Miranda Kerr's Paris Candids

The utterly amazing Miranda Kerr is currently in Paris for the city's Fashion Week events, and papped out shopping, she looked great in a casual outfit of white tee, black skirt, and Chanel pumps. Accessorizing were her current fave black sunnies and Lanvin "Happy" handbag.A similar low-key look she kept the blazer and tee combo but switched to some short shorts, cute booties and a Celine handbag

Reminder: Laura Boss and Gail Gerwin at Park Plaza Restaurant Sat, October 1 at 2:30 p.m

REMINDER:




Poetry Grows in Brooklyn Heights

The Brownstone Poets presents:

Laura Boss and Gail Gerwin

Saturday, October 1 at 2:30 p.m.

Park Plaza Restaurant

220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St.and Pineapple Walk

Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900

Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street,

4, 5 or R to Court Street, Borough Hall

For more directions:

http://www.hopstop.com/

$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open-Mic

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BIOS:

     

Laura Boss, founder and editor of Lips, has received many awards for her own poetry including a first place in Poetry Society of America’s Gordon Barber Poetry Contest and three Poetry Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Her six books of poetry include Reports from the Front (CCC) and Arms: New and Selected Poems (Guernica). She was the sole representative of the USA at the XXVI  International Poetry Readings in Europe.  More recent featured readings include The Dylan Thomas Centre in Wales and the 2010 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival.  Her poems have appeared in The New York Times. Her newest  book of poetry is Flashlight (Guenica, 2010).

    

Gail Fishman Gerwin’s memoir Sugar and Sand earned finalist designation for the 2010 Paterson Poetry Prize and she has earned four honorable mentions for the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards. Her poems appear in journals including Paterson Literary Review, Lips, Edison Literary Review, Tiferet, Smith College Poetry Center online, Caduceus, Adanna, U.S. 1 Worksheets, The Fib Review, Jewish Women’s Literary Annual, and The American Voice in Poetry: The Legacy of Williams, Whitman, and Ginsberg.  The Paterson, NJ, native is working on her second collection. She and her husband Kenneth live in Morristown and are parents of two daughters and grandparents of three boys and a girl.

  

Obama’s Incompetence and Summary Executions

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Obama’s message: American’s are “soft” and need to harden up! Is he doing a TV commercial for Pfizer or is he a President trying to transfer blame from his desk to the people who elected him to lead, solve problems and promote good change? Millions of our workers are not soft – they are being denied employment by a leadership that never has created a private sector job and therefore don’t know how!
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/09/taxes-stimulus-2-obamacare-and-other.html
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This is the “hope and change” American voted for? It’s clear for all to see that Obama is totally inadequate for the responsibilities and accountability of the office he achieved via the corporate process know as the Peter Principle: A series of promotions to the level of incompetence!
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And what’s with the incredible hypocrisy of Obama, Holder and the entire herd of left-wing people who stand by mute while Obama summarily executes American Citizens with directed missile strikes as an alternative to capture and GITMO detention and military tribunals?
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Is there a “new Eddie Adams” who will publish an Associated Press photo of American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and his American Webmaster assistant in Yemen being executed by Obama?
Apparently we don't have such a photo of Osama bin Laden's demise.
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The liberals so loved this Vietnam picture of a summary execution of an enemy combatant that they ran it in every major media and then awarded Eddie Adams a Pulitzer Prize for it and also  hyped it as the poster example of why "we" were the bad guys!
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By Cristina Corbin;  Published October 11, 2011

State Department spokesman Harry Edwards confirmed to FoxNews.com that a "condolence call" was made to Khan's family in Charlotte, N.C
Hough said the government's call came a day after the family released a statement condemning what they described as Khan's unjust "assassination."
He said the family wants to know why Khan was not captured and afforded due process
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/11/us-state-department-made-condolence-call-to-family-samir-khan/
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2010/09/obama-summary-executioner.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/12/obama-doctrine-summary-execution-better.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/05/obama-bin-laden-bounty-hunter.html
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Heidi Klum's Shine Launch Look

Heidi Klum was out to promote her Shine perfume at the Mondrian Hotel on September 28.  Despite the perfume's moniker, Heidi kept her outfit to subtle shades of black and white with print dress, plus some cross-strapped Giuseppe Zanotti sandals, but her golden locks and radiant smile made sure she shined like she always does.If you're interested in checking out Shine, the pink-peppercorn,

