ParisPointGriset

Der Fall der Berliner Mauer

2009-11-09T06:11:00.022+01:00

20 years ago, the Wall collapsed and History took off.

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(rosaryfilms)

(turnbeutelvergesserB)

Now, is a planet with no walls possible ? and when ?

The walls anti-migration are specific of the XI century.
They have emerged in recent years and are intended to
ward off the fear of others.
(more/fr).

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Another 1989 historic event :

Invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, the WEB was
a new way of using the Internet to store text, images,
sound and video... but just two years later, it was
hailing the web as a roaring success. This year marks
the 40th anniversary of the technologies that led to
the Internet.

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Feline Fashion on Le Mur Oberkampf...

2009-11-06T14:29:00.007+01:00

Nov. 05th - # 59 - by CHATNOIR 1980.

Sorry, I couldn't find a possible "chatnoir 1980" on the web...
This one exists, anymay.
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In Memoriam - C. Lévy-Strauss

2009-11-03T13:08:00.001+01:00

Claude Lévy-Strauss
(Brussels 1908/Paris 2009).
The father of modern anthropology.

(europeimages)
Return to the Amazon.
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Back on La Pigna hill in Sanremo...

2009-10-31T22:48:00.016+01:00

I've already reported a first visit up to the Sanremo ancient area in
a previous post. I was recently back there and up the hill to enjoy
its particular atmosphere and take a closer look to the huge fig trees
that thrust their roots into the crevices of that rocky ground.

The Ficus macrophilla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay fig is a
large evergreen banyan tree of the Moraceae family, subsection of the
Malvantherae.

Its specific epithet macrophylla is derived from the ancient Greek makro
(large) and phyllon (leaf) and refers to the size of the leaves.

The characteristic "melting" appearance of the Ficus macrophylla is due
to its habit of dropping aerial roots from its branches which on reaching
the ground thicken into supplementary trunks which help to support the
great weight of its crown.

The trunk can be massive, with thick, prominent structure and a rough
grey-brown bark. Some trees can reach heights of 60 m.

Currently the tallest Moreton Bay Fig (49 m) is found near Egg Rock, in
Queensland, Australia, but even Europe exhibits some sizeable
naturalized specimen.
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(More on > Wikipedia).

Female Nephila komaci, the hugest webweaving spider.

2009-10-28T15:45:00.011+01:00

The Nephila komaci can be found in Madagascar and South Africa.
They can be up to three feet (one meter) wide and are a member
of the orbweavingb spiders' group.

"In the PLoS ONE paper, Kuntner and Coddington described Nephila komaci
as a new species, now the largest web-spinning species known, and placed
it on the evolutionary tree of Nephila". (EurekAlert)

(Photos M. Kuntner)
1) a giant golden orb-web exceeding 1 meter in diameter: Nephila inaurata,
Rodrigues, Indian Ocean.
2) extreme sexual size dimorphism in Nephila spiders: Small male and large
female, Nephila pilipes, Singapore.
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Rampini the ChIndian

2009-10-27T23:44:00.002+01:00

A brilliant journalist and writer I discovered reading "The ChIndia Empire".

Listen to March 2007 CDT interview here.

EuroTopics > Federico Rampini, 10 articles cited in the European Press
Review.

At Harry Kreisler's "Conversations with history".

(UCtelevision)

Born in Genoa in 1956, Federico Rampini has been a student of the liberal
French sociologist Raymond Aron at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales, in Paris and of the economist Mario Monti at the Bocconi University
in Milan. As a journalist, he first worked for "Città Futura" in 1977, the weekly
magazine of the FGEI, when the general secretary was Massimo D'Alema
and for weekly "Rinascita" in 1979, the PCI weekly of Enrico Berlinguer.
Federico Rampini is a columnist, correspondent and editor for European affairs
of La Repubblica, since 1997.
He is a consultant at Institut Français des Relations internationales, member
of the Scientific board of the journal Critique Internationale, published in Paris
by the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques and member the Italian
magazine of geopolitics Limes.
He also contributed as a columnist to Le Figaro, L'Express, Politique étrangère,
in France. (more).
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Bibliography...

Which future for our planet ?

2009-10-24T22:07:00.017+02:00

(click)

Tens of thousands of climate change activists have been out in force
all over the world to raise awareness of the dangers of global warming.

As many as 4,000 protests have been taking place in 170
countries around the globe to mark World Climate Day.

The coordinated campaign was designed to highlight ecological
concerns in the run-up to the international climate conference
to be held in Copenhagen next month.

(Ultimatum-climatique)

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The usual Oberkampf wall...

