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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
How music 'moves' us: Listeners' brains second-guess the composer
"ScienceDaily (Jan. 16, 2010) — Have you ever accidentally pulled your headphone socket out while listening to music? What happens when the music stops? Psychologists believe that our brains continuously predict what is going to happen next in a piece of music. So, when the music stops, your brain may still have expectations about what should happen next."read complete article : How music 'moves' us: Listeners' brains second-guess the composer
Friday, January 08, 2010
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Wilhelm Kempff plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata mvt. 3
spend the 7 minutes to listen to this classic piece for Beethoven played by the world-renowned German pianist and composed, Wilhelm Kempff. Most importantly, observe his facial expressions that reflects humanity when it transcends through sadness, love, and anger.
Labels: art
Wilhelm Kempff plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata mvt. 1
Labels: art
Saturday, December 05, 2009
The Middle Class Musician - Topspin (BerkleeMusic)
"Online Music Marketing with Topspin course co-author and instructor Mike King, and Topspin CEO Ian Rogers discuss concept of the Middle Class Musician, how the Internet has created unlimited channels for consumers, and how artists can earn a living and have success with their art under this new paradigm. "
Labels: art
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Photo exhibition: Coal Mine/Gaza, by Eman Mohammed
"Photographer Eman Mohammed focuses her lens on a little-known aspect of life in Gaza - the Al Habbash coal mine in Beit Hanoun, where the salary for a hard day's labor is between $3 and $5, plus a package of cigarettes.The coal, which is used for nargilehs (traditional water pipes) and barbecuing, has been mined using traditional methods since early 2009, after the IDF destroyed the machinery.
Find more photos like this on elsewhere
read complete article : Photo exhibition: Coal Mine/Gaza, by Eman Mohammed - Theater
Labels: arab, art, middle east
The Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody
Labels: art
Saturday, November 21, 2009
BBC News - Bare Barbies in Knickerless cage
"Entries have been invited for this year's Turnip Prize for bad art."
read complete article : BBC News - Bare Barbies in Knickerless cage
Labels: art
YouTube Family Guy Palestinian alarm clock
Labels: art, middle east, politics
BBC News - Vatican tries to woo back the art world
"Pope Benedict has invited international artists, sculptors, architects, musicians, film directors and even a solitary Italian prima ballerina to meet him under the soaring vaulted ceiling of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Saturday to begin a new dialogue between the Catholic Church and the arts."
read complete article : BBC News - Vatican tries to woo back the art world
Saturday, November 14, 2009
SLEEPING BETTY (ENTIRE FILM)
Sleeping Betty is the Perrault classic done with Claude Cloutier's sharp pen. His detailed drawings in Indian ink conjure up caricature and Victorian engravings in a disjointed, anachronistic and playful setting.
Directed by Claude Cloutier. Produced in 2007.
Labels: art
Friday, November 13, 2009
Symphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected' (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye)
"We Are All Connected" was made from sampling Carl Sagan's Cosmos, The History Channel's Universe series, Richard Feynman's 1983 interviews, Neil deGrasse Tyson's cosmic sermon, and Bill Nye's Eyes of Nye Series, plus added visuals from The Elegant Universe (NOVA), Stephen Hawking's Universe, Cosmos, the Powers of 10, and more. It is a tribute to great minds of science, intended to spread scientific knowledge and philosophy through the medium of music." http://www.symphonyofscience.com.
Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ft Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remixed)
Sunday, November 01, 2009
البحر بيضحك ليه؟
Labels: art
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Pink Floyd - High Hopes - The Division Bell
Labels: art
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Bad Timing...
Saturday, September 26, 2009
H1N1 Rap by Dr. Clarke
"The H1N1 Rap was written, composed, produced, and performed by John D. Clarke, MD, FAAFP. This music video is a fun, highly educational, and entertaining way to learn about prevention of the H1N1 virus. "
Labels: art
Saturday, September 19, 2009
YouTube - Protein synthesis: an epic on the cellular level
"Directed in 1971 by Robert Alan Weiss for the Department of Chemistry of Stanford University and imprinted with the "free love" aura of the period, this short film continues to be shown in biology class today. It has since spawn a series of similar funny attempts at vulgarizing protein synthesis. Narrated by Paul Berg, 1980 Nobel prize for Chemistry."
BBC - Inside a Syrian lingerie workshop
" Syria is home to a thriving lingerie industry producing some of the most exotic, innovative and creative styles in the world. Martin Asser, Middle East specialist for the BBC News website, reports from the workshop of one of Syria's most established lingerie makers, Ali Nasser, who demonstrates how he makes the garments and shows off some of his best selling designs. "
See video : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7786523.stm
also see "Sexy secrets of the Syrian Souk" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7786564.stm
Labels: art, middle east
Sunday, September 13, 2009
memorial Arabic song
Saturday, August 01, 2009
First Photos of Bab Al Hara 4 - WALEG
"first photos from the famous Syrian TV series Bab Al Hara in its 4th season.
First Photos of Bab Al Hara 4 - WALEG
Labels: art, middle east
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Fares Karam- 3al 3een molayeteen (Lebanon)
from YouTube: Tatilebogirl writes
"song by fares karam which i never knew he made coz it wasn't on any of his albums but i found it on limewire so i thought i'd post it on youtube with some pictures of the worlds most beautiful country Lebanon, Lubnan, liban...and yeh those r the only languages i know it in lol =D enjoy the vid...as im sure all of you will..i hope :P
btw...to all those ppl who don't know much about music history....fares karam didn't originally make this song...it's an old song that was made by... i have no idea who but anyway it's for the traditional lebanese dance..the dabke!!!"
