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the Art of Light—A Building Transforms to A Pinball Machine in A Second.

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I would not have discovered so many interesting art stuff if I did not come to Macaulay and take Art Seminar in Queens College. I feel thankful to this program because it exposes me to so many amazing art and brings me the great experiences that I could never have imagined; it also motivates me to discover art news in the Internet.

I find a interesting news about the huge pinball game which is projected onto the facade of a building. During the Festival of Lights 2011 in Lyons, France, “Carol Martin and Thibaut Berbezier, who form the experimental art collective CT light, made the installation, called “Urban Flipper” which create the projection. It utilizes every single element of the exterior of the the building of Celestins Theater and presents these elements as the obstacles of the pinball game. It allows the onlookers the opportunity to play the most spectacular pinball game in the world. That is really stunning; I wish I could have been there and play it or at least witness it.

When I saw the video for the first time, I was astonished; I was thinking that how could this be possible. But, Martin and Berbezier  just made it; their imagination is incredible. This is a great combination of art of light and game. The art of light seems like is developing and progressing rapidly. A couple of months before, I read the news about the Ground Zero Ceremony during which the the twin towers were “rebuilt” in the form of two straight blue light, which also amazed me. Usually, we only see light as an element accompanied to the performance on the stage, but now we see more and more light performance which is displayed independently. The magic of light, I believe, will continue to entrance us.

Just recall what I have written before about the art of firework, I feel that, today, multifarious arts are swarming throughout the world. Art is not restricted to paintings, sculpture, music, dance anymore; it has developed into new dimensions and it is absorbing more elements that will bring us more novel experiences.

The World’s Largest Coffee Beans Mosaic

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Having discussed about mosaic picture in class, I grow some interests in this form of art work. I randomly find the news about an Albanian artists Saimir Strati who creates the world’s largest coffee beans mosaic; and this piece enters the Guinness World Records this Monday.

This 25.1- square-meter mosaic consists of five people from different background. “Strati used 140 kg (309 pounds) of coffee beans, some roasted black, some averagely and some not roasted at all, to portray a Brazilian dancer, a Japanese drummer, a U.S. country music singer, a European accordionist and an African drummer”(Reuters).

I like this mosaic because it express an important message about international harmony. This mosaic is not like other random things that enter Guinness World Records only for their weirdness and huge scale. It has important message that the artist Strati want to spread to the whole world: “One world, one family, over a cup of coffee.” Yes, we can tell this message through his portraits of five artists from around the world. I don’t know why, but I just love this mosaic as soon as I see it. It is not beautiful in an elegant, but it is so sincere and honest. It portrays the diversity of our human society. Each race and each culture has its own unique feature, no one has the right to degrade any of them. We are all brothers and sisters, living on the same home—-the earth.

Link to the post on Reuters

Coffee Bean Mosaic by Albanian artist Saimir Strati (picture from Reuters )

 

Fireworks Art

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After reading the article about the largest daytime fireworks launched in Qatar, I suddenly realize that firework is another form of art.

With GDP per capita of around $101,000, Qatar has much excessive amount of money. Therefore, that is no wonder that the Qatar Musejm Authority actually pay the check for the largest firework show. This fireworks display is the product of the collaboration of Chinese firework artist Cai Guo-qiang and Grucci family from New York. Cai Guo-qiang is the person who “dazzled international audience with his fireworks display at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.” Grucci family is America’s first family of fireworks; they put on the 4th of July fireworks in NYC.

This fireworks display is spectacular. Even though it is shown in the daytime, you can still see colorful flares. These colors seen are actually the color of smoke. The firework artists use special technology to make this effect. After hearing the burst of the shell, you can see thousands of “birds” appear in the sky suddenly. I most like the second one in the video. It is incredible; it is like uncountable amount of colorful butterflies dancing in the sky. Even though the daytime firework is not as pretty as the night one, I think, it has its own distinguished characteristic, which makes you feel like that what you have seen is just your illusion.

Like the motorcycle-carving by Aaron Young, the firework creates huge piece of art work. They both use violence to create beauty. Aaron Young utilize the intense friction between the wooden floor and the tires of the motorcycle to carve the floor to create patterns. Cai Guo-qiang and Grucci family use explosion to create stunning flares. But unlike the enduring carving, it is such a pity that the fireworks last only a second.

