLithuania support sanctions againstBelarus over the post­electioncrackdown on the opposition.Instead of waiting for the EuropeanUnion to adopt a united policy towardBelarus, Poland is moving quickly withits unusual unilateral effort. The stepsinclude extending its Belarussian­language television to Belarus, openingits universities to Belarussian studentswho can no longer complete their studiesback home because of their politicalactivities and establishing a center inWarsaw for the Belarussian opposition.Poland waived also a €20 visa fee forany Belarussian wishing to travel toPoland. At the same time, Poland hasimposed a travel ban for all those inBelarus implicated in election riggingand repressions against presidentialcandidates and the participants in theprotests of December 19, 2010.

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Poland’s support for Belarussian civilsociety and imposing travel ban forBelarussian top officials reflect a deepcommitment to the expansion of valuesof freedom and democracy to the directneighboring countries in Eastern Europe.Polish Foreign policy toward Easternneighboring countries has its roots in thelong tradition of handling relations withits neighbors. Before Poland joined theEU, the Polish government hasemphasized the special relations with itsEastern neighbors and put the furtherdevelopment on the agenda: "(T)hepolicy of the enlarged EU towards itseastern neighbors should consist of threepillars: community (within the CFSP andExternal Relations); governmental(policies pursued by the member statesboth bilaterally and within multilateralframework); as well as non­governmental (involving NGO­s andother non­governmental actors)."The Polish approach toward Belarusshould be adopted by the EuropeanUnion. It must establish political controlof Belarus and make democraticsupervision the norm. The new strategyshould imply a balanced approachbetween two important items:1.Selective relations to high­rankingofficials including visa ban for A.

Lukashenko and other politicians.2.Strengthening the civil society;confidence­building measures to boostBelarussians and opposition parties.From 1 July 2011 Poland will hold thePresidency in the Council of theEuropean Union. Poland is the biggestcountry among the new Member Statesthat joined the European Union in 2004/2007. Expectations on the Polish EUPresidency are high after the GermanPresidency in 2007 but expectations areimportant, and without stringent anddemanding expectations there are nocompelling reasons to rethink PolishEastern policy. Under Prime MinisterDonald Tusk, relations with Russia andGermany are better than ever. This is agood and notable precondition for asuccessful Eastern policy.The selective employment of "sticks",namely imposing sanctions until the restof the EU demands are fulfilled, and"carrots", namely economic and financialaid, and support for the civil society, hasbeen the most effective. In any event, theEU, when choosing certain instruments,needs to show that it is not creating someexclusive channel of communicationwith the Belarusian leadership.

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Italian Futurismand theMachine Aestheticby Michael Johnson

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The advent of the machine and mass­productionhad such revolutionary significance for the earlytwentieth­century that this era came to be known as theMachine Age. Among the great number of culturalchanges engendered by this new age was the adoptionof a ‘machine aesthetic’ in art and design. The machineaesthetic was of central importance to Modernistactivity, infusing the work of Bauhaus designers, theRussian Constructivist movement and canonical figuressuch as Le Corbusier. However, the first stirrings of anaesthetic derived from machines can be seen in thework of the Italian Futurist movement.Led by the poet F. T. Marinetti, the Futuristswere entranced by the speed, energy and violence ofmodern life. They turned their backs on the past andopposed ‘all that is old and worm eaten’1. Their workhad a dual purpose: to refute moribund traditions and tocreate a new art that would encapsulate the mental andenvironmental changes of modernity. In Marinetti’swords, ‘Nothing in the world is more beautiful than agreat, humming power station . . . synthesised incontrol panels bristling with levers and gleamingcommutators.’2

Marinetti was a dynamic and charismatic figure,known as the ‘Caffeine of Europe’ due to his boundlessenergy. He powered the Futurist movement throughoutits short but turbulent life. His intentions wereproclaimed in a series of aggressively­worded

