CHEERS
#art, #music, Happy Halloween All You Evil People Out There!
#poem, #art, Halloween!
Debo confesar que nunca me ha provocado ni motivado mucho esta festividad. Siempre me pareció un mal ejemplo para los críos, una reverenda tontería para los más grandes y algo kinki para los adultos que les gusta disfrazarse de, bueno, de lo que les de la gana. Me acuerdo haber salido con mis disfraces caseros cuando vivía en EEUU, a jugármela tocando en casas extrañas exigiendo truco o trato. Mare meua, quién sabe lo que podría salir de tras esas puertas trancadas en una ciudad tan peligrosa como Miami… Pero bueno, era Halloween y había que hacer lo que los demás hacían. Bueno, espero que este Halloween lo disfruteis al máximo y que os portéis bien que el proximo día es el día de los fieles difuntos y hay que ponerles una flor, si no podéis en la tumba, al menos hacedlo con en el pensamiento.
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I must confess that I have never been very inspired or motivated by this holiday. It has always seemed to me like a bad example for young children, a complete nonsense for older ones, and somewhat kinki for adults who enjoy dressing up as, well, whatever they so desire. I remember going out with my homemade costumes when I lived in the U.S., risking it by knocking on strange doors demanding trick or treat. Goodness, who knows who could be behind those locked doors in such a dangerous city like Miami… But well, it was Halloween and you had to do what everyone else was doing. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this Halloween to the fullest. But behave yourselves because the next day is the Day of the Faithful Departed, and we must place a flower for them; if not at the grave, at least do it with a kind thought.
GRACIAS – CHEERS
#music, Eric Dolphy
Ever heard of Eric Dolphy? Well I am here to tell you a bit about this phenomenal jazz musician who played saxophone and flute. He toured and played extensively here in Europe with the likes of Charles Mingus, for example.
Dolphy had his first big break in 1958 when he started playing with Chico Hamilton’s Quintet. Chico had been drummer for Lena Horne, Gerry Mulligan and Count Basie and later became a band leader.
Eric Dolphy was born in Los Angeles in 1928. Besides being a sideman, he was also a composer and later band leader. He started private music lessons on the clarinet and saxophone at the age of six. He served in the US Armed Forces and in 1952 entered the Navy School of Music.
His death created some confusion. He died in West Berlin at the age of 36, apparently from a diabetic coma which led to insulin shock. Either that or the confusion of the doctors attending to him who thought that him being a jazz musician he was probably on drugs and left him there for the drugs to leave his system, and he instead died. Whichever is the real reason, it was a tragic loss.
But, as it is engraved in his tombstone, «He lives in his music» and I quite agree. Here, take a listen and tell me if you don’t think he is a genius…
CHEERS
#poem, El día de la verdad
ALE…
¿NO TE DAS CUENTA QUE LAS AGUAS SUBEN?
SI NO SABES NADAR VAS A TOCAR FONDO.
OSTIAS…
¿NO SABES QUE EL MAR ES HONDO?
¿NO TE HAS DADO CUENTA QUE AQUÍ TODO ESTA CAMBIANDO?
MIRA, PIENSA, MUÉVETE, QUE LO QUE LLEGA, LLEGA PRONTO –
Y LLEGA EL DÍA DE LA VERDAD…
VAMOS…
PROFETAS DE LAS LETRAS,
USAD LAS BALAS DE VUESTRAS ESCOPETAS,
LAS PALABRAS, QUE EL MAR OS RETA.
(y todos sabemos que el mar es la vida)
VUESTRAS VERDADES SON LAS MENTIRAS
QUE OS HAN DADO BIEN FACTURADAS,
LISTAS PARA COCINAR SIGUIENDO UNA SIMPLE RECETA.
JODER…
SI SE PASAN LOS AÑOS HURGANDO EN GRIETAS,
AL RITMO DE LAS NOTAS DISCORDANTES DE TROMPETAS,
(¿Serán las del apocalipsis?)
BUSCANDO LA MANERA DE COLGARTE DE UNA RAMA,
O AMARRARTE CON MEDIAS DE SEDA A LOS POSTES DE LA CAMA.
TE VAN A DAR,
¡VENCIDO!
!NO! ¡VENDIDO!
Y NO PRETENDAS ESTAR MUERTO
QUE ESTAS VIVO…
EL AVESTRUZ ESCONDE LA CABEZA EN LA ARENA,
Y EN EL DÍA DE LA VERDAD LA ESCONDERÁS TU TAMBIÉN,
¿ESO, TÍO, NO TE DA PENA?