 

Willem de Kooning Exhibit Reaction

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After wondering around the Willem de Kooning gallery and feeling upset due to my inability to understand the abstract paintings of de Kooning, I find a painting that is distinguished from the rest of the paintings of de Kooning in south gallery.

Clam Diggers 1963 (MoMA website)

This painting is named Clam Digger. The painting’s style is very different from the style of de Kooning’s previous paintings. After listen to the audio (very useful tool), I am informed that the shift of de Kooning’s style since 1963 is resulted from his new environment.

In 1963, de Kooning moved from New York City to Springs, near Eastern Hampton, Long Island. In the audio, de Kooning said that he was influenced by the water and light there, which explains the wavy style of this painting. According to the audio, the women in this painting had been called trembling figures. The women figures in this painting lost any outline around them, and it seems like it is completely composed of light and reflected in water. The brush in this painting is very soft, which is not the same as the heavy brush used in de Kooning’s prior paintings. This painting gives me an impression of happiness and relaxing and it lacks the aggression used to be in the paintings de Kooning made in New York City. The new scene in the new environment seems like had given him brand new idea of life.

Even though I do not appreciate some other paintings of de Kooning art, I like this painting best. It does not contain any tension that is common in his other paintings. It brings some pleasure and harmony. The colors and light in this painting are also very warm.

Even thought the abstractness of the contemporary visual arts is not accessible to me, I like its aim of conveying ideas, thoughts and feelings, not simply a depiction of an object like the paintings of Frans Hals.

 

Gamelan Yowana Sari at LeFrak Hall

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Today’s Gamelan performance is a great presentation of Balinese culture.

The first thing that I want to mention is the costume shown today. The male costumes contain beige kerchief and skirt with certain pattern. The female costumes include blue skirt with a golden flower attached to the performers’ heads. All shining dresses and percussion instruments together, I think, suggest Balinese’s cultural feature and its preference toward golden color. They are so beautiful.

I wonder why the man splashes water to all the performers before they play; and I guess it is probably a special ritual that would bring blessing to people. It reminds me of an ethnic group called Dai minority in China. They have a special festival called Water Splashing Festival. In that day, they will bath the Buddha first, and then they start splashing water with one another for wishing luck, happiness and health.

Today’s Balinese dance pendet presented in the performance is very unique. The two female dancers wear fancy golden dress with pinkish decoration. their dance focus more on the movement of hands and fingers, as well as neck and eyes. Also, the dancers do not stand straight but squat slightly like weight lifters; and they walk with this pose too. I also notice that they move their eyes and head from side to side once in a while. All these distinctive features of Balinese dance distinguish it from the modern dance, and tap dance we watched before.

I appreciate this performance for it introduces me Indonesia’s striking culture that I have never seen before. I am looking forward more cultural exhibit in our campus or in the city.

 

 

Embracing Diversity Dance Performance at QC

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The Embracing Diversity Dance Performance at our campus last night was spectacular. It showcases the diversity of dance culture at our campus. This performance contains modern dance, Philippine dance, African dance and tap. I have been waited for this show for about two months since my jazz dance professor Carolyn Webb told us about this show.

The first piece is modern dance called Alast. It is as abstract as Three to Max that we watched in Fall for Dance. I don’t quite understand what idea or meaning it is supposed to express. The dim light and the monotonous music creates an eerie atmosphere. The group dance is more difficult than solo because all dancers have to be in same move simultaneously and our QC dancers cooperate well at the last part of the dance when they move backward while facing forward, circling around the stage with same speed and direction.

I like the third piece African dance best. Its wildness excites all the audience. From this show, you can feel human’s passion and hope for life. The dancers bring their own passion for life into the dance and dance so naturally and energetically. You can’t help being influenced by their zealousness and just want to dance with them. Of course, the energetic dance must be accompanied with drums. The two drummers who play in the show are incredible. The speed they strike the drum is unbelievably fast; it almost makes you dizzy. I appreciate this type of dance very much because its movement is so natural and it is the most original form of expressing happiness and it is a ritual to celebrate the beautiful life. It also shows the harmony among people which is lack of in our society.

It is really a great show. All the dancers are so professional. A few of them dance in three pieces and I could tell how much preparation they did behind the stage.  I really admire them and wish I could be part of the show in the future.

 

The Gay Marriage Plays

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Last Wednesday, I went to watch the Gay Marriage Plays at Minetta Lane Theater in Greenwich Village. All the seats were taken and this was really a fabulous show and it is another combination of art and politics.

