Back to school

Hello everyone
The truth it`s I didn`t want to return to classes, because I considered “lost”the academic year; but when we returned to finish the first semester I supposed we have to do it again, and well, we are here now.

I think the first semester was very informal, and the way of finish it was igual, but I also understand the context of the cowardly pressure with the scolarships.
Well, to this semester I am going to take the aesthetics seminar with Victor Díaz,  named “About the notion of image: Politics, mimesis and imaginary”, and the seminar of history “Forefront and Kitsch: Clement Greenberg`s diagnosis”with María Elena Muñoz.
And about the monographics courses I think I will register four –three are needed-. One it`s about cinema, named “Contemporary cinema: the dissident look”, other it`s named “Memento mori: the aesthetics of the death”, other “The brilliance of the sixties” and the last “American colonial and republican art”.
I chose the courses because they are interesting to me, I mention this becasuse I don`t have yet a topic for my thesis, so the choice wasn`t influenced by this, like in the case of other classmates.

Obviously it`s a pity study in time of vacations =( .......luck for all!!!

when ALL turns negotiable..........

I was reading in the page recommended by miss Beatriz "chile sin transgènicos", the ten reasons why we don`t need the GM food. Really I always surprised when some people talk about finish with the famine, like a pretext for many economical and political decitions about the food. When the problem with the famine it isn`t a production problem, it`s a terrible distribution problem.

I think something so vital for everybody like the food (also education, health, housing, etc.) shouldn`t be under economical systems. Regrettably the power of the money it`s the most important thing in the neoliberal system, so the vital things for the people and the nature are a business for the powerful people (even the supermarkets prefers throw out the food!!).

One terrible example of this it`s the business of the GM food. The only idea of genetics manipulation in the food it`s ridiculous to me, how it`s going to be better like the natural process of the food!!

And when the money it`s involved, there isn`t respect to the natural process in the farming, even when affects the people. Are undeniable the harmful effects to the health with the pesticides and hormons in the food.

The wisdom of the nature it`s undeniable, even sounds hippie, it`s true. All the people should respect the enviroment, and abandoned the idea of everything have price when the politicals about enviroment and nature haven`t return, like the GM food and the sell of the seeds....

Since when some people put price to the land, and made it private property, regrettably convert the food in a business too...

I hope you can watch this great and short documental "LA ISLA DE LAS FLORES"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW8-T8X35jo

who is the criminal?

Today we can write to a free topic, but in this moment I am very uninspired. Even if I feel like this, I want to talk about a daily topic: the delinquency, specifically the way like the mass medias of the Establishment raise.

Personally I think it`s very distressing watch or read the news about delinquency, but it`s terrible the way like this news influenced the opinion of the people. They have the power to establish what and how the people have to think, in this case about delinquency.

In fact, they often show poor people commit “crimes”, and all the crimes of the rich and powerful people are silence. Well this have sense if we think to who benefit the law, who apply this and who do it.

I agree whit it`s terrible the fact like the violence of delinquency affects to the common people, much when we think the police it`s to the serve to the powerful people and to their private property. So the Medias shows the attacker, the victim, and that`s all, like a reality show of this, when it`s real people, and when the possible solutions are in the social political.

Finally the Medias upset the significant of delinquency, shows only one face of this, the face advisable to keep quiet the real and daily delinquency: the business of education, of health, of transport, of energy, etc.

I know this can sound very demagogic, but for me it`s some like this…

walking

There are a lot of photographs I like; in general are old photos with family and friends, especially about my childhood with my brothers. In that time wasn`t so often someone take pictures us, so I have photos about very particular moments.

I recently have a digital camera, but really I am not a very photogenic person, so I don`t have too much photos about me.  But I took some of streets, animals, friends and family.

I don`t have too much photographs upload in the web, so I chose one I think it`s very nice, and I took out of the facebook of Felipe, a classmate.

I like very much this photography, was taken by Felipe the last year. The image shows Nelly and me, walking in Londres neighbourhood; that day all we go to see an exhibition of photography in the Alpes institute.

That day was very nice, first we don`t believe in Alpes institute exists, we were a little lost, but finally we came at time to drink wine and watch the photos.

That were good times, we go to exhibitions, drink wine and walk in the streets, and Felipe catch that moment, and was very natural. I like the color in black and white, the lights, and our figures of back, and the architecture of the street it`s very nice.

That neighbourhood have a lot of history, sad but true. There were a house of torture and detention in the dictatorship.

about education

I think the problem of education affects all, but directly to the people of the lower and middle class. Lamentably that is the point, the social clasess, apparently in the type of society in wich we live it isn`t possible change this.
But it`s possible improved the education, and I think that can be achieve. But lamentably again this changes are conditioned by decisions of the ruling class, and in the case of Chile, it`s a class at service to the wealthy and powerfull people. The law always defend  the interest of that group, and lamentably only the legal aspect (created or proponed by the politics) can change something. So turned into a vicious circle, in this "democratic system", when the people can`t vote for another type of political, because the binominal system (established by the Dictatorship) don`t allow.
Equally the marchs are important, sometimes I forgget this, it`s like the first step to came to change something, at least  that`s supposed. Well finally the change would be realize by the legal way, although personally I consider that`s very sad.
I didn`t assist to the demonstration last thursday, and I think I don`t do a lot of things to change the system of education like other people. Sometimes it`s disappointed play the game of the ruling class, but I think it`s very necessary do things, although little, although to a long term.
But I really think some of the education problems (and a lot of anothers social problems) it isn`t end if like first step don`t change the constitution...
I think can be interestign check this link :
http://www.abacq.net/imagineria/medidas.htm

ACtivity

For me was difficult find the information. Even I have problems to find information of web pages in spanish. But some pages for the activity were clear, like of Kew Garden, all the information requested was there and results easy to find, and the design of the page it´s very nice. I chose this place to the hypothetical visit and I put it in the final day, because gives me the impression of quiet, relax, perfects to the last day before come back.

