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Wednesday 25th August 2010
by maroussia
As I come to terms with confining myself to the Law faculty for the next few months, I remember the independently owned food provider Matteo’s has been replaced by a multinational corporation. This is a letter I wrote, but never sent to the board of governors. I did not send it because I did not feel that there was consensus or enough momentum within the Faculty of law to seriously oppose the decision. I’m posting it here in hope of reviving the issue. Anyone who want to lead with this (...)
pulling the threads
Wednesday 24th February 2010
by maroussia
The latest effort to resuscitate this blog deals with current discontent about the Harper government. Taken together, isolated incidents suggest an alarming contempt for public institutions, civil servants, and, ultimately, democracy.
The Harper government has taken a series of decisions that undermine the strength of our public institutions.
The most obvious is Parliament prorogation. For the second time, the minority government has decided to use this unusual procedure to allow (...)
The Harper government has taken a series of decisions that undermine the strength of our public institutions.
The most obvious is Parliament prorogation. For the second time, the minority government has decided to use this unusual procedure to allow (...)
Ex post facto
Wednesday 27th May 2009
by maroussia
A cautionary tale and justification for silence.
concentration of legal knowledge
Sunday 28th September 2008
by maroussia
Good for lawyers, bad for democracy
Here
Saturday 6th September 2008
by maroussia
It took me no time to write this but a lot of courage to show you.
the third world within
Thursday 5th June 2008
by maroussia
Disclaimer: the only reason I am blogging right now is that I am too polio-yellow fever- Typhoid fever delirious to do anything else, and that typing is the only thing my needle-bruised limbs can handle.
Telecom’s underbelly: third-party call centers
Sunday 13th April 2008
by maroussia
Sales is a form of customer service? You gotta be kidding.
getting soft
Friday 21st March 2008
by maroussia
I kinda like it here. Humans have an impressive capacity of adaptation.
All this doing nothing, annoying the person in authority… it takes me back to high school. Not to mention that the evaluations designed for a first grader are very flattering. No pressure, no challenge, no one to impress... this is beginning to feel like a paid vacation in a bad resort. Not satisfactory, but you learn to see the good side of it. For instance, I started making commission on my quizzes answers. I got (...)
All this doing nothing, annoying the person in authority… it takes me back to high school. Not to mention that the evaluations designed for a first grader are very flattering. No pressure, no challenge, no one to impress... this is beginning to feel like a paid vacation in a bad resort. Not satisfactory, but you learn to see the good side of it. For instance, I started making commission on my quizzes answers. I got (...)
Two wedding proposals, a mentally challenged guy and a stalker
Thursday 20th March 2008
by maroussia
Day 3 into a ridiculously low-paying job, the group’s real nature is coming out
Prison, continued
Wednesday 19th March 2008
by maroussia
On how I am stuck, bored out of my mind, in a windowless small room for 8 hours a day.
21st century slavery
Tuesday 18th March 2008
by maroussia
A cautionary tale for art students
Amour et Politique
lundi 14 janvier 2008
par maroussia
Trois façons de concilier vie privée et vie politique. Se retrouver dans les journaux sensationalistes, se séparer et capitaliser sur les différences.
Animals
Tuesday 17th July 2007
by maroussia
"Animals are either pets in houses, specimens in zoos, dead on the side of the road or on plates"
William Upski Wimsatt, No More Prisons
Avez-vous vu les images des maltraitements d’animaux rĂ©cemment mĂ©diatisĂ©es? On oublie parfois d’oĂą vient la viande. Une abstraction. La viande vient d’animaux souvent maltraitĂ©s, malades, malheureux. Je pense toujours Ă ce graff sur St-Laurent: "Tu es ce que tu manges viande morte". Mais j’aime la viande, j’en ai besoin pour ĂŞtre en santĂ©. Comment (...)