Kim's Sexy Bowling Outfit

She was just out for the night at a NY bowling alley but that was no exuse to dress down for the always glam Kim Kardashian.Kimmie donned a stunning all-black look of leather pants, chic blazer, and sexy sheer top.  Heels were black Louboutin sky-scrapers, her bag was a quilted Chanel, while gold earrings added a stunning touch.Pics from Celebrity-Gossip.net

The better time to get protein for building muscle

 From the start plying bodybuilding and takes supplements to reach to bodybuilding's hero everybody should know about the times of taking supplements and the kind of these all of this before building muscle. 

And Health tips abound in the area of exercising and building muscle. What to eat, what to drink, what supplements to add to the regimen. Here is a story of health secrets regarding how to build strong, healthy muscles. It concerns when you should eat protein to maximize its effect. The Doctors Health Press also publishes the Doctors Health e-Bulletin, a daily health e-letter sent to over 100,000 readers and growing. Each day, readers can expect specific natural health advice, news and breakthroughs delivered directly to their inbox. Plus, all readers of the Doctors Health e-Bulletin are entitled to receive special offers for various books and newsletters, plus natural products from our various partners, including ....... Nutritionals.

Health tips abound in the area of exercising and building muscle. What to eat, what to drink, what supplements to 

add to the regimen. Here is a story of health secrets regarding how to build strong, healthy muscles. It concerns .when you should eat protein to maximize its effect.

And when people exercise on a regular basis, their muscles experience a continuous cycle of muscle breakdown 

(during exercise) as well as remodeling and growth (especially with weightlifting). Athletes have long experimented with ways to enhance muscle growth. One trend of late is using high-protein beverages during and after exercise. Many studies show possible benefits with them.Of specific interest is the effect of the essential amino acid "leucine" contained in these products. Two papers hone in on this in the latest "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition."

It is reasonable to think that eating foods with high-quality protein (e.g. milk) during and/or immediately following exercise would help muscles get stronger. Muscles need to be both encouraged and nourished on the path to growth. 

In the first study, researchers investigated whether, after exercise, taking one large dose of whey protein (25 g) was better or worse than taking smaller doses (2.5 g) 10 times over an extended period. The idea with the small "protein shots" was to mimic how another milk protein -- "casein" -- is digested. 

One study had people use a leg-extension machine and see which was best. The other had people use a stationary 

bicycle. In both, they evaluated how protein was synthesized after exercise. The result was this: consuming a 

large amount of protein immediately after exercise boosted muscle protein synthesis more than periodic smaller doses. 

Concerning the substance leucine, one study found that muscle protein built up 33% more after the higher-leucine 

beverage. Thus, the conclusion was that you can manipulate your muscle growth post-exercise by choosing what to eat. In 

particular, leucine may play an especially important role in stimulating muscle growth when your workout is done.

Isabeli Fontana in Vuitton & Cavalli

It's been a bit of a quiet season for Isabeli Fontana so far, as far as runway shows go, but Isa has certainly been busy otherwise.She's been out to numerous high fashion event over the last two weeks, including a sparkling appearance in sequins at the opening of the Louis Vuitton flagship store, and again looked great in a watercolor print Roberto Cavalli sweeper dress at the amfAR MILANO 2011

Nina Dobrev's Fab Day of Great Outfiis

It was a busy day for Nina Dobrev on September 27. The Vampire Diaries babe was out at  the New Music Live studios, looking fab in a purple printed frock. And at the 2011 WE Day she arrived in a biker-chick style outfit complete with Ann Taylor lace-up boots, then showed off a t-shirt she designed for the charity, with it's proceeds going towards feeding children in Kenya. On the design Nina said

'EDICIONES DEL EXOTISMO ORDINARIO INTERNACIONAL NEOTROPICAL' JULIA ROMETTI AND VICTOR COSTALES

Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, ediciones del exotismo ordinario internacional neotropical table
board 240x200 cm on 3 metal table structures, composed of 4 b/w argentic photographic prints 2,5x17,5 cm, 2 color argentic photographic prints 14,5x21,5 cm, 9 b/w photocopied booklets, 3 mini atlas. 2011
“La mesa de las ediciones del exotismo ordinario internacional neotropical” will be updated following the research development. The new elements will join the board and will be articulated with the existing ones. The already existing elements can be rearranged if necessary. The artists will carry out themselves the increase, or if their presence is not possible, will send new items with precise instructions for the new arrangement.





Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, ediciones del exotismo ordinario internacional neotropical table



Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, el perezoso museo de piedras
color argentic photographic print, 20x30 cm, 2011
Spontaneous collection of forms at the botanical garden el perezoso, Selva Central, Peru.

Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, el sur y el norte
b/w argentic photographic print, 20x30 cm, 2011
double exposure of the rainforest near the equatorial line

Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, exhibition view


Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, latinskaya amerika, díptico 96x133 cm, transfer papel carbón, 2011
the carbon transfers are made from amplified flyleaves of the soviet encyclopedia “Latinskaya Amerika”.

Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, histoire abrégée de la botanomancie portative
b/w digital print on poster paper 45x64 cm, slideshow in aleatrory loop composed of 116 images, 2011
Projected images randomly overlap the reproduction of a Monstera Deliciosa. The images come from the popular scientific soviet magazine KVANT. All these images are illustrated scientific formulas and theories, and associated with the image of a philodendron, offer a new reading on theories and experiments exploring the potential sensitivity and intelligence of plants.

Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, histoire abrégée de la botanomancie portative

Ediciones del Exotismo Ordinario Internacional Neotropical

Julia Rometti and Victor Costales

Ediciones del Exotismo Ordinario Internacional Neotropical is an ongoing project taking shape as a serie of non sequential photocopied booklets of variable formats, based on the research about the house plants group named Exotismo Ordinario Internacional Neotropical.

The research is articulating various tracks focusing on neotropical region: gardening, botany, revolutions, literature, clandestine organizations, and organisational systems. The sources of documents are collected through various secondhand bookstores.

Ediciones del Exotismo Ordinario Internacional Neotropical exhibited within the exhibition Basket - not basket curated by Elfi Turpin at Jousse Enterprise, Paris, September 2011
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New powerful guide in training of bodybuilding

 Everybody when they comes to playing bodybuilding they should take a guide to now how to play specially bodybuilding .And you can build good muscles without looking for muscle magazine workouts. Isolation exercises are good once you have built the base exercises. You can depend on squat since it is considered as the king of all workouts. You should consider squats, dead lifts, bench press, barbell rows, overhead press, pull-ups and dips for building muscle at an accelerated rate. Great muscle gainers will do workout 5 to 6 times a week. But they did not begin it this way. The number of days per week was added when they got stronger. You will be doing excess exercises if you are working out 5 to 6 times weekly. A beginner will need more recovery time.Rest and recovery time is an important factor in muscle building. Muscles are growing not when you are working out. They grow when you are resting. You can start your workout routines with three full body workouts in a week. Your focus should be on increasing intensity.

 You can build muscles without looking for muscle magazine workouts. Isolation exercises are good once you have built the base exercises. You can depend on squat since it is considered as the king of all workouts. You should consider squats, dead lifts, bench press, barbell rows, overhead press, pull-ups and dips for building muscle at an accelerated rate. Great muscle gainers will do workout 5 to 6 times a week. But they did not begin it this way. The number of days per week was added when they got stronger. You will be doing excess exercises if you are working out 5 to 6 times weekly. A beginner will need more recovery time. 

 Take a rest and recovery time is an important factor in muscle building. Muscles are growing not when you are working out. They grow when you are resting. You can start your workout routines with three full body workouts in a week. Your focus should be on increasing intensity. The time you are spending in a gym is not at all a factor. Sleep is an important factor in muscle building. Growth hormones are released when you are sleeping. Muscle building hence takes place when you are sleeping. You should have 8 hours of sleep daily. You can take a nap after you have done your workouts if you have got time. 

 And drinking lot of water is essential for muscle building. Water is good to avoid dehydration and helps recovery of muscles. 2 cups of water after meals will serve good. You should make it a practice to sip water after doing each workout. Eat sufficient food to build muscles. Your training will not be supported if you are not eating sufficient food. You need enough calories for recovery and muscle building. Whole food will lower body fat. Muscle you are building will show only if you have less fat content in your body. 

