an idea for JK

Marc mentioned the idea of addressing a large socio-political issue, or an article in the news. You had stated you wanted to do a pharmacy.
I read an article where 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor where sentenced to death for deliberately infecting 400 children with HIV in Lybia. This week the group was demoted from the death sentence to life in prison after the parents of the children agreed to give them life in prison in exchange for 1,000,000 dollar compensation to each of the children.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3689355.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_trial_in_Libya

I think here is a perfect example of a cross-contamination, which addresses the "dirty" in your joke: Instead of using the technology of medicine to cure, in this case it is being used to kill/poison. I think this opens the doors to many bio-political issues such as biological warfare, to wrongful diagnostics and pursposeful mistreatment [medical malpractices], euthenasia/assisted-suicide.

Mid Summer Night Dream

Mid Summer Night Dream

act2, scene2

Mid Summer Night Dream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngKK8yIx

Act 2, Scene 2

As You Like It, The Sequel

As You Like It, Act 5, Scenes 2 & 4

All's Well That Ends Well

Program:

Soldiers who come back home and have a significant amount of trouble readjusting back into civilian life, especially those who suffer from PTSD (formerly known as Shell-Shock). These soldiers are placed in numerous therapeutic treatment institutions (out patient / in patient) that help them deal with their trauma using various methods such as Art Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Critical Mass is a bike ride and a movement, not an organization, and no two riders participate for exactly the same reason. But, they do ride (protest) for specific reasons from time to time: They rode against the Republican National Convention, and against the war in Iraq, for example. Critical Mass voice their opinions through non-violent means by simply riding their bicycles.
The function of this building will be to not only provide treatment for soldiers who suffer from PTSD, but also, to repair and maintain bicycles for Critical Mass. The soldiers, Critical Mass, and the bicycles will develop somewhat of a symbiotic relationship. The soldiers will come to rely on the bicycles for therapeutic reasons: The bicycles that are being repaired are also serving to repair the soldiers who are repairing them. This is not unlike Art Therapy wherein therapists conduct sessions with their patients as the patients create artwork. This method has been proven to help patients, who are otherwise resistant to therapy, become more open and honest about what they are feeling and thinking, making it easier for therapists to have a meaningful and productive dialogue with them. The repairing of the bicycles will have these same benefits and results.
The repaired bicycles will then be used by those who don’t have bicycles to participate in protests. These protests are the voice for these forgotten casualties of war. This building will give the soldiers a renewed sense of empowerment by giving them the feeling that they are, at some level, fighting the policies that put them there. The bicycles repair the soldiers who repair the bicycles that are used as extensions of the soldiers in order to ride for change.

Site:

Thomas Paine Park located in downtown Manhattan where Lafayette Street (Federal Plaza) and Centre St. (Foley Square) join at Duane Street. I chose this site because of its strategic location between: It is situated between the U.S. Courthouse, The Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, and the Supreme Court. This site becomes the fulcrum for change and stands in direct opposition of the institutions and agencies whose foreign policies have such dramatic consequences on those who serve in our military. The building, and its occupants, are there to serve as a reminder to not only those who implement these faulty policies but also to the passers-by, that we are all either directly or in-directly responsible for what has happened to them.

JUNGOK "Twelfth night" Olivia &Viola scene

The Comedy of Errors (2)

The Comedy of Errors (1)

"The Comedy of Errors" Act V, Scene i

dak movie (MEASURE FOR MEASURE)

Dennis Oppenheim

when marc talked about taking a precedent in graphic standards and cutting/shifting/molding it, this artist came to mind. he's an installation artist who uses a lot of architectural elements. i thought it would interest some of you.

Measure for Measure_Kimberly

outtakes

completion

i know i said weekend off...
however those that are incomplete, obviously need to complete...right?
we are moving on and we need to start posting the films...
they need to be 100%...

Funny

Dreyer

The Passion of Joan of Arc, referenced in cinema 1 for his "cutting frames; faces cut by the edge of the screen"

Ozu

referenced in cinema 1, notice framing of characters within the spaces

Silent Shakespeare

There's a show on TCM called "Silent Shakespeare" and in looking for clips of the show, I found other silent Shakespearean comedies. Maybe they'll help. One of them is kind of silly, but I thought it was funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GtRmjeu0qQ


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

JUNGOK's Vanity

I’m interested in Macbeth. The character of Macbeth is parallel to my joke and its theme that
Macbeth has a complex study of evil and its corrupting influence on humanity. Through his diminishing humaneness he ultimately realizes, that renders pointless his ideal of man’s power. I think it deals with both side of human nature, being purity and impurity, and what comes back to human from the sense of deterioration. Please let me know if I’m making sense and being clear, or any suggestion.

martha rosler - semiotics of the kitchen

mentioned during the review as an example of what it means for an object to perform

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3zSA9Rm2PZA

Akira Kurosawa

Jeffrey mentioned Kurosawa's "Ran" (based on King Lear) as a reference for a modernized Shakespeare play...here is a clip from that movie - http://youtube.com/watch?v=dDtIrBvz66o

He also did "Throne of Blood" which is based on Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and "The Bad Sleep Well" which is loosely based on "Hamlet"

Alex Villar

might be relevant for dimitris...the way an element encloses the human body and give it a different meaning and purpose. try to think, what does it mean for the person (you) to be in that dark place and what purpose do you serve while being there...

The Comedy of Errors...

I think this comedy has close relations to my joke and to the performance of it. basically, 2 sets of twins (one of them is a slave to the other) that are seperated and reunite again, but not before they create series of confusions and question the identity of all 4 main cahracters.
there is also the issue of social classes, similar to the drunk man within the catholic church and how this division gets broken down.
I am in the process of reading and pinning down moments that explain the connections.
If anybody has a better idea or a comment to the way I made the relations, please say so.
thank you