William Upski Wimsatt, No More Prisons
Avez-vous vu les images des maltraitements d’animaux rĂ©cemment mĂ©diatisĂ©es? On oublie parfois d’oĂą vient la viande. Une abstraction. La viande vient d’animaux souvent maltraitĂ©s, malades, malheureux. Je pense toujours Ă ce graff sur St-Laurent: "Tu es ce que tu manges viande morte". Mais j’aime la viande, j’en ai besoin pour ĂŞtre en santĂ©. Comment (...)
airport stories: talking with strangers
Tuesday 5th June 2007
by maroussia
I have been spending a lot of time in airports these days. Although I didn’t beat my record of boredom and fatigue at Chicago’s Ohare earlier this year, I did get my first "pat down" in Montreal’s Trudeau airport. After guaranteeing that her gloves were clean, she proceeded to "massage" me thoroughly from head to toe. Not your regular symbolic club check... But the real reason for spending all this time in airports is Passage OubliĂ©. The project is about rendition flights, and will be (...)
do the math
Friday 10th November 2006
by maroussia
On dit que les frais d’universtitĂ©s sont pas chers qu QuĂ©bec. On dit pas mal d’affaires.
Tuition
2006/4 MARA 206 AA $333.66
Other Fees
Registration Fee $20.00
Student Association & Activity Fee $58.26
Capital Campaign Fee $12.00
Student Service Fee $58.38
Recreation & Athletics Fee $16.62
Administration Fee $54.00
FEUQ Fee $2.50
Health & Dental Plan Fee $130.00
Winter Balance $685.42
Si vous (...)
Tuition
2006/4 MARA 206 AA $333.66
Other Fees
Registration Fee $20.00
Student Association & Activity Fee $58.26
Capital Campaign Fee $12.00
Student Service Fee $58.38
Recreation & Athletics Fee $16.62
Administration Fee $54.00
FEUQ Fee $2.50
Health & Dental Plan Fee $130.00
Winter Balance $685.42
Si vous (...)
All roads lead to the zone
Wednesday 25th October 2006
by maroussia
A pre-halloween freaky story for ya’ll
The zone is a state of communion with the universe, of selflessness and humility of timeless present. Every culture develops different mechanisms and metaphors for it. While I am no anthropologist, I have been thinking about different mechanisms humanity has developed to reach this trance, and the particular status it holds in Western society. Religion is probably the most obvious paths to the zone. Prayers, meditation and gospel signing are one (...)
The zone is a state of communion with the universe, of selflessness and humility of timeless present. Every culture develops different mechanisms and metaphors for it. While I am no anthropologist, I have been thinking about different mechanisms humanity has developed to reach this trance, and the particular status it holds in Western society. Religion is probably the most obvious paths to the zone. Prayers, meditation and gospel signing are one (...)
Pimp ton automne
Sunday 15th October 2006
by maroussia
Eh oui on est en pleine saison des shows et autres activités mondaines qui meublent notre triste existence urbaine. Côté cinéma, le FCMM battra son plein d’ici quelques jours. À ma liste, the Point, un docu-réalité sur pointe St-Charles –mon premier hood dans le 514!!!-, Son of Man, un Jésus africain contemporain, et Rampage, qui explore la réalité d’un quartier de Miami. Aussi à surveiller lors de leur sortie en salles: When the Levee Broke, un documentaire de Spike Lee (...)
what’s it gonna be
Monday 10th July 2006
by maroussia
2:30 in the morning. I realized I am graduating soon –enfin. But what am I gonna do with a fine arts degree? I mean it’s all peaches and cream, it was a great experience, I actually worked hard sometime, but all this critical theory has left me without foundations. Looking at pictures from first grade, I think I decided to be a lawyer. So a master’s @ Harvard, in urbanism, or deal with McGill undergrads for three years in Law? How do I become an international news correspondent? How (...)
I feel fine
Monday 22nd May 2006
by maroussia
It’s Sunday and I’m itching for a beer. My cat is getting hyperactive in the house: although I have remorse about snipping the poor beast, it’s gonna get done soon… Hopefully he’ll find another motivation that running after females in heat to run around all day. Speaking of running around, I made my way to Cinema du Parc today, where the International Hip Hop festival held its second Montreal edition. They presented a series of short films, two of which bit me with Brazilian (...)
working nine to five?
Thursday 27th April 2006
by maroussia
Ya right.
It’s ten and I am still here, contemplating my screen. I am editing the video of the BLINk! performance for the show next week. Expect great strange robots, flashing dresses (litterally), wine, music instruments (bring Tylenol just in case). All info below.
