Word: underground
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...Library of Dust, he shows dozens of the canisters in larger-than-life size, their turquoise, pink and gold colors so sumptuous they look more like oil paintings than photographs. On some of the canisters, white powdery corrosion oozes from cracks - the after-effects of regular flooding in their underground storeroom - creating geomorphic shapes in brilliant hues. The abstract beauty of the canisters is a jolting contrast to their grim origins. And to Maisel, that's the point. "It's about beauty and horror," he says. "It's a double-edged thing - seductive and disturbing...
...Capturing Mullaitivu will not be easy. The terrain is dense jungle, and government forces will face the most experienced of the Tigers' cadres. Even if Mullaitivu were to fall, the Tigers could simply move underground, returning to the guerrilla tactics such as suicide bombings which made them famous and have contributed to the conflict's enormous death toll: more than 65,000 deaths since 1983. "Even if you occupy Kilinochchi, you're not going to defeat the LTTE as such," says Gajan Ponnambalam, a member of parliament whose party, the Tamil National Alliance, is sympathetic to the LTTE. "They...
...Artists who rejected political pressure and continued to produce "art for art's sake" did so discreetly, forming an underground movement later called the No Name Group. One of the genuine surprises in the Asia Society show is a collection of works from these largely overlooked artists, such as Ma Kelu's Morning Snow, a delicate Impressionist-influenced winter scene in blues, browns and white...
...program itself is fantastic. Helen Molesworth, HUAM’s curator of contemporary art, organized the series to be the lecture equivalent of that underground music club that you trust to get awesome acts, regardless of whether you’ve ever heard of them. Chan definitely set a great vibe—he’s young, he’s hip, he’s the apotheosis...
...School of Economics and University College London applied to compete in six preliminary rounds, which started November 4, and culminate in the Miss University London finale in February 2009. Thus far, more than 2,000 people have paid ?15 pounds ($22) to attend the events, held at Crystal, an underground nightclub frequented by Kevin Spacey and Paris Hilton...