Other pages were less clear, like some about museums, I remember the page of The Tate Modern Art Gallery was difficult to me, maybe have too much information.

I would like looking for information about the outskirts of London, I think would be interesting to visit if I travel to England.

While I was finding the information I was thinking in music of The Clash, songs like: London Calling, London´s Burning, The guns of Brixton, etc. In fact in that moment I completely forgot the famous Liverpool and the Beatles...

Favorite WeB site

My favorite Web Site it’s You Tube.





I discovered it around six years ago, when I was in the high school. In that time it wasn`t too popular, was a little unknown between my classmates. But my oldest brother, who in that time listened especially grunge, shows me videos of bands like Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Nirvana, etc.

Since that I always use You Tube. I think I use it all the weeks, even sometimes every day.

I like it because you can watch a lot of videos free, you can find a lot of old videos with file images, and even watch some movies there. I don`t have an account in You Tube, but if you have one it`s possible upload your own videos, comment and score others.

I like the possibility to find every kind of video: musical, political, humorous, etc.

The only feature of You Tube I don`t like, but really it`s a problem with the speed of Internet, when it delays too much to load.

I choose a musical video by Pearl Jam “Do the Evolution”, was the first video of that band I knew, I hope you enjoy it so much like I do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI

bloG correction

Am I a technological girl? (WW)

Hello dears!

The technology is not good for me. I don´t really like technology (it is contaminant!) but I use it all the time. I have mobile phone, computer, DVD player, mp3 player and many other things. The technology is in all the houses (λ). It is in any places (W.O). In my infancy, the only technology was the TV (W.O). 

My favorite piece of technology (λ) is my (very old!) (W.O) Mp3 player (λ). I love music and I need listen something always (λ). I used it (λ) all days by bus. The trip by bus it (λ) is very long, (P) so I am listening (WF) music for almost 3 hours with headphones (S). My mp3 player (λ) have (C) 4 gigabytes (S) of memory, (P) so I have many (WW) type of music. In this moment I have a lot of (WT) rock.

Also, I have a second favorite piece of technology (λ) : (P) my digital camera. I take a lot of (WT) photos(λ). Before, with the manual camera (λ), I only could take (T) twenty fours pictures, (P) but now I can take thousand. Now I have a lot of photos (T) of my vacation. My camera too has video option. My sister records my nephew, he is very funny.

My computer it is really good too(λ). Although it(λ)  is not only mine, because It (λ) is the family computer´s. In the computer I do my works for university, (P) I watch videos in YouTube and talk with my friends. Also I check my Facebook account (λ).

The computer it is (W.O) essential for my life, (P) I use it (λ) all the time.  

technology

I am not a very technology person, I usually have problems with sophisticated technologies. So I’m not a follower of high technology.

Even so, I admire it, and my favorite piece of technology it`s the digital camera.

I like the possibilities of take a big number of photos and see them immediately. And the possibility of follow taking pictures without develop it, because it is unnecessary use film, this was a problem to me when I used a manual camera, because I usually don`t have money to buy films and less to develop it.

Other greats characteristics are the size of the camera and the weight, because it`s very portable.

Anyway I prefer the manual camera. The possibilities of focus and experiment are very interesting.

The camera was a present of my brother.  He bought another best and gives me the old. This was some months ago, and it wasn`t very difficult to me learnt to used it because the technology of the camera it`s very simple, so I take pictures since that.

The first months I have it I was always taking pictures, but in the present it is less often. Since start the classes I have less time to go out to take pictures in interesting places.

MoviEs

Hello

It`s difficult for me talk about my favorite movie, because I can`t choose only one, but I`m going to talk about the last movie I saw and like very much.

I bought the movie "Fox and his friends" in Sociales one week ago. Really I know about three movies by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and every time I find his movies I try to buy them. So as soon as I saw it I decided buy it.

I saw this movie last Monday, and again Fassbinder didn`t disappoint me. He depicts the story of a gay young man of limited resources, whose only hope is to win the lottery, while he works like a male prostitute. Until one day he wins the lottery and becomes millionarie.

Fassbinder presents one decadent Germany after Second World War, from the point of view of this class, between gay tavern and the luxurious parties of high society.

Although can the story be some obvious, I think it`s very realistic, and the aesthetics treatment of the editing and frames are very interesting.

In this movie the protagonist it`s Fassbinder too, and some of the others actors are Peter Chatel, El Hedi Ben Salem, Irm Hermann and Christiane Maybach.

Hi
I remember the place I most enjoyed was a visit to Pangue when I have like seven years old. Pangue is in the city of Angeles in Bio-bio region. In that time my father was working in that place and we go to vacations there with my family, in those days I don`t know why my father work there, but with the years conclude he was building a hydroelectric plant, although that I have a great time with my brothers, we camp, we swim in the river, we play in the forest, and in the night we looked at the sky and the stars seen beautiful. Also I remember the smell of the peumo tree, we pick up the leafs and put them in our pillows.

All the things I do there were very significantly because I share a lot with my brothers, and even today sometimes we talk about that and remember funny things.

Like I recently said I have very nice remembers of that place. I never come back there, but probably and unfortunately today must be very different about the hydroelectric plant.  

InTroduce YourSelf

Hi, my name is Valeska and I am a student of theory and history of arts in Universidad de Chile, I am in third grade. 
I like arts in general, but I enjoy a lot the cinema. I like very much see movies with friends, drink and eat some nice, and talk about the movies...