If you are having trouble sleeping, try this comparative analysis of Brazil and Nigeria in terms of economic (...)
It’s ten and I am still here, contemplating my screen. I am editing the video of the BLINk! performance for the show next week. Expect great strange robots, flashing dresses (litterally), wine, music instruments (bring Tylenol just in case). All info below.
If you are having trouble sleeping, try this comparative analysis of Brazil and Nigeria in terms of economic (...)
en avril ne garde qu’un fil
Thursday 20th April 2006
by maroussia
Hey yo
On dirait bien que l’Ă©tĂ© pousse ses premiers cris de saoulons a 4ham, et que les blondes affichent leurs premiers coups de soleils. Pour ma part je dors ma session, je travaille temps plein et je ressors tranquilement dans le monde des vivants. Ok je dois aussi avouer que j’ai une nouvelle addiction: il s’agit de myspace. Et oui j’y passe bien plus de temps que sur mon propre blog. Juste aujourd’hui, j’y ai dĂ©couvert 2 artistes qui ont l’air intĂ©ressants: yarah bravo, une anglo (...)
On dirait bien que l’Ă©tĂ© pousse ses premiers cris de saoulons a 4ham, et que les blondes affichent leurs premiers coups de soleils. Pour ma part je dors ma session, je travaille temps plein et je ressors tranquilement dans le monde des vivants. Ok je dois aussi avouer que j’ai une nouvelle addiction: il s’agit de myspace. Et oui j’y passe bien plus de temps que sur mon propre blog. Juste aujourd’hui, j’y ai dĂ©couvert 2 artistes qui ont l’air intĂ©ressants: yarah bravo, une anglo (...)
Blink you
Thursday 6th April 2006
by maroussia
Last night was the outcome of my final project, a performance called blink. Somehow, 20 people all showed up on time to blink the lights from the Concordia EV building. A clever electrician and motivated engineers helped out to add temporary switches to the electric boxes which enabled blinkers to flash the lights of half a floor. 2 people per floor then had the building going out of the ordinary. Sebastian Speier built an application where the live video streaming only showed adjacent (...)
A stockpile of ideas
Tuesday 21st February 2006
by maroussia
First, proper respects to J Dilla, who died February 10th following a long struggle with lupus. Jay Dee is responsible for numerous great beats for De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, Slum Village, and of course the Madlib duo. Doesn’t Lupus sound like a venereal disease ? Well it’s not. Cause and cure remain to be found…
Every morning I get off Guy Concordia metro and see homeless people begging, drinking, sleeping. They don’t seem to be feeling that good. Lately (...)
Every morning I get off Guy Concordia metro and see homeless people begging, drinking, sleeping. They don’t seem to be feeling that good. Lately (...)
Web splints, shin splints
Wednesday 1st February 2006
by maroussia
For starters, weekly inspiration
So I am back to school, 12 feet deep in techhie stuff and unreadable theory (Derrida, Guattari? these guys are clearly on shrooms)
I am trying to resurect the blog from its current inactivity... Here’s a recycled blurb from a school assignment. It was meant as a semi-valid explanation of yet another obscure project of mine.
Splintering effects of the web
As any other mature production, web design has become standardized. In that sense, the expectations of (...)
So I am back to school, 12 feet deep in techhie stuff and unreadable theory (Derrida, Guattari? these guys are clearly on shrooms)
I am trying to resurect the blog from its current inactivity... Here’s a recycled blurb from a school assignment. It was meant as a semi-valid explanation of yet another obscure project of mine.
Splintering effects of the web
As any other mature production, web design has become standardized. In that sense, the expectations of (...)
what’s next
Tuesday 8th November 2005
by maroussia
After four years of filmmaking in over 10 cities around the world, Pablo Aravena premiered Next: a primer on Urban painting. This full-length documentary sketches the current situation of graffiti-related art both in established scenes in North America and Europe, and emerging areas such as Asia and Latin America. Following a projection in front of a filled crowd of both graff afficionados and curious folks at Cabaret , I had a chat with him.
When starting the project, did you plan on (...)
