How and iranian tradition Cross Cultural architecture. But first to trace colors helped launch the black lives matter Civil Rights Movement in the u. S. Now shes telling the story of how she became an activist. Many africanamericans still face every day discrimination and violence. President trump fans the flames of racism making derogatory comments about african nations and calling crime a black problem. The american melting pot could be about to boil over even though there was a black president in the white house for eight years briefly at it seemed like racial tension was consigned to history. Patrice connors often feels like a stranger in her own country. Shes experienced discrimination based on nothing other than the color of her skin. I grew up in a poor neighborhood of los angeles you dont know when youre a child but youre being discriminated against but you know what it feels like so i know that i felt. Sad and all that i felt. Humiliated that we were sort of put in a category as a community that we would be surveilled and punished. For being black thats what thats what it was like today Patrice Carlos is a well known figure shes received many awards for activism. Shes a cofounder of black clients matter a movement against Police Violence and systemic racism founded in the wake of the Fatal Shooting of an unarmed black teenager trayvon martin. In twenty thirteen the man who murdered him was acquitted and not guilty. A year later when a policeman in ferguson missouri shot and killed Michael Brown another unarmed africanamerican and wasnt even indicted a wave of protest under the banner of black lives matter swept the country so. We rallied together we mourn together and we will go home and make sure Everybody Knows that everywhere we developed black lives matter as i were spots both in love for black people but also a range for the ways in which our system has treated black people for centuries the nine hundred sixty s. So Martin Luther king jr become the face of the Civil Rights Movement in one nine hundred sixty three he led the famous march on washington when thousands demonstrated for civil and economic rights for africanamericans and an end to racial segregation. Nine hundred sixty eight he was assassinated in memphis by a racist for now. Fifty years on what remains of Martin Luther kings dream africanamericans still second class citizens it certainly has found that way to Patrice Carlos. She and her siblings were raised by a single mother. My mother is very ashamed of being poor she had no access to. Me she. You know she had to work three jobs my mother is the real hero because it was her sacrifice that allows me to even do Something Like black eyes that are patrice colors has written a book thats a journey into a world unfamiliar to most white americans she tells about more than growing up poor she describes the daily humiliations and accusations by police and she takes us back to the time when the First Bush Administration launched its war on drugs patrice and her community experienced it as a war against the poor and people of color. We dont have. The alleyway it was our park and the outline for us what were all everybody over asked people to you know but i have a wall take put put your pocket but your shirt up and they would stop at a friends back then were children eleven year olds twelve thirteen year old patrice describes experiencing the Law Enforcement officers as the enemy searching her house on a regular basis criminalizing her friends and relatives her mentally ill brother was imprisoned rather than given psychiatric treatment her father also spent half his life in jail Prison Guards humiliated those who visited him for patrice its all part of embracing system and it fuels her activism ive been impacted by growing up in poverty and deeply impacted by. Over incarceration in my neighborhood and my community. And im deeply impacted by having some of the closest people in my family be taken from me be abuse humiliated be tortured by the state. Patrice has plans for the future of black lives matter forty regional organizations now work locally to fight Police Violence and racism its a young ambitious movement in which a lot of white people are also active and which opposes the forty fifth us President Donald Trump who patrice doesnt refer to by name but by the number forty five we need more than black people to show up for black lives that impact when we when we free black people when we really deal with the issues that plague black communities and we take a hard look at our bill the new policies and practices how we transform this government that the ground for everybody else to get a little bit more free and when we all come together to fight for black lives we get Something Like forty five. Many people find the current political situation in the us depressing but activist patrice colors inspires courage. And of course weve got much more up our sleeves look for us on facebook under g. W. Culture. German painter georg basil thats has turned eighty years old but he shows no signs of slowing down his specialty is a topsy turvy view of things. Somethings not right here. And there we go thats how it should be. German painter geyer basel its started inverting his paintings in one nine hundred sixty nine his works the pier abstract but arent to this day nobody has tried copying his unique style of which hes unabashedly proud. I love the idea and i can hardly believe it came from me anymore i had this idea when i was totally unknown my peers my competitors called it a gimmick but i think its a great way to paint pictures that are unlike anything done in the past or unlike what others do. Before. Has also created sculptures during his sixty years of