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...there anything quite so stupid and time-wasting as the 1980s metal detector - the all but obsolete device that had gold diggers scouring beaches and suburban dumps for treasure? You can find yourself asking such questions with the work of Australian sculptor Ricky Swallow. And in the case of Diagonal Choir, 2000, his full-scale replica of a metal detector, made from PVC and epoxy and sprayed a ghostly white, you could ask: has anything as purposeful and beautifully crafted been shown in a gallery recently? Swallow, 29, is fascinated by the objects contemporary culture spits out. So when...
...with the times by adding what he describes as a moodier "jazz and blues" sound. But he's having a hard time keeping out the fun. At a recent recording session in Bombay, he still looked like a cartoon king, decked out in a black turban with sequined band, gold bracelets and chains, and a bright red designer shirt. ("I want the fans to look at Daler Mehndi like a maharajah," Mehndi explains.) He still has the same spring-soled bounce and huge smile. And, in the studio, he's clearly enjoying the music as much as ever. As they...
...warm-up game: stray balls, gym bags, sweaty tracksuits?and a jumble of crutches and prosthetic legs. The final countdown to the Paralympics, opening in Athens this week, has begun, and Iran's sitting-volleyball team is readying for what it hopes will be its fifth consecutive gold. Team manager Ali Kashfia, watching from a battered turquoise wheelchair, nods appreciatively as he watches a particularly elegant set-and-spike maneuver, a smile splitting his scarred and twisted face. The 40-year-old veteran of the past four Paralympics lost his legs, one eye and the hearing in one ear when...
...Sydney. And it is the sitting-volleyball team that is the country's pride. Although Iran can be counted on to win medals in individual sports, such as shooting and power lifting, sitting volleyball is the only event?handicapped or otherwise?in which it has won gold as a team. What started as a solution to a pressing problem?how to transform visible reminders of a devastating war into an advertisement for glorious sacrifice?has grown into a movement that 15 years after the war has little to do with veterans. There are more than 120 regional handicapped leagues whose...
...Athens, the sitting-volleyball team is going for gold for the first time without veterans among its ranks. This may have consequences not just for Iran's Paralympic hopes but for the country's leadership, which still relies heavily on the symbolism of the veterans to stay in power. With Iran's war martyrs fading from the picture, however, the government, made up largely of aging clerics and politicians, has one less card to play. The veterans have little relevance for an increasingly young population that barely remembers the war and is instead angry about unemployment and corruption?and seemingly...