MABEL NEGRETE- Interdisciplinary Art

www.mabelnegrete.com

This collaborative billboard intends to depict the irony of the 2004 national elections and the importance of building community at home.

Este trabajo fue parte de una muestra llamada "Paradigmas Perdidos" en la Galeria de la Raza
Colaboraron: Mabel Negrete, Joshua Short & Print Collective de San Francisco.
ART INTO URBAN ECOLOGY
www.hypersea.net

Our goal is to make art that fosters dialogue, research and practice in a variety of art forms and places. Our four areas of interest are:Urban Schools, Urban Ecology, Every Day Life & Community Organizations

Leonard Cohen's 'Book of Longing'

http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com

"Book of Longing is Cohen’s eagerly awaited new collection of poems. It contains erotic, playful, and provocative line drawings and artwork on every page, by the author, which interact in exciting and unexpected ways on the page with poetry that is timeless, meditative, and at times darkly humorous. The book brings together all the elements that have brought Leonard Cohen’s artistry with language worldwide recognition".
© Leonard Cohen

En los 90 Leonard Cohen paso cinco anhos estudiando Budismo en el “Mt. Baldy Zen Centre” de California. Mucho de los poemas de esta coleccion hacen referencia a este periodo de su vida. Religion y espiritualidad han sido su preocupacion creativa por mucho tiempo, al igual que el deseo y el amor por la naturalaza.
PC

What do we need to make the country grow?

"Well, my telephone rang it would not stop,
It's President Kennedy callin' me up.
He said, "My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?"
I said, "My friend, John, Brigitte Bardot,
Anita Ekberg,
Sophia Loren."
Bob Dylan-I Shall Be Free 1963

Ironia & Humor en una Cancion:
"BUENO,SONO EL TELEFONO SIN PARAR,
ERA EL PRESIDENTE KENNEDY LLAMANDOME.
ME DIJO:”AMIGO,BOB,QUE NECESITAMOS PARA QUE PROGRESE EL PAIS?
YO LE DIJE:”AMIGO JOHON, BRIGITTE BARDOT, ANITA EKBERG,SOPHIA LOREN.”
Traduccion PC

The president plans to send 6,000 troops to U.S.-Mexico border.

Tijuana-AP Photo David Maung

President Bush tells the nation on illegal immigration that: "America can be a lawful society, and a welcoming society."
The president plans to send 6,000 troops to help tighten the U.S.-Mexico border.

Chile, USA & Nepal

May 01 2006-Fotos de un dia

Santiago-Chile/AP Photo/Valentino Saldivar
Philadelphia-USA/AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek
Kadmandu-Nepal/AP Photo/David Longstreath

PAPELES PARA TODOS !

Fotos: examiner.com
Chicago(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Orlando-FLorida (AP Photo/John Raoux)
New York-ChinaTown (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Sacramento-California (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Center Picture Quito-Ecuador (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa R)

"More than 1 million mostly Hispanic immigrants and their supporters skipped work and took to the streets Monday, flexing their economic muscle in a nationwide boycott that succeeded in slowing or shutting many farms, factories, markets and restaurants". examiner.com

Cover of Rolling Stone Magazine May 4th 2006

George W. Bush

El Peor Presidente en la Historia?

ESTE LUNES SI SE PUEDE!

Foto: Mabel Negrete

Los estadounidenses no han visto un 1 de mayo con actos masivos y huelgas en más de un siglo. Pero este lunes sí: los inmigrantes aprovecharán esta fecha histórica para protestar por el tratamiento que reciben en este país.

