ANTEBELLUM BLOG: 09.12.12

12/15/12

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

LEOPOLD MUSEUM~ NUDE MEN EXHIBIT

AT THE LEPOLD museum , vienna~ a man took the concept of life imitating art when he suddenly stripped at an exhibition of pictures and sculptures portraying nude men through the ages. after taking his clothes off, the man calmly sauntered through the exhibition, dressing again only after a security guard asked him to do so. Museum spokesman Klaus Pokorny said that the museum had nothing to do with Saturday’s strip, describing it as a “spontaneous act”. He says other visitors did not appear disturbed. He said that since its October 19 opening, the Nude Men exhibition had attracted more than 65,000 visitors – all of them dressed except for one.
take note america... this is how mature countries react to nudity, not by tasers & imprisonment.

ANTEBELLUM ARTIST~ EDDIE JELINET

"TE PEHI KUPE" (Tupai Cupa) oil on mask ~ 5"X6"~2012~artist~ EDDIE JELINET.

THE JOURNALS of Europeans who settled New Zealand in the 1800s record that the intricate facial tattoos of the native Maoris served not only as decoration but as the individual's legal identity as well. In effect, the Maoris WERE their tattoos. For instance, whenever Te Pehi Kupe, a tribal chief, was required to sign his name to a European document, he painstakingly drew his entire facial design.

These facial tattoos -- so unique and culturally important they also served as the person's name -- were called "moko." The practice of using them as written signatures was a result of the Maoris' earliest encounters with British colonizers who ultimately took control of the country. The Europeans later recorded: "When the natives agreed to give the Marsden Mission the land it required and a deed was drawn, the missionaries were at a loss as to how get the document signed, as the Maoris could not write. Hongi suggested that the tattoo markings on the face of Kuna, the chief conveying the land, should be drawn on the deed ... the suggestion was adopted and this became the common way of signing Maori deeds in the early days."

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THE CELING OF CANTERS

oh the memories i have of this glaring~neon ceiling of canter's.
i remember fondly back in the punk days~ drunk/high as a sunk~ the clubs & bars had all closed. where was there to go? CANTERS~ 24hours~ one of the few places that was back then.
you haven't known sick until you entered this restaurant as drunk as can be, devoured a cheese omelet and then looked up @ this neoned~ fall~motif of an eye~sore of a ceiling.