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Olafur Eliasson's Parliament of Reality
 
Saturday, May 16, 2009 : Inauguration Ceremony and Discussion
 
Four years in the making, Olafur Eliasson's first major outdoor public art
project in the United States was officially inaugurated on Saturday,
May 16th. Entitled The Parliament of Reality, Eliasson's man-made island is
surrounded by a 30-foot circular lake, 24 trees, and wild grasses. The 100-foot
diameter island is composed of a cut-granite, compass-like floor pattern
(based upon meridian lines and navigational charts), on top
of which 30 river-washed boulders create an outdoor seating area for
students and the public to gather.

The island is reached by a 20-foot-long stainless steel lattice-canopied
bridge, creating the effect that visitors are entering a stage or outdoor
forum. At night, the installation is bathed in a precisely focused,
moon-like light, creating deep shadows behind the pattern of the rocks.
Olafur Eliasson led an international group of scholars and artists in a
series of presentations and performances devoted to our use of space,
architecture, art, and design including artist Andrea Zittel, historian Molly
Nesbit, philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, Tom Eccles director of Bard CCS
Museum, Peter Galison of Harvard, architect Lars Lerup, Felicity Scott
of Columbia University and artist Anri Sala.
 
photos: J. Galligan - 75Grand
 

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75grand live twitter-feeds via tweetcall
 
1. Tue 19 May 2009 15:54:17 -0400 From: hudson - hello jan, #twitter, nice
word for all that. thanks. hudson feature inc. http://featureinc.com less
than 10 seconds ago from web

2. This is Eric Glasser at the Empire State Plaza, and I'm about to head to
Pow Wow to work for Volkswagen.about 4 hours ago from TweetCall

3. #GQ June issue pg 188 Open Twitter | Open Dick @Cheney Tweets! Very sly
to have tapped into ex-POTUS twitter feed AND read out reverse order about
6 hours ago from web

4. Two refections on WWI 1) Postcards from France
http:/75Grand.posterous.com 2) Reflections from the field Camp at Souge
http://bit.ly/Kdx6S about 19 hours ago from bit.ly

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Dear Erik Glaser:
 
Unfortunately TWEETCALL does not seem to understand your friend's spanish
as his post did not make it through the process. Or, maybe the phone call
was dropped mid-sentence. Anyhow - stay tuned and good luck on your drive
out west. "Keep the greasy side down."
 
Jan
75Grand

     

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75Grand recent twitter posts
 
 1. Tue 19 May 2009 15:54:17 -0400
From: hudson - hello jan, #twitter, nice word for all that. thanks. hudson feature inc.
http://featureinc.com less than 10 seconds ago from web

2. This is Eric Glasser at the Empire State Plaza, and I'm about to head to
Pow Wow to work for Volkswagen - about 4 hours ago from TweetCall

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Hello Jan,

Thank you for the photo! (I didn't realize that you took a photo)
I'll also check your tweets later, and definitely keep in touch!
Oh btw. my first name is Keiko (not Kenko or Kenio ;)
More later!!

Keiko

http://myspace.com/oblaat

http://obla.at (... needs  major update.)

http://soundleak.org (just started. more info soon.)

http://share.dj (not mine or any other's but everyone's!)

To: Kendo
From: Jan
Subject: The Parliment of Reality @ Bard CCS

Very nice to meet you at Bard CCS event last
Saturday. Here is a PDF with a photo of you.
 
I can send others if you're interested.
 
Note I am not affiliated with Bard or CCS.
I am an artist and was there representing myself
although I was doing live twitter-feeds from
the event to: twitter.com/75Grand
 
I'm looking forward to exploring your twitter
site soon, and web sites this Sunday.
 
 
Sincerely,
 
Jan Galligan
75Grand.com
 

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*IN THE MAGAZINE: JUNE 2009 (pg) 188
Open Twitter | Open Dick Cheney Tweets!
 