TANTA ARENA, TAN POCA CABEZA,
¿NO TE DA VERGÜENZA?
C.2024 Francisco Bravo Cabrera – 29 OCT 2024 – Valencia, España
#music, Bodo: From My Days in New Orleans!
New Orleans, one of my very fave cities in the US…
CHEERS
#art, «Haunting Art»
(Video property of Francisco Bravo Cabrera, representing a haunted night so long ago)
CHEERS
#art, #music, 1957!
Venga, que no, que no he nacido en 1957, pero…
Mientras investigaba, y estudiaba la historia contemporánea, descubrí que en ese año pasaron muchas cosas muy interesantes, especialmente para un fan de los Beatles de toda la vida.
Dale, échale un vistazo al vídeo y dime lo que piensas de esas cosas…
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Well, no, I was not born in 1957, but upon researching history I discovered that a lot of interesting things happened that year, especially for me, being a life-long Beatles fan!
Take a look and tell me what you think…
GRACIAS – CHEERS
#art, Please Excuse Us…
Although we are in town and in studio, we will be away from the blog due to obligations concerning exhibitions at Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia. But we will not leave VALENCIARTIST devoid of posts…
And… all ARTISTS, WRITERS, POETS, MUSICIANS, DANCERS, etc. who wish to participate in the new series of interviews on FEATURES by VALENCIARTIST, please respond to this post with your email address and we will send you the information.
All the best to everybody and we will be back soon!
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Estaremos en el estudio y en nuestra València, pero alejados del blog debido a las tantas obligaciones relacionadas con las exposiciones de Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia. ¡Pero no dejaremos a VALENCIARTIST sin publicaciones diarias!
Y… todos vosotros ARTISTAS, ESCRITORES, POETAS, MÚSICOS, BAILARINES etcétera, que deseéis participar en la nueva serie de entrevistas que se publicará en FEATURES by VALENCIARTIST, por favor mandadnos, como respuesta a este post, vuestro correo electrónico y os enviaremos la información.
¡Os deseamos lo mejor a todos y volveremos pronto!
Nuestro corazón está contigo Comunitat Valenciana
La DANA más grande que hemos sufrido en la Comunitat Valenciana y muchos de nuestros coterráneos están ahora sufriendo la destrucción que ha dejado atrás este fenómeno atmosférico. Son estremecedoras las imágenes de como han quedado tantos pueblos del interior de la provincia de Valencia. Le pedimos a Dios que bendiga a todos los afectados. Gracias a Dios en la capital todo está bien… Pero nuestro corazón, como valencianos, y nuestros pensamientos están con aquellos que sufrieron el paso de esta horrorosa tormenta.
GRACIAS
#art, Rebecca Horn in Women Artists Series 2024
Lamentably we lost Rebecca last September (2024). She was one of the pioneering women of Performance Art. And although this is a genre that I am not even sure should be included in the Fine Arts, perhaps it should be in the Theatre Department, she did make history and is important as a feminist artist. She specialised in Installations and some of them were quite unique and interesting…
Rebecca Horn was born in Germany in 1944. Rebelling from the wishes of her parents that wanted her to study Economics, Rebecca registered at the Hamburg Fine Arts Academy, (Hochschule für Bildende Künste), where she attended from 1964 to 1970.
The philosophy of her art revolved around the human body, its extensions and its ability to act as a machine. She thought of the body as an object that should be manipulated to find the extent of its possibilities. She accomplished this through her sculpture, video, installations, performance and film. Her search was constant and the object of her search, her art, was the multiplicity (aspects) of the body. Horn always tried to surpass her previous artistic efforts.
Rebecca also loved to draw and made many drawings. Her search also led her to poetry and to the making movies. She lived in Barcelona (1964) and was greatly influenced by the movies of Luis Buñuel and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Horn went on to direct several movies like: Die Eintänzer (1978), La Ferdinanda: Sonata for a Medici Villa, and Buster’s Bedroom. All her movies seem to flow around her obsession with imperfect bodies and the balance created between the human figure and objects. She collaborated with Jannis Kounellis and as well produced movies, including Buster’s Bedroom (1990) starring Donald Sutherland.
Horn died September 6, 2024 in Bad König, Hesse, Germany. She had retired from public life in 2015 after suffering a stroke. She was 80 years of age.
CHEERS
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