Elana Gutmann's Talking Trees...

Elana Gutmann is a painter and printmaker whose work
has evolved to include photography, video and installation
works.
A first-generation American artist with roots in Eastern and
Europe, Gutmann began exhibiting her work in Europe and
America in 1989.
"My paintings and drawings are both inquiry and discovery, each voyage
- part memory, part fantasy. The process is dialectic, the investigation of
a truth through discussion, a conversation between the work and me (then
the work and the viewer). Choices are made, revisited, some removed. Their traces remain. Colour jumps
to form, form instigates colour, relationships occur over a period of hours, days and months.
They manifest in a "story" - a visual tale."

Clairière, the Talking Trees, - Elana Gutmann's last project*
is "an installation work that employs language, symbol and
sound to evoke migration and the rich results of the movement
of culture individual from place to place." [MORE]
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Although Clairière is to be first viewed in the exhibition LandArt, Basel, it is designed to
travel to multiple sites thereafter.
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* [This project will only be funded if at least $ 12,000 is pledged by Thursday Aug 4, 3:18pm EDT].

Gilbert Baker's Colors on Le Mur!

Le M.U.R. - # 97 - Gilbert Baker & Colors - May 7/2011

His original Rainbow flag - first raised for the San Francisco Pride
in June/1978 - had 8 colors, each with a symbolicc meaning:
Hot Pink: sexuality, Red: life, Orange: healing, Yellow: sunlight,
Green: nature, Turquoise: magic/art, Blue (indigo): serenity/harmony,
Violet: spirit.
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La Bellevilloise au mois de Mai...

... on May 4th, for Bidaia's concert - as announced by PPG a few days ago.

I was there early enough, at 6pm, - Caroline & Mixel were fiddling with the instruments and
sound - this gave me time, before we have dinner, to ride around the 'Halle aux Oliviers' and
outside in order to show you this pleasant place.




For 'Soul Cook' concerts, on Wednesdays, the 'Chef' cooks up a menu in agreement with
the musical universe of the performing artists. Tonight it's the Basque Country that has
guided his hand, with happiness.
8:30 pm, Caroline and Mixel are on stage...

... and they were good and the audience appreciated - click HERE for the videos.

Meanwhile, at the bar...

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Exit Osama bin Laden!

Almost a decade...
since September 11/2001


[Fgamers]
Bin Laden was traced to a compound in Abbottabad, a relatively affluent suburb
of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. He is said to have resisted and was shot in the
head during an exchange of fire in the compound.
The body is said to have been taken to Afghanistan and then buried at sea.
[EuroNews]


Steve Coll - New Yorker: Notes on the death of Osama bin Laden.


[Born2WinMai]

R I P

... virgin female urchins, of course!
[John Cole, ©2011/CagleCartoons].
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Bidaia in Paris to promote new album...

BIDAIA to promote their new album
AGUR SHIVA
with two concerts in Paris :

* la bellevilloise
19/21, rue Boyer - Paris XX
May 4 - 8 pm

* Toro Bar tapas
74, rue J.Jacques Rousseau - Paris I
May 7 - 8:30 pm


Bidaia's tour will continue with :
- Pamplona, Spain, at 'Patio de los Gigantes' on May 19 - 9 pm
Bidaia and its entire band (+ bass & percussion).
- Gateshead, UK, Caroline Phillips will speak at the 'Thinking Digital'
conference, on May 25 - 6 pm and Bidaia will perform the next day, May 26.
- Saint-Pierre d’Aurillac/Gironde, France, 'Festival des Sous-Fifres'
on June 26 - 3 pm.


[Photo: Caroline Phillips]

With 'Agur Shiva', BIDAIA [which means 'travel' in Basque language] continues his journey
by visiting other musical cultures. 'Agur Shiva' reflects this idea of travel by tapping into
the roots of the Basque rhythms and melodies of the main compositions, while linking
them to other traditions, notably India and Carnatic music.

[See "La Bellevilloise" by G@tto].

http://www.bidaia.com
contact@bidaia.com

2011 Easter Eggs on a balcony...

This year, I gardened outside my window
I sowed some seeds of egg plants
I regularly watered and monitored the tender shoots
Flowering was successful and promising
The promises have become eggs...
Happy Easter !

Beerens' mice on Le Mur Ober...

Le M.U.R. # 96 - Michaël Beerens - April 21/2011

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The Barcelona 4 in France, on Le Mur Ober

Le M.U.R. #95 - Zozen Kenor Göla & H101 - April 16/2011


4 stars from the Barcelona street art
together in France for the 1st time - Galerie Celal > from April 16 to Mai 15.


[JekylletHyde]
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Tarbouriech at the KM3

Opening on Friday > April 29/2011, 7:30 pm...

Nadine Tarbouriech exhibition at KM3 in Ivry artists' area
107, rue Molière - 94200 Ivry s/Seine
... which is just next door from Viswanadhan's studio, check the MAP.

Nadine told me today that their [Nadine & Viswa] next sojourn in India is planned late June
and that she was offered a personal exhibition in Delhi in early September.


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Meeting Viswanadan at Centre Pompidou...

With 'Back to the elements' (2009), Viswanadhan returns
to the scene of his previous shootings to confront himself
to contemporary India.


This is the sixth and final part of the cycle devoted to the 5 elements
which, according to the Vedic principles, constitute the universe:
- Sable / Earth (1976) - Eau / Ganga (1985) - Feu / Agni (1988)
- Air / Vayu (1994) - Ether / Aakash (2002).

A curiosity: my first invit to see 'The 5 elements" was in 2004...

* * *
I hope you didn't miss the Art Chennai festival,
mid-March. Viswanadhan's was there!

New! Control your Gmail with your body!

Google introduces you to the 'Universal Gesture RecognitionTechnology'
[UGRT]

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS:
Using Gmail Motion is not only safe but also healthy and fun.
As with any physical activity, certain precautions are recommended.
1. Make sure to clear the area around you.
2. Try to take short breaks every 30-40 minutes, just as you would
if you were typing.
3. Take time to stretch after each session to give the muscles you'll
be using some relief.



MOTION GUIDE:
Blow up the two images to familiarize yourself with some of the basic
functionality of Gmail Motion and learn these simple and intuitive
gestures and you'll be able to start writing and responding to emails,
with your body, in no time.
Now get out of that chair, motion is good for health!
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Yours Faithful
GooG@tto