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Tired of driving

© www.espritdescalier.de - Stefan Fix, 2007 T his upright grave stone in the cemetery is located in Hamburg Ohlsdorf. The fact of the represented subject weary traveler or pilgrim leaves of Goethe's "Wanderer's Night Song" thinking:

You who are of heaven / All pain and sorrow stillest, / The one that is doubly wretched / Double fillest with refreshment / Oh! I am weary! / What is all this pain and pleasure? / Sweet peace! / Come, oh come into my breast! 1

Also, another night a traveler by Goethe song comes to mind - namely, "An equal," meaning an equal or more night song is meant:

Over all the peaks / peace is, / In all the treetops / You Hearest / Hardly a breath; silent / The birds in the forest. Only / Waiting! Balde / will rest you, too. 2

  1. Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Wanderer's Night Song. In: German poems. Edited by Hans-Joachim Simm. Frankfurt and Leipzig, 2001, p 342nd [ ]
  2. Johann Wolfgang Goethe, An equal. Ibid. [ ]

House with character

© www.espritdescalier.de - Stefan Fix, 2007 T his building is located in Paris's first arrondissement on Rue de Rivoli, number 59, opposite the junction of the Rue des Déchargeurs.
After Crédit Lyonnais and the French had withdrawn from the number 59, November 1999, occupied the first three artists Kalex, Gaspard and Bruno (KGB) of the house. Very soon they were followed by about ten other artists. The house was located at this time apparently in a dilapidated condition and offered with the dead pigeon therein, syringes and rubble as landfill dar. They began again, and prepare the building to make it habitable. The collective itself as a significant group took the name "Chez Robert, electron libre" and organized gallery openings, performance art and exhibitions, the public had free access. The French government, however, placed a complaint against the squatters. The following judgment stipulated that the occupiers until 4 February 2000, the house would have to vacate. But their lawyer Florence Diffre procured a six-month extension of time. At the time, attacked the press on the subject, thus creating a wider public, which meant that the final verdict was again delayed. From the political voices were raised with the phenomenon known as "Squart" one sympathized. However, the fate of the project uncertain. In March 2001 local elections were held in Paris, which emerged from the Socialists as the winner, which gave the squatters a further delay because the left sympathized with them. The Socialist mayor Bertrand Delanoe now Christophe Girard of the Green Party appointed to his cultural officials, who does everything since then to prevent the eviction. A survey by the Ministry of Culture commissioned census that "libre Chez Robert, Electron" with 40,000 visitors per year is the third most visited exhibition venue for contemporary art in Paris. © www.espritdescalier.de - Stefan Fix, 2007 As a result, Delanoë announced to buy back the building on behalf of the City of Paris and set a legalization of the art facility in motion. Along the way, it was necessary to establish that the squatter a non-profit association, which he did. This association is called "59 Rivoli". The art center is closed until the final decision. For more information and images of artworks currently inhabiting the house apparently 25 artists can be found on the homepage of "59 Rivoli" and on their blog , whose last entry is returned, however, already half a year 2 .
Among the more entertaining artists of "59 Rivoli" is one of Jean-Luc apparently Abiven whose home some surprising images are already holding. Very interesting are the sculptures and paintings on the side of Bazilio . Delightful are also the works of Dao, Deinki , Eve Clair , Francesco, Kalex, Malou, Mariko, Michel Vray, Thierry Hodebar. But the works of those artists mentioned in this list is not worth a look are worth, just like those who previously were active in the 59 Rue de Rivoli.

  1. Contraction of two words "squat" (English and queen for "squat") and "art" (Art) [ ]
  2. Source: http://www.59rivoli.org/newsite/index.htm - For the above text was resorted mainly to the presentation of the events located there. This is the subjective view of the squatters. [ ]

Those who live in glass houses zaps (the Third)

I t is remarkable with what gross overconfidence and complacency can be raised with the NDR-media magazine Zapp weekly about the media environment. But who poses as a pedantic guardians of political correctness, should at least do not offer themselves to attack.

Reminder: On Wednesday, 30.11.2005 Zapp beamed in his column "Durchgezappt" also has a post titled "slip of the Week". NDR Zapp Senait Mehari Gita Datta Zapp It went hard with the social campaign "You are Germany" to the court. Their homonymous slogan is not new, but already a "Nazi slogan" have been. That would have "Internet bloggers" in a "historical book" discovered. This is the way to a book entitled "Ludwigshafen - A Century in Pictures", published by the Municipal Archives of Ludwigshafen on the Rhine. The slogan under discussion can be found there on a picture showing a Nazi rally in 1935 at the Ludwig place in Ludwigshafen. The exact wording is: "Because You Are Germany". The slogan will obviously respect to the situated above her large portrait of Hitler, so that is well understood: "For you, Adolf Hitler are, Germany."