"Millones de personas participan en todo el planeta en manifestaciones para recordar la gesta de los obreros textiles asesinados en 1886 por policías antidisturbios en la ciudad estadounidense de Chicago. Los trabajadores reclamaban la reducción de la extenuante jornada laboral.
Pero la conmemoración del 1 de mayo no se realiza en Estados Unidos, el propio país donde se originó. Allí, el denominado Día del Trabajo es el primer lunes de septiembre.
Eso cambiará este lunes, con el "gran boicot estadounidense 2006, un día sin inmigrantes". Se trata de una huelga general el 1 de mayo para reclamar plenos derechos para los inmigrantes indocumentados". (IPS)Haider Rizvi

The Little Prince, 60 years among the stars

Image: Internet

He may have been around for 60 years, but 'The Little Prince' is unlikely to grow old any day soon, with Antoine Saint-Exupéry's tender tale of the power of love winning new hearts every year. What began as a drawing on a paper napkin in a New York restaurant has to date sold more than 80 million copies around the world — some 11 million in France — making it the most popular French book in the world.

HAY MAS DE 11 MILLONES DE IMIGRANTES INDOCUMENTADOS VIVIENDO EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS.

Abril 09 2006
foto: sltrib

HISTORICA MANIFESTACION ayer en SALT LAKE CITY-Entre 20.000 & 30.000 personas
"Advocates for firmer action against illegal immigration argue that undocumented workers hurt the U.S. economy by taking jobs away from Americans. Immigrants' supporters say those workers take jobs no Americans want -- and without them, the economy wouldn't function".
“Several rallies in support of immigrants' rights are held, including in New York, where thousands marched across the Brooklyn Bridge. The issue has come to the fore since the House of Representatives passed a law making it a felony to be in the United States without proper documentation. Congress is debating the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. immigration law in two decades. The Senate's plan includes a guest-worker program and a path to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants already in the country. It is considerably more favorable to undocumented workers than legislation passed by the House in December”. npr

National Poetry Month

Neruda & Morrison

comparten su poesia en la biblioteca de este vecindario

National Poetry Month (NPM) brings together publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools, and poets around the country to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations participate through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and other events.

In The Heart of The Moon-Ali Farka Toure 1949-2006

Malian Guitar Legend Ali Farka Toure Dies at 67

"One of the most internationally successful West African musicians of the '90s, Ali Farka Toure was described as "the African John Lee Hooker" so many times that it probably began to grate on both Toure's and Hooker's nerves. There is a lot of truth to the comparison, however, and it isn't exactly an insult. The guitarist, who also plays other instruments such as calabash and bongos, shares with Hooker a predilection for low-pitched vocals and mid-tempo, foot-stomping rhythms, often playing with minimal accompaniment. Toure died on March 7, 2006 from the bone cancer which he had been battling for years; however, he was able to complete one last album before passing". by Richie Unterberger

Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream & Other Delights Re-Whipped

40th Anniversary Edition
"It'll never be known exactly what made Whipped Cream & Other Delights Herb Alpert's big commercial breakthrough -- the music or the LP jacket's luscious nude model covered almost entirely with simulated whipped cream. Probably both. In any case, Alpert's most famous album is built around a coherent concept; every song has a title with food in it. Within this concept, Alpert's musical tastes are still refreshingly eclectic; he uses Brazilian rhythms on "Green Peppers" and "Bittersweet Samba," reaches back to the big-band era for the haunting "Tangerine," uses Dixieland jazz on "Butterball," and goes to New Orleans for the Allen Toussain-penned title track (familiar to viewers of TV's The Dating Game). He also has developed a unique sense of timing as a producer, using pauses for humorous effect, managing to score his second Top Ten hit with a complex, tempo-shifting version of "A Taste of Honey." No wonder Alpert drew such a large, diverse audience at his peak; his choices of tunes spanned eras and generations, while his arrangements were energetic enough for the young and melodic enough for older listeners. Whipped Cream & Other Delights, number one in the U.S. for eight weeks, is available on CD, though the cover obviously doesn't make as alluring an impression as it did on LP". by Richard S. Ginell
...y ahora "Whipped Cream & Other Delights Re-whipped", un tributo moderno de este gran Album. Los Artistas son: Thievery Corporation, Medeski Martin & Wood, John King, Mocean Worker, DJ Foosh, Camara Kambon, Anthony Marinelli and Ozomatli.