Very nice coup to have tapped into Dick Cheney's
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Also - tried to twitter post you - but some guy in Russia's got your username (GQ):
 
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FRONT: HAPPY NEW YEAR
BACK: handwritten

Dear Wife and Sweatheart Camp de Souge France Dec 12, 1918
i thought i would send you a New  Years card to let you no that i am still thinking of you
and always will. Sweatheart how do you feal by this
time good at least i hope so i feal pretty good but
would feal much better if i was home with you with wich
i dont think it will be very long. Honey you tell
them all that i wish them a Happy New Year and you
aspecley a happy New Year and dont worry because
i am alright and just so you are alright that is all that
i care for and be good and i will do
the same and dont think that i will get heavy
with ano French girls because ther ant a girl in France
that i would give you for as i will
This is my new address          close with Love and Kises
and the write one                    From Your Husband
  Pvt Conrad Luft Conrad Luft
  234 Co. Military Police Goody Sweatheart
  APO #705 AEF Kises xxx xxxxx
 
 

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FROM TWITTER:

@GuyKawasaki: Yoko Ono to judge Twitter haiku competition.
http://adjix.com/v4rv

@charlieisaacs "A whale! Down it goes, and more and more, it is a #Fail!"
 
Yoko Ono to judge Twitter haiku competition
 
Twitter is hosting the first real-time haiku poetry competition, with
judges Yoko Ono and British poet Jackie Kay, picking the best verses from
entries posted live on London's Kings Cross's biggest digital billboard.

   

Photo 1: AP  Photo 2: Jan Galligan (mobilephone) 

 By Emma Barnett, Technology Correspondent
Last Updated: 1:37PM BST 18 May 2009
 
Yoko Ono Twitter: Yoko One to judge Twitter?s first haiku competition

Commuters arriving into Kings Cross are invited to submit three line
haiku-style poems on the subject of the British summer from their
mobilephones using Twitter.
 
The competition begins on Monday, May 18 and runs until Friday, May 22.
Commuters arriving into Kings Cross are invited to submit three line
haiku-style poems on the subject of the British summer from their mobile
phones using Twitter. To submit haikus, commuters have to place the prefix
@kingsplace so their entries will be picked up by the Kings Place Twitter
account. The best contributions are then moderated and appear within
minutes on the largest digital billboard at the station.
 
The initiative has been launched by Kings Place, a cultural and conference
centre, situated in Kings Cross.
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http://twitter.com/75Grand's entry:
 
MONEY HAIKU
the first cold shower
even the #monkey
seems to want
a little coat of straw 

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JOHN VS JAN
 

DUTCH NAMES AND THEIR ENGLISH EQUIVALENT
For someone just starting Dutch research, a Dutch name is like a foreign word. To add to this, the Dutch had a habit of "feminizing" male names. It was very important to carry down the paternal grandfather's name, and if a Dutch couple seemed to be having girls only, they might make a feminine name out of a masculine name. For example, Hans might become Hansje. This last name gives a clue to feminine names in Dutch. Names ending in "je", "ye", or "ie" tended to be feminine names. In fact, the j, y, and i were interchangeable, and thus you might see Antje, Antye, or Antie, all being the same name. Another thing to keep in mind, is that the letter J was interchangeable with the letter I. Thus a man could be John J. Post, or John I. Post and it could be the same person. Since the New Jersey Dutch would traditionally use their father's first name as the middle name until late into the 19th century, the researcher is left with the dilemma of what the middle initial suggests - perhaps Johannes or perhaps Isaac. These are all things to keep in mind when looking at a Dutch name. DUTCH ENGLISH
Johannes / Jan John

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http://www.voxcommunications.com/
 
Skallywag
 
Someone square or not cool. Often used with "skipskaps." "Man, this club is
filled with skipskaps and skallywags. Let's bounce."

Attributed to David Chappelle.

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CHAPTER 1: THE VOYAGE BEGINS
 
Aboard the SKALLYWAG

Captain: John G
First Mate: Jan G
Shady Harbour marina, Catskill, NY

"The John B. Sails" is a folk song that first appeared in a 1917
American novel, "Pieces of Eight", written by Richard Le Gallienne.
The "secret" narrator of the story describes it as "one of the quaint Nassau ditties,"
the first verse and chorus of which are:
 
  Come on the sloop John B.
  My grandfather and me,
  Round Nassau town we did roam;
  Drinking all night, ve got in a fight,
  Ve feel so break-up, ve vant to go home.
 