When starting the project, did you plan on (...)
Egoless work?
Sunday 18th September 2005
by maroussia
Jonathan asked me to elaborate on ego-less work so I had to post this.
hey, what’s up, you were mentioning something about
group work and ego, etc,
can you elaborate? I’m really curious to hear more.
Jonathan,
Being young and a aspiring be artist/designer involves putting yourself on the spot for many people. Throughout my three years at Concordia and Cegep in visual arts at Brébeuf and private school, educational mentality has been reward-based. The educational system is designed (...)
hey, what’s up, you were mentioning something about
group work and ego, etc,
can you elaborate? I’m really curious to hear more.
Jonathan,
Being young and a aspiring be artist/designer involves putting yourself on the spot for many people. Throughout my three years at Concordia and Cegep in visual arts at Brébeuf and private school, educational mentality has been reward-based. The educational system is designed (...)
mobility
Saturday 10th September 2005
by maroussia
Do mobile technologies turn us into fat cats, free to walk around in a determined parameter but too heavy to do it?
This text distinguished between background mobility (a cell phone) and foreground mobility (laptop); an interesting parallel with Arakawa and Gin’s. In their book the Architectural Body, they propose the difference between background and foreground activity as a basis for perception-determined architecture. Foreground activity catches immediate attention, and almost becomes (...)
This text distinguished between background mobility (a cell phone) and foreground mobility (laptop); an interesting parallel with Arakawa and Gin’s. In their book the Architectural Body, they propose the difference between background and foreground activity as a basis for perception-determined architecture. Foreground activity catches immediate attention, and almost becomes (...)
you got jazzed
Saturday 9th July 2005
by maroussia
Loved: GaĂŻa, Brazilian Band, always fun.
Missed: Montreal’s own Dibondoko, famous trumpettist Roy Hargrove
Skipped: The “big event” with Champion and his g-strings....
Rjd2
Before getting on the turntables, Rjd2 hit us up with a guitar/signing performance. Despite the fact that he had been relegated to a side location which was nothing like a stage, the crowd was really exited. A strange set: 80s nostalgia, much of his own work, some funk. Lots of keyboard, to keep in line with (...)
Missed: Montreal’s own Dibondoko, famous trumpettist Roy Hargrove
Skipped: The “big event” with Champion and his g-strings....
Rjd2
Before getting on the turntables, Rjd2 hit us up with a guitar/signing performance. Despite the fact that he had been relegated to a side location which was nothing like a stage, the crowd was really exited. A strange set: 80s nostalgia, much of his own work, some funk. Lots of keyboard, to keep in line with (...)
the guilt complex
Tuesday 28th June 2005
by maroussia
Along time ago, I wrote “Hip hop is not about being Black or Latino or working class.” Today more than ever, I believe that the creative struggle, the use of art for elevation and social change –and sometimes just bugging out, yes, define the hip hopper. Hip hop is a mental state. It’s not about the color of your skin or the size of your bank account. Yes, I’m saying there’s nothing keeping a white suburban kid from being hip hop. While our background partly determines the (...)
Obsession Ă Montreal
Monday 11th April 2005
by maroussia
Obsesion sont un des grands groupes de Hip Hop à Cuba. Ce couple a peaufiné son art à titre de rappeurs, chanteurs, producteurs mais aussitravailleurs sociaux, performant devant des prisonniers et travaillant parallèlement sur l’animation d’ateliers artistiques avec les jeunes.
C’est un des seuls groupes à avoir participé à des échanges
internationaux: ils ont eu la chance de voyager en France, au Royaume-Uni et plus
particulièrement aux Etats-Unis, où ils on participé à (...)
C’est un des seuls groupes à avoir participé à des échanges
internationaux: ils ont eu la chance de voyager en France, au Royaume-Uni et plus
particulièrement aux Etats-Unis, où ils on participé à (...)
le gala, t’endends?
Monday 14th March 2005
by maroussia
Hier soir s’est dĂ©roulĂ© le premier gala hip hop Ă MontrĂ©al, une initiative de montreal underground. Sans tapis rouge ni trompettes, un Ă©vènement Ă la bonne franquette, juste assez dĂ©sorganisĂ© pour ĂŞtre sympathique.