This performance is not spectacular but very simple and humorous. Unlike other plays I watched before, Its setting is very simple or I could say that it has no setting at all but a few chairs and tables. Its humor is different from the humor of absurdity in the Bald Soprano; it uses more satires such as playing joke with some celebrities’ names and use of curse word. This performance’s success is all attributed to the acting of the cast and the playwright.

The first play “the Revision” by Jordan Harrison is about two guys who are revising the marriage statement. One man says that they should not call same sex marriage as marriage but call it civil union. I have never heard this phrase before and I wonder why people are laughing. I think they mention the civil union here to criticize,  in a caustic way, those who oppose the usage of the word “marriage” by same sex couple.

I most like the fourth play “On Facebook” by Doug Wright. I think it is a very creative idea to present the comments on Facebook orally. It tights current hot issue with current popular communication tool closely. This play is about six people’s debate on same sex marriage that arise from a person’s post on Facebook. I think it is very funny when they say “smiley face” accompanied by their own smiley face and fingers representing “click move” after they comment. Eventually, this play ends with each person saying “log off”.

I think the aim of this play is to open people’s mind about same sex marriage and to let people understand more about the homosexual. They have not done anything wrong. They need understanding and respect. They are all normal human being who just can not help falling in love with the same sex.

 

QC Nota Bene Contemporary Ensemble

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Yesterday’s the Nota Bene Contemporary Ensemble at the LeFrak Concert Hall was spectacular. The blend of poetry, music, and light was perfect. This performance again includes percussion instruments and the unique effect it produces in this performance make me like them more.

I like the first piece very much. It reminds me the music used in the dance “the Water Stains on the Wall” that I watched before by myself. I wasn’t sure what instrument created the sound when I was watching the dance. I was so surprised that it turned out to be flute. The combination of drum and the special way of playing the flute create the music that is similar to the music used for perform Chinese Kungfu such as Tai Chi in some way. This performance was very different from the concert we listen to before; it does not have a huge group of people. However, it was like a concerto because it has flute as solo, accompanied by drums.

The fifth piece of this performance mainly contain singing. The song that was sang was abstract and creepy. It was like the song used in the near end of the dance Three to Max by Ohad Naharin that we watched in the Fall for Dance at City Center. It was not like a normal song that we listen to. It is hard to understand what it is expressing.

It must be not a coincidence that both contemporary music are used in modern dance. Both contemporary music and modern dance tend to convey ideas in abstract ways; they are usually not understandable to most people. So, contemporary music and modern dance seem come together naturally and acquiescently.

I am so glad that we have so many great performances right in our campus. I anticipate more wonderful performances at the LeFrak Concert Hall.

 

 

Sorrows of Stephen

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Last Thursday, November 17th, after participating in the demonstration, I went to Baruch College to watch a comedy called Sorrows of Stephen by Peter Parnell, directed by Thom Garvey, and performed by Baruch students.

Sorrows of Stephen is about a guy called Stephen who is headstrong, impetuous, and irrepressible to be in love. A bit similar to Don Giovanni, Stephen desires for a relationship with female. Right after his girlfriend Liz broke up with him, he goes out and look for new date. He asks the female driver for a date to opera, but she says she has to work. As he is in the opera, he sends a card to the lady sitting in front of him for a date, but the lady leaves after a while. When he dines at a restaurant later, he meets a hot waitress and ends up sleeping with her. What’s worse, later, he starts pursuing his friend William’s girlfriend Christine. Eventually, Christine decides to marry to William and break up with Stephen.

Overall, I think it is a pretty good show, but with some drawbacks. Marlon J. Suarez, who plays Stephen, is perfectly match to this character; he looks like a nice guy, but with a bit of badness, just as the character. In my opinion, he acts best; he presents his character vividly, showing the character’s shyness and rascality simultaneously. However, I don’t like the way the character Christine is presented because the actress’s voice has high pitch, but she does not control it. So, when she speak emotionally, she is like screaming, which is not agreeable. Also, this play takes places in many location, so they change the setting very frequently, which is distracting. Nevertheless, the setting is excellent; it has real bed and food.

Unlike the Bald Soprano’s absurdity, this play is a normal comedy, which has logical plot. However, I don’t understand that Stephen seems like is pursuing a stable relationship but he never treats a relationship seriously. He breaks up with his girlfriend and begins new date right after that. He seems like does not know what he really wants, but just keeps falling love. Comparing to the Bald Soprano, the play Sorrows of Stephen is more dynamic. The actors clothes and the scene keep changing, but it also makes the audience feel that everything is a bit rush, from the beginning to the end.

