Ovi Magazine Issue #24: Nationalism - Published: 2013-01-31

News
Agung Rai Museum of Art
Ida Bagus Made
Ida Bagus Made is a Balinese pioneer,
who has been productive for fifty years.
His works are infused with a strong and
sophisticated religious content, a reflection
of his preistly background.
This work shows the male and female
principles emanating in the form of
naga dragons from Semara, the god of
love.
National Gallery of Canada
Leviathans of the Sky
In 2010 the National Gallery of Canada
received a donation of over 1,500 photographs
documenting aspects of aviation
history from the early 20th century
through to the 1970s. Consisting primarily
of photographs created for or used
by various press agencies, the collection
chronicles the human fascination with
flight through the evolution of aviation
technology. It features an assortment of
flying machines that includes dirigibles,
various types of airplanes, ornithopters,
gyrocopters, helicopters, jets, jetpacks
and hovercraft as well as images of some
of aviation’s pioneers including aviators,
inventors, engineers and entrepreneurs.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Lucy McKenzie
5 Apr — 22 Sep 2013 In the spring, the Stedelijk
will present a special project by Scottish
artist Lucy McKenzie (Glasgow, 1977).
Using the trompe l’oeil painting technique (a
technique in which realistic imagery is used to
conjure up an optical illusion) she will transform
the large IMC gallery in the historical
building into a number of interiors in which
new works will be displayed. McKenzie’s
work crosses the boundaries of visual art,
decorative art, and craft. Together with designer
Beca Lipscombe, she recently launched
‘Atelier EB’, an exclusive fashion collection
aimed at working women.
Who rules
Prof.
Murray Hunter
The world is in a state of turmoil
today. We have a situation where
people elect representatives who
don’t represent them. All the
people of goodwill and honesty
would like to improve this situation
which causes continuous
wars, famine, degradation to the
environment, destruction of cultures.
Traditions, eroding the very
base of life. Very few of us have
the insight to see that the question
is not that of improvement,
because there is no reason to
improve something which works
perfectly well.
Globalization including the free
movement of trade and capital
works perfectly well and all the
problems that people complain
about and suffer from i.e., pollution,
war, global warming and
crimes etc, are considered by the
masters of this problem as collateral
damage.
Who are the masters of the world
and how they control it?
This is the question and it’s not
the governments.
Our mission is to map the system
design, information, control and
feedback of this world today. How
has it evolved and where is it going.
We don’t have the answer but
there is a direction where we can
point to find the right answers,
and this requires engagement with
a group of people who can go on a
journey to seek the truth.
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