 Takes vitamins and minerals will help muscle recovery. Stop eating junk foods. Ninety percentage of your food intake should be whole foods. Proteins rich food like meat, poultry, fish, eggs and milk are good for building muscles. Carbohydrates rich food like brown rice, oats, whole grain pasta and Quinoa will give more energy for doing the workouts. Vegetables like broccoli, tomato, salad, carrot are also good for muscle building. Fruits like banana, orange, apple, pineapple and peers can be taken after each meal. Fats are also good if present in olive oil, fish oil, real butter, nuts and flax seeds for muscle building.

Jennifer Lopez - Gorgeous in Jimmy Choo

Fab, fab, fab look from Jennifer Lopez here! Jennifer was out at the Pure Nightclub on September 25 and got her look spot on with this flattering white Camilla and Marc dress that had a pop of pink to match her glittering Jimmy Choo heels.A purple version of Jennifer's gorgeous "Kiln" booties is on-line at Saks. Pics from Getty

Lea's Lush Variety Party Look

Lea Michele looked fab on arrivial at the 3rd Annual Variety Power of Women Event on September 23.Lea wore a sweet Katharine Kidd dress with some complimenting strappy gold sandals and Melinda Maria jewels.Lea's fab tattoo-showing sandals are from Christian Louboutin but you can get a similar look with Touch Ups Gold "Fortuna" Sandals, which are $49.00 at amazon.com. Pics from Getty

Steal The Style - Scarlett Johansson's Lace Look

Elegance was the word for Scarlett Johansson as she attended the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2012 Fashion Show on September 25.Scarlett opted for a lacy sleeveless D&G blush dress with crystal-covered pumps from the designers too.Get a similar look to Scarlett with the Whistles "Lorna" Lace Dress which is on-line at asos.com. Pics from Getty

Heidi & Iza V. Natasha Poly

Out at Milan Fashion Week Events, ex-VS Angels Izabel Goulart and Heidi Klum have both been seen in black outfits - both originally rocked by Natasha Poly on the runway. At the amfAR Auction, Izabel was beautiful in a beaded black Emilio Pucci floor-length gown that was covered in intricate beading.And Ms. Klum donned a black mini from Versace's F/W 2011 collection.Pics from Zimbio, Daylife, Posh

Chrissy Teigen - Delicious in D Squared

John Legend showed up for the amfAR MILANO 2011 auction event in Milan on September 23, looking slick with the gorgeous Chrissy Teigen by his side. Chrissy was beautiful in a blue DSquared gown that was slit right up to the hip.Chrissy wrote on her blog the dress was: "SO tight at the bust", that she and the stylists at dSquared decided her hair would be a great way to cover what she called: "an

Victoria Justice's Beautiful Black Striped Style

Victoria Justice was gorgeous at the 8th Annual Worldwide Day of Play held at The W Hotel on September 23. The uber-pretty star wore a black mesh-top dress with pink-and-black striped skirt.Any available outfit IDs will follow. Pics from Getty

Katy Perry Covers InStyle

Surely one of the only completely pink-haired girls ever to make a high-profile style mags covers, Katy Perry makes an impact on the October issue of InStyle magazine.Katy dons a black Emanuel Ungaro dress on the cover, along with Louis Vuitton belt, and jewels from Deborah Pagani, Diamond in the Rough, and Jennifer Fisher.Despite the girly pink hair though, Katy revealed she's not always as

Kim Kardashian's Belle Noel Launch Look

Kim Kardashian was at the Bloomingdale's launch of her Belle Noel jewelry on September 21. Kimmie rocked her thigh-high Louboutin leather boots with a bold animal-print wrap dress by Milly Katy. Her jewelry, barring that blinging Lorraine Schwartz wedding ring of course, was from her Belle Noel line.Kim's metallic-touch dress costs $395.00 on-line at Cusp.Pics from Getty

postingan penghujung bulan

He makes me smile. He makes me laugh. Even he makes me cry. I didn't understand why did he choose to go  and gave his opportunity to other person? I smile when he smiles at me. I laugh when he did the ridiculous dance. I cried when he sang the goodbye song. We separated by distance and the timezones. I tweet him when he slept. He didn't replay my tweet, but i didn't mad at him, I just felt he let me down. I have too much expectation to him. WHO IS HE?
find out on my next post.
See ya later :)

Fitness nutrition -Moriga powder important supplements

 Many of people don`t konw Moringa.Moringa is a natural supplement uses to loaded with entire nutrients needed by our body. And regular consumption of Moringa Powder will lead to a healthy life and helps to maintain a good health. Moringa Leaf Powder has the greatest impact on those who are more vulnerable: malnourished children, pregnant or lactating women, children at weaning age, and the elderly.