 

QC Percussion Ensemble

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the Percussion Ensemble at our campus on Monday November 21th is very energetic and lively.  Comparing to the serious traditional orchestra concert which is intangible to some people, the percussion ensemble is more free and palpable to all.

This show is pretty good. The lighthearted beat just make you want to dance. There are many different percussion instruments present in this performance, such as drum, gong, tambourine, maracas, güiro, xylophone and others that I am not familiar with. I most like the one that is like a wooden vase; it produces a unique sound. When the player uses his whole palm to strike the opening of the vase, it produces even more special sound. They also use paint cans as percussion instrument, which is a very good way to recycle the wastes. I also see a very fancy percussion instrument which has dragon-like patterns, which produces ringing sound.

This show does not only include percussion, bu also contain music such as traditional Cuban music, Turkish traditional music and Bulgarian traditional music, as well as dance. It is always a good experience to listen to the music from different culture. I like these traditional music; they all have a happy tone. I guess they are created to celebrate something and expected to bring blissful atmosphere. I most like the last piece, which is accompanied by two dancers. They are dancing yambu which is the slowest version of rhumba. It is totally different from the ballet, tap and modern dance we watched before. It is not as elegant as ballet, as fast as tap, and as abstract as modern dance. It requires more slow wiggle of waist, rhythmic foot steps, and a bit bouncing of body; it does not emphasize on jump.

In short, this show is pretty enjoyable; it brings me a brand new experience and informs me about other culture, such as Cuban culture. This entire performance is also like an exhibit of percussion instruments. It makes me realize that even though percussion instruments do not play main roles in any performance, they are still integral part of music.

Enjoy Yambu

the Opera La Damoiselle Elue and Suor Angelica

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I am glad that I have attended the opera La Damoiselle Elue and Suor Angelica at our campus. Although they don’t have the spectacular stage like the one in the Don Giovanni at Met Opera, I like them more, especially Suor Angelica because I get a closer look at the actors’ acting and feel their emotion more strongly.

The first piece is Debussy’s La Damoiselle Elue which is poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It is about a girl Damozel who is awaiting her earthbound lover to come to the heaven. Unfortunately, her waiting is in vain and she is immersed in sorrow. Damozel sings very and express her feeling well. But, I think, at the end, if the light is turned dimmer, it will create a better sorrowful atmosphere. Since the setting is in the paradise, I wonder why Damozel is looking up to somewhere. She is supposed to look down to the earth and look for her lover.

The second piece is Puccini’s Suor Angelica and its libretto is written by Giovacchino Forzano. This opera is about the story of the nun Angelica who has been in the convent for about seven years. As she knows that her son is dead, she is so heartbroken and anguished that she decides to suicide so that she can see her son in the heaven. Right after she drinks the poison, she realizes that she has committed the mortal sin. She repents and asks the Virgin Mary for forgiveness. Eventually, the mercy Madonna forgive her and let her meet her son in the heaven.

As other opera, the orchestra and the actors in Suor Angelica cooperate well. I most like the part when the orchestra play a fast, loud and chaotic sound as Angelica covers her face, knelling down at the moment when she knows her son is dead. The fast, loud, and chaotic sound resonate with the pang of Angelica; she is shocked, hopeless and doesn’t know what to do. Having prayed for the health and happiness of the son for seven years, she cannot accept the cruel reality. Overfilled with the grief, she loses her reason and plans to suicide. At the second when she drinks the poison, the orchestra again plays a fast, thunderous sound, which resembles her irresistible impulse to die.

The opera Don Giovanni we watched before and the Suor Angelica demonstrate opposite elements. In the Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni has endless desires for women, but in the Suor Angelica, the nuns are not allowed to have desires and even the desire for food would be scolded. Angelica voluntarily repent for her sin and ask for forgiveness; she eventually elevates to the heaven with her son. Ironically, even though Don Giovanni is told that he will survive if he repent for his crime, he still refuse to repent; finally, he is dragged down to the hell.

Besides difference, Suor Angelica and Don Giovanni also have something in common. Supernatural power exist in both opera; the one with conscience is deemed to gain redemption and the one with evilness is doomed to be sentenced. It seems like that the supernatural power decides the fate of human being. However, I think that people’s fates are in their own controls; it is people who decide what they do and what they do will bring to them what they deserve.

