Hero In Bronze

As tropas de Saddam Hussein desapareceram, mas o Kuwait está em chamas, os iraquianos incendiaram aproximadamente 900 poços de petróleo. Novos especialistas internacionais estão tentando extinguir o fogo. Sebastião Salgado observa estes homens estóicos, na idade de automatização. (Abril 1991)

Apocalypse in Oil

Joy Division

Na minha sincera opinião, o melhor da charneira 70/80...

Formed in the wake of the punk explosion in England, Joy Division became the first band in the post-punk movement by later emphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression, pointing ahead to the rise of melancholy alternative music in the '80s. Though the group's raw initial sides fit the bill for any punk band, Joy Division later incorporated synthesizers (taboo in the low-tech world of '70s punk) and more haunting melodies, emphasized by the isolated, tortured lyrics of its lead vocalist, Ian Curtis. While the British punk movement shocked the world during the late '70s, Joy Division's quiet storm of musical restraint and emotive power proved to be just as important to independent music in the 1980s.The band was founded in early 1977, soon after the Sex Pistols had made their first appearance in Manchester. Guitarist Bernard Albrecht (b. Bernard Dicken, January 4, 1956) and bassist Peter Hook (b. February 13, 1956) had met while at the show and later formed a band called the Stiff Kittens; after placing an ad through a Manchester record store, they added vocalist Ian Curtis (b. July 15, 1956) and drummer Steve Brotherdale. Renamed Warsaw (from David Bowie's "Warszawa"), the band made its live debut the following May, supporting the Buzzcocks and Penetration at Manchester's Electric Circus. After the recording of several demos, Brotherdale quit the group in August 1977, prompting the hire of Stephen Morris (b. October 28, 1957). A name change to Joy Division in late 1977 -- necessitated by the punk band Warsaw Pakt -- was inspired by Karol Cetinsky's World War II novel The House of Dolls. (In the book, the term "joy division" was used as slang for concentration camp units wherein female inmates were forced to prostitute themselves for the enjoyment of Nazi soldiers.)
During late 1979, Joy Division's manic live show gained many converts, partly due to rumors of Curtis' ill health. An epilepsy sufferer, he was prone to breakdowns and seizures while on stage -- it soon grew difficult to distinguish the fits from his usual on-stage jerkiness and manic behavior. As the live dates continued and the new decade approached, Curtis grew weaker and more prone to seizures. After a short rest over the Christmas holiday, Joy Division embarked on a European tour during January, though several dates were cancelled because of Curtis. The group began recording its second LP after the tour ended (again with Hannett), and released "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in April. The single was again praised but failed to move beyond the independent charts. After one gig in early May, the members of Joy Division were given two weeks of rest before beginning the group's first U.S. tour. Two days before the scheduled flight, however, Curtis was found dead in his home, the victim of a self-inflicted hanging.Before Curtis' death, the band had agreed that Joy Division would cease to exist if any member left, for any reason. Ironically though, the summer of 1980 proved to be the blooming of the band's commercial status, when a re-release of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" rose to number 13 on the British singles chart. In August, the release of Closer finally united critics' positivity with glowing sales, as the album peaked at number six. Before the end of the summer, Unknown Pleasures was charting as well.

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Your Taste in Music

Your Taste in Music:

90's Alternative: High Influence

80's Alternative: Low Influence

90's Hip Hop: Low Influence

Dance: Low Influence

Progressive Rock: Low Influence

Punk: Low Influence

How's Your Taste in Music?

Este é para os senhores do Absolute Ego Dance ...no entanto temo que o espectro de escolha não vá muito abaixo dos anos 80.

Specialized

O Artista

A necessidade interior nasce de três causas místicas e está constituída por três necessidades místicas: 1. Todo o artista, como criador tem que expressar o que lhe é próprio (elemento da personalidade). 2. Todo o artista, como filho da sua época tem que expressar o que é próprio dessa época (elemento do estilo, como valor interno, constituído pela linguagem da época mais a linguagem da nação, caso esta exista). 3. Todo o artista como servidor da arte tem que expressar o que é próprio da arte em geral (elemento da pureza e eternidade artística que vive em todos os homens, povos e épocas e se manifesta em obras de arte de cada artista, de cada nação e de cada época e que como elemento principal da arte, não conhece nem o espaço nem o tempo).

Kandinsky

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One of the most loved and widely copied chairs in the World!

Interessante, as metamorfoses que esta cadeira sofreu até à data, adaptando-se as vicissitudes do mundo num espaço temporal de 50 anos (nasceu em 1955) , foi um das primeiras cadeiras da história a ser construída com madeira laminada, o seu autor, o Arquiteto e Designer Dinamarquês Arne Jacobsen's ditou-lhe o nome Seven.

When Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen conceived Seven--one of the first one-piece laminated-wood stacking chairs in the world--he created a minimalist form that was ideal for mass production. Indeed more than five million Seven series chairs have been sold to date, and furniture manufacturer Fritz Hansen, whose international fame owes much to Seven's success, now produces roughly 150,000 of the chairs annually. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Seven's launch, the company has released several new finishes, colors, and models, extending the iconic chair's use into different areas of the workplace and home.
The original 1955 line boasted a partially upholstered chair, an adjustable-height swivel chair with wheels, and an armchair, which was the first in the series. Architect and author Michael Sheridan, whose book Room 606 examines Jacobsen's oeuvre, explains, "After the success of the Ant [the designer's first single-piece laminated-wood chair for Fritz Hansen], people started asking for armrests. The shape of Seven's shell is based on the need to accommodate steel struts to carry armrests." The armless version, however, remains the most popular. Since its launch the armless Seven has become, what Sheridan calls "the best-selling chair of the modern era--and undoubtedly the most knocked off.

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