Boogat s’est dĂ©marquĂ© en raflant trois prix pour son album Tristes et Belles histoires. SP a brillĂ© par son absence, lui qui s’est vu remettre le prix de l’artiste de l’annĂ©e. Cette catĂ©gorie comptait seulement du vote du public, contrairement Ă d’autres (...)
Boogat s’est dĂ©marquĂ© en raflant trois prix pour son album Tristes et Belles histoires. SP a brillĂ© par son absence, lui qui s’est vu remettre le prix de l’artiste de l’annĂ©e. Cette catĂ©gorie comptait seulement du vote du public, contrairement Ă d’autres (...)
La guerre des alcoholiques improvise la mort du hip hop
Thursday 10th March 2005
by maroussia
Young buck au DĂ´me
Un show tout Ă fait quelconque, une performance rapide avec plein de triggers fingers et de weed. yahoo! Saviez-vous que young Buck, originaire de Nashville -ça c’est assez Ă©vident avec son style Sud sale-, a commencĂ© avec Cash Money avant de se joindre au G-Unit? Encore une fois, on prĂ©fère l’entrĂ©e au plat principal: FP crew et Bad News accompagnĂ© de ses deux acolytes. Bad News Brown, avec ses cordes vocales tout comme son harmonica, impressionne par son (...)
Un show tout Ă fait quelconque, une performance rapide avec plein de triggers fingers et de weed. yahoo! Saviez-vous que young Buck, originaire de Nashville -ça c’est assez Ă©vident avec son style Sud sale-, a commencĂ© avec Cash Money avant de se joindre au G-Unit? Encore une fois, on prĂ©fère l’entrĂ©e au plat principal: FP crew et Bad News accompagnĂ© de ses deux acolytes. Bad News Brown, avec ses cordes vocales tout comme son harmonica, impressionne par son (...)
the elab project, not putting stuff in my mouth
Wednesday 23rd February 2005
by maroussia
This is my (un)formal project proposal for school, tryna integrate this website into University framework.
The e lab project
Hiphop, politics, certainly not art.
are you sure about that?
Hiphop
Yes, elab is a website about futile things. In fact, it stems out of a necessity for me to turn going out into constructive content. Once I realized hip hop shows were important and meaningful in my life, and not just a reason to get drunk or see cute boys breakdance, I took it to the next level. (...)
The e lab project
Hiphop, politics, certainly not art.
are you sure about that?
Hiphop
Yes, elab is a website about futile things. In fact, it stems out of a necessity for me to turn going out into constructive content. Once I realized hip hop shows were important and meaningful in my life, and not just a reason to get drunk or see cute boys breakdance, I took it to the next level. (...)
graff recife
Saturday 1st January 2005
by maroussia
Recife est a peu près de la mĂŞme taille que Fortaleza, toujours dans la rĂ©gion Nord Est mais un peu plus au Sud. A part sa rĂ©putation d’ĂŞtre la ville la plus violente du BrĂ©sil, c’est une assez belle ville, avec des relents hollandais. Qui a un faible pour Amsterdam aimera, surtout le froid en moins. J’ai vu en quelques jours plus de beaux graffs ici que pendant trois mois a Fortaleza. Le centre ancien est rĂ©amĂ©nagĂ©, et stĂ©rilisĂ©, s’en plaindront certains. Quoi qu’il en soit, (...)
bahia
Sunday 12th December 2004
by maroussia
bahhhhh.ya
il pleut, j ai perdu le tel. de la fille chez qui je resterai mais j aime ça. J ai hate de rentrer parfois, souvent. Je me plais a imaginer la neige, le froid ces choses horribles.
il pleut, j ai perdu le tel. de la fille chez qui je resterai mais j aime ça. J ai hate de rentrer parfois, souvent. Je me plais a imaginer la neige, le froid ces choses horribles.
Love and other games
Friday 10th December 2004
by maroussia
Chilling by the pool, waiting for something, someone to happen. Marching with a crowed crowd more crowded than a downtown appartment full of illegal immigrants.
Trying in vain to resolve identity crisis, what I hope is not a mid-life ethics dilemma. Nevermind. Never again will I say : I m dying of thirst. The sunny sun is gettin to me.