 

the Police, the Artists and the Occupy Wall Street Movement

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As I was attending the Teach-in on last Thursday, a controversial question was sparked during the conversation: Is the police included in the 99% ? Some people thought that the police was not the 99% because they acted against the 99% and helped evict the protester from Zoccotti Park last week. There was a police happened to attend this teach-in, he said “It was my job and I had to do it. I had family to take care of; I could not lose this job. I was actually supporting this movement and most of my colleagues are backing it underneath too.” However, some people didn’t buy what he said. A native American activist later spoke and was indignant. She pointed out that “who ever said that the police is the 99%, sorry for my language, BULLSHIT!” She stated that she was hurt by the police on the day when the eviction of the Zoccotti Park happened. I feel sympathetic toward the police present in the teach-in that day. I understand how hard it is to be the person in the middle. If he refused to carry out the order, he would probably be laid off. However, if he executed the order, he would be abhorred by the 99% group, to which he’s supposed to belong. If he was single and alone, I think he would definitely support the movement openly. However, he has daughter and wife to take care of. They might be in the risk of being homeless if he lost his job. We can’t simply said that all the police are evil and hate them. However, some vicious police do exist, who are certainly unbearable. Here is a link to the same topic that is related to Oakland police who consider themselves as the 99%, but the responder questions it.

Everything looked peaceful before I got off at the City Hall stop. I found many police in the subway station and I met much more police when I left the subway station. Never seen so many police at one moment, I felt a bit nervous. I didn’t expect that there would be singers provoking the protesters, but I found this fascinating and excellent. The powerful word and rap will doubtless excite the protesters and make their slogan even more forceful, which intensify the strength of the movement. How amazingly the singers can contribute for the movement. They cry out the anger of themselves and the 99%. What’s more, protest organizer plan to play a 24-hours drum circle in front of the home of Mayor Bloomberg. At 2:00 pm November 20th, they began their show, with many other instruments. I personally don’t think this is a proper way to achieve their goal. Music should be used for provoking not for disturbing.

Artists also assist in witnessing and recording the history of the movement. ” Jeff Sharlet and the other folks at Occupy Writers are putting the moral force of art to the wheel, whether they’re writing original work about the movement or holding storytelling events at the site of the now-dismantled library” (Alyssa Rosenberg). With no money, the artists still have their pen and their mind, through which they expose the corruption of the government and showcase the collective power of the ordinary people.

Same as the past revolution, Occupy Wall Street movement are propelled by creative and provocative posters.  Gaining no money, the artists use their creativity to express the anger and spread the idea of the power of union.You may find some posters here.

Michele Elam (link to her article) mentioned in her article that the great philosopher Aristotle insisted that the art had a profound social function. Also, she mentioned that “in 1926,the renowned black intellectual, W.E.B. Du Bois, argued passionately that art should be used for social justice.” It’s very conspicuous that art was, is being, and will be considered and truly an influential instrument of the social movement in the past, at present, and also in the future.

 

An Occupy Wall St. invitation designed by Shepard Fairey to draw people to an Occupy party in Times Square earlier this month

An Occupy Wall St. invitation designed by Shepard Fairey to draw people to an Occupy party in Times Square earlier this month

Don Giovanni vs. Chinese Opera

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When I was little, I didn’t like watching Chinese Opera at all. I went to the Community Hall(where the opera was performed) with family and my cousins. We kids just went there for fun and free candies or snacks (the person who invited the actors will provide the audiences with candies or snacks) and sneaked to the backstage to watch the actors doing their makeup or appreciating the Kung Fu part of the opera. I also got some view of Western Opera on TV when I was young. I felt the singing actors are like monsters who are making annoying sounds.

After I grow up, I increasingly start appreciating Opera, both Western and Chinese Opera. They are both non-physical cultural treasures of their nations. I was actually very excited when we were going to watch Don Giovanni together. I’ve heard that some people would dress up when they went to a Opera, but I also thought that there must be some people wear jeans and informal shirts. So, I didn’t wear a suit and I didn’t feel comfortable with suit as well. I was a little surprised when I arrived at the theater and saw all people dressing so formally. In contrast, Chinese Opera comes from the folk and it’s for all people. Therefore, We don’t have to dress formally for watching an opera.

