Mayais a 1999 Indian Tamil-language devotional film, produced and directed by Rama Narayanan. The film stars Napoleon and Nagma, while S. P. Balasubrahmanyam plays a supporting role. The venture was simultaneously shot in Kannada as Jayasurya, with scenes overlapping. The Tamil version was dubbed in Telugu as Gurupoornima and in Hindi as Sai Teri Maya.[1] The films, which had music composed by R. R. G, was released on 15 January 1999.[2]
The Tamil and Kannada versions were released in 1999, with the Telugu version released shortly thereafter.[3] D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "Rama Narayanan has chosen an ideal story to utilise the modern wizardy on the screen. Followers of Shirdi Sai Baba will flock the cinemas, because of the miracles this messenger of God performs, in the film, to save his devotees from the evil force" He also appreciated the visual effects and cinematography.[4]
This was obviously in the days where it was rare for television shows to do proper series finales, so this is what we got instead. Also, Gerry Anderson did not know if the Space 1999 was going to get renewed for a third season.
On 12 November 1999, officers responding to an anonymous tip discovered a Maya sculpture within a garage at a home on Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. (Jacobs 1999). The sculpture, which is described as weighing 500 pounds (Forero 1999) and being 3 feet long (de la Cruz 1999), depicted a jaguar holding a human head (or clutching a man in some reports such as Forero 1999). It was found wrapped in newspaper and packed in a wooden crate (Jacobs 1999) and authorities speculated that it had been stored in that location for a few months (de la Cruz 1999). The person living at the address, a renter, maintained that he neither knew what the sculpture was nor how it got there (Jacobs 1999). Further investigation confirmed that both the landlord and the tenants of the house were not involved with the sculpture and the police made no arrests (de la Cruz 1999; Forero 1999).
The circumstances of the anonymous tip were not released in contemporary reporting, but the police had been working on the case for several weeks before the raid. At the time of the seizure, they had already involved the Guatemalan government, who they believed to be the owners of the piece (Jacobs 1999). Once the piece was seized, it was identified by an unnamed expert from a local museum (Jacobs 1999). Guatemalan authorities could not determine the exact site that the piece came from at the time, but reported that that it was executed in a highland Guatemala style (Forero 1999).
Lin has made only two print series, Flatlands (1997) and The Geography Lesson (1999). Two impressions of prints from Flatlands series are in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art and The National Academy of Design; SCMA has a complete portfolio of six prints from The Geography Lesson. Both series are monotypes, meaning they are unique. To make them, Lin used sheets of tempered glass to form the matrices for each unique image. After ink was applied to the surface, she hit a corner of the glass with a hammer, shattering the sheet. She selected fragments of glass that she found visually interesting and printed them in relief.
I was fortunate to be able to discuss the making of The Geography Lesson with the publisher, Judith Solodkin of SOLO Impressions in New York. Solodkin was inspired to work with Lin after seeing prints from the Flatlands series in an exhibition at the Grey Art Gallery, New York University, in 1998. The next year, she invited Lin to create new works which became The Geography Lesson.
The natural fissures and cracks that resulted from the fracture mimic what occurs in the natural world. The prints evoke the patterns found in glacial ice floes, frozen rivers laced with cracks, or of a simple landmass. They are images of landscapes, mappings, and a study in geography.
Maya Lin rocketed to international fame when, in 1981, she won the design competition for the Vietnam War Memorial while still a Yale undergraduate. She has enjoyed continual praise for her designs for memorials, parks, and other prominent public spaces. She has also developed a major artistic practice in large-scale installations both indoors and out. A common thread in Lin's work is her uncanny ability to make simple ideas compelling, as when she replaced the mortar of a log cabin with glass thereby transforming a familiar symbol of hardscrabble pioneer life with a transcendent, luminous symbol of new creative horizons. A recurring theme in her work is topography. For projects such as Groundswell (1992-93, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH) and Wave Field (1993-95, FXB Aerospace Engineering Building, Ann Arbor, MI), she literally altered the landscape. In the later 1990s, when she tried to find portable and marketable outlets for her talents, she produced three-dimensional topographic models of distorted proportions. Lin's brief encounter with printmaking produced similarly remarkable results. In 1999, she had a brief but brilliant encounter with printmaking, the result of which is beautifully exhibited in the proposed pair of prints, Geography Lesson: 9 (Mia 2011.35.2.1) and Geography Lesson: 9 Ghost.
