Banksy Snapped? This Is Allegedly a Photograph of the Graffiti Artist at Work in New York City A camp on the Libyan coastline meant to train terror-hunters has instead become a haven for terrorists and al Qaeda. A key jihadist leader and longtime member of al Qaeda has taken control of a secretive training facility set up by U.S. special operations forces on the Libyan coastline to help hunt down Islamic militants, according to local media reports, Jihadist web forums, and U.S. officials. In the summer of 2012, American Green Berets began refurbishing a Libyan military base 27 kilometers west of Tripoli in order to hone the skills of Libya’s first Western-trained special operations counter-terrorism fighters. Less than two years later, that training camp is now being used by groups with direct links to al Qaeda to foment chaos in post-Qaddafi Libya. In other words, Tantoush is now the chief of a training camp the U.S. and Libyan governments had hoped would train Libyan special operations forces to catch militants like Tantoush. This is particularly true for Libya. In March, Gen.
Fichiers croisés, flics infiltrés: les eurogauchistes dans le viseur (part.1) Les « fauteurs de trouble » qui sévissent lors des principaux sommets internationaux font l’objet d’une attention toute particulière de la part des vénérables institutions de l’Union européenne. Il y a quelques mois, avant le sommet du G8 de Deauville, j’avais eu l’occasion de raconter comment les pays membres, via le Conseil des ministres et ses différents groupes d’experts policiers, entendaient créer une base de données croisée pour cibler les troublemakers habitués aux rassemblements anticapitalistes. Statewatch, ONG britannique en pointe sur ce dossier, révèle aujourd’hui un autre volet de cette coopération policière. La dernière analyse de Statewatch (document PDF en anglais) évoque trois de ces projets européens en cours d’élaboration : Évidemment, souligne Statewatch, cette coopération active ne s’accompagne pas, en parallèle, d’une plus grande protection des données face aux risques d’arbitraire d’État. L’attitude de l’UE à l’égard des « fauteurs de trouble » est symptomatique.
Before I Die & Candy Chang What matters most to you Interactive public art project that invites people to share their personal aspirations in public. After losing someone she loved and falling into depression, Chang created this experiment on an abandoned house in her neighborhood to create an anonymous place to help restore perspective and share intimately with her neighbors. The project gained global attention and thanks to passionate people around the world, over 1000 Before I Die walls have now been created in over 70 countries, including Kazakhstan, Iraq, Haiti, China, Ukraine, Portugal, Japan, Denmark, Argentina, and South Africa. The walls are an honest mess of the longing, pain, joy, insecurity, gratitude, fear, and wonder you find in every community, and they reimagine public spaces that nurture honesty, vulnerability, trust and understanding. 2011, New Orleans, LA. Cordoba, Argentina. Najaf, Iraq. Brooklyn, NY. Almaty, Kazakhstan Savannah, GA. Pohang City, South-Korea. San Francisco, CA.
Budi Satria Kwan DANS LA VIE LIBRE DE DROITS Galeria Cubana La France, championne d’Europe de la surveillance des télécommunications » OWNI, News, Augmented-Mozilla Firefox Le taux d'élucidation du à la conservation des données de connexion (les "logs") ? 0,011%, selon la police allemande. Considérée comme une "atteinte massive à la vie privée", son utilisation pourrait être limitée. Qui a téléphoné ou envoyé un mail à qui, quand, d’où, pendant combien de temps? Accéder au contenu des télécommunications, c’est bien, mais plutôt encadré, et donc compliqué à obtenir. Accéder au contenant de ces mêmes télécommunications, c’est beaucoup plus facile, et souvent tout aussi parlant. La preuve : avec 514 813 demandes d’accès en 2009 aux données de trafic conservées par les opérateurs de téléphonie fixe ou mobile, et les fournisseurs d’accès à l’internet, contre 503 437 en 2008, la France est championne d’Europe! Le Royaume-Uni arrive en seconde position, avec 470 222 demandes d’accès, loin devant la Lituanie (85 315), les Pays-Bas (85 000) ou encore l’Espagne (53 578), l’Allemagne n’en dénombrant de son côté “que” 12 684 (pour 81,5 millions d’habitants).
Cuban art Cuban art is a very diverse cultural blend of African, European and North American design reflecting the diverse demographic of the island. Cuban artists embraced European modernism and the early part of the 20th century saw a growth in Cuban vanguardism movements, these movements were characterized by a mixture of modern artistic genres. Some of the more celebrated 20th-century Cuban artists include Amelia Peláez (1896–1968), best known for a series of mural projects and painter Wifredo Lam (1902–1982) who created a highly personal version of modern primitivism. In Havana Centre, a small neighborhood of artists have transformed the walls around them. October 2002 In the late 19th century, landscapes dominated Cuban art and classicism was still the preferred genre.[1] The radical artistic movements that transformed European art in the first decades of the century arrived in Latin America in the 1920s to form part of a vigorous current of artistic, cultural, and social innovation.[2]
Twitter en classe : gadget ou innovation ?- La Jaune et la Rouge Les réseaux sociaux sont plébiscités par le grand public et plus particulièrement par les jeunes qui, de 13 à 18 ans, sont 75 % à disposer d'un " profil ". Les institutions sont en revanche très embarrassées par ce phénomène de société résolument peu professionnel et connu pour sa capacité à mobiliser rapidement des foules. De l'interdiction des " apéros Facebook " dans les lieux publics au blocage pur et simple de l'accès au service dans plus de la moitié des entreprises, les réseaux sociaux sont, sinon diabolisés, du moins considérés avec suspicion et tenus à l'écart des choses dites sérieuses. Les réseaux sociaux sont, sinon diabolisés, du moins considérés avec suspicion Une authentique expérimentation Parmi les nombreuses expérimentations de Twitter en classe, celle initiée par Laurence Juin, 36 ans, professeur de français, d' histoiregéographie et d'éducation civique, est l'une des plus anciennes en France et des mieux documentées. Quand le bac pro donne l'exemple Un gadget de plus?