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manifestos, the first of which was published in LeFigaro, a French newspaper, on 11 February 1909.Futurism celebrated the ‘miracles of contemporarylife,’3 such as industrialisation, the dynamism of the cityand scientific progress. In this last field, newdiscoveries about X­rays and the persistence of visioninspired a new way of perceiving the world, whichfound expression in the concept of ‘universaldynamism’. Objects were no longer to be considered inspatial and temporal isolation, but were integrated witheach other and their environment in dynamicinterpenetrations suggesting speed and energy.In Umberto Boccioni’s The Street Enters the House(1912), universal dynamism is expressed by the use ofdiagonal lines of force and plastic forms which seek toengage the spectator in their violence and confusion.The merging, protean forms and splintered vectorsreplicate the effects of the fast­paced, rapidly evolvingMachine Age.Umberto Boccioni, The Street Enters the House (1912)Similarly, Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity inSpace (1913) is a sculpture of a running figure. He hassculpted motion­blurs into the figure to give a sense ofsurging kinesis. Photography had shown up motion­blurs for the first time; the sculpture comments on thefact that the new science of photography had alteredhuman perception.Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity inSpace (1913)Giacomo Balla’s painting Automobile at Speed (1913)has a characteristically Futurist title. The image isalmost totally abstract, but we can just make out theform of a racing car amid the lines of force. The imageis reminiscent of Cubism and has a fracturedcomposition which infuses it with kinetic energy; the

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colours seem to vibrate with explosiveforce.Gino Severini painted Armoured Train(1915), another study of an object inmotion. It depicts a military trainloaded with weapons. The Futuristswere fascinated with energy and war,and this image brings these obsessionstogether. Again, the composition isbroken into dynamic fragments,charging the image with energy.The Futurists wrote manifestos onpainting and sculpture, but there wasno manifesto on architecture until1914, five years after the movementhad been founded. This was ironicbecause Futurism was concerned withtransforming civilisation, yet they hadno recruit in the area that could mostdirectly influence society –

architecture. This embarrassedMarinetti, so it was a relief when ayoung architect named Antonio Sant'Elia joined the movement in 1914.Marinetti recognised that thearchetypal modern environment wasthe metropolis, the gargantuan city. InMessagio (1914), Marinetti wrote:‘We must invent and rebuild ex novoour modern city like an immense andtumultuous shipyard . . . mobile andeverywhere dynamic, and the modernbuilding like a gigantic machine.’4Such lofty intentions are evident inSant’ Elia’s La Città Nuova (1914), aseries of futuristic cityscapes that forma vast, technological metropolis. Theinteraction of diagonals and verticalsinvests his work with the same energyand dynamism to be found in Futuristpainting. In addition, Sant' Elia’sbuildings are frequently surmountedby industrial chimneys or radio masts,thus making use of an iconographyderived from machines.The buildings are penetrated bytramlines and roads, mass transitsystems which seem to be used forvisual rather than practical effect. Thebuildings become giant machines inthemselves. These, and Sant’ Elia’strademark external elevators andinterconnecting walkways, promote acult of the machine.However, these visionary cityscapes

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BIBLIOGRAPHYCrouch, C. (1999) Modernism in Art, Design and Architecture,MacMillan Press. Hampshire.Frampton, K. (1992) Modern Architecture: A Critical History,Thames and Hudson. London.Greenhalgh, P. (ed.) (1990) Modernism in Design, Reaktion Books.London.Pevsner, N. (1991) Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morristo Walter Gropius, Penguin, London.Tisdall, C. and Bozzolla, A. (1977) Futurism. Thames and Hudson,London.Whitford, F. (1994) Bauhaus. Thames and Hudson. London.Woodham, J. (1997) Twentieth­Century Design. Oxford UniversityPress, Oxford.

are all on paper. Sant’ Elia’s vision far exceeded thetechnological capabilities of the day. In other words, Futurismcelebrated the machine in a fundamentally naïve way: theyembraced it as a symbol of modernity, but failed to grasp thepractical aspects of technology. For that reason, Sant’ Elia’sdesigns remained on the drawing board. Nevertheless, Sant’Elia was influential. His work had a major influence on sciencefiction texts throughout the twentieth century in both cinemaand literature. Above all, Futurism anticipated a technologicalfuture and had a profound influence on the Modernist design ofthose who followed.

