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Rai Escale: Seeking the Hidden Material

June 30, 2009

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Rai Escale: Seeking the Hidden Material

Rai Escale is a Spanish artist who seeks to uncover and understand hidden meanings of images that one comes across everyday.

Made in Iran: Contemporary Iranian Art Exhibition at London

June 29, 2009

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Made in Iran: Contemporary Iranian Art Exhibition at London

Young contemporary artists from Tehran are exhibiting their work reflecting modern Iran in the exhibition entitled ‘Made in Iran’ at Asia House, London.

Željko Joksimović: Bringing Serbian Music to the World

June 27, 2009

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Željko Joksimović: Bringing Serbian Music to the World

Željko Joksimović is a Serbian singer and musician who is famous across Serbia and Eastern Europe.

Books for the Soul

June 25, 2009

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Books for the Soul

Books for the soul are plenty. They all offer quick fix solution to life’s problems and agonies and help people tide over personal disenchantments.

Ernest Hemingway: Solitude and Struggle in The Old Man and the Sea

June 20, 2009

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Ernest Hemingway: Solitude and Struggle in The Old Man and the Sea

Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea will always remain a tale of solitude and struggle of an Old Man and his endearing relationship with the boy and the sea.

Nada Motel: Rejuvenating with the Help of Art

June 18, 2009

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Nada Motel: Rejuvenating with the Help of Art

The building might smell musty and got on, but it sure has some surprises for itself. Like an ageing star getting a cosmetic uplift or still better, a personality change for the better, buildings can receive makeovers too, of an artistic kind. Though one has to age and wither, the temporary change could bring in [...]

The Hidden: A Short Film By Jonas Åkerlund On The Chaos Of The Mind

June 18, 2009

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The Hidden: A Short Film By Jonas Åkerlund On The Chaos Of The Mind

The mind is a mysterious contraption in which lives a person far removed from the individual that one expresses overtly. In the dark halls and corridors of the mind roam ghost-like figures that appear to have some similarity to the individual seen in the real world; each of these ghosts appear to have been born [...]

Funk Carioca: Nightmare of the Bourgeois

June 15, 2009

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Funk Carioca: Nightmare of the Bourgeois

Baile Funk or Funk Carioca is an important style of music and dance popular in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Le Chat: The Quintessential Tragedy

June 13, 2009

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Le Chat: The Quintessential Tragedy

Le Chat tells the story of an old couple alienated by each other and the ensuing struggles and pains.

Marc Schmitz: Baku Spaces No. 5

June 11, 2009

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Marc Schmitz: Baku Spaces No. 5

The embassy of the Federal republic of Germany in Baku has collaborated with the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Art and arranged an exhibition “Baku Spaces No. 5″ featuring work by artist Marc Schmitz. Schmitz’ work involves structures and installations that use human body to understand the fundamental bonding between the self and the environment. [...]

Woody Guthrie and Birth of the American Folk Revival

June 10, 2009

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Woody Guthrie and Birth of the American Folk Revival

The 1960s saw birth of American Folk Revival through music of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez. But the seeds of folk songs were sown by legendary Woody Guthrie.