TV Series Intros

I know this post is probably not very informative or rather 'light' and 'time passing' but I still wanted to share something, better then nothing right?

I have been a little busy with writing a couple of papers on philosophy and aesthetics (which I will share soon), so I couldn't interact here at the blog but I will make up for it. I promise.

Here is a couple of awesome intros I've stumbled upon: (they are not in a specific order + there might be some really good ones I have missed so please comment)
Enjoy


MARVEL'S DAREDEVIL:

MARCO POLO:

OUTLANDER:

HANNIBAL:

SALEM:

BBC SHERLOCK:

VIKINGS:

CARNIVAL:

TRUE DETECTIVE:

BLACK SAILS:

(DR) HOUSE MD:

DOWNTOWN ABBEY:

BREAKING BAD:

DOCTOR WHO (all of them):

CONTINUUM:

DA VINCI'S DEMONS:

PERSON OF INTEREST:

LUTHER:

12 MONKEYS:

DEXTER (morning routine):

The 100:

ORPHAN BLACK:

TRUE BLOOD:

BOARDWALK EMPIRE:

FRINGE:

SIX FEET UNDER:

LOST ROOM:

LIE TO ME:

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF SHIELD:

CONSTANTINE:

ELEMENTARY:

And Of course GAME OF THRONES:

Douglas Dare - music from the heavens

This week I’m a fan of Douglas Dare. A singer/songwriter with modest attitude and easy on the eyes.

We use various props and ways to communicate with the world around us. We use them to share our love, pain, hatred etc… All the emotions over all. Douglas Dare is someone who feels your emotions and touches the core of your being. Helps you heal and wishes for the best.
He has a great energy that pulls you to his inner works and understandings where you look around and be grateful for all the butterfly effects that have brought you to the second you are now.

Without further ado, here is a great artist:

Singer/songwriter Douglas Dare grew up in the small coastal town of Bridport in South West England.

Encouraged by his mother, a piano teacher, he began composing music at a young age but didn’t take up songwriting until 2008 while at University in Liverpool. His elegantly moody, piano-based songs and haunting voice drew comparisons to artists like Thom Yorke and James Blake and eventually attracted the attention of London indie label Erased Tapes who specialise in releasing avant-garde music. After relocating to London, he signed with Erased Tapes and they issued his first EP Seven Hours in September 2013. An extensive tour with label mate and similarly experimental artist Ólafur Arnalds followed before he returned home to begin work on his debut full-length. Collaborating with percussionist and producer Fabin Prynn, Dare crafted the dark, intimate ten song album Whelm, released in May 2014. 

The concert I went to took place at Salon IKSV. Some sneak preview:

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Museums Talk: From the UK - Istanbul Modern

Launched in 2012 by Istanbul Modern, the “Museums Talk” program aims to establish a new conversation platform between leading international museum professionals and audiences in Turkey. The program continues with the United Kingdom. 

Organised in collaboration between Istanbul Modern and the British Council, “Museums Talk: From the UK” invites prominent museum professionals from eight art museums from the UK between December 2014 and April 2015.  

Since the foundation of the first national public museum in the world, the UK has always been a precursor in the field of museology and British institutions provide a unique know-how combining a rich heritage with innovative approaches.

Each lecture focuses on a critical topic, such as museum management, fundraising, curatorial practices, collections and archives, education programs, audience development and public relations, marketing and communication strategies, new technologies, exhibition design and museum architecture.

MUSEUMS TALK: The Role of Museums in Urban Regeneration

Turner Contemporary - Art Inspiring Change

Victoria Pomery OBE, Director

Founded in 2011, Turner Contemporary has acted as a catalyst for the regeneration of Margate, a seaside town in East Kent that had declined as a tourist destination. Designed by David Chipperfield Architects, the gallery is located on the site where JMW Turner stayed on his frequent visits to Margate in the 1820s and 1830s. Turner Contemporary celebrates Turner’s relationship with the town and hosts a world-class programme of historical and contemporary exhibitions as well as a vibrant Learning and Public programme.

