Tomorrow is Persian’s new year and the first day of spring. Persians all over the world will rejoice and gather to celebrate one of the most jovial rituals dating back to Zoroaster. He walked the Persian lands to spread his idea of good deeds. “Do no evil” is ironically what we need at this time […]
Entries Tagged as 'Body'
Noerooz = New Day
March 19th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Body · Borders · Community · Courage · Design · Evolution · Humanity · Iran
Thomas Hirschhorn
March 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments
In his comical and dysfunctional Universal Gym, Hirschhorn brings back his usual low tech constructions made from cardboard, foil, glass, heart monitors, rubber, tape, trophies, wood, etc. overloading viewers with stuff of consumerism. The motionless figures are similar to stuffed museum specimen. The hearts are gouged out of their chests, and they seem distant. Love […]
Tags: Arezoo Moseni · Basel · Body · Books · Contemporary Art · Exhibitions · Gym · Health · Installation · New York · Sculpture
The Senses
February 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Another fun quick read by the remarkable thinker Paul Virilio who wrote The Aesthetics of Disapperance in 1991. In Art as Far as the Eye Can See, he debates the ramifications of the disapperance of the aesthetic. He reminds us of Albert Camus’ observation that 20th century would become synonymous with fear and how fear […]
Tags: Art · Body · Books · Evolution · Libraries · Mind
Bear Mountain
June 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The recovery from my mountain climbing fall is yet to be fully complete. My 25 foot fall was a life changing experience making me realize how lucky I was to live through it. This post would not exist, if it were not for a branch on a fallen tree poking through my sleeve and holding […]
Tags: Arezoo Moseni · Body · Climbing · New York