working as an artist to be d. M. Group one of his most famous works is on view in the garden of. The retrospective features some eighty paintings in ten sculptures on loan from renowned our collections. Himself hasnt seen some of his works in decades hes one of germanys most sought after artists but. I was quite anxious before the exhibition i didnt know if all the artworks would live up to expectations in this fantastic museum with all these visitors. I had a really bad feeling and possibly a guilty conscience. But now that the works are on the wall i have to say well done. What will. Puzzle is is certainly confident and rather successful this year there will be exhibitions dedicated to him in paris berlin and at basils fundus yon by a lair. But he isnt universally loved either hes also produced some provocative art and expressed controversy look indians. His motto is that without controversy there can be no success. Everybody likes to show off everyone likes getting applause but applause subsides quickly at his discarded swiftly if its conformist or mr. Garratt basil its was born hansgeorg karen in one nine hundred thirty eight in the village of deutsche postulates which inspired his pseudonym. His one nine hundred sixty three work big night down the drain created an uproar when it was first exhibited in west berlin its was taken to court and accused of showing pornography for depicting male genitalia the scandal made him instantly famous. So its kind of caused a major scandal i mean who is lucky enough to be on the front pages of all the papers. His nine hundred sixty s. Series the heroes addresses the horrors of World War Two which he personally experienced as a child. His work depicts dejected looking individuals and scenes of destruction the eagle germanys heraldic animal nosediving again and again garrick basel its his works have dealt with germanys past. Personally its certainly likes to provoke. This sculpture presented at the one nine hundred eighty venice be an early and seemingly giving the hitler salute also stirred controversy because many of the of those you cant just sit around on a couch youve got to keep moving having to defend yourself gives you drive. A portrait of his wife. And many soft portraits. His upside down images form a large part of his. Marking trundle curated the show together with us lets he dismisses rumors that basil had secretly paints his works right side up and then simply presents them upside down. The bed by itself that is easy to prove if you flip a reproduction of these paintings around youll notice that its composition falls apart and. The picture only works in upside down in often called. Buzzwords his latest works painted upside down of course are also on display for the first time but he is now focusing on physical decline and the theme the finality. He spends two hours a day working in his studio. To do for my works of become so large that i cant paint on the wall even the smallest drops trickle down i work on the ground on all fours or the whole form. Puzzle it says he gets bored if he doesnt paint germanys most controversial painter is passionate about his art as ever. Now more cultural highlights picked up on our radar. She doesnt take herself too seriously and has added to them self confidence in spades. The new queen of german rap sassy and savvy a real rough time. Shes just dropped her first album with a major label its a breath of fresh air in the testosterone driven world of rap. Heads and. Now he is the alter ego of ranya chocolate she grew up in a rough part of hamburg and began up wounding. Videos she made herself to you tube in two thousand and twelve she soon became a social media star but i. Was a saying oh damn i think now shes playing with the big guns and theyd better get ready if they think this girl is just arm candy shell put them in their place because. Theyre. Shimmering gold glamorous exotic stuff clints paintings are steeped in sensuality and mystery has probably the best known art nouveau artist of all time the off on terror leader of the vienna secession the art world is currently marking the one hundredth anniversary of his death but although his work is now hugely popular it was not without controversy in his lifetime. He began his career as a decorative painter but provoked an outcry in viennese high Society Whats often with the women who modeled for him. They included wealthy socialites such as a day looked lost power the lady in gold today its one of the most expensive paintings in the world. Must have clint died in one thousand nine hundred one hundred years on his work has lost none of its sheen. That is the first column and this one except only trolling is a bit this isnt great up there isnt that what x. Is and they are. The little witch awfully close those childrens classic which has sold over five million copies worldwide its been turned into a cartoon before but now the very first live action film based on the book is out starring cowan you know how far as the little witch who longs to go to the annual value pork is night party. Tonight is senior political something that upside down at the outside and so im just happy that i see all human life that we have a fax name that i looked up but if. I didnt know it is a woman who was in a suit. Like it like you know absolutely published on if only it were that easy. To believe in now. A delightful film with a feisty heroine based on a much loved book Pure Box Office magic. German architecture is in demand around the world including in iran but how is modern and sustainable construction possible in the face of political hurdles you make use of know how and tradition. Kirani a megalopolis home to an estimated fifteen Million People and a