luni, 21 mai 2012
http://jonaslaberg.posterous.com/evil-marzipan-pig-is-evil
This was meant as a Christmas present for two girls I know who are 5 and 7, but I don't think I'll give it to them actually. It turned out a bit too evil-demon-pig-from-hell-y for that. Now it' s sitting on a shelf threatening me with its existence. I'm not quite sure what I should do with it.
For those that are into numbers: that's 10kg of marzipan, about 47 000 kcal. And it's got six nipples.
Full set here, most of them above.
THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK by Lewis Carroll
joi, 3 mai 2012
author unknown
Sharon or Robin
“[Sharon and Robin] dressed as waiters at a big feast of liberal senators at the Hilton…. Expecting their dessert of apple pie and coffee, instead were served pigs’ heads on platters. Then Robin and Sharon stripped and stood radiantly naked before the thousands of middle-class people. Horrified women hid their eyes. Men giggled and stared. Shelly Winters threw her cocktail at them. Some women began beating naked Crazie Sharon’s beautiful thighs with umbrellas….” - 1969
http://www.threadforthought.net/2011/10/11/steal-style-yippies-political-fashions/
rainer ganahl
Bologna 2012 - 20 min
Painting a pig head in front of Giorgio Morandi shows me doing exactly what the title claims: Painting a pig head in front of Giorgio Morandi though I have never painted nor attended any painting classes. I bought some oil paint, some pig head and put myself in front of an original Morandi painting at Galleria d'Arte Maggiore, Bologna with a sales price of 1 200 000 Euro. Several attemps by me to gain access to either the Museum Morandi or the Studio Morandi - both are open to the pubic - for this work were rejected with the rather curious argument that my project has nothing to do with Morandi.
At the art supply show I still met a person who sold directly to Giorgio Morandi who was shopping there unitl his death in 1964. He advised me not only on the colors and on the canvas but also introduced me to his former boss Carlo Carlotti who worked as a paint saller (Mesticatore) for Morandi between the 1940s and his death. I was also able to interview and get some really nice stories to hear with we recorded in the interview entiteld: TRISTE TRISTE TRISTE - THE PAINT SELLER OF GIORGIO MORANDI.
Girogrio Morandi (1890 - 1964) spent his entrie life in Bologna - almost never left town - and painted apart of some landscape paintings exclusively very reduced still lifes containing bottles and other simple containers in a very uni-colored haze. Given his biography, he participated in WWI and lived through WWII, he saw most of his life poverty and gave expression to it. His paint seller called him 'triste', sad, and described his paintings also as "triste, triste, triste".
Wikipedia describes his style as followed: "Morandi was perceived as one of the few Italian artists of his generation to have escaped the taint of Fascism, and to have evolved a style of pure pictorial values congenial to modernist abstraction. Through his simple and repetitive motifs and economical use of color, value and surface, Morandi became a prescient and important forerunner of Minimalism."
The paintings and the video are part of works that deal with the current state of our economy which can be best described by the financial term CREDIT CRUNCH that started in 2008 with the near collapse of the entire world financial system. Today, Europe too is so endangered of a financial melt down that is not only limited to the defacdto bancrupt Greece but one that also threatens Portugal, Spain, Italy, Ireland and could even pull down others. The EURO itself is anything but stable and talks about its demise are everywhere.
see more on : ganahl.info/morandipighead.html
www.ganahl.info
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwVnZRRGTRQ
duminică, 22 aprilie 2012
An activist hangs a half pig-half wolf mask to symbolize two of the candidates during a protest against the city's chief-executive election system.
Photograph by: Pichi Chuang, Reuters , Agence France-Presse
Former government adviser and property consultant Leung Chun-ying won Hong Kong's leadership election today, according to official results.
Leung, 57, will replace outgoing chief executive Donald Tsang in June after winning 689 of the votes from the 1,200strong election committee that chooses the southern Chinese city's leader.
Applause broke out from delegates on the floor of the tally room as his count ticked past the 601 minimum required for victory.
His main rival, Henry Tang, finished with 285 and prodemocracy candidate Albert Ho with 76, an official said.
Thousands of protesters gathered outside the harbourside convention centre where the vote took place, demanding full democracy in the semiautonomous former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
The protests, which could be heard inside the tally room, were noisy but generally peaceful.
The overwhelming majority of Hong Kong's seven million residents have no right to vote in a "small circle" poll decided by an election committee packed with pro-Beijing social and business elites.
Leung, whose humble origins as a policemen's son stand in stark contrast to Tang's background as heir to a textile fortune, told reporters earlier that he wanted the broadest possible community support.