1. Marinetti quoted in Caroline Tisdall and Angelo Bozzolla, Futurism p31.2. Marinetti quoted in Kenneth Frampton Modern Architecture: A Critical History p86.3. Marinetti quoted in Caroline Tisdall and Angelo Bozzolla, Futurism p32.4. Marinetti quoted in Kenneth Frampton Modern Architecture: A Critical History p87.

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1. Whither are you carried, o, Men, drunk with the strong Wineof Ignorance? Which seeing you cannot tolerate, why do youspew it forth?

2. Rise, wake up and look to the sky with the Eyes of yourheart, and if not all of you can do this, let there be as many ofyou who can.

3. For the wickedness of ignorance envelopes the entire Earthand corrupts the Soul, it chains it in the Body and so its rise tothe Heavens of Salvation is not permitted.

4. Do not let yourselves carried by the Great Stream, butendure its torrent with all your strength, in this way you will beable to gain the Blessed Heaven.

5. Search for the one who can guide you to the gateway of Truthand Knowledge, where the Light is pure, undefiled by Darkness,where nobody is drunk, instead all are awake and in theirhearts, look upwards to him, for his pleasure is to be seen.

6. For he can not be heard with the ears, nor seen with theeyes, nor expressed with words, only in the mind and the heart.

7. But first you must tear to pieces and break through thegarment you wear, through the fabric of ignorance; this is thebasis for all Evil, the bond of Corruption, the dark Veil, theliving Death, a Corpse with senses, the Grave we carry with us,the Thief from within, which, through what he loves in us, hatesus, envies us.

8. These are the painful garments with which you are covered,and that pull you down, you look up less and less to the beautyof Truth and Goodness; you should hate the wickedness of thisGarment and understand the traps it lays for you.

9. That is why the works to make good the things that onlyseem and are perceived by the senses, while the true things hehides them and covers them in matter, filling what he shows youwith hostile pleasure so you can not hear what you should hearand see what you should see.

ESOTERISMThe Greatest Harm for Man isNot Knowing God

from Corpus Hermeticum by Hermes Trismegistustranslation by Florin Cosma

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Based on the knowledge I so far managed toorganize through my own powers, this is one of the besttexts somebody could read during a lifetime (not because itwas translated by me), the reason for this is that it does nothold any ”secret wisdom” and in many cases it is an ”mindopener”.

Our modern way of life has little if no space left forreal spirituality, the kind that stimulates your mind, notyour wallet. Even if you are a more ”down to Earth” typeof person, don't forget that through science we are nowgetting into things that in the past were reserved toreligious beliefs and religion and science rarely contradicteach other. And if contradictions arise, the reason thishappens is our limited understanding of some concepts.

There is no reason why we should get into a moredetailed discussion about the Corpus Hermeticum, HermesMercurius Trismegistus, Marsilio Ficino and other thingsnow, reading and understanding the text presented on theprevious page should be enough until the next issue of themagazine.

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MIHAELAMORARUpoems by

CELESTINE

Mihaela Moraru ”Celestine” was born in 1978 in theRomanian city of Braila. Her writing is not restricted topoetry, but in whatever she choses to put on thepaper/computer monitor she manages to present to us acomplex world, full of mystery and logic, faith and science,despair and hope. A complex image of humanity issynthesized in her verses.Web: http://mihaelacelestine.blogspot.com/

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[...] and the Puppeteer of this worldlooked at me and said:Do you want to be a birdon the wire?orjust a simple doll...tangled between the threads?