Victoria Pomery was appointed Director of Turner Contemporary in 2002 to develop an arts organisation as part of a strategy of cultural led regeneration and was awarded an OBE for services to the arts in 2012. In this presentation, Pomery will consider the role of Turner Contemporary as a catalyst for the regeneration of Margate and will describe the initial concept and some of the challenges that she and the team faced in the early years.  She will talk about the design of the gallery and what she did to ensure that the opening was a success, creating confidence and civic pride within its local communities. Victoria Pomery will reflect on the social and economic impact that the gallery has had and argue that art can inspire change.

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Developing Museum Collections: Limited Resources, Unlimited Partnerships
Simon Groom, Director
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art













Founded in 1960, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is the youngest of three galleries that, with the Scottish National Gallery and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, make up the National Galleries of Scotland. Housed in two 19th century buildings in beautiful parkland in Edinburgh, the Gallery of Modern Art has the finest collection of Scottish and international art from 1890 to the present day in Scotland, an impressive sculpture park and one of the world’s great collections of Dada and Surrealism.


Simon Groom, the Director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, will discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead of art museums to develop their collection in times of crisis. He will present successful partnership the museum has forged to enable a rich programme of displays and exhibitions that makes innovative use of its collections. These include ARTIST ROOMS, held jointly with the Tate on behalf of the nation, an inspirational collection of modern and contemporary art by some of the most significant artists of the twentieth century; “From Death to Death and Other Small Tales”, an exhibition that combined works from the gallery’s collection and that of the collector, Dimitris Daskalopoulos; as well as GENERATION, a hugely ambitious nationwide programme of exhibitions in 2014 looking at 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland.



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Rethinking Museums, Rethinking Culture: New Approaches to Museum Management

David Anderson, Director

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales

Founded in 1907, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales operates seven national museums working in different disciplines encompassing art, history, natural history, and industrial heritage. Dedicated to preserving, presenting and promoting the culture of Wales, the institution is facing severe challenges of funding and purpose.  It is on a journey to redefine its role in Wales, the world’s first post-industrial nation – one rich in cultural traditions, but poor in economic resources.

Awarded an OBE for services to museums and education, David Anderson has been Director General of National Museum Wales since 2010 and reorganized the institution to enable it to become better fitted to meet the needs of the people of Wales in the twenty first century. In his talk, he will present the redevelopment of the St Fagans Museum near Cardiff to become the National Museum of History for Wales. Themes will include the development of a new vision and purpose for the museum, fundraising, and the role of public participation in reshaping the work of the organization.

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The Future of Museums

Chris Dercon, Director

Tate Modern

Tate Modern is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group. It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world and the second most popular tourist attraction in the UK with 5.5 million visitors in 2013.

Chris Dercon is an art historian, a documentary filmmaker and cultural producer. Since he was appointed Director of Tate Modern in London in 2011, he has been leading the museum’s groundbreaking programs and its unmatchable expansion project. In his talk, he will question the future of museums of art, which have always been places in a constant state of disruption and transformation. Presenting a unique platform for human encounters, he will consider the museums’ potential to become a new type of public space, one for social play and innovation, facilitating new forms of art, creativity and thinking, where people will look and interact with art as well with each other.

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Museum Education: Deepening Engagement Through Digital Learning

Jane Findlay, Head of Schools and Young Audiences Education 

Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture and includes world-famous treasures such as the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, and Egyptian mummies. With over 6 million visitors in 2013, the Museum is the top visitor attraction in the UK. 

Last year, 262,000 pupils visited the British Museum. Jane Findlay, Head of Schools and Young Audiences, will discuss the potential and pitfalls of using technology to support museum learning. Discussing the need to align learning and digital strategies for maximum impact, her presentation will cover topical subjects such as developing sustainable technology partnerships, conceiving blended learning approaches through the innovative Samsung Digital Discovery Centre, deepening families’ engagement in the galleries with augmented reality applications and building successful online teaching resources.