lot of New Buildings that architecturally arent much to write home about much of the citys historic architecture has been raised and there are few public spaces to run poses a major challenge to urban planners. We must say they are to take share that depends on the historical iranian architecture not forms the concepts and we try to combine it with modern architecture. Coming near me ron has been working with full clean mark from the Award Winning firm in mark and partners for twenty years. The first jointly realized building is the new Exhibition Center in tehran. Margies and architects the largest eastern architecture because of this consciousness of them are about the iranian about the eastern. We take share we have few difficulty to have it into action and. Defining and understanding each other. The new Exhibition Center combines functionality with historical elements in iraq and. Easy iran is a country where poetry still thrives and which has a long architectural tradition. Its one from which weve learnt a lot on them. To buy in from the mrs there was a competition to build the Exhibition Center and the first phase is now complete. We highlighted a persian architectural tradition and its astonishing how modern this appears when its transposed to the present day. About. The roof structure reinforces the historic gaullist on palace in tehran. Well the underground station for the new center is inspired by cho has soared to the seventeenth century pavilion with forty columns and is fun. For. The architects most recent project has taken them to hamburg. Where there is a master class for iranian and german architecture students. Together there are developing plans to repurpose a disused airport in central tehran. Its a wonderful opportunity for these fledgling urban planners and a boon for the city as well. Other. People would never have worked together for two. Different color true or yes. Its a bit different to uphold we have too much. Scale of color. And architecture really. With experience in our country its able to find it. And they do. And they did it in just three weeks. But first we came into discussions how what are the main. What are the main pictures of iranian architecture what are the main types of iranian architectures and then we made all these diagrams to understand the hierarchys and structure of the iranian architecture in comparison. To the western architecture the main idea was guarded and i think one needs this open space because everything in one is all so small and get together. And really moves its. In recent decades tehran has been witnessing unchecked modernization urban planners are hoping one thousand new town developments under construction across the country will ease congestion like coast care to eighty kilometers from the capital the station is still a work in progress the theater is already finished. Up to one hundred twenty thousand people will be able to live here. In germany is providing urban planning support. A top priority is sustainable use of water and energy. All. Germans have a lot of experience in the fields of architecture and open planning and especially sustainable use of resources including technology for recycling wastewater. If germans put his know how to disposal it will be most welcome. In. The port city of troubled her in the south of iran is also getting a facelift the plan is to boost tourism here. Again partly thanks to Technology Transfer from germany. But there are many obstacles to overcome. Tehrani an iranian born architect based in hamburg drafted a design for a new Stock Exchange in tehran based on state of the art green principles. He lamented there are two elements to this design one of them is the wind catcher integrated into the building and the other is the water features on the ground floor. Comes out through the ground floor the wind catcher flows through the building and out through the terrace. The building is ventilated in a completely natural way one thats been used for hundreds of years. You see the system in the town of yes. There are lots of wind catchers in use there. Weve reinterpreted them for the modern era. However how to tehran is design only came in second the winning design is a relatively conventional skyscraper its not bad but it doesnt have the same green credentials. The problem was financing. Thats hard to believe in iran a country with such Extensive Oil reserves there were other issues to the scene one isnt the helicopter we can stop stick ons are the various forms of economic sanctions against iran. To some extent its not possible to install elevators because of sanctions against certain manufacturers for example the tehran metro didnt have an escalator for ages because of sanctions. These days a lot over sanctions target architecture like. Iran is in flux. But architects and urban planners have little scope to alter its political direction. They simply have to adapt to circumstances. Tehran is an amazingly impulsive city its bursting with energy theres a construction boom underway that is just incredible comparable perhaps to moscow sale is terrible and germany is barely aware of it it has to be said. Germany has specific associations with iran that arent exactly positive but in architectural terms there is huge potential. Is there it isnt easy to break into the market even though theres a lot of construction going on. Yeah not the only reason we still work in iran is because we have stamina and were here for the duration. Were convinced that things will change its cold war conditions will change theyll have to think of this and things always change it but when it for the long haul well get that what this book called id. 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