A dietary supplement is a product that contains substances like vitamins, minerals, Amino acids and is intended to supplement the usual intake of these substances. A supplement is one which will provide almost the entire nutrients in a sufficient quantity to maintain the proper functioning of the body. Though we take a healthy food, it may lack in one or few nutrients required by our body. If the supplement taken by us is natural then the bioavailability of the nutrient will be more compared to the artificial supplements.

When you read the historical proofs reveal that old ancient times kings and queens used Moringa leaves and fruit in their diet to maintain mental alertness and healthy skin. The Moringa leaves are the most nutritious part of the Moringa tree. Dried Moringa leaves contain 4 times the Vitamin A in carrot which is needed to prevent night blindness, promotes healthy skin, and fights infections. Moringa 17 times the calcium in milk helps in the development and maintenance of strong bones. Moringa  is equivalent to 15 times the potassium in Banana, 0.5 times the Vitamin C in Orange and 25 times the Iron in Spinach. Moringa powder has Vitamin A Beta Carotene, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pyrodixine, Biotin, Ascorbic Acid, Cholecalciferol, Tocopherol and Vitamin K. Vitamin E will protect your body against free radical damage to cells. Moringa powder is rich in vitamin to the extent that it is one of the richest plant sources of Vitamin.

The Minerals present in Moringa is abundant and few of the main minerals include Calcium, Copper, Iron, Potassium, Magnesium, Manganese and Zinc. All these minerals are needed for the proper functioning of the body. These vitamins and minerals present in Moringa improve the nutrient level in the body. 

Very large nutrient supplement increases the important of Moringa in our day to day life. Moringa powder is a tremendous source of bio-available vitamins and minerals which are the partners of enzymes and co-enzymes. Vitamins activate enzymes and without vitamins, enzymes could not carry out their work, and we could not live. Moringa, with 90+ nutrients, is the best source to nourish the body with the essential nutrients. Moringa contains more than 46 antioxidants helps to prevent the free radical accumulation in our body.

Various parts of this plant such as the leaves, roots, seed, bark, fruit, flowers and immature pods act as cardiac and circulatory stimulants, possess antitumor, antipyretic, antiepileptic, antiinflammatory, antiulcer, antispasmodic, diuretic, antihypertensive, cholesterol lowering, antioxidant, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, antibacterial and antifungal activities, and are being employed for the treatment of different ailments in the indigenous system of medicine. 

In the last Grenera Nutrients is an integrated Moringa company that deals with everything from planting the Moringa trees to selling value added Moringa products. Yelixir is the flagship brand of our company. Since we control every part of the supply chain, all our products are 100% traceable. Our Moringa  trees are grown organically without using any pesticides. We process the Moringa leaves and pods under hygienic conditions and using a special process, which helps the Moringa parts to retain maximum nutrients. Grenera Nutrients is contributing a lot for the research and application of Moringa in various fields and we are also investing to increase the awareness of Moringa to the general public.

Oficina de audiovisual trabalhou técnicas de animação

A Oficina de Audiovisual oferecida pelo Pólo Regional trabalhou com técnicas de animação e stopmotion. A  Oficina foi ministrada por Renata e Gilberto que são integrantes da Fábrica do Futuro da cidade de  Cataguases - Minas Gerais. Com a participação de um público cativo que está buscando formação no campo do cinema e vídeo de animação a oficina foi marcada pela interação dos cursistas com os facilitadores e equipamentos.

Como resultado final foi produzido um pequeno vídeo de animação que envolveu a todos na sua produção. em breve estará na rede o microfilminho " Fazendo moda". Foram 20 participantes  trabalhando aproximadamente 3 horas para a produção de 18 segundos de animação. Como Renata disse várias vezes: (...) dá trabalho mas vale a pena !   

Valeu a pena participar dessa oficina e com pouca coisa e muita criatividade dá para fazer bastante . São os aprendizados que ficarão para sempre e fazem parte do processo de formação continuada nos diversos campos culturais.

