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fall/winter 2011 – assembly new york mood from Assembly New York on Vimeo.

Quilted journeys of the work man. Mountains by the sea or seams.

Collection by Assembly New York

 

execution/concept; nicole van straatum & greg armas

shot on location with personal handlheld devices nov ‘11

music: dr john ‘danse kalinda ba boom’

hands: natasha nunez

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Your skin like dawn,

Mine like dusk

 

One paints the beginning

of a certain end.

 

The other, the end of a 

sure beginning.

 

-Maya Angelou

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Un Chien Andalou from razielle Φ on Vimeo.

film by Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel.

Exploration of the excitement to kill
maybe the excitement to feel
who knows what is real?
–nv

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1972, Recorded at Chateau D’Herouville, Pantoise, France.

Tyrannosaurus Rex, known in the 70′s to record beautiful folk into rock’n'roll music start by guartist Marc Bolan.  The psychedelic music made waves across the UK and US with hits such as “The Children of the Revolution” and “20th Century Boy”.

 

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Kokedama (‘koke‘  meaning “moss”, and ‘dama‘ means “ball”)  is a Japanese traditional hanging planting method. Kokedama is used today as wondrous decoration. As I find myself looking through the string garden index, I see the variation of hanging moss balls. Tenders and seasonal to orchids,even trees can hang in your living room. This brings a little gravity to the home or garden reminding you how beautiful this life and universe really is. Don’t mind hanging ornaments for the Christmas tree this year, you can having a hanging tree!

more on how to make your own garden : Design Sponge


source: string garden // index

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Element, 1973 // Cinematographer, Hilary Harris

A female image seethes and reaches through the muddy earth conceiving light and dark shades. Cinematographer Hillary Harris and Performer Amy Greenfield capture in the avant-garde 1973 short-film, Element, exploration of primitive life and death. Presenting these matters as a human sculpture, Greenfield explores a  language of body and art. Finally, she surrenders to the cause of emotions. Settling, deeper into the natural form as earth’s art.

spoken: nicole van straatum

xxnvs

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by what he once said: everything for today, nothing for yesterday, nothing for tomorrow. -f.p.

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The grueling tradition of Samhain‘ has been lost to the Lower East  Side drunken slut cats. Halloween was once a Celtic festival of preparing for the winter as well as dressing up in animal skulls to banish ghosts from earth while around a bonfire. November 1st is known in the Celt Pegan culture to be a ‘New Year’ in celebrating the life and death of spirits here and past. This kind of ‘dead festival’ can be perceived as a guiding light for us to reflect many things and souls alive and those we are leaving behind.

Painting and Drawings by Stephan Balleux Title: Steven Luper

 I found some of my favorite seasonal “death poems” or jisei from ancient poets to soothe the mood. It is within us to respect nature & our ancestors as one.

Farewell…                                           Mame de iyo
I pass as all things do                       mi wa narawashi no
dew on the grass.                                kusa no tsuyu

_ Bazan

 

Japanese Death Poems by Zen Monks

 

xxnvs @ tDC

 

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