Trying in vain to resolve identity crisis, what I hope is not a mid-life ethics dilemma. Nevermind. Never again will I say : I m dying of thirst. The sunny sun is gettin to me.
Recife
Wednesday 24th November 2004
by maroussia
Dans les coulisses du Forum social du Nord Est, ou les conference finissent inévitablement en party, ou tout le monde danse la samba sur le stage... Aujourd hui un speech du représentant du Brésil a l onu, demain une manif. Ici on ne fait pas un coin de rue a pied, la ville la plus dangeureuse du Brésil...
le jour d apres
Il y avait 10 000 personnes hier dans les rues, contre la (...)
le jour d apres
Il y avait 10 000 personnes hier dans les rues, contre la (...)
oh Rio
Wednesday 17th November 2004
by maroussia
Je me rapelle avent j écrivais assez bien, genre poétique et tout. Quand est ce que je suis devenue si descriptive? Enfin. photos de Rio.
hutuz
Wednesday 17th November 2004
by maroussia
Back from Rio and Brasilia. Hutuz is like a mega hip hop festival, with all the crap and overrated crap it implies, but extremely well organized. Yes, you heard it, a HIP HOP EVENT WELL, VERY WELL ORGANIZED.
But also sponsored by the US foreign affairs dept..., In any case, I got to see mc Racionais and GOG wich are the most popular here. Revelations: J3, Slim, Pentagono.
There’s some extremely talented rap crews here. Some good beats, but the strenght is definetly on content in (...)
But also sponsored by the US foreign affairs dept..., In any case, I got to see mc Racionais and GOG wich are the most popular here. Revelations: J3, Slim, Pentagono.
There’s some extremely talented rap crews here. Some good beats, but the strenght is definetly on content in (...)
brasilia
mercredi 17 novembre 2004
par maroussia
Après beacoup trop d argent, 16h de bus Ă travers des montagnes magnifiques et trop peu de sommeil, je suis arrivĂ©e Ă Brasilia. Pour qui est nostalgique de l’AmĂ©rique du Nord, c’est un bon remède : des grandes avenues toutes propres. En dehors de la ville planifiĂ©e, on dirait une banlieue de Toronto. Ça donne des frissons dans le dos.
Sinon la ville planifiée par Niemeyer durant les années soixante (sous la présidence de Kubitschek) est très étrange, faite pour des martiens. Le (...)
Sinon la ville planifiée par Niemeyer durant les années soixante (sous la présidence de Kubitschek) est très étrange, faite pour des martiens. Le (...)
rio des beaux gars
Friday 12th November 2004
by maroussia
So here I am in Rio, got 5 mn left on my Mcdees, sponsored web time. Hutuz is a hip hop supermarket, but yet many things to learn from it. Intense discussion and party, this event is huge and reflects Brazils entrepreneurship. Good and bad I guess. Theres a film festival with unknown jewels and known bullshit, but I got to see a lot a brazilian documentaries on hip hop. Liked Danny Lee s ROck Fresh, about graffiti on the West Coast---and experimental films favela style from the 50s... Rio (...)
yahoooo
Monday 8th November 2004
by maroussia
Je vais Ă Rio demain!
www.hutuz.com.br
www.hutuz.com.br
trip catholique
Sunday 7th November 2004
by maroussia
Aujourd hui c est dimanche. Donc hier c était Samedi. Donc j ai la gueule de bois. POur me faire expier mes péchés, le grand-père a décidé qu aujourd hui on se levait à 6h pour aller voir une église. Une église toute rose à 3h d ici. Avec la mission de me convertir sous-jacente.... Les routes de l intérieur sont tellement remplie de trous qu on fait du zig zag tout le temps, des fois on rentre dans l autre voiture, c est normal... Sur le chemin il y a des super montagnes, je vais (...)
back from paradise
Thursday 4th November 2004
by maroussia
Took some time off work and escaped for my bday. For the first time of my life, no surprise,no stress, just sweet strangers and an unexplainable smile on my face. Dont get me wrong, I do miss everyone. But this was deliciously strange...So I danced samba on a rooftop bar with a vista on the sea, waited till everybody was drunk to tell it was my anniversary.
