scanning and scanning and scanning and scanning.
Burnt my eyes today, scanning slides but got a lot of work done.
Here is something to enjoy from the movie Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch:
Thursday, August 16, 2007
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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Saturday, June 30, 2007
technical problems
I knew that adjusting to a new place takes time, but why in the process of it all the machines around me have to fail?..
First it was the monitor of the computer, of course it had to happen while I was working on the new video. Then it was the car - so now I can really get stuck here in the house. And the cherry on top was the computer refusing to turn on since yesterday.
It´s like this: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I did finish the video and am proud of it. I was pregnant with this project for a few months now and didn't have time to work on the materials, they piled up and were bloating my head, calling me to take care of them..
I will try to post a small view from it in my art website as soon as the "!!·$%&/( computer feels better.
First it was the monitor of the computer, of course it had to happen while I was working on the new video. Then it was the car - so now I can really get stuck here in the house. And the cherry on top was the computer refusing to turn on since yesterday.
It´s like this: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I did finish the video and am proud of it. I was pregnant with this project for a few months now and didn't have time to work on the materials, they piled up and were bloating my head, calling me to take care of them..
I will try to post a small view from it in my art website as soon as the "!!·$%&/( computer feels better.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
taking reality slowly
It is two weeks since we moved to Mexico and things seem to be better already.
There has been some changes here since the last time I was here (three years ago). It has to do more with the mentality than with the outer look. The way people drive and go about is calmer for some reason - perhaps since there are more cops around (because of other problems) but it helps many other issues as well.. It is strange to have to say that it helps to have more security in the form of police or military officers, and it is quite sad to be that sober.. but this is such a huge city that there is no escape from this kind of reality.
Besides that, on a more personal note, my Spanish is better, I can actually understand what people around me are talking about and sometimes even answer back. That makes a huge difference, one doesn't feel so out of reality and isolated.
And the best thing for me is there are movements towards exhibitions and gallery contacts, I am charging my batteries and getting ready.
here are a couple of photos of my close surrounding, next time I will put wider range landscapes.
There has been some changes here since the last time I was here (three years ago). It has to do more with the mentality than with the outer look. The way people drive and go about is calmer for some reason - perhaps since there are more cops around (because of other problems) but it helps many other issues as well.. It is strange to have to say that it helps to have more security in the form of police or military officers, and it is quite sad to be that sober.. but this is such a huge city that there is no escape from this kind of reality.
Besides that, on a more personal note, my Spanish is better, I can actually understand what people around me are talking about and sometimes even answer back. That makes a huge difference, one doesn't feel so out of reality and isolated.
And the best thing for me is there are movements towards exhibitions and gallery contacts, I am charging my batteries and getting ready.
here are a couple of photos of my close surrounding, next time I will put wider range landscapes.
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