The New York Public Library Acquires Archive of Beat Writer William S. Burroughs

Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs
(AP Photo/HO/First Run Features)








"The New York Public Library has acquired the personal archive of William S. Burroughs, one of the Beat Generation writers who challenged the standards of 1950s America.The archive includes draft versions of his most famous work, Naked Lunch, a hallucinogenic journey of an addict descending into hell, which was banned in Boston and eventually won a landmark obscenity ruling.The archive will become part of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature which already holds Jack Kerouac's literary and personal archive."






Photo: The New York Public Library



"The archive's correspondence includes hundreds of unpublished letters to Burroughs, often accompanied by carbon copies of Burroughs' replies, from scores of writers and artists, including Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso, Terry Southern, Timothy Leary, J.G. Ballard, Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka), the French sound poet Henri Chopin, and especially numerous examples from Allen Ginsberg and Paul Bowles. Unpublished letters to Burroughs include letters from Kerouac, Leary, Ginsberg, Leroi Jones, Chopin, Corso, Ferlinghetti, Bowles, and Southern." NYPL

La Oficina Plastica en Chile

Ignacio B

"Las acciones de la Oficina Plástica se dirigen a ayudar: Animales, naturaleza, patrimonio arquitectónico. Hay que considerar también a los individuos que ligan sus vidas con estas causas, estableciendo lazos de solidaridad con ellos para poder hacer efectiva su labor y su desarrollo personal". IB

www.laoficinaplastica.blogspot.com

Dada on Display

Marcel Duchamp's urinal art, Fountain. Marcel Duchamp/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris/Succession Marcel Duchamp © 2005

"In 1917, Duchamp created one of his "ready-made" works -- again in the spirit of challenging what society defined as art. A mass-produced object -- in this case a sparkling white porcelain urinal bought from a plumbing supplier -- was turned on its side, signed, and called "Fountain." When Duchamp tried to enter it in a New York exhibition, it was refused. Paris museum director Alfred Packmon observes that Duchamp and the Dadaists were making the point that art was no longer just a nice bunch of flowers on the wall: "The artist is the person who decides what is art and what is not art.”
Dada was a moral and ethical response to the slaughter of World War I. In grief, rage, and despair, Dada used art to comment on the world, making art an indictment of the hypocrisies that wiped out a generation." NPR

Schedule:National Gallery of Art, February 19–May 14, 2006; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 8–September 11, 2006

The Inspiration

February 8, 1926 - February 4, 1968
photo by Allen Ginsberg

• Utahns should embrace Neal Cassady. He was, after all, born if not on a Utah road, then at least beside it in in 1926. The inspiration behind Beat literature and the concept of free, spontaneous prose, Cassady led a lifestyle of exploration and encouraged others to do the same. Many say such encouragement eventually led to a little something known as the Hippie movement. The NEAL CASSADY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION today marks his 80th birthday (he died in Mexico in 1968). Festivities include the lecture “Neal Cassady and The Beat Generation” by author Michael Schumacher at 11 a.m. at Weber State University’s Stewart Library. Later in Salt Lake City, John Sillito gives a brief presentation at the site where Neal Cassady once lived (48 W. Broadway) at 6:30 p.m.. Finally, a reading and celebration of Cassady’s life and work takes place at 7 p.m. at Ken Sanders Rare Books (268 South 200 East), with brief remarks by Michael Schumacher. All events are free. SLCW.

Lou Reed-New York City Photographs

Lou Reed-Jackhammer

"New York has always served as a muse for rock icon Lou Reed, and his photography is inspired by his sense of the city. The photo exhibit Lou Reed New York opened recently at the Hermes Gallery and the Steven Kasher Gallery". npr

Michel Camilo-Solo

Foto: RNE-Radio3 14-10-2003
Nacido en Santo Domingo, Abril 4 de 1954

“Michel Camilo is what I would call a cosmopolitan musician. This is not a mater of his origins in Dominican Republic and his international fame as a Jazz pianist, but more of a perspective he brings to his art.” BB.






CD -"Solo" 2005