Masao Yamamoto
Untitled #954
gelatin silver print
3 1/4 x 4 3/4"
Thursday, July 26, 2007
W.G. Sebald
A string of memories, like layers of crochet gently sewn one into the other. This book Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald is so wonderful. I don´t think I have read many books which were as strange or moving or overwhelming.
I don´t want the book to end, it is precious.
I don´t want the book to end, it is precious.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
white light
The screen with it´s white light is staring at me. I stare back at it. The blank page - so serene, awaits me. I push onto buttons on the keyboard, I look at them as they appear on my screen, erase some and push some more. And then the waiting again. For something to happen, for something. For it to make sense.
I put a piece of my new video Suspense on my website. Will be happy to get responses.
I put a piece of my new video Suspense on my website. Will be happy to get responses.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
La Canícula
Canícula. The hottest days.
That´s what it means in English according to Larousse Dictionary. That, is in a nutshell and does not demonstrate the length and the extreme of this term.
According to http://www.todito.com/paginas/noticias/88369.html
(in free translation): During the canícula, the heat is unbearable, the people sweat constantly, the animals go about with their tongues hanging out of their mouths, and others become crazy.
These high temp. can go beyond the 40´s (Celsius), starting mid June till the end of August.
Basically you want to die.
Here is another interesting definition from wikipedia:
clipped from en.wikipedia.org
That´s what it means in English according to Larousse Dictionary. That, is in a nutshell and does not demonstrate the length and the extreme of this term.
According to http://www.todito.com/paginas/noticias/88369.html
(in free translation): During the canícula, the heat is unbearable, the people sweat constantly, the animals go about with their tongues hanging out of their mouths, and others become crazy.
These high temp. can go beyond the 40´s (Celsius), starting mid June till the end of August.
Basically you want to die.
Here is another interesting definition from wikipedia:
clipped from en.wikipedia.orgThe name of this star comes from the Latin Sīrius, from Greek Σείριος (Seirios, "glowing" or "scorcher").[18] As the major star of the "Big Dog" constellation, it is often called the "Dog Star".
The Latin name for this star is Canicula ("little dog")
Historically, many cultures have attached special significance to Sirius. Sirius was worshipped as Sothis in the valley of the Nile long before Rome was founded. The Middle Kingdom of Egyptians based their calendar on the heliacal rising of Sirius, which occurred just before the annual flooding of the Nile and the summer solstice.[19] In Greek mythology, Orion's dog became Sirius. The Greeks also associated Sirius with the heat of summer: they called it Σείριος Seirios, often translated "the scorcher." The dog days of summer were also connected to Sirius.
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