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Wenn nur diese kitschig bonbon-farbenen Fenster des ‘Starkünstlers’ nicht selbst schon ‘überholt’ sind! Das Zitat Sigmar Polkes in: Philipp Meier: Keine Furcht vor falscher Bilderverehrung, in: NZZ, 2009-10-03. |
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Charlie Wartuma Tjungurrayi (1987). Marion Cocquet: Aux sources des rêves aborigènes (annonce d’une exposition sur Papunya Tula au musée Quai Branly). LePoint.fr, 2012-11-01. |
In a further gift to the monarch, the Foreign Office declared that a tract of frozen land about twice the size of the UK in Antarctica was to be named after her as Queen Elizabeth Land.
The land, over which Argentina also claims sovereignty, had been previously unnamed. It is around 169,000 square miles (437,000 sq km), making up just under a third of the land mass of the British Antarctic Territory. The UK is 94,000 square miles (244,000 sq km).
Hague said: “The British Antarctic Territory is a unique and important member of the network of 14 UK overseas territories. To be able to recognise the UK’s commitment to Antarctica with a permanent association with Her Majesty is a great honour”.
The Queen has been on the throne for 60 of the 104 years since the UK claimed territory in Antarctica in 1908.
Britain became the first country to claim Antarctic territory and since then New Zealand, France, Norway, Australia, Chile and Argentina have also lodged official claims to some of the territory although most countries do not recognise them. It is expected that Argentina is going to object formally to the naming of Queen Elizabeth Land at some point later this week.
| — | Patrick Wintour: Queen attends cabinet meeting as special guest, in: guardian.co.uk, 2012-12-18. |
Why the world didn’t end yesterday. Nasa’s post-Mayan apocalypse video released 10 days early.
A film from Nasa about the Mayan prophecy that the world will end on 21 December, has been released 10 days early. The film entitled The World Didn’t End Yesterday looks at the science behind the Mayan calendar which 5,125-year run is due to end in 10 days, and how it should be interpreted as cyclical.
- Source: Nasa
- Length: 4min 26sec
- Thursday 13 December 2012
- guardian.co.uk
Und so, wie dieser Riss zwischen Afrika und Europa viele Schichten unter der Meeresoberfläche birgt, so differenziert ergründet die Künstlerin das Leben in Tanger: Menschen blicken von verlassenen Brachen aufs Meer, überwucherte Ruinen erinnern an vergangenen Luxus, Kinder schlüpfen zum Spiel durch Zäune oder bekränzen sich mit Blumen. Postkoloniale Geschichte, Bausünden eines rücksichtslosen Ferienkapitalismus und Poesie des Alltags finden in Barradas Fotografien Niederschlag. Sie sind Dokumentation und Allegorie in einem.
Feli Schindler: Riffs. Zwischen Traum und Albtraum [Besprechung der Ausstellung im Fotomuseum Winterthur, bis 10. Februar 2013], in: Züritipp, tagesanzeiger.ch, 2012-11-28.
Video: Künstlerin Yto Barrada spricht über das Leben in Tangier, einer Stadt an der nördlichen Küste Marokkos, bei der Strasse von Gibraltar.
Bündner Wildhüter zeigen, wie die Wölfe am Calanda überwacht werden. Mehr
Eine interaktive Karte der Schweiz in Hinblick auf die Themen: Biodiversität, Umwelt, Landschaft (Quelle: bafu 2012).
Bild: Auenlandschaft der Kleinen Emme in der Nähe von Entlebuch (Foto: Simon Koopmann, 2007).
