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Sundance 07 Short Films @ iTunes, Jan 22, 07

  Short films from the upcoming Sundance film festival will be released through Apple's iTunes for download. Documentary, animated and drama shorts from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival will go on sale at $1.99 each on the iTunes Store from Monday, January 22, 2007.

Now if you could just download the parties...

Originally from The Register, ReBlogged by Geraldine Juarez on Jan 18, 2007 at 06:11 PM

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Video of AQUA ART, Miami from Vernissage

Worth a look if you could not make it; and they have much more...

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Bush, de Gaulle, Torture, and The Battle of Algiers

“ 'The depressing problem of getting entangled in the Muslim world,' [author Horne] replied. 'Algeria was a thoroughly bloodthirsty war that ended horribly and cost the lives of about 20,000 Frenchmen and a million Algerians. There was a terrible civil war. ...De Gaulle ended up giving literally everything away and left without his pants.'

President de Gaulle had all the same misconceptions as W., that his prestige could persuade the Muslims to accept his terms; that the guerrillas would recognize military defeat and accept sensible compromise; and that, as Mr. Horne writes, 'time would wait while he found the correct formula and then imposed peace with it.'

Mr. Horne also sees sad parallels in the torture issue: 'The French had experience under the Nazis in the occupation and practiced methods the Germans used in Algeria and extracted information that helped them win the Battle of Algiers. But in the long run it lost the war, because it caused such revulsion in France when the news came out, and there was huge opposition to the war from Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.'

In May 2005, Mr. Horne gave a copy of his book to Rummy, with passages about torture underlined. 'I got a savage letter back from him,' the author said."

Subscription Only NYTimes article: Aux Barricades! - New York Times.

Wiki: The Battle of Algiers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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John O'Brien on Contemporary Art

This is typically wonderful, as are most observations from O'Brien:

"I've been among those observing the fragmented trajectory of contemporary visual art as it clears the 20th-Century with great interest, and am heartened by the diversity I see--and worried about the stark relational contrasts. Of the many vectors emerging, there are a few common threads--like the timeless uniqueness of the art experience and the fascinating nonsense of art expenditure--as energy or acquisition, for example. But there is at once large group of conflicting and fundamentally different paradigms that appear to be without any convergence in either ideal or practical terms. Today the role of an art writer, consequentially, must be that of a thoughtful and conscientious observer of the flux of all these trajectories. Writing intelligently about the wonder and complexity of all contemporary art (with a touch of skepticism to acknowledge one's own historical limits) is essential to understanding, delineating and deciphering the trends of the present. That is the only way to respect its sense of accruing critical mass given its current delicate state of imbalance.

"Critical Mass"? Sounds spooky, John...

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LAPD Maps the Homeless

From the website: "Downtown Los Angeles is the epicenter of the largest homeless population in the United States.

The Downtown Los Angeles Homeless Map takes raw data about those sleeping on the streets and transforms it into a visual tool for understanding the situation.

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Dave Muller @ Mandrake, LA. Tuesday, 1/23/07

Sorry we missed T. Kelly Mason, but Dave Muller will be spinning this Friday. Don't miss it!

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Make Your Own Life: Artists in and Out of Cologne feat. Mike Kelly, Chris Williams. Friday @ The Henry, Seattle.

Make Your Own Life: Artists in and Out of Cologne.  Some of our LA friends in this one. Is anyone coming up for the opening? See you there! Here's a sneak from Betsey @ Hankblog :

Super hero Stamps; USPS, 2007

And as long as we're on the subject of superheroes, check out the Marvel Super Heroes Stamps , United States Postal Service, 2007.

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The Real Superheroes by DULCE PINZÓN

THE HULK
Paulino Cardozo
from the State of Guerrero
Works as a loader in New York
Sends home $300 per week 

This is fabulous. Pinzon photographed Mexican workers in New York--many of whom work 2 or 3 jobs, in extreme conditions, for little pay--as they quietly went about their business. But she dressed them as superheroes to call attention to their sacrifices, most often for their families back in Mexico.

From the artists statement; "The Mexican economy has quietly become dependent on the money sent from workers in the US.  Conversely, the US economy has quietly become dependent on the labor of Mexican immigrants.  Along with the depth of their sacrifice, it is the quietness of this dependence which makes Mexican immigrant workers a subject of interest.

"The principal objective of this series is to pay homage to these brave and determined men and women that somehow manage, without the help of any supernatural power, to withstand extreme conditions of labor in order to help their families and communities survive and prosper.

SUPERMAN
Noe Reyes
from the State of Puebla
Works as fast-food delivery boy in Brooklyn
sends home $500 per week

GREEN LANTERN
Román Romero
from Tlapa, Guerrero
works as a nightwatchman in New York
sends home $800 per month 

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Muhmmad Ali turns 65! Guardian Photos

Muhammad Ali turns 65 today. One of our all-time favorite personalities, check out these images on Guardian Unlimited from the champs heyday. [thanks, Wit]

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