discussion

About the works or exhibitions which have marked us the most, I must say i’m very disappointed by the limitations of computers and the Internet in the sense that paintings and colors always look like complete trash, so I will refrain from posting actual photos… (ego-problem!) … so if you’re interested, go to a ‘Gallery Near You!’ for Yves Klein, or check out his performances on YouTube…

Symphonie Monotone, an orchestra plays a single note composed by Klein-

On overview of his other paintings made with women -

Also, we discussed this exhibition currently at the Van Gogh Museum about John Everett Millais - some really beautiful paintings with amazing precision…not to mention the very delicate and overwhelming sensitivity.

So check it out! I also mentioned that I would post this film I saw at the MACBA museum in Barcelona - this will come. In the meantime, I promised I would post the site where you can pay 5 euros a day and watch all the movies on database for sale to museums by Spanish artists (I was looking for the movie i saw in the museum, and only found it here….there are other sites which are similar!) …really worth it, especially if youre interested in film - its like paying 5 euros for an 24-hour online film museum where you can choose and see whatever you like!

http://www.hamacaonline.net/ (at the top right you can switch to English)

Reposting my response to Tori’s message, since for some reason my reply doesn’t show up….

As I was saying, reading the earlier post, the phrase ‘being moved by a language not understood’ somehow immediately made me think of one of my all time favorite films, Orson Welle’s interpretation of Kafka’s novel, The Trial - in my opinion a great masterpiece which puts in pictures the unexplainable and some of the absurdities of reality …

For some reason this is not liking my youtube embed link? :

“La Tour Montparnasse offre la plus belle vue de Paris : c’est en effet le seul endroit d’où on ne la voit pas…” - The tower offers the best view of Paris, as it is the only place from which you cannot see it.’

Eiffel Tower from the Montparnasse Tower

Montparnasse Tower from the Eiffel Tower

David Goldblatt

Windmills for sale, Ventersburg, Free State, 6 August 2003

I saw the above photo at the Stedelijk Museum on Monday, and I suddenly was puzzled as regards to the relation between these windmills and the infamous wind turbine electricity generators –

Somehow these tiny things look so delicate and refined, and do not seem to disturb the grey, dull landscape. They are for sale, indicating people actually do want to go out and buy them, and will use them for something – It is doubtful those shown in the photograph will do anything but turn, but will rather just amuse people and show how fast and from where the wind is from.

We will never entirely rely on wind power or completely green energy, so if we all had a couple of these things, and perhaps even a solar panel on the roof, wouldn’t that spare us the need for massive controversy in our ‘backyards’?

Who decides on whether massive turbines can or cannot pop up and whether people want them in-their-backyards? – My thoughts lead me to think: let’s put a few wind turbines on the front porch next to Granny, or in the living room next to the sofa by the window – the kids will love it!