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LEVI STRAUSS/4

  This precursor to jeans, practical to wear over one’s normal clothing, also to pretect it, was called overalls. The story tells how Levi Strauss gradually, left his work as a traveling salesman and rationalized the production of overalls, in the form of trousers. Soon they were being mass produced, …

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PISCES/3

  Pisces have a very intense love life. They need to feel constantly in love. If they partner disappoints them in some way, they easily find a way to substitute their love interest. It is known that Pisces have more than one very intense relationship in their lifetime.   Anatomically …

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MAURIZIO CATTELAN/3

  Jonathan P. Binstock, curator of contemporary art, described him as “one of the greatest post-duchamp artists as well as an old fox”.  One of his most famous works is a sculpture made out of latex, wax, fabric, with leather shoes and silver crosier representing Pope John Paul II hit …

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VENICE/4

  The festival is rightly considered one of the first international events of its type, and receives considerable government support. The first festival was held on the terrace of the Excelsior Hotel in the Lido of Venice, however it was not yet a festival competition. The films were simply presented …

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WIWI

  Wiwi-yokpa, or Mary Elmanico, of the small Passamaquoddy tribe, was part of the Abenaki Confederation. An Algonquian language group, they settled the region surrounding Passamaquoddy Bay and Lake Schoodic, near the border between Maine and New Brunswich. According to their mythology the first man and woman were created out …

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