Dear friends, this is a little contribution-help I gave to the Centro Culturale Giapponese of Milan.
They are sponsoring a fund-raising together with other partners, to build a new kindergarten for Minami Sanriku, a place in the Prefecture of Miyagi, totally destroyed by the Tsunami.
They asked me to prepare a draft project with some images to help this raising, and this his the result.
Actually, also hoping you will enjoy the project, I would be very grateful if you could help us in this mission. Minami Sanriku really needs our help!
The main reference is http://www.centrodiculturagiapponese.org/eventi.html , where you will find all the details and contacts. I'm putting here the pages of the brochure with the project.
Thank you!
[ the brochure is in Italian, both with the site, but if you need information about it in English, just ask for it ]
Okay, I haven't won the contest, but anyway, I did it and I'm proud about my work.Maybe I could work also on the Milanese one...
mmm... let's see..
(to be developed)
Bye Bye Saverio!
Your presence hanging on the wall had inspired me and all my friends during our parties for so long... The livingroom will never be the same.
The T-shirt will never replace you, but you'll remain in our hearts and on our chests.
This is for YOU... enjoy!
(production will start only at the request of friends)
fiber and variance sul tema...
In praise of Shadows, Jun'ichiro Tanizaki (1933)
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Shadows]
Probably one of the best book I've ever read, that made me really think about the differences between the East and the West. Once you read this, you really star paying mora and more attention to what surrounds you. And not only concerning Japan. This book really refines your cognizance of the World.
The system of objects, Jean Baudrillard (1968)
[http://books.google.it/books?id=0T3-3Ce5VocC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=system+of+objects&source=bl&ots=8JmKzfrzvo&sig=TneNTYlIFQyOCJHM1URIt7L7S5w&hl=it&ei=HTS1TfymD4XOswbk683mCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false]
Symbolic exchange and death, Jean Baudrillard (1976)
[http://www.egs.edu/faculty/jean-baudrillard/articles/symbolic-exchange-and-death-excerpts/]
The Transparency of Evil, Jean Baudrillard (1990)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/15/jean-baudrillard-transparency-of-evil
Baudrillard has been the equivalent of Freud in the (psycho)analysis, but transposed into everything could be thought, thaught and produced.
After reading Jean (and of course that's not an easy affair) nor going to the supermarket, nor going to the cinema or have a look on a review will be the same as in the past. Are you ready to discover a delirious point of view for Life?
All these books will upgrade your awareness about "reality".
Empire of signs, Roland Barthes (1970)
[http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/09/14/reviews/1419.html]
America, Jean Baudrillard (1988)
http://books.google.it/books?id=73CCg_I_rKsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=jean+baudrillard,+america&hl=it&ei=QY-JTrCgHc-f-wbT49Q0&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
Delirious New York, Rem Koolhaas (1978)
http://books.google.it/books?id=-PxluDQUcFkC&q=rem+koolhaas,+delirious+new+york&dq=rem+koolhaas,+delirious+new+york&hl=it&ei=no-JTtuzMcqN-wbgqd0b&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ
Architecture of happyness ( )
http://books.google.it/books?id=Go0GpAWTkMkC&dq=architecture+of+happyness&hl=it&ei=yI-JTr2KJsic-wb91ZE2&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA
Artista e Designer, Bruno Munari ( )
On photography, Susan Sontag (1977)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Photography
Lezioni di fotografia, Luigi Ghirri
(to be continued)
Here my last creation: MSN men.
Have you ever thought about those little sad men lying on you desktop or popping up from your dock (for Mac users...)?Well, even them have something to say. Of course!
