Pete Townshend’s legendary rock opera, Quadrophenia, comes to Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Pete Townshend's legendary rock opera Quadrophenia is brought to the stage for the first time and appears at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 May as part of a UK tour.

Set in London and Brighton at the height of the Mod era, Quadrophenia is told through the eyes of Jimmy, a hedonistic style conscious teenager searching for a place to belong and a girl to love. Misunderstood by his parents and stuck in a dead end job, he sets off on a trip to Brighton that will change his life forever.
The compelling coming of age story is brought to life in this original stage adaptation of the legendary album. The evocative world of sixties Britain provides a colourful backdrop to Jimmy's journey. Pete Townshend's score captures the excitement of a nation on the brink of change.

Quadrophenia documents a culturally significant moment in Britain, the influences of which are still seen today in music and fashion. The story takes a snapshot of one of the most interesting and energising times for pop culture in Britain.

"I am excited about this new production. Its genesis in workshop in Cardiff was wonderful, and what is happening now with the Theatre Royal Plymouth feels right-sized on the one hand, but also insanely ambitious for such a tricky piece.

It's taken a long time, and a lot of wrangling to accept that Quadrophenia is probably never going to work as conventional music theatre. So I hope for a grand and chaotic explosion of music and chorus that revives the memories of being young in the '60s, but also brings those memories to life in the 21st century." Pete Townshend

The album Quadrophenia was released by The Who in 1973 followed by the iconic film in 1979. Rolling Stone magazine and VH1 have named it one of the 100 Greatest Albums of all Time. The film, which became a cult hit, was directed by Franc Roddam and, starring Sting, Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Toyah Wilcox and a young Ray Winstone, it captured the tense and at times violent atmosphere in the UK in the mid 1960s.

This brand new adaptation of the album is directed by Tom Critchley and features a cast of hugely talented young performers from throughout the UK who will recreate Pete Townshend's masterpiece for the stage.

Led by four young actors who will share the role of Jimmy - Ryan O'Donnell (Jimmy - Romantic), Jack Roth (Jimmy - Lunatic), George Maguire (Jimmy - Tough Guy) and Rob Kendrick (Jimmy - Hypocrite) and Sydney Rae White who will play 'The Girl', the cast also features Kirsty Malone (Mum), Dawn Sievewright (Guardian Angel) Iris Roberts (Guardian Angel), Lillie Flynn (Guardian Angel) John Schumacher (Dad), Kevin Wathen (The Godfather), Ryan Gage (Ace Face), Tom Robertson (Gang Leader), Daniel Curtis (Swing), Sean Croke (Swing) and Brennan Reece (Swing).

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iSport plans F1 entry

GP2 team boss Paul Jackson is planning to bring his iSport stable into Formula One in the event that spending is capped from the 2010 season. Jackson revealed his intention in an exclusive interview with Motorsports-Magazine.com: “I aim to give a few people in F1 a kick up the backside and to show them that they are chucking money out of the window for nothing.”

But the precondition for any Formula One entry has to be a ceiling on team budgets imposed by the FIA. The earlier this precise amount is decreed - preferably within the next month - the sooner Jackson and his team can get together with sponsors and investors to decide whether they will be competing in 2010 as a separate outfit or be joining forces with one of the others already on the grid such as Toro Rosso.

“The existing teams aren’t structured to operate within a 30-million budget,” stresses Jackson in his interview with Motorsports-Magazine.com. “So it would probably be better to start with a blank sheet.” The basis of any new team would be the GP2 engineers. “We’re accustomed to doing a great job on limited resources,” he says.
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Seatrade Europe 2009 promises best yet as positive mood prevails - Hamburg

The European cruise market continues to break all records. Direct expenditure up 22%, over 4m Europeans cruising, and the top two European source markets, UK and Germany producing double-digit growth in 2008. With such a positive mood prevailing, Seatrade Europe 2009 promises to be the best yet.

Despite the current international economic climate, cruising is the fastest growing travel market. According to analysis by the Deutscher ReiseVerband (German Travel Association), the number of German cruise and river cruise passengers grew by 18 percent to 1.3 million in 2008. Tour operators and cruise shipping companies are also optimistic for 2009. More than half of the requested companies expect an increase in passengers and turnover, or at least a constant satisfying result. In the long term the European cruise shipping companies are expecting steady growth rates. The Hamburg based consulting company SeaConsult predicts that the German cruise market will increase to 2 million cruise passengers by 2018.

Seatrade Europe will include Superyachts for the first time this year to complete the existing highlights of cruise, river cruise and ferry, and to support the strong synergy between all segments.

New Exhibitors at Seatrade Europe 2009
“Seatrade Europe will continue to grow this year. That’s why the event will take place at the exhibition area of Hamburg Messe and Congress in hall A4 for the first time. This new hall offers the perfect framework for Seatrade Europe and enough space for the exhibitors. Additionally modern congress facilities are available directly next to the exhibition“, says Bernd Aufderheide, Executive Director of Hamburg Messe und Congress.

Numerous exhibitors already confirmed include the Caribbean Village with nine Caribbean destinations. Newcomers include the port associations Cruise Atlantic Europe, French Riviera Ports and Suncruise Andalucia. Also for the first time at Seatrade Europe the Dutch cutlery company Sola and the table and kitchenware supplier WMF will present their developments, confirming that the introduction of “Hotel and Catering” in 2007 is already becoming a well established part of the event.
The big cruise shipyards such as Meyer Werft in Papenburg and STX (former Aker Yards) will also participate again and present their latest developments and concepts to the professional world.

Beside the exhibition and conference,, Seatrade Europe will again offer the popular Cruise Agent Training, a free of charge training programme for travel agents focusing on cruise and river cruise holidays. Travel agents are the most important distribution channel for cruises with 90% of UK cruise sales being bought through travel agents, according to a recent survey by Carnival UK.