2009-10-23T10:04:00.001+02:00

October 22nd - # 58 by NP77

October 8th - # 57 by Poch

GRAFFITI TODAY
The Fondation Cartier has asked ten artists from different countries to create works and ephemeral
installations specifically for the exhibition.
Chosen for the singularity of their approach and the force of their artistic vision, Basco Vazko, Cripta,
JonOne, Olivier Kosta, Théfaine, Barry McGee, Nug, Evan Roth, Boris Tellegen-Delta, Vitché and
Gérard Zlotykamien present their work within the Fondation Cartier’s gallery spaces as well as on its
glass façade.
In collaboration with the Association le M.U.R., the Fondation Cartier has also invited artists to create
large-scale posters, in the presence of the public, every first weekend of the month.
These posters are exhibited at the Fondation Cartier for one month before being moved to the billboard
of the association, located at the intersection of the Saint-Maur and Oberkampf streets in Paris.
The artists participating in the project include Alexöne, the Collectif 1980, Fancie, Jean Faucheur and
WK Interact, Honet, NP 77, Poch, RCF 1, Sun7 and Tom Tom.
In addition, L’Atlas, DTagno and Yseult have been invited to create unique and temporary works for the
garden of the Fondation Cartier.
From São Paulo to Amsterdam, San Francisco to Paris, graffiti today continues to evolve, adopting new
forms and modes of expression.
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Born in the Streets - GRAFFITI
from July/7 to Nov/29, 2009

Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain

261, boulevard Raspail
75014 Paris - France

http://Fondation Cartier

Hallelujah ! G@tto is back...

2009-10-22T01:11:00.004+02:00

Orly airport personnel still on strike ? EasyJet flight cancelled ?
Let's go back by train !
... and G@tto got the Nice/Paris TGV.

(click to shake more)

. . .

Yay ! Camilleri, "La Rizzagliata" and...

2009-10-15T03:58:00.006+02:00

La vicenda ruota attorno alla redazione della RAI siciliana.

Il direttore, Michele Caruso, tralascia di dare la notizia dell’avviso
di garanzia a Manlio Caputo, figlio del leader della sinistra siciliana,
accusato dell’omicidio della sua fidanzata, Amalia Sacerdote, anche
lei un cognome importante perché suo padre è il segretario generale
dell’Assemblea Regionale Siciliana.
La ragazza è stata trovata morta a casa sua con il cranio fracassato
da un pesante portacenere e quel cadavere crea non pochi problemi,
per le rivalità politiche dei genitori dei due giovani e per le evidenti connessioni con
i poteri economico, giudiziario, giornalistico e politico dell’isola, una rete così solida
- rizzaglio è una rete a forma di campana - cui è difficile sfuggire perché i piombini che
girano tutt’intorno la portano a fondo e poi una corda la serra e dentro ci restano i pesci.

Publisher: Sellerio (La memoria, 795)
Pub date: Oct, 2009

La Rizzagliata, oggi in libreria, ha una storia curiosa : arriva in Italia, nell’inconfondibile
impasto linguistico, un anno dopo l’uscita in Spagna.
Il primo problema è già nel titolo, che contiene un riferimento al «rizzaglio», una rete
in cui restano impigliati «i pesci cchiù stùpiti o i cchiù lenti, pirchì quelli cchiù sperti,
videnno le reti calare, si scansano ‘n tempo».

Come renderlo in spagnolo ?
L’editore Rba, e il traduttore Juan Carlos Gentile Vitale, hanno aggirato l’ostacolo,
titolando con un meno immaginifico "La muerte de Amalia Sacerdote".
Ma in generale è il modo di trasporre il «vigatese» che crea difficoltà, come ben sanno
i traduttori che giorni fa hanno confessato i loro tormenti nel convegno* «La sfida di
Camilleri» che si è tenuto a Milano, promosso dalla Fondazione Mondadori.

* "La sfida di Camilleri", convegno internazionale dedicato a uno degli autori italiani più tradotti, in cui
Mauro Novelli animerà il confronto tra alcuni traduttori dello scrittore siciliano come Serge Quadruppani,
Moshe Kahn, Barbro Andersson e Stephen Sartarelli.
(8 ottobre, Salone d’Onore della Triennale di Milano, viale Alemagna, 6)
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AND (sorry, it's in Italian)
here is the wise man's opinion on the "Berlusconi anomaly"...

(by 884C25)

... and G@tto went south !

2009-10-08T23:42:00.009+02:00

See what I mean ?

The Promenade, then the Cour Saleya and then... yum yum !
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Running after the sun...

2009-10-07T20:26:00.001+02:00

Well, it's definitely time to go south !

The weather forecast and these pictures speak by themselves.

Paris > and Nice >

And a tanned G@tto will be back to you around October 20th.
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When Lady Justice Hits...