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Curating Digital Space: Inventing a New Art Form

Ruth Mackenzie CBE, Interim Launch Director

The Space

The Space, set up by the BBC and Arts Council of England in 2014, commissions artists from all art forms to create digital art for people round the world to enjoy via their mobiles, tablets and desktop computers. It encourages artists to experiment with new ways of reaching audiences and new forms of digital art, and it encourages audiences to move from consuming and enjoying art, to participating in art works as an active artistic community. 

Ruth Mackenzie is the Interim Launch Director and Creative Director of The Space and

the Artistic Director of the Holland Festival. Her first festival in June 2015 includes a celebration of artists from Turkey and surrounding countries. In her talk, she will share insights into curating digital artists and audience development in every continent of the world. She will argue whether digital art will have a similar effect as the emergence of film in the twentieth century as a new dominant art form, which impacted on artists across all genres and reached new mass audiences. Today, thanks to the spread of mobile devices and Internet access, mass audiences are within the reach of artists. Mackenzie will discuss how artists should develop a new relationship with these new audiences and if it requires the invention of a new form of digital art. 

 
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Cultural Diversity and Its Representation within Visual Arts
Tessa Jackson OBE, Chief Executive
Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts)

Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) was established in 1994 with government funding to address the imbalance in the representation of culturally diverse artists, curators and writers within cultural discourse in the UK at the time. Iniva now operates in a more globalised world where the meaning of diversity itself is endlessly shifting and changing.

Iniva continues to encourage new and unheard voices, creating space where the politics of race and representation can be explored. Tessa Jackson OBE, Chief Executive, will discuss the challenges and importance of museums and galleries exploring internationalism and alternative perspectives through exhibitions and collections.

 
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Lure of the Local: Residencies, Art Schools, Museums
Sam Thorne, Artistic Director 
Tate St Ives 













Founded in 1993, Tate St Ives offers a varied exhibition and events program of international modern and contemporary art within the unique cultural context of St Ives, home of post-war British Modernism. The museum also manages the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, which offers a remarkable insight into the work of one of Britain's most important 20th century artists.
What can museums and larger arts institutions learn from the recent flourishing of artist-led education projects? What would a museum with artist residencies at its core look like? Sam Thorne’s talk will give an overview of alternative art school projects, from Manifesta 6 to Ahmet Ögüt's Silent University, and consider their implications for museums. It will draw on his experience as a co-founder of Open School East, an art school-cum-community space in London, and of developing a residency program at Tate St Ives.

 
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Saint Luke painting the Virgin, (Lukas-Madonna in German or Dutch)

Luke the Evangelist (Ancient Greek: Λουκᾶς, Loukás) is one of the Four Evangelists—the four authors of canonical Gospels of Jesus Christ. Luke was a native of the Hellenistic city of Antioch in Syria. The early church fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel according to Luke and the book of Acts of the Apostles, which originally formed a single literary work, referred to as Luke-Acts. Prominent figures in early Christianity such as Jerome and Eusebius later reaffirmed his authorship, although within scholarly circles, both secular and religious, discussions have taken place due to the lack of evidence as to the identity of the author of the works.

The New Testament mentions Luke briefly a few times, and the Pauline epistle to the Colossians refers to him as a doctor; thus he is thought to have been both a physician and a disciple of Paul. Christians since the faith's early years have regarded him as a saint. He is believed to have died a martyr, although accounts of the events do vary.

The Roman Catholic Church and other major denominations venerate him as Saint Luke the Evangelist and as a patron saint of artists, physicians, surgeons, students and butchers; his feast day takes place on 18 October.

Luke the Evangelist

Saint Luke painting the Virgin, (Lukas-Madonna in German or Dutch), is a devotional subject in art showing Luke the Evangelist painting the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus. Such paintings were often created during the Renaissance for chapels of Saint Luke in European churches, and frequently recalled the composition of the Salus Populi Romani, an icon based on the legend of Luke's portrait of Mary. Versions of the subject were sometimes painted as the masterpiece that many guilds required an artist to submit before receiving the title of master.