Another highlight will be the presentation of the Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards. These recognise excellence in various categories and will be presented at Seatrade Europe’s welcome reception.
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SHOWTECH 2009 in Berlin on a good course

Special Theme Event Safety with new Action Stage
85 percent of the exhibition area booked and the first theme areas already sold out – this is the current balance for SHOWTECH 2009, on which the curtain will rise from 16 to 18 June. For many years, the International Trade Fair and Congress for Event Technology and Services has been the name for a top-quality range of technical equipment in the fields of stage, lighting, audio and media technology. 380 exhibitors are expected for the 14th edition of the fair in Berlin.

The halls at the foot of the Berlin Television Tower are steadily filling up, in some areas space is even getting short. Halls 1 and 2 with the focus on lighting and stage technology are already almost completely booked out. Demand for Halls 3 and 4 is also strong.

Strong demand for the Costume and Equipment Marketplace
The Costume and Equipment Marketplace in Hall 4 has again seen a spurt of growth and is now completely sold out. SHOWTECH is unique in all of Europe with this combination of the stage technology and decor segments: this is where manufacturers from the costume, equipment and make-up fields as well as suppliers and providers of a wide range of decor items for the stage present themselves.

EVENT3 – the forum for the event industry with a focus on safety
In 2009 rental companies of event technology, suppliers of event equipment and services and managers from agencies and companies will again meet under the EVENT3 brand. SHOWTECH presents to the event industry a comprehensive overview of products and services ranging from technical equipment to temporary buildings, from human resources and software to safety.At the three-day lecture forum, specialists will allow a backstage view of award-winning projects and present details of the technology, planning and creation of successful events. One of the topics in focus will be the subject of safety. At the lecture forum questions of fire protection, safe rigging, noise protection or personal protective equipment will be answered. Live demonstrations on the new safety action stage in Hall 3 round of the programme.

DTHG Congress programme
Event technology in the 21st century is the central focus of the congress of SHOWTECH institutional patron DTHG. The topics at the lecture and discussion events accompanying the fair deal with innovations in the field of lighting and set design, the changed conditions of production in theatre workshops and opportunities and limits of audio technology, among others.

A new item is the change in the museum scene which increasingly uses the means and methods of event technology with new exhibition concepts and special events

The impending changes in the use of radio frequencies for professional audio productions is another topic currently giving rise to concern among both manufacturers and users equally. The international association APWPT (“Association of Professional Wireless Production Technologies“) will report extensively during the congress.

see also http://www.showtech.de/en-gb/index.cfm

Press release: Messe Berlin

Hand made silk paintings from Finland

The BestNetArt Artgallery is proud to present a series of new hand made silk paintings by the contemporary artist Mrs Raili Tala from Finland. Raili Tala has made exquisite silk painting for many years, and she can be regarded as one of the leading artists in this field in Finland.

“The four seasons” could be a topic for the art by Raili Tala. She is an expert in capturing the different times of the year in Finland. Spring, summer, fall and winter have their own feeling, colours and motives - delicate new flowers in the spring, warm colours in the summer, the fantastic yellow and red colours in the fall and cold snowmen and rowanberry in the winter. Each work of art is an original hand made silk painting so there is only one copy of each picture available.
The silk-paintings are sold mounted on a protecting cardboard.

Mrs Raili Tala has over 20 years of experience in silk-painting. She also works with oil and aquarelle. A “Tala” is a perfect gift and a lasting memory for life.

Have a look at his very interesting prints at bestnetart.com – and enjoy the colourful handmade silk-paintings by Raili Tala.

Art made by Mrs Raili Tala and other top quality artists, mainly printmakers, can be found at the Internet Artgallery bestnetart.com. Safe to buy and quick delivery by mail guaranteed.

BestNetArt.com Artgallery is an on-line Internet based Artgallery specializing in limited edition art prints by contemporary artists from all around the world. Techniques are etching, serigraphy, engraving, digigraphie / digiprint and lithography. The artist are; Aavo Ermel, Erhard Beitz, Peter Velikov, Bo Cronqvist, Noriaki Kondoh, George Krallis, Katarina Vavrová, Benson Seto, Alain Soucasse, Rolf Weijburg, Dimo Kolibarov, Harry Agema, Gennady Vial, Juha Tammenpää, Hristo Kerin, Kristiina Lehtonen, Galina Pavlova, Keshav Malla, Maarit Kontiainen, Raili Tala, Norbert Salzwedel, Heli Mäkinen, Mildebergius and Alonso de Alba Bessonnier.

BestNetArt.com Artgallery is a on-line Internet based Artgallery specializing in small size limited edition art prints made by contemporary artists from all around the world. The Gallery represents a selected number of top quality artists from many more than 20 different countries.
You can visit the Gallery where ever you live. The art is displayed in original size on the computer screen and the Gallery is open 24 hours each day all year around on the internet, and only on the internet. Art prints are easy to deliver by mail all around the world.

Marc Segercrantz
BestNetArt Artgallery
Kourakuja 6 c
02320 Espoo / Finland
www.bestnetart.com

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NEW YORK - RAANDESK GALLERY PRESENTS: IT’S ONLY BLACK AND WHITE

The Raandesk Gallery of Art, a virtual and alternative site gallery of contemporary and emerging art in New York city announces It’s Only Black and White, a group exhibition featuring the work of 15 artists in various mediums only in black and white. The opening reception is Thursday, April 23 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM at 16 W. 23rd Street, 4th Floor, NYC.

The phrase "black and white" is deceptive in that it conveys a simplicity, of perfect boundaries and easy judgments. Yet in the work displayed in this exhibition, the viewer is introduced to a minimalism born out of exacting detail from the laborious efforts by the artist.


Foto: Raandesk Gallery of Art

Color is a fundamental aesthetic that can easily disguise flaws and distract the viewer with its showiness. Through the sole use of "black and white", the artist is forced to rely on other variables that constitute the word "beauty." The featured artists in this exhibition exemplify the grace and art in a world unhindered by color.

