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The work of Hala Elkoussy reminds me of the atmosphere I love so much in ‘time of the gypsies’ from Emir Kusturika

The starting point for the photographic and video work of Hala Elkoussy (b. 1974, Cairo) is the constant change in the relationship between people and their social environment. In this she focuses specifically on the city where she was born, Cairo, a metropolis that exemplifies all of the large urban conglomerates in North Africa and Eurasia when it comes to modernisation and Westernisation. Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam is showing her project Peripheral, which was previously seen at the Istanbul Biennale in September, 2005.

Hala Elkoussy, Peripheral (and other stories), 2 April – 14 May 2006 at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam.

By Cati in personal addiction

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The work of Hala Elkoussy reminds me of the atmosphere I love so much in ‘time of the gypsies’ from Emir Kusturika

The starting point for the photographic and video work of Hala Elkoussy (b. 1974, Cairo) is the constant change in the relationship between people and their social environment. In this she focuses specifically on the city where she was born, Cairo, a metropolis that exemplifies all of the large urban conglomerates in North Africa and Eurasia when it comes to modernisation and Westernisation. Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam is showing her project Peripheral, which was previously seen at the Istanbul Biennale in September, 2005.

Hala Elkoussy, Peripheral (and other stories), 2 April – 14 May 2006 at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam.

By Cati in personal addiction

wfmu showed a public service announcement by David Lynch (photography Frederick Elmes): “The message is clear: trash creates rats who will gnaw away at your existence with their razor sharp teeth and whip your legs with their heavy, hairless tails”.

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Do you prefer to listen to sounds or to the relationship between two or more sounds? That is the question even though it may not be exclusive …

A new addition on ubu, Four American Composers, Directed by Peter Greenaway.

For those who do not know Ubu, UbuWeb is the YouTube of the Avant-Garde.

UbuWeb has converted all of its rare and out-of-print film & video holdings to on-demand streaming formats la YouTube, which means that you can view everything right in your browser without platform-specific software or insanely huge downloads. We offer over 300 films & videos from artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Vito Acconci, Pipilotti Rist, Jean Genet, The Cinema of Transgression, Richard Foreman, Terayama Shuji, Paul McCarthy Jack Smith, Carolee Schneeman, John Lennon and hundreds more — of course all free of charge. Presented in conjunction with our partners at Greylodge.

List of the avant-garde films available.

In 1960 John Cage appears in a popular TV show and performs the music piece water walk. He uses sounds of everyday objects to compose. His carefulness and very precise actions show that he must have rehearsed hundred of times to perform his piece. Via multimedialab.

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Recently, Nicholas Knouf created an interactive version of John Cage’s graphical score Variations 2, called Variations 10b. I tried it during an exhibition at the Lewis Music Library at MIT and found the interface very convincing. The interface allows a performer to change the score and get immediate feedback as to the result. Nicholas hopes that both listeners and performers will develop a more nuanced understanding of the score through the use of the interface.

Paper on variations 10b.

Three dots activated in a performance