Though not included in the canonic pictorial of Mary's life, the scene became increasingly popular as Saint Luke gained his own devotional following as the patron saint of artists in general, and more specifically as patron saint of the Guild of Saint Luke, the most common name of local painters' guilds. The legend of Saint Luke as the author of the first Christian icons had been developed in Byzantium during the Iconoclastic controversies, as attested by 8th century sources. By the 11th century, a number of images started being attributed to his authorship and venerated as authentic portraits of Christ and the Virgin Mary. 

In the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Luke's ascendancy paralleled a rise in status of painters themselves. Before the Renaissance, sculptors' guilds and their associated craftsmen — which also included masons and architects, as all worked with stone — tended to be regarded more highly than painters. Similarly, many Guilds of St. Luke were conglomerate associations of various professions, including painters, paint-mixers, book illuminators, and sellers of all of these things. Saddle-makers too were members of these guilds: like illuminators, who worked with vellum, they too painted on leather when creating the colorful military harness of the day.




"Is it true that St. Luke painted a picture of the Virgin Mary? And if so where is it or whatever happened to it?


There are various versions of the legend. One says that angels gave Luke three boards on which to paint Mary and he made three pictures of her. Another legend says that he made seven. Over the centuries various monasteries and churches have claimed to have had one of wonderful pictures.

In Roman times canvasses were not used for pictures, but flat boards, which would give rise over the centuries to the Eastern Christian tradition of iconography. If the reader wishes to see one of these supposed portraits, one can be found at the following link which depicts Mary being venerated by two saints.






The legend was so strong in medieval times that several of the great masters have made oil paintings of Luke sketching the Virgin and Christ. This said, it is not hard to see how the legend emerged.

Luke the evangelist has more references to the Virgin Mary than does any other single author in the New Testament. In his biography of Jesus, Luke mentions the annunciation of the angel to Mary, her visit to Elizabeth, the Nativity, the presentation of Jesus in the Temple, and the later the discovery of Jesus in the Temple.

Luke also places Mary with the apostles at the Pentecost in the Book of Acts. Because of these references, some wags have called the Gospel of Luke "Mary's Baby Book." Interpreters of the Bible in Roman times assumed that Luke could have gotten these childhood references only from Mary herself, and they assumed that the evangelist knew her life well. It was in the later Roman era culture that the story of the portrait emerged.

There are a number of images of Mary found on cave walls in Egypt, where hermits decorated their cells with holy images, and there seem to be images of her on the walls of the Roman catacombs. The first known reference to a free-standing portrait of Mary is in the fifth century A.D. One historian tells us that the Empress Eudokia, the wife of the Christian emperor Theodosius II, found an image of Mary in Jerusalem and sent it to one of her relatives, who placed it in the great Hagia Sophia Cathedral.

How she found the image is not certain but she was convinced that it was Luke's painting. This writer apologizes for a trace of cynicism, by suggesting that it would be a foolish Jerusalem art dealer indeed who did not happen to have a "genuine" painting on hand when the wealthy empress came for a visit.

Eudokia's discovered image came to be known as the Hodegetria, or "she who shows the way." It was venerated with great honor in the Byzantine Empire and attracted many visitors and it was widely copied and imitated. In Eastern iconography there are still many versions of it, and the style shows Mary holding the Christ Child in one arm and pointing to him with the other.

From 1204 to 1261 the Byzantine Empire was ruled by Western Latin monarchs, because one of the crusades had been diverted from its effort to reclaim the Holy Land and decided to take over Constantinople instead. These gentlemen were driven out in 1261, and the last Latin Emperor, Baldwin II, is supposed to have taken the image with him.

Other accounts maintain that it stayed in Constantinople where the faithful continued to venerate it. The Hodegetria disappears again in 1453, when Islamic forces captured and looted the city. Thanks to both Baldwin II and the Islamic Turks, a number of monasteries and cathedrals now claim to have the original, each with a wonderful tale of how it was hidden from harm and spirited away to their holy site.

Egypt, Russia, Italy, Spain, Poland and other places have their claimants to the image. There is even a version of it in India, where the faithful believe they have one of seven such paintings, and in this case it got there with the Apostle Thomas. It comes as little surprise that St. Luke ended up as the
patron saint of artists."

By GREGORY ELDER