Mc Gilsinho é show !

Flush Quick - The Ocean Levels Are Dropping

Missing from the front page of the Roanoke Times and all their left-wing Gore-Loving friends!
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Data and a graphic from NASA shows sea levels have dropped 6 mm in the last 6 months, wiping out the rise over the past 2 years. Whoops!
http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/40889
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The data now indicates we will have two years in a row of significantly reduced increases in sea level rise compared to the 130 year historic rate of 8 inches rise per century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_sea_level_rise
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The AGW (man-caused) Global Warming Alarmists have been hammering us with their "news" that it's the warmest it's ever been and that means the oceans are rising because ice is melting and water expands when it heats up!
They even made a movie about it: The Day After Tomorrow;  apparently the cataclysmic end of the earth as we know it is somewhat further out than the day after tomorrow!
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So do the Alarmist pseudo-scientists and their massive PR resources issue a press release informing the public of this interesting data and admitting that earth science has not yet fallen into line with their models and hypothesis and draconian predictions?   Of course NOT!
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At some point in time even the most ardent Goreites are going to understand that global temperatures and global climate are not well understood and the cause-effect systems are not consistent with the AGW hypothesis and PR story line.  Even Tipper finally got the message and left!
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The scientific fact: The climate is changing -- the climate has always been changing!
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/09/rejoice-there-still-are-responsible.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/09/why-do-agw-alarmists-find-it-necessary.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-global-warming-alarmist-and.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/06/sealevelgate-yet-another-agw-global.html
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'THE PERIPATETIC SCHOOL: ITINERANT DRAWING FROM LATIN AMERICA' CURATED BY TANYA BARSON AT THE DRAWING ROOM

'The Peripatetic School' exhibition view






Mateo Lopez, Nowhere Man, drawings installation, 2011



Brigida Baltar, Forest Flora, earth drawings on paper, 2008



Ishmael Randall Weeks, Fragments, installation, 2011





Gilda Mantilla and Raimond Chaves, Carbon Copy Drawings from the Amazonian Library in Iquitos, 2011


Jorge Macchi, Missing Points, 2007, cut out map of the world



Andre Komatsu, Constructing Worlds, entropic drawings, 2010




Nicolas Paris, Hurry Slowly, 2007-ongoing, found objects which detonate ideas for drawings



Tony Cruz, Building, digital animations, 2007





Gilda Mantilla and Raimond Chaves, Abstract, 2011, slideshow made of drawings found at the Amazonic Library in Iquitos

Brigida Baltar, drawing

Brigida Baltar, Untitled, brick dust drawing, 2008


Tony Cruz, Distance Drawing San Juan/London, an attempt to draw the distance from San Juan to London, 2011


Brigida Baltar, Tony Cruz


The Drawing Room's new space in Bermondsey


Christian Rattemeyer giving a talk at the Drawing Room

The Peripatetic School [Gr. peripatein – to walk about]
Itinerant drawing practices from Latin America
Curated by Tanya Barson
with Brigida Baltar, Jose Tony Cruz, Andre Komatsu, Mateo Lopez, Jorge Macchi, Gilda Mantilla and Raimond Chaves, Nicolas Paris, Ishmael Randall Weeks
22 September - 12 November 2011

The relationship between exploration and inquiry, or moresimply between walking and reflection, is one we can all appreciate (a commonclaim being that our best thinking is done on the move). It has a long pedigree,going back to the school of philosophy founded by Aristotle in ancient Greece,which was rooted in the practice of empirical observation and knowledge drawnfrom experience. The term ‘Peripatetic’ is derived from the ancient Greek term for‘of walking’ or ‘given to walking about’, it is used to mean itinerant, wandering, meandering, or walking.While the school is said to have been named after the peripatoi (colonnades) ofthe Lyceum (chosen as a meeting place since – as a non-citizen of Athens –Aristotle could not own property), it is also claimed that it was because ofAristotle’s habit of walking while lecturing. Thus, peripatetic is also used todescribe itinerant teachers.