However, this is exactly the opposite of what the campaign "You are Germany" apparently intended to be investigated. There, indeed, the emphasis is precisely on the fact that each / r on the individual her / his own way Germany was. Thus total alignment is a dictator with emphasis on the individual and the individual initiative. This begs the question, what then is the problem of Zapp. more>

Harmony - Antoniucci Volti

© www.espritdescalier.de - Stefan Fix, 2007 T his sculpture titled "Harmony" is derived from Antoniucci Volti (1915-89) and is located in Paris in the third quarter in the District Arts and Crafts at the height of the homonymous metro station. , Which is on a small square piece of art is a visual resting place within the busy junction, which is formed by the meeting of the Rue Reaumur, the Rue de Turbigo, the Rue Beaubourg, Rue Vaucanson and other minor roads. The crossing is enhanced by the enormous sculpture aesthetically. By individual birch trees and bushes surrounding the sculpture ensteht surrounded by a small green urban environment, artistic haven, which is also a meeting place for short stay and pause invites. A fine example of public art that can be admired not just aloof at the museum in a glass case, but fits into the daily life and with it blends, whether at the same time as the meeting place, street furniture or art or anything.
Volti comes from an Italian family, but in 1905 moved to France. Nevertheless, he spent the first five years of his life in Italy, as his father's military service in the Italian army had to be completed. In 1920 the family returned then finally back to France. At the age of twelve years Volti was admitted to the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Nice, which he attended until 1930. In that year he was also a gold medal for two polychrome bas-reliefs (bas) is awarded. Then he went - until the age of fifteen - to Paris and entered the studio of Jean Boucher At the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts. After military service and captivity in Bavaria in 1943 he went back sick to Paris, where he found his studio destroyed. Since 1947, he took part in various exhibitions at the Paris Salon in 1954 and 1955 at the Biennale in Brussels and Antwerp. Also put out a Volti his first retrospective in 1957 at the Musée Rodin in Paris. Voltis work is influenced to a large extent on the representation of the female body. Sculptures by Volti are next in Paris, Angers, Orleans, Colombes and Villefranche-sur-Mer.

Those who live in glass houses zaps (the Second)

© www.espritdescalier.de - Stefan Fix, 2007 D a are the self-appointed media watchdogs of NDR Zapp in their four-week summer break, the time seems opportune to take a small summary of recent months.
Incessantly trying to Zapp, apparently to meet the perceived mission, the apparently clear up for quite immature and dependent citizens held. So you will not tire to get worked into almost any program on any headline in the image as if it could be used to lure someone else behind the stove. At the latest, since an alias Hans Esser Günter Wallraff looked 30 years ago in Hanover image behind the scenes and reported on, actually all know how the system works image in its fundamentals. The paid circulation of the image goes back beyond obviously continuous one , so why this fear mongering? There is also an image blog is where the false representations of the image well documented and placed correctly.

It is, moreover, one of the easiest and most convenient pseudo-intellectual exercises, the image retrieval errors, inconsistencies or similar demonstrated. This is about like trying to prove the NDR every week anew that he should finance themselves through user fees. Ultimately it is the image of Zapp's criticism as to be no further charges of money-financed glass beads gimmick - a self-purposive, vain and fiddling with uninspired cliches. Besides: The intersection of the image-readers and the audience, aimed at Zapp apparently is conceivable small. It thus contributes to their viewers owls to Athens. The image reader, however, are not sooner.

Well, Zapp at least served in a beautiful regularity from the image Blog fundus, which is now to describe not just as research in the strict sense, as Zapp always demands from all other media and himself attached as a quality to her chest. Rather cheap and can be pleasantly uncomplicated fill air time by a film image blog entries. The Picture Blog founder Stefan Niggemeier is evident in his personal blog by the way it clearly unnerved that Zapp regular picture blog entries sometimes even filmed, unless otherwise specified. He called Zapp therefore not exactly unjustified even as an image blog TV. The addition of Niggemeier expressed a clear suspicion that in the course of his films Zapp also stealing ideas from him, and at best only small variations are concerned, can that be when Zapp the difference between copyright and copyleft does not know. Sure, "researched" Zapp but also even in the picture.