Then we watched the sun rise on a sand dune and drank some more. Then its all censured.
Other than that, I was hungover next to a (...)
Then we watched the sun rise on a sand dune and drank some more. Then its all censured.
Other than that, I was hungover next to a (...)
empty seats
Thursday 21st October 2004
by maroussia
nothing to say really, its all hot here, there s chocolate pizza... Btw what had bitten me the other day is a Siri, sea-crab. There really cute though... I just wanted t upload this picture, cuz that s how I feel today.
prĂŞmio hutuz
Sunday 10th October 2004
by maroussia
Vota communidade da Rima! Se pode escutar 5 mĂşsicas aqui.
Graff Fortaleza
Sunday 10th October 2004
by maroussia
J ai visité une coupe de quartiers de la périphérie avec Davi, un graffer d ici qui fait partie du MCR (Movimento Cultura Da Rua) C est fucked up de prendre des photos là , ça prend 6 ans de leur salaire pour payer ma caméra...
Chaque jour je me rends de plus en plus compte de l écart entre les riches et les pauvres içi. Des jours j me prélasse sur un patio avec le câble pis des gens qui parlent de la mort de Gilles Deleuze, d autres jours je chill près d un ruisseau de caca, de (...)
Chaque jour je me rends de plus en plus compte de l écart entre les riches et les pauvres içi. Des jours j me prélasse sur un patio avec le câble pis des gens qui parlent de la mort de Gilles Deleuze, d autres jours je chill près d un ruisseau de caca, de (...)
voyage à l intérieur
Sunday 10th October 2004
by maroussia
Samedi, j ai laissé aller un concert de Julian Marley - ben oui, le fils à Bob...- pour aller à une manif dans l intérieur de la province à 4h de la capitale. Une compagnie s est installée dans la communauté de Velho Coral pour faire la culture artificielle de crevette. Elle détruit la flore locale (Mangua), dont l équilibre très fragile est nécessaire à la reproduction de plusieures espèces. Les communautés indigènes locales et des groupes environementalistes se sont (...)
Maroussia Ă la plage
Thursday 7th October 2004
by maroussia
Les fabuleuses aventures de Maroussia Ă la plage
Hier je suis allée à la plage. Eh oui, j ai pris une journée de congé après des frustrantes heures sur un 56k. J ai appris à nager dans les vagues, j espere que l eau est propre parce que j en ai avalé au moins 15 litres. Je me suis fais mordre le gros orteil par quelque chose, j espere que c était un crabe (sans joke). J ai crié comme un folle, et dans toute cette confusion j ai perdu mon haut de maillot. Heureusement, un gentil (...)
Hier je suis allée à la plage. Eh oui, j ai pris une journée de congé après des frustrantes heures sur un 56k. J ai appris à nager dans les vagues, j espere que l eau est propre parce que j en ai avalé au moins 15 litres. Je me suis fais mordre le gros orteil par quelque chose, j espere que c était un crabe (sans joke). J ai crié comme un folle, et dans toute cette confusion j ai perdu mon haut de maillot. Heureusement, un gentil (...)
Graff Parc Ex... enfin
Sunday 3rd October 2004
by maroussia
Cliquez sur l article pour voir les photos du jam de cet été, partie de la conférence d où tu viens où tu vas organisé par PEYO
graff montreal
Sunday 3rd October 2004
by maroussia
ok je sais pas pourquoi ce site est en train de tourner exclusivement autour du graff... J ai pris ceux-la dans mon coin, le plateau et mile-end. La plupart sont des murs légaux.
Les graff d ici s en viennent... (Fortaleza, Bresil, favela style)
Ici le monde gagne aussi leur vie avec ça: ils font des entetes pour les magazins, les partis politiques, etc. Le plus choquant: des chèvres qui pop out de nulle part, des chauffeurs d autobus absolument psychopates, qui se croient Gilles (...)