My little creature of divineThese threads are but your useless way.To perish and to struggle?A piece of work,Might say...I played it on the stubble.You put my character on stage,No longer wasted scene of love...Do realize his blink of rage,A hand in glove!Oh, no... poor soulDo stop!It is your dream of man,Your little pawnshop.This scene I played so many timesDon't crash into your hands of crimes.Don't let this dream to pierce your soulYou stepped over your only sole.Now wait...It's time for praying and for loveI made this world of...I shall and I shall not denyThe comprehension of my cirque.It took me seven days to work

Not to decry,My piece of work.I lied myself by gratitude of manFor I regard my loveTo be the liaison of my plan.He thought of me by playing in my yard,And named me Puppeteer...Of the human bard.And when I made this world,My lovely cradle,You took it all and changedInto your label.Those tears locked inside your painMade you believe I was to gain,This world instead of my creation...My simple plot from your damnation.It's time to make my dolls refrain,From spreading out their truth of pain.From leting out my charactersTo perish...When I became your doll to cherish.Such pitty!I'm ashamed.It's not my piece of workI blamed...But just a joke that I disclaimed,For I destroyed this dream.I sear...Your world of dolls.I'm not your Puppeteer!

CHARACTERS & DOLLS

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FOR I DEFY THOSE WALLS...FOR I DEFY THE SPACEBETWEEN THEM

The open eye struck my pathTo the mezzanine.The ritual of light spreadOver the shepherds.One shepherd,Two shepherds,Three shepherds...My Gods.The way of man into the wood.

Defying the procreation,I took placeInto the world of lunatics.Who made the world spin?What a bless not to ask, not to see...My wounded angel had become my fear,Into the ambuscade of the believers.Obey the light to their way!Angel with long armsCrushed the waves of glory.One angel,Two angels,Three angels...My Gods.Common name for the repentance.I made the world spin!I made the raven's aweBurst aside...Disclosing my defiance.Took my house on the rack,Mazed world no longer touched,By those hands of the architect.Do you see me?I'm the one in the corner of your eye.Pull me out and I shall stareThrough your marble soul.Raptly knee of my GodRose up in arms.Its slender shoulders had no wings.I defied those wings...When I became of you.

DEFIANCE

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LACK OF INSIDE

Fearful words lovin' your earOh, dear soul...Shall I become but sorrow?Protection of your weaknessMakes me swallowThose dreadful tears born inside.Mild and mild...The streets are poisoned, still.Shivering hat covers your pain,Sickness and ill.Hello, my barred heart...Is it you,orEmptiness around me, as a beggar?So clever yet so swagger...

Crossing byJust tell me...why?Why buy the Universe from inside­out?Why let myself bargain what is right,or wrong...A painless song?orVirtue in my ears...To leave you out?To let you breathe?Spread myself in flyingNo longer trapped by dying.I'm free.So just breathe... me.

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NAKAGINCAPSULETOWERArchitect: Kisho Kurokawa

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Technical Data

Architect: Kisho KurokawaDesign / Construction:1970­1972Building Area: 429.51 metersTotal Floor Area: 3,091.23 metersLocation: Tokyo, Japan (Urban)Style: Modern (Metabolism)

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You all remember The Fifth Element, think about thehome of Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) and do that withthe 70's in mind. While it may be an interestingexperience, living in a high tech and optimized space,things will soon begin to be a little cramped. The ideabehind these capsules was more related to a hotel thanconstant living, personally, for a hotel a double bedwould of been a better choice.The idea behind this project is not a bad one, if you linkmore of these modules together to form a biggerapartment it could be an answer to housing problemsaround the world. Kind of an International Space Stationon Earth so to speak. In case of disasters you only have tochange the damaged capsules with new ones.Two concrete towers are the backbone of the building,the modules being attached to these and access beinggiven by the two elevators housed inside the towers. Fora number of years the demolition of this architecturalmonument was discussed, or, as an alternative,modernizing the capsules. No action was yet taken, butthe Nakagin Tower seems destined to be replaced by amore modern high­rise if actions are not taken.Designed by Kisho Kurokawa, this tower is the mostknown example of Metabolist architecture. Thismovement was started in Japan after World War II andemphasized the idea of urban organic growth.