Otherwise Zapp often seems as trailer-show for Monitor, Panorama, Report Mainz and at extra3. The researched and produced reports from those programs will be shown in short form by Zapp. At the end of which is pointed out that one can see the full contribution of their colleagues in the broadcasts. Or you can send contributions, which have long since gone elsewhere. This kind of reminds cheaper secondary use arg to the annoying cross-promotion practice of commercial stations. But here is where your own research, for which one is knocking himself so much on the shoulder? Is this the sort of "journalistic deep hole," with the network search eV to award its prize "lighthouse for special journalistic achievements" two -founded? Such kind of thin board drills journalism should Haberbusch Kuno, a board member of the Network Research Association and Zapp editor and self-promotion, according to the "King of the research," but does not allow in their own mission. As for the self-imposed standards of the network, it is possible and even its chairman, Thomas Leif to come under criticism because he is with he postulated importance of separation of PR and journalism, with the correct citation of the intellectual property of others, with the non-manipulative use of facts and research methods themselves with anything but seriously 3 . This is a right back but its so true with Heinrich Heine verse one:

I know the way, I know the text,
I know also the author of Men;
I know they secretly drank wine
And publicly preached water. 4

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  1. of 4,509,545 copies in 1998 to 3,444,977 copies 2007th Source: IVW [ ]
  2. in 2004 [ ]
  3. see the collection of sources on Wikipedia . This sourcebook has since been "cleaned up" conspicuous. That's just Wikipedia. Evil tongues whisper, that it is already that in the article is the Wikipedia articles about themselves "is correct", but this opinion is here condemned as a conspiracy theory. So all the allegations made against Mr. Leif are apparently out of thin air. The rubric "criticism" now takes almost as advertising for the person Leif Thomas and the network of research, enriched with a convenient link to the club. Therefore, here is however on the article "That's Leif" by Jörg Jacoby in "concrete" - issue 3/2006 refer. In the archives of "concrete" is fortunately not everyone rewrite the article to his taste. [ ]
  4. Heine, Heinrich: Germany - A Winter's Tale. Zurich 2005, p.12. [ ]

Cover your heaven, Zeus ...

© www.espritdescalier.de - Stefan Fix, 2007 T his impressive monument to the presentation of the Prometheus Bound is located at the Paris cemetery Père Lachaise in the 96th Division. It is dedicated to Paul Boucherot (* 1869, † 1943), a railway engineer and inventor who was in the rank of Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur raised to know how grave the inscription leaves. Unlike the myth, where the eagle Ethon Prometheus afflicting daily order of which is constantly renewing eat liver, it seems here rather to be a vulture, but sure what the pain does not diminish.

Why Boucherot a tombstone was placed in this presentation is unclear. Perhaps it refers to its scientific or even anti-religious belief that when an engineer is not unreasonable. The grave, however, seems to hybrisch something, because not Boucherot of mankind has given something as basic as Prometheus who brought fire to her. Boucherot are some inventions in the field of electrical engineering due to the raise but not all of them the impression of having been exceptionally groundbreaking or radically. You may hide in the choice of the Prometheus-representation and self-doubt and criticism of the scientist to his findings. Now Boucherot but by no means the theory of everything or the theory of everything found, such as Möbius in Dürrenmatt's The Physicists, which is why ethical doubts about the usefulness of his inventions seem far-fetched. Prometheus bears but because of his devotion to the man and his opposition to the gods of the responsibility for ensuring that Zeus create Pandora out of clay and put on the earth brought by Hermes to punish mankind for stealing the fire of Prometheus. Prometheus' brother Epimetheus accepted Pandora - all in spite of warnings - for his wife. Soon, however, Pandora opened the box and released all the evils in the world, therefore, only elpis (Hope) remained on the bottom of the box. Thus the world is a desolate place until Pandora opened the box again, and so dismissed the hope in the world.
It is entirely conceivable that Prometheus, who was actually good for the people, had feelings of guilt because he had brought the evil upon them. But here is a parallel between Prometheus and Boucherot not recognizable. Finally, one should not exclude the possibility that Boucherot was a friend of the simple and the mythology Prometheus saga was perhaps the legend that he liked the most.

Despite all the speculation made above about the intended meaning of the sculpture, it can be stated that this is one of the most impressive figurative representations, which are located at Pere Lachaise. It is almost surprising that no Boucherots tomb in the city of Paris, published and made available for free brochure occurs with cemetery plan. This after all, about 150 of the "most popular tombs" are (Sépultures parmi les plus demandées) listed. But this collection was the focus rather on the reputation of each dead person than on the artistic merit or originality of the tombs. Thus, some graves of famous people are all very valuable but spectacular or artistic. Some less known is, however, as the above example shows, with an absolutely remarkable grave stone.

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