“I have anticipated this show since I opened the gallery three years ago” says Raandesk Gallery Founder, Jessica L. Porter, “I love the texture you get from a show with so many diverse pieces and no color!”

The exhibition includes new black & white paintings by Jason Bryant, Kevin Cyr, David Kaelin; photographs by Jennie Barrese, Louise Daddona, Sarah Kaufman, Michelle Nixon, Ricardo Yamamoto; mixed media works by Shinji Turner-Yamamoto, Robert Kent Wilson; and drawings by Miriam Castillo, Kim Sillen Gledhill, Jee Yun Lee, Kellyann Monaghan, Jennifer Murray and Chris Taylor.

Information on these artists can be found on the gallery’s website, www.raandeskgallery.com.

Please join us in seeing the world through a different light at the opening reception, April 23, 6:30-8:30 PM, 16 W. 23rd Street, 4th Floor.

RAANDESK® GALLERY OF ART combines a virtual resource of contemporary artwork by emerging artists through www.raandeskgallery.com, with ART@IGC, the gallery's regular exhibition venue and through temporary alternative site exhibitions and special events across the country.

Based in New York City and launched by attorney-by-day Jessica L. Porter in 2005 to make art collecting a contemporary and enjoyable experience, Raandesk also provides art consultation services including portfolio reviews, art rental, artist studio visits, collection management and artwork installation.

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16 W. 23rd Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10010

HANNOVER MESSE true to form as premier technology expo

* Superior international appeal and innovative power
* Core focus on energy efficiency in industrial processes
* New Wind tradeshow
* Top-notch products and high tech on show by Partner Country Korea

Hannover. It's only three weeks to go until the start of HANNOVER MESSE 2009. The fair runs from 20 to 24 April and features energy efficiency in industrial processes as its keynote theme and Korea as its official Partner Country. The organizers at Deutsche Messe are hosting 6,150 exhibitors from a total of 61 nations. "In other words, we've managed to equal the peak performance of 2007 and 2008 despite the difficult economic climate," Deutsche Messe's Board Chairman Wolfram von Fritsch commented at the kick-off press conference on Tuesday in Hannover, Germany.

At an impressive 224,800 square meters (just under 2,420,000 sq. ft) of display space, the fair's 13 flagship tradeshows will fill all available halls to capacity. "We're delighted to report that the upcoming HANNOVER MESSE is also excelling in terms of its internationality," remarked Dr. von Fritsch, who went on to point out that the exhibiting firms would be using HANNOVER MESSE to give the global economy a decisive push along the road to recovery.

Exhibitors will be showcasing products and innovations from the fields of industrial automation, motive power engineering, energy, industrial subcontracting and R&D. For added value, the rich array of exhibits will be complemented by a great many forums, conferences, seminars and workshops. Germany's President Horst Köhler and South Korea's Prime Minister Seung-Soo Han will be officiating at the Opening Ceremony on 19 April - the evening before the gates open on HANNOVER MESSE. And on the first day of the show, Dr. Angela Merkel will be on hand to take the traditional Chancellor's Tour of the grounds.

A highly international star
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Biomedica 2009 - once again a great success

850 visitors, 40 presentations and awarded young researchers
International, very high quality presentations, excellent integration of young scientists, are phrases that kept surfacing during the course of Biomedica 2009, April 1 + 2, Liege, Belgium. This summit has shown, for the third consecutive year, the close collaboration between scientists, students and managers alike across Belgian, the Netherlands and Germany.

More than 850 people gathered at the Palais des Congrès in Liege to take part in life sciences conferences and peruse the accompanying exhibition addressing leading breakthroughs.

International key note speaker Prof. Yongmin Kim of the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, filled the auditorium with his presentation on “Translational research and technology commercialization in bioengineering”. Furthermore, over 40 presentations were held by renowned professors and doctors in the fields on biomaterial & polymers, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and molecular medicine and imaging. These professionals have been committed to Biomedica’s success since the very first event.

The conferences were furthermore supported by 45 sponsors & exhibitors who presented their high tech products and services on 2,900 m2 of space across 2 floors. This is the first time that Biomedica has welcomed so many leading sponsors & exhibitors to the summit.
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Job & Career Market at Hannover Messe

The Job & Career Market is an integral part of HANNOVER MESSE. It is a large-scale recruitment center for both visitors and exhibitors that brokers direct contacts between job-seekers and prospective employers and offers speaking events, helpful advice and, of course, loads of jobs. Located at Stand H 02 in Hall 6, the Job & Career Market covers the entire career spectrum for technical specialists and management professionals with technical backgrounds. It is an absolute must-visit for anyone looking for a thesis topic, internship, first job or fresh career challenge in these areas.

The recruitment center will feature a wealth of valuable information and advice - thanks to the participation of around 40 leading industrial companies, engineering firms, employment agencies and educational institutions. The big-names here include HARTING, one of the world's leading providers of electrical and electronic connectivity and networking solutions; Brose Fahrzeugteile, a leading supplier to the automobile industry; and SAG GmbH, a key provider of power engineering infrastructure.

This year, the Job & Career Market will for the first time feature the Solarworld AG solar technology group, which is currently looking to create 450 positions in its chemicals and physics divisions. Most of the positions are for engineers and technical professionals with backgrounds in process, mechanical and electrical engineering, although the group also has a number of commercial positions to fill. The participating engineering firms include Brunel GmbH, euro engineering AG, TÜV Nord and TÜV Rheinland. TÜV Rheinland intends to appoint 233 new employees in 2009, while euro engineering has around 500 vacancies for plant and mechanical engineering, automotive and aerospace specialists.
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PIFA football team in South Africa

PIFA-CYFC U-17 team played against the best academies in the world at the Gauteng Future Champions in South Africa

Premier India Football Academy’s U-17 boys “PIFA-CYFC” from India were invited through Cutting Edge Pvt Ltd to participate in the Gauteng Future Champions Under-17 Football Tournament that was held in South Africa from March 23 to 29, 2009.
The 16-member team from India, which was invited by the Gauteng Provincial Government, joined 11 other top junior teams from around the globe. The competition was being held in the run-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup that will be held in South Africa.