ABOUT THE TOWER

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Title: Moon VeveMedium: wood, paint, 3d objectsDate: 2000

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Medium: oil on canvasDimensions: 39x27Date: 2008

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My relationship with art began when I wasfive. My mother was an artist as well, a writer. Shewould involve me for hours with drawings and elaboratestories she would invent. As I grew my love of fictionand mythology helped to fuel my art. I didn’t begin tomake serious pieces of art until my early twenties, whenI began attending college.At this point I became fixated on the idea thatobjects could represent language, memories andassociations. I began to create a lot of collage and 3­dimensional pieces, experimenting with forms ofrandomness, automatism, and associative thinking, inboth mediums I was seeking to create a sort of narrativethrough images, objects, and their relationships,sometimes deliberate, other times products of chance..Simultaneously, I began to paint and myinspiration there lied in my dreams, a realm rich insymbolisms and occasionally narrative. I was interestedin understanding myself, and through this I hoped tounderstand others and the world.

Title: The ContractMedium: oil on canvasDate: 2007

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By working with my ownsubconscious images and motifs, I am ableto gain greater insight into my consciousself. Working with the narrative has helpedme gain a keen understanding into not onlymyself, but others as well. As I worked withthe dream symbols I began to find the samesymbols in art, fiction, mythology, religion,even in pop culture.As though there exists not only,original forms or archetypes within oursubconscious, as C.J. Jung talked about, butalso first stories too. Ones that are retoldagain and again through out ancient times tonow. Through my own dreams, analysis ofthem, and translation into works of art I amable to come closer to knowing the shape ofthe stories and archetypes. I get a chance tore­interpret the great myths, through a sortof personal narrative that I find awakens oneto the deeper levels of the self.

Title: Soul EscapeMedium: oil on canvasDate: 2005

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Title: The Ace of CupsMedium: walnut paperDate: 2011

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Title: Surrendering to theShadowMedium: oil on canvasDate: 2009

Title: The Sun, the rose ofrealizationMedium: oil on birch woodpanelDate: 2010

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Title: Surrendering to theShadowMedium: oil on canvasDate: 2009

Title: PassionsMedium: collage

Title: Mystery ofthe HeartMedium: collage

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Through the passing of time, actors and cinematographic productionsearned their place in history through the different prizes won, amongother things. The Golden Globe Awards are the ones that open a series ofsuch event that in the end culminate with the Oscar Awards.

CINEMATOGRAPHY

2011 GOLDEN GLOBEAWARDS

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The first Golden Globe was awarded in 1944 at 20thCentury Fox studios, in 1956 television programs beganto be awarded and from 2007 animation productions arealso included.From the first festivity until it started to be televisedmany decades past. In the period 1958 ­ 1963 only thecitizens of Los Angeles had the chance of watching theawards. In 1964 and 1965, during the Andy WilliamsShow, the Golden Globe were nationally accessible,gaining a great popularity. Presently, the festivity isbroadcast in over 150 countries. Maybe not as popular asthe Academy Award and Grammy, the awards have 11categories for television productions and 14 forcinematography.

This Year, the Golden Globe was held on 17 January, in Los Angeles. The hostsincluded Robert Dawney Jr. and Michael Douglas. As best actor Colin Firth waschosen for his role in The King's Speech, directed by Tom Hooper, Natalie Portmanwan the prize for best actress for her role in the Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky.David Fincher, the director of Social Network, received five awards, among them,best movie and best script.Regarding TV productions, the winners areBoordwalk Empire (HBO), as the best TVshow, Steve Buscemi was awarded the prizefor best actor and Katey Segal wasrecognized as best actress for her role inSons of Anarchy. Toy Story 3 received theprize for best animation.

“As far as we can discern, the solepurpose of human existence is to kindle alight in the darkness of mere being.”

CARL JUNG