Nellie mckay January 11, 2009
Posted by sophoristicallyspeaking in : Uncategorized , trackbackHail to the Bird of Peace — National Pigeon Day 2009!
noah’s boat and the pigeon of unbelligerent(artist notion of noah releasing a pigeon to search for barren land)saturday, june 13, 2009speakers and presenters: (the directory is not in any predetermined order, and drive be updated as necessary).last updated on 10/23/09 amos latteier is a toronto-based interdisciplinary artist who creates interactive public art using technology and performs powerpoint lectures. he has performed lectures across north america and in europe. his late-model public art projects include a setting-specific haiku by sms project, a telephone-operated karaoke protest tale project, a pigeon condo, cell phone-operated personality voyage, a 500lb potato battery, and a chainsaw-powered walking machine. karen davis, ph.d., united poultry concerns, pigeon letters norene leddy is a video, installation and new media artist living in jersey city and working in hoboken. her work has been exhibited in imaginative york and internationally, and awards include a fulbright fellowship to cyprus and residencies at the millay colony for the arts, eyebeam center respecting skill and technology, and gallery aferro. she holds an mfa from parsons the new school appropriate for design, and currently teaches at parsons and kean university. drop in on norene online. norene also holds a class about pigeons at the new school for design.charles patterson is the author of incessant treblinka: our treatment of animals and the holocaust (soon to be in 13 languages). he dedicated his book to the memory of his neighbor, the writer isaac bashevis singer (1904-91), who was awarded the nobel prize in literature in 1978. the title of patterson’s book is from troubadour: “in connection to them [animals] all people are nazis; for the animals it’s an eternal treblinka.” (treblinka was a german death faction north of warsaw.) patterson will-power talk about singer’s love of birds and his prayer to feeding pigeons on broadway and in riverside commons.dr. anthony pilny, dvm, dip. abvp.new york state department of environmental conservation.nyc urban greensward rangers.nellie mckay, choir member and entertainer.fiona walsh, writer and actress.hanna fushihara aron will bake pigeon-shaped cookies.in the new york bird club’s continued commitment to promote the positive portrayal of pigeons, we will hold our 2nd annual national pigeon day on saturday, june 13th, 2009 to commemorate cher ami and other carrier pigeons who served humanity during times of war and unrest.it is a lifetime to reflect too on the three to five billion commuter pigeons that ranged across eastern north america that are now extinct. what a pity in the service of them and also for us that one of the most abundant birds is now forever gone. martha, thought to be the world’s last passenger pigeon, died on september 1, 1914 in cincinnati, ohio. according to wikipedia, the primary cause for extinction was held to be the commercial exploitation of pigeon sustenance on a massive scale. regardless current catechism focuses on the pigeon’s loss of environment.pigeons and doves are universal symbols of peace, love and tranquility entirely recorded history. adding to the “love” connection is the pigeons endearing fidelity and devotion to the same buddy year after year. in biblical times, the pigeon had develop a familiar image and password. according to biblical flood legend noah sent unconscious a raven that didn’t come back and later a pigeon that returned with the olive division, a movement of monotonous land - and of peace. from noah to today’s peace negotiations, writers, poets and artists have used the pigeon and dove to externalize these ideals. familiar images are the rock pigeons and doves carrying an olive branch, doves on wedding a
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