Oum kalthoum-OM KALSOUM-Taleal Bedru Aleyna
from YouTube
"Umm Kulthum (other English spellings include: Om Kalthoum, Oum Kalsoum, Oum Kalthum, Omm Kolsoum, Umm Kolthoum, Um Kalthoom) (c. 4 May 1904 -- 3 February 1975) was an Egyptian singer and musician. Along with Fairouz and Asmahan, she is one of the best known and most beloved of all singers in the Arab world, her albums still outsell many others in the Arabic language.
prepare by ERSIN FAIKZADE
http://www.ersinfaikzade.net"
Labels: art, middle east
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Europeana.eu
Europeana ::
"Europeana: think culture Europeana.eu is about ideas and inspiration. It links you to 4 million digital items. * Images - paintings, drawings, maps, photos and pictures of museum objects * Texts - books, newspapers, letters, diaries and archival papers * Sounds - music and spoken word from cylinders, tapes, discs and radio broadcasts * Videos - films, newsreels and TV broadcasts Some of these are world famous, others are hidden treasures from Europe's * museums and galleries * archives * libraries * audio-visual collections"
World Digital Library will launch on April 21, 2009
Thanks to An Apple A Day Blog , World Digital Library writes:
"The World Digital Library will launch on April 21, 2009 The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research."
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Iman Maleki paintings
Iranian painter, Iman Maleki, has a set of beautiful paintings. Check the slides below
His bibliography writes: “Iman was born on 1976 in Tehran. He has been fascinated by the art of Painting since he was a child. At the age of 15, he started to learn painting under the mastery of his first and only teacher - Morteza Katouzian - who is the greatest realist painter of Iran. Meanwhile, he began to paint professionally. In 1999 he graduated in Graphic Design from the Art University of Tehran. Since 1998, he has participated in several exhibitions. In the year 2000, he got married and in the following year he established ARA Painting Studio and started to teach painting, considering classical and traditional values.”
Labels: art
Friday, February 27, 2009
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'Oldest English words' identified
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'Oldest English words' identified writes:
Medieval manuscripts give linguists clues about more recent changes
Some of the oldest words in English have been identified, scientists say.
Reading University researchers claim "I", "we", "two" and "three" are among the most ancient, dating back tens of thousands of years.
Their computer model analyses the rate of change of words in English and the languages that share a common heritage.
The team says it can predict which words are likely to become extinct - citing "squeeze", "guts", "stick" and "bad" as probable first casualties. "
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Une pianiste dotée d'une dexterité incroyable
Labels: art
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan- Philosophical Qawwali
thanedar1 wrote “ This Qawali is written by "Naaz Khailvi" a very humble but dervaish poet of a high stature. He lives in faisalabad pakistan. As Nusrat FA khan also belonged to the same city, so NAAZ Sb wrote that qawali for him. We can't say if the poet also got something out of the fortune of fame of this poem. However, one thing is for sure that nobody can stop oneself praying for the poet and his genius after listening to it. Nusrat sb really gave a world fame to this poetic work of very humble man.”
FarhadBa wrote
“Part one:
You have painted heart which such colors
It is kind of mysterious art work u designed
What is the secret behind all this?
Which kind of game are you playing since the beginning?
Part Two:
You locked the free soul in the cage of the body
And then you created dead to limit the soul even further
You made us free like a bird, ambitious and hopeful
Even though you already recorded our limitations in our destiny
Part Three:
You said that you designed the whole universe by yourself
But you also, already planned when to destroy it by yourself
You said that you have no location, no where to be found
On the other hand you stated your location being Nahno, Aqrab (heavens I think)
You clarified that this s good and that s bad: this s paradise and that is hell
But tell me why all this, what s the mystery behind it
Part four:
The sin was committed by Adam (AS),but the offspring s suffering the consequence
Alas, what a nice justice standards you have (sarcasm)
You elected certain humans as your messengers on earth
I don't know which kind of show you are trying to put on
Friday, February 06, 2009
KERA Art&Seek Blog - Dallas Art Fair: High Expectations
KERA Art&Seek Blog - Dallas Art Fair: High Expectations writes:
Richard Prince’s Nurse in Love, McClain Gallery"
Labels: art
Monday, February 02, 2009
LiveLeak.com - Pac-Man.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Rare 1,800-year-old figurine found in Jerusalem
Rare 1,800-year-old figurine found in Jerusalem writes:
"(AP) -- An 1,800-year-old figurine believed to have originated from the eastern stretches of the Roman Empire has been discovered by archaeologists outside the walls of the old city, the Israeli Antiquities Authority said. The 2-inch marble bust depicts the head of a man with a short curly beard and almond-shaped eyes who may portray a boxer, the authority said."
Labels: art
Sunday, January 25, 2009
The Art Of Persuasion
thanks to Arabawy blog for posting the part 1 of this video from YouTube user, DrBogdanovic:
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
part 6
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
part 6
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Economic Art - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com
Economic Art - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com : "
Economic problems inspire some to despair and some to humor. Others, art.
Andreas Nicolas Fischer, an artist in Berlin, works with the “visualization of data” to create fine art. Below, for example, is the data sculpture “Fundament.” The bottom portion shows the allocation of the world’s gross domestic product; the top shows the worldwide derivatives volume."
Labels: art
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Aljazeera.Net - Saudi Prince funds Islamic gallery at Louvre
AlJazeera reports that Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has donated $20 million to fund the creation of an Islamic art gallery at the Louvre museam in Paris. 10,000 islamic art pieces at the Louvre will have now a permanent home by 2009.
Labels: art, middle east
Sunday, March 13, 2005
Narghile (hookah) - sacred and mysterious
SacredNarghile.com discusses narghile's (hookah) mysterious origin; and its place in society, art and across the world.
Labels: art, middle east
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