Les graff d ici s en viennent... (Fortaleza, Bresil, favela style)
Ici le monde gagne aussi leur vie avec ça: ils font des entetes pour les magazins, les partis politiques, etc. Le plus choquant: des chèvres qui pop out de nulle part, des chauffeurs d autobus absolument psychopates, qui se croient Gilles (...)
fortaleza
Sunday 3rd October 2004
by maroussia
Allo tout le monde ici c est le dernier jour de la campagne électorale. Tout le monde est donc occupé à convaincre l autre de voter pour tel ou tel candidat. J ai jamais vu des élections municipales que tout le monde prend aussi à coeur...
Près de centre culturel, il y a une favela que le gouvernement veut détruire pour faire de nouvelles installations... Photos à (...)
Près de centre culturel, il y a une favela que le gouvernement veut détruire pour faire de nouvelles installations... Photos à (...)
is it graff....
Sunday 19th September 2004
by maroussia
Allo Ă tous
Voici quelques photos sur les graff de Sao Paolo. Rien Ă dire tout Ă voir. Cliquez sur l article pour voir le lien.
I m as serious as a heart attack -- Wordsworth
Voici quelques photos sur les graff de Sao Paolo. Rien Ă dire tout Ă voir. Cliquez sur l article pour voir le lien.
I m as serious as a heart attack -- Wordsworth
Sao Paulo political style
Thursday 9th September 2004
by maroussia
Apres yet another brosse, on a visite le bureau du PT (parti des travailleurs, actuellement au pouvoir, les centrales syndicales, et le secretariat du Forum Social Mondial. Dans la rue y a des enfants qui dorment a terre, les ecarts sont plutot flagrants merci. Maroussia bienvenue dans la realite. De mon hotel on a une super vue de la ville, c est le lieu de predilection pour entendre les gens bien profiter de leur chambre d hotel si vous voyez ce que je veux dire... Le marathon Paulistain (...)
Sao Paolo, Niemeyer et Le Corbusier
Wednesday 8th September 2004
by maroussia
Allo tout le monde. Il parait que je suis obsedeeeeee par
l architeture et que je mange tout le temps. Ici ca pue on mange mal, il y a un building avec une colonne vertebrale en graff. Un traffic d enfer, un panorama sans fin... Pour voir les photos cliquer sur l article. :)
l architeture et que je mange tout le temps. Ici ca pue on mange mal, il y a un building avec une colonne vertebrale en graff. Un traffic d enfer, un panorama sans fin... Pour voir les photos cliquer sur l article. :)
Sao Paolo
Monday 6th September 2004
by maroussia
Apres 11h de vol sans dormir, me voici a São Paulo. C est Énorme, ca ressemble un peu a New York avec des vieux buildings qui ont de la gueule. Y a pleins de graffitis super beaux, exemples à venir... Je vais de ce pas trinquer
en cette fete nationale.
en cette fete nationale.
brazilian hip hop
Thursday 2nd September 2004
by maroussia
First things first. You gotta say hippe hoppe and reppe. I can’t get myself to say that. Anyhow I got hold of a few tracks from Comunidade da Rima, Plan B and Brigada Sonora da Rua. Seems like hip hop is much more political over there, like they all dead prez and EPMD or somethin’.
Here’s the current webpage of the people I’ll be working with: http://www.mcrceara2003.blogger.com.br/
More to come in a week, after a pit-stop in Sao Paolo. Hopefully by then I’ll have figured how to do those (...)
Here’s the current webpage of the people I’ll be working with: http://www.mcrceara2003.blogger.com.br/
More to come in a week, after a pit-stop in Sao Paolo. Hopefully by then I’ll have figured how to do those (...)
clash de civilisation?
Thursday 2nd September 2004
by maroussia
Enfin quelqu’un qui disse Huntington. Chomsky rĂ©sume en 2 mg ce qui m’a pris 16 pages en politique. C’est pas juste.
JournĂ©es d’Ă©tude
Monday 30th August 2004
by maroussia
Jack Layton sul’ gazon, le ministre de la rĂ©forme agraire brĂ©silien, pessimistes politiques, utopiste de gauche et rĂ©alistes onusiens sous un mĂŞme euh, chapiteau? Sans oublier l’eau aux oeufs pourris, la sangria et les confĂ©rences manquĂ©es.
connect
Tuesday 22nd June 2004
by maroussia