"Every resident has their own view about the election. I will try my best to get rid of people's negative perception about this election," he said.
Leung consistently ranked ahead of Tang in public-opinion polls.
© Copyright (c) The Victoria Times Colonist
Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Hong+Kong+elects+leader/6366853/story.html#ixzz1so3548OF
An activist wears a pig mask as she follows a demonstration ...
Dec 15th, 2009
(AP) - An activist wears a pig mask as she follows a demonstration for climate change in the center of Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. A showdown between the world’s two largest polluters loomed over the U.N. climate talks Tuesday as China accused the United States and other rich nations of backsliding on their commitments to fight global warming. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) - Shared by Erwin De Laat
http://www.2space.net/news/article/246890-1260889204/an-activist-wears-a-pig-mask-as-she-follows-a-demonstration.html
PETA’s Pork Project: No Ham for These Pigs
By Mary Lu Carnevale
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/27/petas-pork-project-no-ham-for-these-pigs/
Brody Mullins reports from Denver on the Democratic National Convention.
Democrats here don’t like to be called pinkos. But that doesn’t go for one of this week’s biggest attractions: Two people dressed head-to-toe in bright-pink pig costumes who have been driving around in a convertible handing out literature on their pet issue.
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Two “pigs” from PETA campaign in Denver to cut Americans’ meat consumption (Photo by Brody Mullins)
The pigs are spokes-swine for a campaign by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to get people to eat less meat. The pigs are one of dozens of public relations efforts by interest groups large and small – serious and silly – to harness the big media spotlight here to shine on their concerns.
Activists are marching to clean up the environment. Gay-rights groups are pushing for same-sex marriage laws. The hotel and tourism industry is trying to draw attention to issues that promote travel and tourism in the U.S.
And a group of jokers are handing out material to pedestrians at the outdoor 16th Street Mall calling for a crack down on bird watching. The group directs people to its Web site (www.stopbirdporn.com), where they accuse bird-watchers of being peeping-toms, among other things.
None of the campaigns seems to be as big of a hit as the two little pigs. When they hop out of the car in front of the convention center here, dozens of men, women and children clamor to pose for pictures. While camera shutters snap, Ashley Byrne and two PETA volunteers hand out flyers saying that the consumption of hamburgers, fried chicken, fish sticks and other meat products contributes to global warming.
PETA wants Congress to slap a 10% excise tax on meat products to discourage people from eating meat. “People are just beginning to learn that cutting their meat consumption has a big impact on global warming,” says Byrne, handing out flyers in three-inch heels, tight black pants and a PETA T-shirt. She and her piggies tell people that pollution by factory farms causes more greenhouse gas emissions than the transportation industry.
“People think that they have to go out and buy a new car or take a drastic step like that, but the best thing they can do is as simple as changing their diet,” Byrne says.
Few of the people who come over for a piggy photo-op have heard of the idea before. It doesn’t always sizzle.
“I never heard of it before, but is seems like a good idea,” says 17-year old Kelly Drumight. Her friend, Taryne Rosetti, 18, disagrees: “There are a lot of difference things that we should tax, like gas. I don’t know if meat is one of them.”
The issue is personal for Byrne, a Colorado native. She’s been a vegan for more than a decade after watching PETA videos of animal cruelty at factory farms. “When I realized I was supporting that with my meals, I couldn’t sit down to a meal. Then I learned the health benefits,” she said.
Byrne tailors her message to her audience. With Democrats, she tells a green-friendly crowd that eating less meat will reduce global warming. Next week in Minneapolis, she’ll tell Republicans to “cut pork” by reducing government subsidies to factory farms. “A lot of Republicans find that slogan cute,” she says. She even thinks it might sell with John McCain, a self described pork-buster.
Back here at the Democratic convention, most of the people who talk with Byrne agree with her. After posing for a picture, 16-year old vegetarian Tyler Hess says, “The amount of methane released by a cow each day is amazing.”
A nearby police officer doesn’t seem to get it. When asked to snap a picture of a passerby with the pigs, he says: “One…Two…Bacon!”
joi, 19 aprilie 2012
Sue Coe
Lurzer's Archive Vol 1-2012
http://www.kraud.de/en/objekte/new-objects-for-domestic-space/
Still lives
Objects for domestic space.
Fitment, toy, luxury good, sculpture.
Stuffed toy, gym equipment.
Projection area.
Confounding.
Adorable.
They deliberately defy all definition.
There is both something confounding and liberating about it.
In any case, they are a welcome change in an unexpected direction.