  (Chorus)
  So h'ist up the John B. sails,
 
  See how the mainsail set,
 
  Send for the captain—shore, let us go home,
  Let me go home, let me go home,
  I feel so break-up, I vant to go home.
 
Creator Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947
Title Pieces of Eight
Language English
EText-No. 17741
Release Date 2006-02-10
Copyright Status Not copyrighted in the United States.

Base Directory http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17741/17741-h/17741-h.htm
 
PIECES OF EIGHT
PROLOGUE

Out of the constant East the breeze
Brings morning, like a wafted rose,
Across the glimmering lagoon,
And wakes the still palmetto trees,
And blows adrift the phantom moon,
That paler and still paler glows—
Up with the anchor! let's be going!
O hoist the sail! and let's be going!
Glory and glee
Of the morning sea—
Ah! let's be going!
Under our keel a glass of dreams
Still fairer than the morning sky,
A jewel shot with blue and gold,
The swaying clearness streams and gleams,
A crystal mountain smoothly rolled
O'er magic gardens flowing by—
Over we go the sea-fans waving,
Over the rainbow corals paving
The deep-sea floor;
No more, no more
Would I seek the shore
To make my grave in—
O sea-fans waving!
 
 
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THE JOHN B SAILS
Lee Hays/Carl Sandburg
 
We come on the sloop John B, my grandfather and me.
Around Nassau town we did roam.
Drinkin' all night. Got into a fight.
Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home.
(I want to go home. So now,)
 
Chorus:
Hoist up the John B's sails.
See how the main sails set.
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home.
(Let me go home.)
Let me go home.
( I want to go home.) I want to go home.
(Why don't you let me go home?)
Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home.
(I want to go home.)
 
First mate, he got drunk.
Broke up the people's trunk.
Constable had to come and take him away.
Sheriff John Stone (Sheriff John Stone),
why don't you leave me alone?
(Why don't you leave me alone?)
Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home.
(I want to go home. So, now)
 
(Chorus)
Well, the poor cook he caught the fits.
Throw away all of my grits.
Then he took and he ate up all of my corn.
Let me go home. (I want to go home.)
I want to go home.
(Why don't you let me go home?)
This is the worst trip since I've been born.
(Since I have been born. So, now)
 
(Chorus)

Hoist up the John B's sails.
(John B. sails)
See how the main sails set.
(Main sails set.)
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home.
(Let me go home.)
Let me go home. (I want to go home.)
I want to go home.
(Why don't you let me go home?)
Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home.
(I want to go home.)
 
Kingston Trio Sloop John B lyrics
==============
 
 
Jimmie Rodgers
WRECK OF THE JOHN B
 
We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me,
'Round Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night, we got into a fight
I feel so breakup, I want to go home
 
So hoist up the John B sails
See how the mains'l's set,
Send for the captain ashore,
Let me go home
Let me go home
Let me go home
I feel so breakup
I want to go home
 
The first mate he got drunk,
Broke up the people's trunk
Constable had to come and take him away,
Sheriff Johnstone, please let me alone
I fell so breakup, I want to go home.
 
So hoist up the John B sails
See how the mains'l's set,
Send for the captain ashore,
Let me go home
Let me go home
Let me go home
I feel so breakup
I want to go home
 
The stewardess she got stewed,
Ran 'round the poop deck nude
Constable had to come and take her away
Sheriff Johnstone please let me alone
I feel so breakup, I want to to home
 
So hoist up the John B sails
See how the mains'l's set,
Send for the captain ashore,
Let me go home
Let me go home
Let me go home
I feel so breakup
I want to go home

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BEACH BOYS: PET SOUNDS
SLOOP JOHN B
 
We'll come on the sloop john b
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home
 
So hoist up the john b's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I wanna go home
 
The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the capns trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff john stone
Why dont you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home
 
So hoist up the john bs sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why dont you let me go home
(hoist up the john bs sail)
Hoist up the john b
I feel so broke up I wanna go home
Let me go home
 
The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why dont they let me go home
This is the worst trip Ive ever been on
 
So hoist up the john bs sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why dont you let me go home

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