Newcastle University Fine Art Degree Show Hanging Week
Watch in HD. 47 Fine Art students prepare their exhibition spaces during hanging week for their final year degree show at Newcastle University.
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APEX: Art of Living Course for Corporate Executives
Effective stress management tools for busy corporate executives.
Duration : 0:3:42
Psychedelic Arts – Metamorph
Audio-visual Enjoyment:
PSYCHEDELIC ARTS presents a new dimension of audio visual stimulation at the PC, which is based on the digital modulation of sound and light.
The slow in each other flowing pictures and animations into combination with a meditative electronic music which based on archaic sound and rhythm patterns can cause a deep mental relaxation.
The PC becomes a medium for relaxation and trance experience and creates a tool for the modern digital shaman.
The application is conceivable as a conscious break during the work or also as a “ritual” according to a conscious recurrent exercise for the unfolding of healing mental conditions.
www.psychedelic-arts.com
Duration : 0:6:43
Scores of Smiles for Special schools a project by The Art of Living Foundation in Mumbai
Scores of Smiles for Special Schools
Social Welfare Department, this is an initiative where Art of Living courses will be taught in special schools across Mumbai, Thane and Nashik.
The aim is to reach out to differently-abled children, help them cope with special needs and raise their self-esteem and confidence. According to a 2001 Govt. Census survey, disabled children constitute 2.13% of the total population. These children have been diagnosed with different disabilities — muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, deafness and mental retardation. Many of these children come from economically underprivileged backgrounds and face socio-economic challenges.
The program
Art of Living’s ART Excel (All Round Training for Excellence) and the YES! (Youth Empowerment Seminar for youth) have been adapted to address the needs of special children. These courses have already started in Mumbai. Shares the project co-ordinator, Richa Gupta: “I was passing by a street one day and saw a mentally challenged child. I wondered what these children needed. The next day, I happened to meet an official from the Maharashtra Social Welfare department and he said, ‘Why don’t you do something for these childrem?’ And we began teaching the Art Excel.” She adds, “H H Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was my inspiration. I never saw the children’s disability. I only saw what I could do for them.”
A group of 21 teachers joined hands and started teaching in schools across Mumbai. The children are taught light yoga and stretching exercises to release stress. Games and activities are used to stimulate their creativity and enthusiasm. Social skills, leadership training, peer pressure and handling negative emotions are issues which are dealt with in the workshop. In a fun and light atmosphere, the children not only release negative emotions and relax but also learn vital life skills.
‘Once the workshops started, we realised how special every child is. Each one of them had some special ability, some great quality’, says Richa. Anuja Gaitonde, another teacher found the children to be extremely enthusiastic. She shares, ‘They were eager to learn and they learnt fast.’
A few schools have even began conducting follow-up sessions where these children do yoga, meditate and play together.
“I feel less aggressive now’
The young stars have much to say themselves. Rubina Zayed, 11, who is partially blind, felt her confidence and enthusiasm levels soar after doing the Art Excel and said that her eye problem was no longer a constraint. Polio-affected Neha Parab, 14, felt calm and relaxed: “The Sudarshan Kriya has helped me mentally and physically.”
Through sign gestures, 11-year Zafar Khan shared how the Yes! course gave him a direction in his life. “Being deaf and dumb, I would feel angry and behave aggresively with my family members. I feel there is a change in my behavior, I feel less aggressive now.”
Reaching out to teachers
The schools are holding Art of Living Part 1 courses for the teaching and non-teaching staff members as well. The course has lent the participants happiness, enthusiasm, efficiency and relaxation which are vital for any teacher, but even more so for those teachers who work with special children. Pravin, a staff member of Shivaji Park School for Deaf and Dumb, says he is now happier: “I used to get suicidal tendencies but not anymore.” Pravin is deaf and dumb himself and teaches art to students, who have the same condition as him.
“I think being relaxed is a great contribution to my work because dealing with special kids required immense patience, understanding and affection,” says Sadhana Sapre, the Principal of Mookdhwani Vidyalaya.
The road ahead
More and more special schools are inviting the Art of Living to reach out to their students. Presently, 11 schools in Nashik have confirmed their participation. They will be holding courses for the students and staff alike as soon as the schools open after summer break. In Thane city, 18 more schools have introduced these courses to their students and children.
The project will conclude in July 2010, when participants from all different schools will come together to share, sing and celebrate.
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Art Behind Bars
Interesting insight into one of America’s leading prison art programs.
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THE FILIPINO COMBAT MARTIAL ART – ALAMID
ALAMID MARTIAL ART is a modern scientific way of self-defense. It was developed years before, but was seldom seen on screen and in actual demonstration for it was continuously practiced with prudence and secrecy. Now it is open to the world of martial skill, with its distinct style in approaching an assailant, it uses electrifying twitching strikes which are not seen in other martial arts.
Basic application of mastery strikes figure 2 and combination attacks of
1st Degree stabbing and disarming counter moves. The ALAMID PaNgKaSA- Pagsasanay Ng Kamay Sa Arnis (Arm Mastery Using a Stick-Arnis) By: SSgt Edgardo O Ruperto(ALAMID Founder) and Sgt Sherwin Pucio-6th Degree Chief Instructor Alamid Martial Art.
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Mitchell & Webb Angry Art
Taken from the the Mitchell and Webb Situation. Very funny, angry artist tries to shock woman from one of those stupid daytime art programs.
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Edinburgh College of Art Animation Trailer 2007
Here is the trailer for the Edinburgh College of Art Animation Degree Show 2007. Edited by Jody Black, Jack Whinnett and Scott Butchard, hte Degree Show can be seen at Edinburgh College of Art from 16th June – 26th June 2007. The animation show will be screen at the Edinburgh Filmhouse, Lothian Road, Edinburgh on 27th/28th June 200. Details available at the filmhouse website.
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Art Bell – Bob Lazar and Ufo Black Programs (1/5)
In this hour 3 of Coast to Coast AM, Art Bell interview to Bob Lazar about the secret US government Ufo proyects and alternative energy.
Duration : 0:9:0