Talking about the Don Giovanni we watched, I really like the fancy theater, the stage and the props. The flame part when Don Giovanni was dragged down into the hell was also my favorite. That exhibits how technology contributes to the performance of art and create spectacular effect. Also, the cooperation between the actors and the orchestra is remarkably admirable. They collaborate flawlessly and seamlessly. However, I doubt if the building present on the stage is proper for the aristocrats. It looked, to me, more like peasants’ house. The fight between Don Giovanni and Commendatore was so short and not wonderful at all. If you would like to watch exciting fighting scene, I recommend you Chinese opera.

Compare to Western opera, Chinese opera has fancier makeup(or mask), more actions, and smaller orchestra. The masks are essence of Chinese opera. The masks represent the personality of the characters. There are distinctions between the masks of bad guys, comic guys and good guys. Chinese opera usually involves many actions which make it more animated. It require the actors to have many years of training and techniques. “10 minutes’ performance on the stage requires 10 years’ work behind the stage.”The orchestra for Chinese Opera is relatively small. The orchestra is on the backstage. The instruments include flute, Erhu, drum, gong and so on.

Besides so many differences, Western opera and Chinese opera also have something in common. The singing is not understandable to many audiences, so there are also subtitles for them. Also, both opera are not popular among young people. Less and less teens like opera, which may cause the problem of preservation of the precious traditional culture.

This short video shows more about the actions in Chinese Opera. This is about the tale of Monkey King.

The second video shows more about the singing part in Chinese Opera.

If you are not interested in the previous ones, you must watch the following one.This is called “face-changing”(literally translated), a special skill in Chuang opera ( a regional branch of Chinese opera).

Menu Is Also An Art Form

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Until today, I haven never thought menu could be regarded as an art form. I found this surprising information when I was searching for some interesting art news.

According to the post, menu and restaurant were not common until late 1800s. It was very rare to dine at a restaurant and read the menu at that time. Through menu, one could see the trends in design in that era.

Graphic design writer Steven Heller and culinary historian culinary historian John Mariani  work together and participate in the production of the book Menu Design in America. Heller  worked on the introduction of menu design history, and Mariani gave the extended caption. This book showcases up to 800 examples of menu design.

It’s really a interesting idea to collect and review the history of menu and menu design. Some artist and author can always come out ideas  or find out items that are usually overlooked by people. Their creativity is really admirable. People who love food and art definitely can’t miss this great book.This book provides many menus that contain the food that people eat in the past. It will be interesting to compare those food to the food at present. The plenty of pictures of menu design in the book are also enjoyable.

the menus in the past seem more interesting to me. They are colorful and more attractive. The following menu with cartoon characters will certainly draw customers’ attention and give them great dining experience. Will you not choose to dine at the restaurant with such a cute menu?

 

 

Turkey’s safeguard of its cultural heritage

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Today, I attend Lawrence Kaye‘s lecture which is about Turkey’s recovery of its cultural treasure.

Gold hippocampus brooch

Mr.Kaye’s efforts and commitment to to help other countries to recover their cultural antiquities are really admirable. Mr.Kaye help Turkey recover its “fabled Lydian Hoard antiquities, long held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art”(QC website). the Met bought these antiquities from dealers without knowing where do they obtain these treasure and the Met later display these antiquities in June 1984, mislabeling them as treasury from East Greek deliberately. When the authorities of Turkey demanded their antiquities return, the Met refused to comply. Turkey suit the Met in 1987 and after 6-years effort, Turkey finally get its “lost children” back in 1993.

In my opinion, the antiquities should definitely belong to the country of origin. Antiquities represent a country’s culture, history and part of its heritage. Illegal transaction of the antiquities should not be tolerated and indulged. The stealing of a country’s cultural treasure is like kidnapping someone’s child which violate both legal and moral rules. All nations must achieve a mutual recognition on carrying out policy or laws to punish the dishonorable behaviors of looting, robbing, stealing or illegally dealing of other countries’ antiquities. At the meantime, the country itself must carry out actions and policies to protect its cultural treasure. The antiquities looted during the war must be returned to the country of origin unless that country allows the usage of exhibit by other countries. Turkey is not the only country that is suffering the lost of its cultural treasure; many Asian countries lost massive of their cultural heritage during World War II. There are still many lost antiquities that are hold by foreign owners. However, hope is not gone. Some people living abroad voluntarily use their own money to buy those lost treasures and contribute them to their native country. Their are true heroes.