The following players were selected for the team :
Harshad Meher ( Capt), Kean Lewis, Ajit Bhoir, Amarjeet Gadhri, Rehan Poonawala, Sumehr Gwalani, Rickin Dang, Rishi Singh, Suveer Katariya, Burges Master, Dev Krsna Sagar, Crish Shah, Karan Sawhney, Siddharth Singh, Prudhvi Kolaventy & Amal Khandwala
The team officials were Coach Nirvan Shah, a UEFA licencee, Tour Manager - Armaan Malick and Team Manager - Anjali Shah.
PIFA-CYFC was in Group ‘A’ along with Notwane FC of Botswana, Sedibeng Select of South Africa. and Inter Milan of Italy.
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The Echo Fields: Val Britton + Michael Meyers| Jennifer + Kevin McCoy

In the main gallery a fantastical universe of abstract mark-making, route-lines and surreal sculptures allude to the fluid territory between the knowable and the unknown. Val Britton melds a cartographer’s precision with a dreamer’s sense of abandon to create map-like constructions that chart her journeys through the blurry terrain of memory and imagination.

Layers of paint, ink and cut-outs are at once explosive and serene, echoing the paths she traces and re-traces in an effort to chart out familiar territory in a chaotic, uncertain world. Michael Meyers considers how we construct views of ourselves by receiving and expressing information. With existential humor, he sculpts tools for looking (telescopic) and tools for projecting (megaphonic). Solid wooden objects are made malleable with hinges and folds, dissolving sure geometry into ambiguous organic forms. His work suggests that communication and perception are too mutable to grasp from a single vantage point.

In the second gallery work by internationally acclaimed husband-and-wife team, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy. The McCoy’s multimedia artworks examine the genres and conventions of filmmaking, memory and language. They are best known for constructing subjective databases of existing material and teasing the viewers mind to examine reality.

The duo invite you into unsettling fantasy worlds through their elaborately constructed miniature film sets with lights, video cameras and moving sculptural elements that create live cinematic events. The McCoy’s work has been widely exhibited in the US and internationally. Recent exhibitions include the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the British Film Institute in London, The Beall Center in Irvine, CA, pkm Gallery in Beijing, the San Jose Museum of Modern Art, the Nevada Museum of Art and Artists Space in New York. Their art is held in numerous museum collections including the Metropolitan, NY MoMA, Milwaukee Art Museum and MUDAM in Luxembourg. Articles about their work have appeared in Art in America, Artforum, The New York Times, The Wire, dArt International, Wired Magazine, and The Independent.

Johansson Projects is an art gallery that functions as a curatorial laboratory, creating exhibitions that pair established and internationally-recognized artists with up-and-coming locals, often using unorthodox materials and methods. Johansson Projects was voted best gallery in 2008 and is a locus for curators, collectors and artists to connect and engage in dialogue with the larger art community both regionally and nationally.

Johansson Projects
2300 Telegraph Ave
Oakland CA 94612
Kimberly Johansson
kimberly@johanssonprojects.com

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Firefox 3 has finally surpassed the popularity of IE 7 in Europe....

...according to Web analytics firm StatCounter.Internet Explorer's total market share across all versions, however, still exceeds firefox

Firefox 3 has finally surpassed the popularity of Internet Explorer 7 in Europe, according to Web analytics firm StatCounter. Internet Explorer's total market share across all versions, however, still exceeds that of Firefox.
Mozilla's Firefox Web browser has made impressive market share gains in Europe over the past few years. At the moment StatCounter shows it to be just an about half a percentage point below Internet Explorer 7. In the latest market share report released by StatCounter, Firefox 3 has finally surpassed Internet Explorer 7 as the most popular browser in Europe in a breakdown by version number.

Firefox 3 holds 35 percent and IE 7 has 34 percent in that region. The recent decline of IE 7 in the past week can largely be attributed to the release of IE 8, Microsoft's new browser. According to StatCounter, IE 8 has grown to 2.3 percent in Europe, with most of those users upgrading from IE 7. This change was enough to put Firefox 3 on top. IE 6, however, still has 11 percent market share, which means that all users of Microsoft's browser across all versions still outnumber the total number of Firefox users.

"The move is partly explained by a small switch from IE 7.0 usage to IE 8.0 but also by growing market share overall by Firefox 3.0," said StatCounter CEO Aodhan Cullen in a statement. "The data shows that Firefox is closing the gap and is now just 10 percent behind all IE versions in Europe. In February，the global market share of IE 7 is 41 percent but Firefox 3 is 24 percent”

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SHOWTECH 2009 in Berlin on a good course

Special Theme Event Safety with new Action Stage
85 percent of the exhibition area booked and the first theme areas already sold out – this is the current balance for SHOWTECH 2009, on which the curtain will rise from 16 to 18 June. For many years, the International Trade Fair and Congress for Event Technology and Services has been the name for a top-quality range of technical equipment in the fields of stage, lighting, audio and media technology. 380 exhibitors are expected for the 14th edition of the fair in Berlin.

The halls at the foot of the Berlin Television Tower are steadily filling up, in some areas space is even getting short. Halls 1 and 2 with the focus on lighting and stage technology are already almost completely booked out. Demand for Halls 3 and 4 is also strong.

Strong demand for the Costume and Equipment Marketplace
The Costume and Equipment Marketplace in Hall 4 has again seen a spurt of growth and is now completely sold out. SHOWTECH is unique in all of Europe with this combination of the stage technology and decor segments: this is where manufacturers from the costume, equipment and make-up fields as well as suppliers and providers of a wide range of decor items for the stage present themselves.