Working with Judith Solodkin and John Christian Erickson at Solo Impression, a New York printmaking atelier, Lin made a series of monotypes, employing a highly unusual technique. She inked sheets of glass, placed them on the bed of a roller press, shattered the glass, selectively removed broken pieces, and printed from the resulting array. The prints resemble county maps covered by a network of rivers and streams. Given the artist's longstanding interest in topography, it is likely that her concept and the title of the series preceded her development of the unusual technique. The artist made thirteen such matrices for large scale prints [In addition, she produced three portfolios, each containing six sm
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University of California, Santa Barbara archaeologist Anabel Ford has been at the forefront of that work for more than two decades, concentrating her efforts of the past six years at the ruins of a Maya city known as El Pilar along the border separating
Ford will discuss the many accomplishments of the El Pilar Program for 1999 and plans for the site's future at a public lecture and slide presentation from 5 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 25 in UCSB's Multicultural Center.
The University of California, Santa Barbara is a leading research institution that also provides a comprehensive liberal arts learning experience. Our academic community of faculty, students, and staff is characterized by a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration that is responsive to the needs of our multicultural and global society. All of this takes place within a living and learning environment like no other, as we draw inspiration from the beauty and resources of our extraordinary location at the edge of the Pacific Ocean.
Cellist Maya Beiser and pianist Anthony de Mare will perform an evening of haunting and sensual tango-infused music on Saturday, April 5 at 8 p.m. at Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. A free wine-tasting will precede the concert at 6:30 p.m. in the Quick Center lobby.
Among the finest contemporary soloists, Beiser and de Mare are powerful interpreters of Latin composers Astor Piazolla and Joaquin Nin. The evening's program, "Oblivin," will feature several of their memorable compositions, including Nin's "Suite Espanole" and "Chants d'Espagne" and Piazolla's "La Mufa" and his famous "Le Grand Tango."
"Beiser and de Mare caressed the tender moments and filled the passionate phrases with a zest bordering on the naughty. Just right, in other words," Cleveland Plain Dealer reviewer Donald Rosenberg said of a 1999 performance.
Raised on a kibbutz in Israel by her French mother and Argentinian father, Beiser has been performing in concert since she was 12. She made her American debut at 19 and, after receiving her bachelor's degree at the Rubin Academy in Tel Aviv, she returned to study with Aldo Parisot and complete her master's degree at Yale University.
A veteran cellist for the Bang on a Can All-Stars, she left the group and is now a sought-after soloist. Recognized as a leading performer at the cutting edge of the musical world, she excels at everything from classical to world music, even dabbling in alternative rock.
Beiser has been a part of Lincoln Center's Great Performers series several times. She has played Carnegie Hall, The Knitting Factory and The Kitchen in New York City, Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center and major concert series in Budapest, Tel Aviv, Milan and Berlin.
Her recordings have won high praise. Classic CD magazine called her "a searingly passionate player who surpasses all technical difficulties with ease." Los Angeles Times music critic Mark Swed selected her album "Kinship" as one of the 10 best classical albums of 2000.
Much more than an accompanist, de Mare is a perfect match for Beiser. Described by Fanfare magazine as "a wonder every listener must hear to believe," he is known for his dedication to contemporary works.
De Mare began his performing career as part of the Young Concert Artists and debuted at the 92nd Street YMCA in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Early on, he won top honors at the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition in The Netherlands and the International Competition of Contemporary Piano Music.
With an expansive repertoire ranging from traditional to modern to theatrical, de Mare has premiered works written for him by such noted composers as Meredith Monk, Frederic Rzewski, Chester Biscardi and Bernadette Speech. Several of his recordings, including "Pianos and Voices," "Frederic Rzewski - Anthony de Mare" and "Oblivin," have met with strong critical praise.
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