2009-10-07T19:12:00.003+02:00

"La Corte costituzionale, giudicando sulle questioni di legittimità costituzionale
poste con le ordinanze n. 397/08 e n. 398/08 del Tribunale di Milano e n. 9/09
del GIP del Tribunale di Roma, ha dichiarato l'illegittimità costituzionale dell'art
1 della legge 23 luglio 2008, n. 124 per violazione degli articoli 3 e 138 della
Costituzione. Ha altresì dichiarato inammissibili le questioni di legittimità
costituzionale della stessa disposizione proposte dal GIP del Tribunale di Roma".

La Repubblica - (it)
- La Consulta: lodo Alfano illegittimo - Berlusconi: "Vado avanti, giudici di sinistra".
Times on Line - (en)
- Silvio Berlusconi faces fight for career as top Italian court strips PM of immunity.
Le Monde - (fr)
- La Cour constitutionnelle italienne invalide la loi d'immunité protégeant Berlusconi.

(ItalianSpot)

Lodo Alfano > Wikipedia.it,
Lodo's Text (it) pdf >
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A preview of the 2009 Paris Nuit Blanche.

2009-10-03T19:46:00.004+02:00

Nuit Blanche 2009 en avant-première
(by mairiedeparis).

All videos for La Nuit Blanche in Paris
and many others...
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La Nuit Blanche on !

Suddenly, that summer...

2009-09-30T15:00:00.001+02:00

... in 1959
Mankievicz-Hepburn-Taylor-Clift
from a Tennessee Williams' play
a great movie :

1/11

2/11

3/11

4/11

5/11

6/11

7/11

8/11

9/11

10/11

11/11

What's new on Le Mur ?

2009-09-27T12:07:00.011+02:00

# 56 by on September 25th...

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Take a walk on the new passerelle Müller !

2009-09-21T21:12:00.023+02:00

The Müller passerelle (footbridge) has been recently restored and reopened
on June 12, this year.
It connects Ivry's center to Ivry's harbour, spanning the underlying railways and
linking together the rue Ledru Rollin with the rue Jules Vanzuppe, right in the artists-
workshops' area.

> To undertake this project, the Ivry Municipal Authority, decided to enlist
the aid of experts : the DVVD, an architectural and engineering consultant,
Baudin Châteauneuf for the metal framework and the CSTB.

> Read the full article edited on the CSTB's site, focusing on the more interesting
details of this structure.

Here below, the footbridge as in September 2008.

SLIDESHOWS :
- dismantling the old footbridge and installing the new one.

Passerelle Muller : l'installation des pylônes

Nadine and Viswa opened their doors in Ivry...

2009-09-20T19:22:00.023+02:00

on September 19 and 20...
which means it's all over now !

I went there yesterday afternoon to visit my friends and, of course, to take a look
at the Müller footbridge, but this is for the next post.

Viswa's new work space...

And here we are at Nadine's.

Special guests in Viswanadhan's workshop :
Madhu Basu and Debesh Goswami.

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{Portes Ouvertes Ivry/2008}

Do Not Miss Ivry's "Portes Ouvertes 2009" !

2009-09-18T15:06:00.014+02:00

Spotlights on > 2009 Ivry's Portes Ouvertes !
This week end, all Ivry's artists open their ateliers' doors !

arts textiles-céramique-gravure-illustration-peinture
dessin-installations-photographie-sculpture-vidéo.

(Click to enlarge).
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Remember my 2008 visit at Nadine's workshop (#6)...
well, this year Viswa opens his door (#5) as well in Ivry...
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The Yes G@tto likes The Yes Men.

2009-09-15T19:45:00.004+02:00

"The Yes Men Fix the World"
broadcasted tonight on arte...

(Unliked "people").

(fluxdepot)

(razorfoundation)

(TheSurvivaBall)- For more information, click here.

Fix the World Challenge
... a Yes Men game.

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11/9... eight years ago.

2009-09-11T04:34:00.007+02:00

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Le Mur by sun7...

2009-09-10T21:39:00.003+02:00

Le Mur # 55 - sun7
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A Beatle on Arte, yesteray night...

2009-09-10T19:58:00.009+02:00

... I loved !

Arte broadcasted a 2008 Yishai Orian's
movie in which the author is facing the
painful selling of his 40 years old yellow
rusty Volkswagen Beatle...

When finally he has the better idea to have
it completely refurbished for cheap in
Jordan... well, this is the best part of the
movie.

Have a look at the trailer...

(thebeetlemovie)
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WHAT ?

2009-09-09T09:09:00.006+02:00

09.09.09 09:09 !

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Refurbishing a strategic spot in G@tto's Fief.

2009-09-04T18:02:00.021+02:00

The Oberkampf-Ménilmontant-Belleville crossroads' renovation project
has been effectively launched by the Mairie de Paris (the City Hall)
end of June...

... and is due to be accomplished around January 2010.

Check the Mairie de Paris (fr) site for details.

View from the rue Oberkampf...

... and from the rue de Ménilmontant.

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