EVENT3 – the forum for the event industry with a focus on safety
In 2009 rental companies of event technology, suppliers of event equipment and services and managers from agencies and companies will again meet under the EVENT3 brand. SHOWTECH presents to the event industry a comprehensive overview of products and services ranging from technical equipment to temporary buildings, from human resources and software to safety.At the three-day lecture forum, specialists will allow a backstage view of award-winning projects and present details of the technology, planning and creation of successful events. One of the topics in focus will be the subject of safety. At the lecture forum questions of fire protection, safe rigging, noise protection or personal protective equipment will be answered. Live demonstrations on the new safety action stage in Hall 3 round of the programme.
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Roskilde Festival ready for 2009

The 39th Roskilde Festival has bent the bow with a myriad of new initiatives and exciting humanitarian work. In the course of this spring, we will reveal everything from a food bazaar to audience parties and environment and climate focus. But not today. Today is all about the music – the music which is the heart and energetic pulse of Roskilde Festival.

We have 151 acts from practically all continents and genres ready for our seven stages – 74 of which are brand-new. And as always, you can expect a bulging cornucopia – from catchy tunes of the radio to foreign scents of the third world. Again this year, Roskilde Festival seeks to deliver a mirror of the endlessly rich array of music which exists around the world map today. Below, you will find a variation and range unlike that of any other western music festival.

The dark king of rock holds an audience
Nick Cave is back at Roskilde Festival with his The Bad Seeds.

First to one of today's big news. Nick Cave is no stranger at Roskilde Festival. Through the years, he has delivered numerous memorable concerts – one of last year’s highlights was with his new side project Grinderman. This musical affair has been a sort of rejuvenation cure for Cave who has delivered some of the most energetic rock concerts of his career since the birth of Grinderman – with his main project as well. We are proud to invite NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS back for the first time since 2002. As one of rock’s great performers, pens and personalities, Cave is an obvious choice for a figure who can deliver a solid show on Orange Stage.
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Shauna Burns Releases 5 Song EP Anamnesis

Shauna Burns continues her aural assault of the senses with a new EP titled Anamnesis. The 5 track recording is an extension of her full length album The Moon and the Fire Circle (2008). Hollywood, CA, April 14, 2009 -- Shauna Burns continues her aural assault of the senses with a new EP titled Anamnesis. The 5 track recording is an extension of her full length album The Moon and the Fire Circle (2008).

Shauna's ethereal vocals and beautiful piano developed while growing up in Miami, Florida. Inspired by her mother's love for the piano, her songwriting thrived and when she headed west for college her development continued due to tremendous support and excitement for her work. It has been a non-stop ride for Shauna since then and every music related project pushes her to another level.

Today Shauna returns strongly with Anamnesis, featuring haunting beautiful vocals matched with her crisp piano playing. Shauna becomes one with the words and music and draws the listener into each story instantaneously. This effective melding of her soul and music reaches each listener on an individual level and continues to resonate in every circle of the music industry.

Shauna’s previous work was chosen for “Best of the Batch” from the Music Industry News Network and featured on TowerPod.com, Billboard, VH1, Artist Direct, AOL Music, Fox TV and countless others. There is no doubt that all the recognition and honors will continue with the release of Anamnesis.

The highly anticipated Anamnesis will be available April 21st. Visit the Shauna Burns website for more information on the new release and her back catalog, sound samples, pictures, and other interesting media.

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Ride, Rope, and Live The Cowgirl Life At Enchanted Springs Ranch

Cowgirls Summer Camp
A new session begins every week from June 7 – August 7, 2009
Enchanted Springs Ranch
242 Hwy 46 West (30 miles north of San Antonio)
Boerne, TX 78006

COST:
Less than $200 a day
Enchanted Springs Ranch invites girls ages 10 to 14 to live their very own cowgirl adventure at its one-week overnight camp, Cowgirls Summer Camp.

During each weekly session, girls will spend six days and five nights in the ranch’s authentic Old West town, as the camp’s counselors – including the award-winning Wild West entertainer Pistol Packin’ Paula – teach them the skills practiced by young women in the Old
West, introducing them to:
· Horse riding
· Roping
· Animal care and feeding
· Dutch oven cooking
· Line dancing
· Crafts
· And much more

To complete the experience, the ranch also includes a Wild Animal Park (featuring Longhorn cattle, zebras, antelope, elk, emus, llamas, and even buffalo).
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Malk De Koijn to Roskilde

One of Denmark's most beloved hip hop bands plays an exclusive concert.

This year's Roskilde Festival will be the scene of a quite rare concert. Roskilde Festival is delighted to finally share this piece of news with all fans of intelligent hip hop and its use of the Danish language.

MALK DE KOIJN (DK) conquers this year's Roskilde Festival wearing funny costumes and delivering dance-friendly beats and lyrics in a linguistic class of their own. The concert will be Malk De Koijn's first in five years – and also this summer's only chance of experiencing the three members Tue Track, Geolo G and Blaes Bukki crossing vocal swords.

After five years' break, the group is now ready to take the stage again. The band has never officially broken up – which has lead to many rumours and a steady request from many fans of hearing Malk De Koijn live again. A wish that the beloved hip hop trio finally grant with their concert at Roskilde Festival.

Photo / text: Rosklide Festival press newsletter

Sonisphere Festival 2009

On August 1-2, Sonisphere will descend upon the legendary Knebworth Park – the home of rock that’s seen acts like Led Zeppelin and Oasis cement their place in musical history with concerts of epic proportions. Unique among the Sonisphere festivals, the UK dates will be a 2-day full-camping festival, making it one of the biggest single events ever seen at the historic site.

With two stages running at alternate times, you won’t miss a single act on the bill – at Sonisphere there’s simply no such thing as a schedule clash. We are really excited to have the mighty Metallica and Linkin Park heading up the inaugural Sonisphere, and with Lamb of God and Mastodon being just the tip of the line-up iceberg to be announced so far, Sonisphere is going to be the talked-about festival of 2009.

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ChakraVibe yoga tattoo contest

Yoga-inspired jewelry site invites visitors to enter their personal yoga tattoos for a chance to win handcrafted designer jewelry linked to the chakras.