The Krasnals
„Polska Prezydencja w Unii Europejskiej / Nie mogę ci wiele dać. 2 ” 2011. Olej na plycie. 46 x 55 cm
"Polish Presidency in EU / I can't give you too much. 2" 2011. Oil on hardboard.
marți, 17 aprilie 2012
Pig like figure
Pig like figure lifting the first cup of wine and hare placing a stick on dog's head. Spain (Barcelona) c. 1340. Add 14761 BL, a photo by tony harrison on Flickr.
http://kincinaitis.blogspot.com/2011_09_08_archive.html
Cine e om si cine e porc?
Presa si televiziunea americana au prezentat de curand un caz senzational: un porc (de fapt o scroafa) a salvat soarta stapanei sale!
Poate ca va fi o surpriza pentru unii sa afle ca in SUA, mai ales in California, multe familii cresc porci pe post de..”pets”, adica la fel cum cresc pe langa casa cainii si pisicile. Se stie ca porcii sunt foarte inteligenti, la fel cum sunt cainii.
O femeie in varsta, a carei barbat plecase cu prietenii la pescuit, a avut un atac de cord. A cazut pur si simplu in bucatarie si era sigura ca va muri, pentru ca nu a putut ajunge la telefon sa discute cu politia si sa primeasca ajutor (in SUA daca ai o problema grava, suni politia si ei trimit ambulanta). Poate ca in RM e altfel: daca suni politia cine stie ce se intampla.
Insa purceaua ei iubita, pe nume Lulu, si-a dat seama de situatie si…a incercat sa o ajute!
Mai precis a iesit din casa (avea o usa speciala pe marimea ei, ca sa iasa cand vrea din bucatarie), apoi s-a indreptat spre soseaua care era circulata de masini si a tot asteptat sa opreasca o masina. Majoritatea masinilor nu au oprit, dat soferul unei masini de culoare alba a oprit totusi. El credea ca purceaua pare disperata. Purceaua a luat-o inainte si el a urmat-o pana in casa respectiva, unde el a batut la usa si a spus cu voce tare: “scroafa dvs are o problema..” Cand deodata a vazut-o pe stapana casei cazuta pe podea!
A chemat salvarea si femeia respectiva a fost transportata la spital si salvata!
Acest binefacator a disparut la fel de repede pe cat a aparut… Nu voia sa fie cunoscut!
Din nefericire purceaua respectiva, devenita celebra, a fost indopata de toata lumea cu dulciuri si s-a facut o scroafa super-grasa (nu era vina ei!) , murind de …inima, ea insasi, dupa doi ani!
Vazand aceasta poveste adevarata ma intreb: in lumea in care traim cine e om si cine e …porc?
Anton COnstantinescu
www.curaj.net
luni, 16 aprilie 2012
duminică, 8 aprilie 2012
Koryto and Guvno Unions
Członkowie FA Trójmiasto rejestrują Komitet Wyborczy KORYTO z ramienia, którego chcą wystartować w najbliższych wyborach samorządowych. Wcześniej próbowali dokonać rejestracji KW GUWNO (Gdańskiej Unii Wybitnie Normalnych Obywatel), ale na ten skrót nie zgodziła się komisja wyborcza.
To nawet lepie bo jak twierdzi KORYTO” … od razu będzie wiadomo o co nam chodzi. Chcemy się nachapać, jak wszyscy politycy. Nic nie robić i zarabiać kupę kasy dzięki układom i znajomościom. Nie, trochę przesadzam, będziemy pracować: otwierać to co inni zbudowali, przecinać wstęgi i damy sobie robić uśmiechnięte zdjęcia „.
KORYTO apeluje: „do wszystkich sił politycznych o przyłączenie się do naszego komitetu. Otwarcie deklarujemy opinii publicznej o co nam chodzi wyzbywając się zbędnych dyskusji programowych. Nazywamy rzeczy po imieniu. Wzywamy prezydenta Pawła Adamowicza, który deklaruje się ojcem chrzestnym naszego komitetu do kandydowania z naszej listy. Dlaczego? Ponieważ znamy wielu mieszkańców Gdańska uważających, że nikomu tak jak jemu przez dwanaście lat swoich rządów, nie udało się dochować wierności naszemu programowi”.
