Upon hearing word of the November 13 attacks on #Paris, which killed 127 and wounded about 200 more, people and countries around the world began showing solidarity to Paris using everything from peace signs to popular hashtags. In honor of the French flag, many famous landmarks around the world were lit up in blue, white, and red. From the US all the way to Sydney, Australia, the colorful photos make a strong statement of support.
#Italiano In onore delle vittime degli attentati terroristici del 13 novembre 2015 a #Parigi, numerosi monumenti ed edifici simbolo di tutto il mondo si illuminano con i colori della bandiera francese. Di seguito alcuni sscatti dei più rappresentativi
Justo Gallego Martínez has created a 24,000 square foot cathedral that may be Spain’s best known visionary environment. As a youth, Gallego entered a monastery, but when he contracted tuberculosis before taking his vows, he was expelled.
On 12 October 1961 Gallego commenced the building work. There are no formal plans for the building. Gallego Martínez initially just levelled the ground and mapped out the ground-works on site. The building has evolved over time in response to opportunity and inspiration. One inspiration has been St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the White House in the US, and various castles and churches in Spain.
The outer dimensions of the main building are 20x50 metres and the total built up area of about 8,000m2. Below the main building there is a crypt and adjacent there is a complex of minor chapels, cloisters, lodgings and a library. The dome of the main building (modelled on St. Peter's Basilica) is about 40 metres in height, about 12 metres in diameter.
Most of the building materials and tools used for construction are recycled. This includes everyday objects and excess construction materials donated by construction companies and a nearby brick factory. For instance, the columns have been moulded with old petrol drums. The building work has been carried out without any crane.
It is estimated that it may take another 15 to 20 years to complete the building.
Frederic Doazan, Parisian Filmmaker and Experimental animation examines the parameters of Feminine beauty through the short film "Supervenus". The trend of Feminine beauty mocking fake things to make beautiful while actually hurting natural beauty and in the end the body will be ruined to have all kinds of Deceses. French media have described the short film as "An Intelligent Way" to denounce the "dictates of beauty" that women regularly face in Magazines, Advertising and Media of all kinds.
Olafur Eliasson was born in 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark of Icelandic parentage. He attended the Royal Academy of Arts in Copenhagen from 1989 to 1995. He has participated in numerous exhibitions worldwide and his work is represented in public and private collections including the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Deste Foundation, Athens and Tate. His installations regularly feature elements appropriated from nature. By introducing ‘natural’ phenomena, such as water, mist or light, into an un specifically cultivated setting, be it a city street or an art gallery, the artist encourages the viewer to reflect upon their understanding and perception of the physical world that surrounds them. In The Weather Project representations of the sun and sky dominate the expanse of the Turbine Hall. A fine mist permeates the space, as if creeping in from the environment outside. Throughout the day, the mist accumulates into faint, cloud-like formations, before dissipating across the space. A glance overhead, to see where the mist might escape, reveals that the ceiling of the Turbine Hall has disappeared, replaced by a reflection of the space below. At the far end of the hall is a giant semi-circular form made up of hundreds of mono-frequency lamps. The arc repeated in the mirror overhead produces a sphere of dazzling radiance linking the real space with the reflection. Generally used in street lighting, mono-frequency lamps emit light at such a narrow frequency that colours other than yellow and black are invisible, thus transforming the visual field around the sun into a vast duotone landscape.