Vancouver, British Columbia – March 27, 2009-- ChakraVibe is pleased to announce the Chakravibe Yoga Tattoo Contest.
Today there is a resurgence in the art of permanent adornment through tattooing, which can be a beautiful, positive and self-affirming act of celebration.

In yoga practice, the body is honored through movement. Through the art of yoga tattoos, living, breathing diaries are created on the skin - words and images that symbolize personal stories and one’s connection with the world.

ChakraVibe, a yoga-inspired jewelry site, invites yoga enthusiasts to share their personal stories regarding their choices to adorn their bodies with yoga tattoos. Stories will be added to the Chakravibe blog enabling contestants to connect with others who wear their yoga tattoos with pride. Entrants are automatically entered to WIN unique pieces of the beautiful and expressive jewelry from Chakravibe to enhance one’s inner and outer beauty.

How to Enter the Chakravibe yoga tattoo contest.
Contest closes May 19, 2009. Winners will be announced on the Chakravibe blog after May 25, 2009.

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52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival

The Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon will once again celebrate the joy of jazz as it launches its fifty-second edition with a variety of legendary performers, American icons, and visionary new artists in weekend of jazz, blues, folk, and American song that has characterized the world-renowned event on the oak-studded and beautiful land of the Monterey Fairgrounds, the location of the Festival since its inception in 1958. The 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon takes place September 18 - 20, 2009.

Tickets are on sale now by phone at (925) 275-9255 and on the Monterey Jazz Festival’s website, montereyjazzfestival.org. Full Weekend Arena Packages are available from $225; Daily Grounds Tickets are from $35; Full Weekend Grounds Tickets are $110.00. MJF’s new Family Discount Pack is $80 for 2 Adult and 2 Youth Tickets.

The Arena/Jimmy Lyons Stage will be the focal point of the Festival, with a lineup that is a celebration of the past, present, and future of American music with multiple award-winning artists and special projects, including NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones with Grammy winning saxophonist Joe Lovano (MJF/52 Showcase Artist); the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by 9-time Grammy-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (MJF/52 Artists-In-Residence); the Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars featuring pianist Kenny Barron, violinist Regina Carter, vocalist Kurt Elling, and guitarist Russell Malone; the gifted bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding; vocalist extraordinaire Dee Dee Bridgewater; the incomparable Grammy-winning pianist George Duke; the incendiary Jason Moran & The Bandwagon (MJF/52 Commission Artist); and the highly-anticipated super-trio of 15-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz Master, pianist Chick Corea with legendary bassist Stanley Clarke and fiery drummer Lenny White.
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Tønder Festival 2009 - 27th - 30th August

Fit for Future
Cultural diversity and event economy in Southern Denmark.
The Tønder Festival as the pivot of new cultural growth
and expansion.

In the Autumn of 2007 delegates representing trade and industry, culture and tourism met in Tønder in the southern region of Denmark to discuss the possibility of establishing an international meeting place ? a Folk Music Forum ? as an extention of the activities of the internationally recognized Tønder Folk & Roots Festival, which, established in 1975, can celebrate its 35th anniversity in August next year.

During the Spring and Summer of 2008 a documentation analysis of the influence, locally, regionally and internationally, of the present-day Tønder Festival, was carried out, focusing, among other things, on the economic aspects and not least on the estimated incriment, infused by the festival into the town and the southwestern part of the region. The analysis also considers new commercial models, which can benefit the culture and the event economy of the entire region.

The not insignificant cultural tourism every year during the last weekend of August of an estimated 20.000 festival guests has a considerable cultural and economic effect, and not only in the town of Tønder, but in a broad belt to the east, north along the West Coast and south across the border into Schleswig-Holstein as well.
The analysis, made by the Copenhagen Business School, showed that the Tønder Festival during its four days in August, as a primary turnover infuses a minimum of 10 million euros into the town and the region.

The analysis also pointed out that the involvement of more than 2000 volunteers provided a considerable social capital of competences within the areas of organising and management, the basis of new commercial models, which can be exported ? within the cultural area as well as outside it.
In the light of these conclusions a grant from Region South
Denmark, the Town of Tønder and the Danish Ministry of Culture has been made available for a pilot study project, in order to research the possibilities of extending the activities of the Tønder Festival and for developing new innovative cultural activities, in order that the social and economic incriment, important for the entire region, can be extended to the rest of the year, using the brand and the reputation created by the Tønder Festival for the region.

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Zeppelin Fans Rock Out With Their Sharks Out With Custard Pie...

..., 103.7 and The Hard Rock Café

Northern, NJ (OPENPRESS) April 3, 2009 -- Led Zeppelin tribute band Custard Pie will be performing Thursday, May 28th at the Hard Rock Café in Atlantic City New Jersey celebrating the music of Led Zeppelin. Show starts at 9 PM. The group is working with program director and radio personality Rich Desisto as part of a promotion by 103.7 WMGM (http://www.wmgm1037.com/) , part of the Atlantic Broadcasting Network, in conjunction with the Hard Rock Café. The promotion called “Rock Out With Your Shark Out” is working to bring quality performances to local fans as part of a series of recurring performances that will hopefully reach more people while promoting local talent.

Custard Pie will also be headlining at Bar Saints & Sinners/O’Donoghue’s On First in Hoboken, New Jersey Saturday, April 25th at 11 PM. Other musical performances will include Brother Hijinx and the group N.A.S.H. It should prove to be a great night of musical performances with a quality line up from start to finish. The first act will begin at 9 PM. Fans of Hoboken’s night life will not want to miss this one.

The responses from crowds who have seen the group already have been overwhelmingly positive. Fans of Led Zeppelin are traveling considerable distances to see this new up and coming act from Northern New Jersey recreate the timeless sounds that everyone grew up on. The raw energy of their performances has a familiarity and appeal with Zeppelin fans looking for something right in their own backyard with the same passion that the music was founded upon.
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White Lies to Roskilde

The British dark rock band is added to the poster together with two original bands from Denmark and Finland, respectively.