Więcej na temat KORYTA:
http://gdansk.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/605850,komitet-wyborczy-guwno-zmienil-nazwe-na-koryto,id,t.html?kategoria=675
http://trojmiasto.gazeta.pl/trojmiasto/1,35612,8483277,Komitet_zmienil_nazwe___bylo_KW_GUWNO__jest_KORYTO.html
http://www.trojmiasto.pl/wiadomosci/KORYTO-idzie-po-wladze-w-Gdansku-n42385.html
2010-10-08
http://cia.media.pl
joi, 29 martie 2012
spurcaciuni comuniste promovate de democrati
cu ce se ocupau javrele comuniste(Saakian,Popa,Budeanu…)din organele de drept in 2009
aceste javre
comuniste din organele de drept,
-Saachian,-seful politiei criminale CGP,
-Popa,-procuror,sef al sectiei exercitare a urmaririi penale pe cazuri exceptionalea PG,
-Budeanu,- vicecomisar a Comisariatului Buicani…
pe langa faptul ca fabricau dosare cu ,,jumere,, si persecutau lumea in perioada comunista in 2009 ,acum 2012 in guvernarea democratica sunt toti avansati :
-Saachian,- sef a SPC a CGP
-Popa,-procuror sect.Rascani,
-Budeanu R. ,transferat in MAI/Minister…
Analizati aceste documente(subiectul) din dosarele penale intentate de dansii si vedeti cu ce se ocupau aceste sectii importante in perioada regimului totalitar comunist si deduceti cu ce se ar putea ocupa in acesta guvernare cu naravurile lor.
http://brega.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/asa-eram-interceptat-intreg-anul-2009/
luni, 26 martie 2012
Voices from the Collective: Emory Douglas Roasts Pork
There was more to the Black Panther Party than traditional dignity in resistance. There was also its sense of style, from the elegant to the outrageous.
Mike Mosher
Issue #67, April 2004
In her essay The Revolution Will Be Visualized: Emory Douglas in The Black Panther artist/designer Colette Gaiter celebrates an important American political graphic artist. Her essay is the aesthetic and contextualizing appreciation that Emory Douglas' work thirty-some years ago deserves, citing his influences and motifs and placing him in art history. The essay showcases forceful posters, including photo collage work reminiscent of Romare Bearden, and expressive drawings of righteously indignant black women and oppression-resistant families. Though angrier, the artwork has a dignity that now seems a continuation of the earlier church-based Civil Rights movement. Yet there was more to the Black Panther Party than traditional dignity in resistance. There was also its sense of style, from the elegant to the outrageous.
In its choice of an animal name, its fashion sense and the public display of guns, the BPP had an agressively provocative visual style. Perhaps its style was more deliberately upsetting than the Party's primary activities — legal actions, neighborhood programs and voter registration — might have deserved. This reader misses a significant part of Douglas' visual contribution to the Panther aesthetic in Gaiter's otherwise attentive paper. For as an Emory Douglas fan since adolescence, I can't help but ask: Where are the pigs?
Famous for his many porcine cartoon policemen, Douglas discussed his pigs when he lectured during a 1995 exhibition at S.F.State, and speaks of pig symbolism in an interview, so he hasn't disowned those images. There is some suggestion of Douglas' comic stylization of the troops of oppression in the "Shoot to Kill" graphic Gaiter provides. To any inner-city neighborhood resident constantly hassled (at worst, beaten or shot) by sweaty, overweight Caucasian men with bellies rolling over their uniform belts, the police grotesquely represented as swine must've been bitterly, hilariously apt. They are drawn as repulsive as the complacent bourgeoisie of 1920s Berlin beneath the pen of George Grosz, as they should be.
The breadth of Douglas' work for The Black Panther newspaper might be suggested in comparison to other, later East Bay leftist postermakers. Inkworks carries on traditon of his stately political posters, the aspect of Douglas' work well-represented in Gaiter's essay. In depictions of corporate and military criminals, Doug Minkler continues the jagged Punk strain of Douglas' pigs, which the essay omits. Douglas took Black Panther readers in both of those visual directions, the well-rendered and the outlandish, directions seemingly contradictory but chosen appropriately to carry the content and message of the artwork.
In his pig-headed policemen, we remember that Douglas was a Bay Area contemporary of Robert Crumb, the ZAP Comix artists, and Dan O'Neill's sexual and politicized appropriated Disney characters. One might assume the artist's familiarity with bloodthirsty tales by S. Clay Wilson, whom Douglas' cartoons of vengeance upon snout-nosed cops probably influenced in turn.
Outrageous caricature and comics have a place in progressive activism, so any overview of Emory Douglas must not be restricted only to his "realistic" work. Let us celebrate, along with his more traditional communication design skills and political passion, that which was funny and over-the-top from Emory Douglas. You can't have 1968 Oakland without the oink.
Bad Subject Mike Mosher discussed political graphics in Eye Candy Like a Raised Fist: Graphics For Political Words, which appeared in Bad Subjects #27.
http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2004/67/mosher.html
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