In pre-Columbian South America, the Inca road system, orQhapaq Ñan, was the most extensive and highly advanced for its time; 10,000miles of exceptional, all-weather construction that acted as a system ofcommunication, a source of stability, a sign of Imperial authority and a methodof delineating internal boundaries. “The roads were not only used to separatepeople but ‘for thinking, by helping to conceive of the relationship of one toanother’.” However, as the Incas didnot use the wheel for transportation, and did not have horses, the trails wereused almost exclusively by people walking.

Of course, the history of LatinAmerica is littered with exemplars of the epic voyages of conquest, explorationand rites of passage. From the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro whodefeated the Incan empire and began the brutal suppression of indigenous culture,to the German explorer and scientist Friedrich von Humboldt who travelled inCentral and South America between 1799 and 1804 and who wrote extensively onits natural history and geography. Similarly, the motorcycle journey taken byErnesto ‘Che’ Guevara in the early 1950s, that began as a coming of age, butbecame the road to revolutionary politics. In literature and art, there areequally important examples; the writing of Jorge Luis Borges whose partlysurreal, partly existential literature takes as its central inspiration andsubject the city of Buenos Aires, or the work of pioneering video artist JuanDowney, whose Video Trans-America project set out to document the continent –both North and South - during the early 1970s.

This group of artists from acrossLatin America share an engagement with the landscape, whether urban or rural. Morespecifically, they are concerned with travelling or moving through thelandscape, and frequently with walking, which is combined in their work withdiverse approaches to drawing. Images that are the result of itinerancy ornomadism, places, scenes and things observed along the way, abound. They journeyout of the studio, into the neighbourhood, the city, the territory or entirecontinent beyond, in a manner that evokes by turns Surrealist, Borgesian orSituationist metropolitan perambulation, or exploration in wilderness spaces(whether jungle, mountain, desert or pampas). The artist is often seen as asolitary figure, a strolling flaneur or otherwise a lone traveller who venturesfurther afield (predecessors from Casper David Friedrich and Frederick Churchto Richard Long and Francis Alys come to mind). Thus, while these artists sharea sense of the subjective experience of landscape, it results in a diverse rangeof concerns and responses. Through their work they raise questions aboutownership and access to territory and its resources, about borders and systemsof control, and the political and economic struggles that stem from these. The povertyand contingencies of life within some Latin American communities are alsoexpressed (behind the work are the facts of a continent impacted on bypolarised politics, instability and corruption, the failure of utopian Modernistdevelopmentalism, a lack of amenities or access to utilities that are elsewheretaken for granted and where natural disasters such as earthquakes can alsocause chaos and devastation). Some express a fascination with the flora, fauna,topography and natural riches, while also testifying to the tensions betweennature and culture. Several seem to manifest a sense of ‘topophilia’ and anobsession with maps and cartographies – but often seeking to undermine theirrationalist purpose. Others look for the bizarre in the everyday, while alsocataloguing aspects of the lived culture of the continent – aspects of lifethat are overlooked by guidebooks and don’t conform to the picturesque orstereotypical. Their work utilizes models and conventions from geographical,botanical, topographical, political and philosophical or surrealistinvestigation. The individual bodies of work destabilise assumptions about thecontinent. They present instead individual testaments to the extraordinaryheterogeneity of its people, culture, languages, cities and landscape.

These artists address the actions taken by man in the world,his passage through the landscape and impact upon it. Often, they themselvesconduct journeys or undertake residencies as a form of aesthetic nomadism. [AsNicholas Bourriard has argued, nomadism is one of the defining characteristicsof a post-post-modernist era or ‘alter-modernity’.] Symptomatic of this itineranttendency is their frequent recourse to drawing. Drawing has always been themost portable medium, the fundamental exploratory tool to which the artistreturns time and again. However, for these artists, drawing has become a focusof expanded practices that engage with the landscape and culture as a subjectand source for exploration, as well as philosophical speculation. Not only dothey explore the world at large, but simultaneously the parameters of drawingitself, often using unconventional materials or strategies. These artists seekto blur the traditional boundaries between media categorisations; work on paperbecomes sculptural object and simple line drawing becomes video animation.Drawing travels off the page and into the environment itself.

Tanya Barson, 2011

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Co-publication with Ridinghouse. Edited by Tanya Barson and Kate Macfarlane, it will include essays by Moacir dos Anjos, Tanya Barson, Pablo Léon de la Barra & Isobel Whitelegg and colour plates of works in the exhibition.

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