There is just one week until the big poster day – yet that does not keep Roskilde Festival from pulling a few names out of the bag. This week offers burning-hot rock from the UK as well as a few original and unorthodox acts from further north.

WHITE LIES (UK) play black romantic rock inspired by classic bands such as Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnyman. Their debut album To Lose My Life is filled with dark lyrics and catchy hooks of the kind suited for the charts as well as lonely rooms. Please welcome this next exciting act in the line after Interpol and Editors.

BALSTYRKO (DK) is an exciting mix of very different types of Danish talent. The untraditional trio plays peculiar circus pop in which Ane Trolle’s mild voice joins efforts with Blæs Bukki’s deep semi-talking vocals.

PAAVOHARJU (FIN) create a singular mix of impressionistic pop, romantic piano lines, mournful siren song and electronic effects. They rarely perform live and should be experienced by those who have been moved to distant skies by Icelandic bands such as Sigur Rós or Múm.

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Accommodation are easy to find in Florence

It is known that travelling to a foreign city requires the gathering of information, such as accommodation reservation, maps, suggestions for transportation, events, things to see and to do there.

All these useful and precious information are available on About Florence, a non-profit website entirely dedicated to the Tuscan city which the artistic and historical tradition links to Brunelleschi, Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dante and many other world-famous personages.

On About Florence it is possible to find all the information about the city, its history and its culture and furthermore, there’s the opportunity to search and find details regarding museums, monuments and events.

The first and the most important thing to search for when travelling to a foreign city, is a good and comfortable accommodation. On About Florence tourist guide, it is possible to check the accommodation availabilities and to make the reservation directly on line.

In order to find the ideal accommodation solutions in Florence, the website provides a useful and trustworthy on-line hotel and accommodation reservation service. The accommodation offer is wide and designed to meet any need according to the budget, from top quality five stars hotels to cheap bed & breakfasts solutions.

The accommodation data base includes not only hotels and bad & breakfasts inside the city of Florence, but also lodging solutions available in its surrounding area as well as once located in Siena and the whole Tuscan region. You will therefore find a complete list of residences, apartments, country retreats, farm homes, inns and much more.

There’s also a peculiar section dedicated to Florence cuisine: here it is possible to discover the secrets of delicious Florentine recipes directly from the Tuscan culinary tradition. This section is useful to discover local food and drinks of Tuscan region.

Further information about the city are available on About Florence.

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African acts at Roskilde Festival 2009

Few Nordic music events offer the same opportunity as Roskilde Festival to become acquainted with the global music scene. This year is no exception. The festival adds three African top acts that – along with Tony Allen and Amadou & Miriam – are drawing a beautiful map of Africa over Roskilde.

ISSA BAGAYOGO (MALI) is called 'Techno Issa' by his fellow countrymen. His music is a successful meeting between North Africa and Europe. Chanting and improvised sequences are crossed with electronic elements – always with the ngoni lute and an energetic beat at the centre.

KASAI ALLSTARS (CD) is a Central African super group who defy age-old regional conflicts and each add their own touch to the collective. They are next in the congotronics line that has already given us Konono N°1. The festively painted band had to cancel in 2007 due to visa issues. Roskilde Festival is happy to have them back on the poster in 2009.

ROKIA TRAORÉ (MALI) is one of North Africa's true divas. She supplies funky and rocking Afro-beat with lots of energy and intensity. But she can also deliver gorgeous ballads in which the small woman with the big voice sounds like a Malian version of Billie Holiday or Laurie Anderson.

Stay tuned...
That is all from the African continent this time around. Roskilde Festival is ready on Wednesday with the last announcement before the Easter holidays. And there is really something to look forward to! The big poster day is closing in – lots of music is announced on Thursday 16 April.

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Political change is the hope for the US solar industry

It is not only the record audience at the Solar Power International 08 in San Diego, at the end of last year, proving the increased interest in the US solar market. But it is also the visions and current trends of the industry which indicate a sustainable positive development of the US market, despite the economical crisis and financing issues.

The solar power show was opened by a surprise guest, Californian governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in front of high ranking guests alongside with exhibitors from around the world. But not only because of the attendance of prominence from business and politics, the attention of the whole industry is significantly growing.

The host of the Solar Power International stated, regarding the success of the fair, on the official website www.solarpowerconference.com: “2008 a Huge Success! Almost 18,000 professional attendees registered to participate in this year's conference and expo and another 5,700 members of the general public walked the show floor during our 3-hour "Public Night", bringing our grand total to more than 23,000 participants!”
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SUMMER BREEZE Festival 2009

The wheather in April is rather of a scottish kind. But summer keeps moving on with growing strength. According to the calendar
spring has come already so winter is finnished more or less. That the wheather will become even better and remain like that until
September can be taken as granted.

After this wheather introduction let's come to the point. Planing the 2009 issue of SUMMER BREEZE keeps us quite busy these days.
Ticket sales keep going in top gear and more than half of the tickets have been sold already. So are the 10.000 tickets which were supposed to come with a free DVD. As many of you have been disappointed not to have received the DVD though the ticket number was below 10.000 please note: Ticket numbers do not indicate how many tickets have been sold. But the DVD was not the only reason to order a ticket way in time obviously. The demand is still high and has not changed. To avoid being without a ticket in the end make sure you will order yours in good time.

Still we are trying to realize most of your ideas and suggestions for the better. One of our main problems was the traffic situation.
To avoid such things this year we have decided to work with a totally new system for the sluices. Therefore we do need way more
space than in the past. That is why we decided to do our get in check on the so far day parking just across the street from the
camping site. The big advantage will be we can act there totally independent from the wheather as the muddy ground actually was the
reason for the problems in the past. Also filling the camping ground will happen a different way. The new ground is big enough to avaoid traffic jams like we had it last year. More details shortly.
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Hafengeburtstag Hamburg - The biggest port party in the world

The annual Hamburg port festival is coming up! From Friday 8 May to Sunday 10 May 09 Hamburg will be celebrating the 820th HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG (Hamburg Port Birthday). The world’s biggest port festival features a host of attractions on the water, on land and in the air. With visits by some of the world’s largest and most magnificent sailing vessels. Every year, the festivities in the port of Hamburg attract more than a million people.