Cuban Art and the Search for a National Identity « art mundus Antonio Gattorno Once Cuba had finally gained independence from Spain in 1902, the country underwent a period of adjustment, introspection, and the establishment of a more defined national identity. Artists actively participated in this soul searching. Their new approach to art was innovative, experimental, joyful and varied. Drawing upon influences from Europe and Mexico they created a very distinctive Cuban ‘style’ often composed of bold lines and equally bold colours. Antonio Gattorno (1904-1980) is said to be the father of modernism in Cuba. Eduardo Abela Eduardo Abela (1889-1965) was an experimental artist as these three pictures show. Amelia Pelaez These paintings by Pelaez (1896-1968) are fabulous! Fidelio Ponce de Leon Like this: Like Loading...
Cernuda Arte :: Artist :: René Portocarrero René Portocarrero Period: The Vanguard 1912 - 1985 Mujer de Perfil Woman in Profile, 1979 gouache on heavy paper 30 x 22 inches Born in the neighborhood of El Cerro, Havana, in 1912. He began painting from an early age and at 14, he entered the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts. Portocarrero's works are exhibited in the permanent collections of the Museums of Modern Arts of: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and San Francisco; at the National Gallery in Canada; at Bellas Artes, Caracas; the Milwaukee Art Center, The Pan American Union in Washington; Modern Arts of Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Art Museum, Indianapolis; Bellas Artes, Montevideo; Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires; Instituto de Arte Contemporaneo, Lima, Peru; and at the National Museum in Havana. He painted tirelessly since his childhood and never planned any of his work.
Swoon in Studio : A Warm Welcome on a Cold Night Posted on January 10, 2011 A visit to Swoon’s studio is a full immersion into her passions; meditations on humanity, the process of collaboration, and sculptures you can inhabit. Swoon adding color to the busy streets of “Cairo” (Sunday Afternoon) (photo © Jaime Rojo) In the rustic warm light of a triple height cavernous space that might have served as a town hall a score of printed artworks on paper lay scattered across the wooden floor. Tiptoeing between the images to cross the formerly grand chamber, the familiar faces of children and adults who you’ve met on walls across the city look up at you. Photo © Jaime Rojo Around the rooms’ periphery a handful of assistants listen to music, straddle ladders, and attentively stroke warm earth tones on pieces taped to the wall. Swoon: So can I just be over here painting? Swoon is at ease and at home here in the studio (photo © Jaime Rojo) An assistant works on “The Girl from Ranoon Province” (photo © Jaime Rojo) “Sambhavna” in the wild. Swoon.
The Banksy Paradox: 7 Sides of the World’s Most Infamous Street Artist Banksy Paradox: 7 Sides of the Most Infamous Street Artist Article by Urbanist, filed under Street Art & Graffiti in the Art category. (Check out our complete guide to Banksy Art and Graffiti.) Banksy is probably the most popular, yet most mysterious, urban street artist in the world – and he works at incredible extremes. He has become an internationally known as a subversive graffiti artist – yet manages to maintain a secret identity. Banksy in the Streets: Banksy is a household name in the UK, perhaps best known for his compelling stencil graffiti, found throughout major cities on walls and billboards. Banksy in Museums: Banksy has been an internationally notorious figure since covertly adding his own works onto the walls of major museums in both the UK and the US. Banksy on the West Bank: Braving threats and even warning shots from Israeli security forces, Banksy managed to make a statement through his works on the West Bank barrier.
Getting at the truth of 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' Heading into Sunday's Academy Awards, "Exit Through the Gift Shop" is undoubtedly the most buzzed-about film in the documentary feature category. But the uncomfortable question persists: Is it real? The movie is anchored by two of the least reliable narrators in memory: Banksy, the anonymous British street artist; and Thierry Guetta, an eccentric French émigré to Los Angeles whose obsessive filming happens to capture the world of high-concept graffiti. The twist comes with Guetta's transformation from the movement's accidental video scribe into Mr. The camera captures it all, sparking speculation about the film's veracity: Did the clever Banksy — the film's credited director — create Guetta to mock the art world? Banksy has insisted the film is completely true. Guetta himself, speaking to The Times in his first extended interview since the film was released last spring, said, "This movie is 100% real." Of course, it is impossible to prove whether his latest incarnation, Mr.