amistad

“Tights in art: why nylons are fetish and fantasy gold”

[Por:]”Hettie Judah”

“From Man Ray to Louise Bourgeois, an astonishing range of artists have used tights and stockings to turbocharge their work. We go behind the scenes at Gossamer, a celebration of hosiery”

An art exhibition about tights? In Margate? It sounds very end-of-the-pier, all saucy postcards and mother-in-law jokes. There is something a bit icky about hosiery in the day-to-day. Tights are underwear, sure, but they’re more business end than babe-wear: functional, grubby, prone to tugs and bald patches. There are few words uglier in the English language than “gusset”.

“Tights sit in the innermost, intimate regions of the female form,” says Zoe Bedeaux, curator of Gossamer, at Margate’s Carl Freedman Gallery. “So when one thinks about their function and then imagines them in the context of art, I guess they can conjure an element of humour.(...)”

(Lido em: The Guardian 2019-09-28)

“Scientists discover a worm that has three sexes and a pouch like a kangaroo's”

“This new species of worm could clue scientists in on how humans can withstand high levels of arsenic, according to a new study.

"There's a new species of worm, and this one has three different sexes, can survive 500 times the dose of arsenic it would take to kill a human and keeps its young in a pouch, not unlike a kangaroo.

Researchers think humans might have something to learn from the worm's resilience.

Caltech researchers discovered eight species of worms that live in the arsenic-rich Mono Lake in California. The team published its findings Thursday in the journal Current Biology.(...)”

(Lido em: CNNnews 2019-09-27)

“OS DIAS DE VERÃO”

 

Os dias de verão vastos como um reino

Cintilantes de areia e maré lisa

Os quartos apuram seu fresco de penumbra

Irmão do lírio e da concha é o nosso corpo

 

Tempo é de repouso e festa

O instante é completo como um fruto

Irmão do universo é o nosso corpo

 

O destino torna-se próximo e legível

Enquanto no terraço fitamos o alto enigma familiar dos astros

Que em sua imóvel mobilidade nos conduzem

 

Como se em tudo aflorasse eternidade

 

Justa é a forma do nosso corpo”

SOPHIA DE MELLO BREYNER ANDRESEN

“Você sabe o que é o encanto?”

“É ouvir um sim como resposta sem ter perguntado nada.”

ALBERT CAMUS

“When Milton met Shakespeare: poet's notes on Bard appear to have been found”

“Hailed as one of the most significant archival discoveries of modern times, text seems to show the Paradise Lost poet making careful annotations on his edition of Shakespeare’s plays”

[Por:]”Alison Flood”

‘An opportunity to read Shakespeare through Milton’s eyes’ … detail from CW Quinnell’s portrait of Milton. Photograph: Culture Club/Getty Images

Almost 400 years after the first folio of Shakespeare was published in 1623, scholars believe they have identified the early owner of one copy of the text, who made hundreds of insightful annotations throughout: John Milton.

The astonishing find, which academics say could be one of the most important literary discoveries of modern times, was made by Cambridge University fellow Jason Scott-Warren when he was reading an article about the anonymous annotator by Pennsylvania State University English professor Claire Bourne. Bourne’s study of this copy, which has been housed in the Free Library of Philadelphia since 1944, dated the annotator to the mid-17th century, finding them alive to “the sense, accuracy, and interpretative possibility of the dialogue”. She also provided many images of the handwritten notes, which struck Scott-Warren as looking oddly similar to Milton’s hand. (...)” (Lido em: The Guardian 2019-09-17)

“A PORTA”

“Eu sou feita de madeira
Madeira, matéria morta
Mas não há coisa no mundo
Mais viva do que uma porta.

Eu abro devagarinho
Pra passar o menininho
Eu abro bem com cuidado
Pra passar o namorado

Eu abro bem prazenteira
Pra passar a cozinheira
Eu abro de supetão
Pra passar o capitão.

Só não abro pra essa gente
Que diz (a mim bem me importa...)
Que se uma pessoa é burra
É burra como uma porta.

Eu sou muito inteligente!
Eu fecho a frente da casa
Fecho a frente do quartel
Fecho tudo nesse mundo
Só vivo aberta no céu!”

VINICIUS DE MORAES

"A amizade é o conforto indescritível de nos sentirmos seguros com uma pessoa, sem ser preciso pesar o que se pensa, nem medir o que se diz."
GEORGE ELLIOT

“The staying power of the smiley face”

“In a video installation by James Joyce, a yellow circle rotates as two black ovals and a curved line tumble at the bottom, thwarted by gravity. Watching the video, Perseverance in the Face of Absurdity, which was projected at Banksy's pop-up dystopian theme park, Dismaland,in 2015, one can mentally reassemble the three shapes into their familiar formation: two eyes and a swooping smile.

It's a testament to the symbol that it can be deconstructed to such a degree and yet still be immediately recognizable. There is no doubt that it's a smiley face, though it looks anything but happy.(...)” (Lido em: CNN 2019-09-15)

hoje é o 250º aniversário de alexander von humboldt

“250 Anniversary Alexander von Humboldt”

“Scientist, cosmopolitan and explorer”

“Alexander von Humboldt is still one of the best-known Germans internationally. As a cosmopolitan, a universal scholar, Alexander von Humboldt was influenced by the Enlightenment and cultivated a global exchange and a network of friendships. Humboldt is considered a co-founder of geography and the second discoverer of South America.
Alexander von Humboldt dealt with botany, ethnology and cartography, meteorology and agriculture. The Humboldt Forum opens for the anniversary. The opening is flanked in the run-up by events that deal with his work and his impact up to the present day. Here we offer a selection.(...)” (Lido no Google, 2019-09-14))

“250 years young! Celebrating Alexander von Humboldt’s birthday”

“The Humboldt Forum is set to celebrate Alexander von Humboldt’s 250th birthday on 13 and 14 September 2019 in an event featuring contributions from Bogotá, Lima, London, Mexico City, Novosibirsk, Potsdam, Quito and Berlin.(...)” (Lido no Google 2019-09-14)

“William Blake: Will Gompertz reviews 'imperfect' Tate Britain blockbuster”

“The strangest thing happened to me at Tate Britain's William Blake exhibition; something I'd not encountered before, nor even considered possible.

Nothing dramatic, like falling into a trippy hallucinogenic state brought on by seeing Blake's fearful painting The Ghost of a Flea (1819), a gothic, slithery depiction of a vile character who appeared before the artist as a vision.

My experience was much more prosaic. Most un-Blakeian, in fact. I entered the exhibition as a lifelong fan, a fully signed-up Blake-head, but left some time later faintly irritated by the fellow. That's not his fault, nor mine, I think. It is down to the way his work has been displayed.

There are some artists who can withstand the mega-blockbuster expo show with its department store aesthetics of huge interconnecting rooms for folks to wander through and browse. A David Hockney or a Bridget Riley can survive the TK Maxx treatment - their paintings are big and bold and colourful and can be enjoyed when seen from a distance.(...)” (Lido em: BBCNews 2019-09-14)