Photo: Messe Hamburg / Nico Maack (N)

Celebration of the “Port Birthday”, the HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG goes back to the Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa, who issued a charter to the citizens of Hamburg on 7 May 1189, granting exemption from payment of any toll or customs duties for their ships on the River Elbe from the city to the North Sea. This date has been regarded ever since as the Birthday of the Port of Hamburg.

The heart of the HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG is the programme of attractions along the River Elbe, from the Museum Harbour of Oevelgönne to the landing stages as far as Baumwall.

The highlights include the grand arrival and departure parades of the tall ships, historic ships, sailing and motor yachts and other vessels, the Dragon class regattas, the big fireworks display on the Saturday evening, and the unique Tug Ballet on the Saturday afternoon.

The Maritime Mile from the warehouses of the Speicherstadt to the Fish Auction Hall will attract the crowds, with some 500 fair stands, food & drink stands, and numerous show stages with live performances by prominent musicians.
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fresh acts on Pavilion Junior at Roskilde Festival

As always, the audience can experience the most important acts of tomorrow before the four music days begin.

Since 2000, Pavilion Junior has been one of the most important platforms for new bands in Scandinavia. Today, Roskilde Festival reveals the first batch of acts that will play during the warm-up days from 28 June to 1 July.

THE 20BELOWS (DK) plays melodic punk rock and has already toured from coast to coast in the US. Social Distortion and Ramones are among the sources of inspiration.

GIANA FACTORY (DK) plays charming new wave-ish pop. Lead singer Loui Foo also played Roskilde last year with The Raveonettes as a replacement for her pregnant sister Sharin.

JOOKS (DK) is a member of now-defunct hip hop act Rent Mel but he has already come a long way as a solo artist. His everyday hip hop stories are well told and with a steady flow.
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CORNBURY FESTIVAL 2009

JULY 11th & 12th SCOUTING FOR GIRLS, SUGABABES, THE PRETENDERS, JOE JACKSON, THE MAGIC NUMBERS, IMELDA MAY, TEDDY THOMPSON, SHARLEEN SPITERI, EDDI READER, THE DAMNED PLUS MANY MORE

The UK’s most beautiful boutique festival continues its eclectic musical tradition as it announces the line up for its 6th glorious year. With a fusion of indie pop Brit nominees Scouting for Girls and ‘Belle de Jour’ Imelda May, the stage is shared with inimitable girl group The Sugababes and Chrissie Hynde’s legendery rock outfit The Pretenders.

“Cornbury is a unique experience in all manner of ways”, says promoter Hugh Phillimore. “We’re immensely proud of our musical diversity and family friendly ethos. Where else could you see The Damned and the Sugababes on one bill?” The festival embraces the ‘something for everyone’ approach. From alt rockers The Magic Numbers and rising stars Teddy Thompson and Ava Leigh, to the retro classic chic of Sharleen Spiteri, Cornbury attracts festival goers from all age ranges and with all manner of tastes.

Cornbury is about its beautiful Cotswold location, fantastic food, hot air balloons, the madness of the many morris dance pageant, children’s theatre workshops, great festival shops and a huge fairground all held together by a carefully selected spectrum of top music talent. (more)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs to Roskilde

Gang Gang Dance and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are also added to the programme in this Wednesday's New Yorker package.

Today's first act is from the beginning of the new millenium, the second has released a couple of records – and the third act is brand-new. Three different generations of New Yorker indie music in a world whose tempo just keeps accelerating.

YEAH YEAH YEAHS visited Roskilde Festival already in 2002 – a time when the band's current status was just in the making. Style icon Karen O and her male esquires showed cutting edge and raw attitude from the beginning with their punk art rock – and they practically stole the hearts of an entire generation with the adorable ballad ”Maps”. On their coming album It’s Blitz! you sense the inspiration from Blondie and recent years' new rave wave.

GANG GANG DANCE mix electro, house and grime hip hop with avant-garde and all sorts of distant aromas from the third world. They manage to deliver this genre anarchy live so that you catch all of its edges, knots and numerous impulses.

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART was one of the hottest and most popular bands at the recently finished music festival SXSW in Austin, Texas. Their 80s-inspired guitar pop is just as sensitive and heart-rending as the name suggests. Fans of British bands such as The Smiths and The Cure can look forward to a line of perfect pop gems from one of this year's most hyped acts.

Pavilion Junior acts on Friday
Friday leads us towards the Pavilion Junior stage which presents upcoming music in the warm-up days leading up to the festival. Here you find the same variation of musical genres as during the final four music days. So, Friday brings the first armload of freshly gathered upcoming acts.

Jennifer Allen wins 2009 ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Art Criticism

Meeting in Berlin last Tuesday, the jury for the 2009 ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Art Criticism awarded this year’s prize to Dr. Jennifer Allen, a Canadian critic living in Berlin. In making the award, the jury particularly highlighted the clear personal viewpoints expressed in Allen’s writing and its vivid and visual style.

She is the tenth recipient of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine (ADKV) award, which honors the work of freelance art critics, giving recognition to decisive contribution they make to the public reception of contemporary art. Since 2006, the prize has been awarded in cooperation with ART COLOGNE.

Jennifer Allen studied economics and literature at McGill University, receiving a PhD in literature from the Université de Montréal in 1998. She has lived in Berlin since 1996, when she came to the city on a DAAD fellowship.

She has worked as a freelance critic since 2001, in addition to giving seminars and lectures at numerous European universities, including the Humboldt University (Berlin), the Collège international de philosophie (Paris) and the IASPIS-International Artists Studio Program (Stockholm).
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