AWAKEN is a feature documentary film from director Tom Lowe exploring humanity's relationship with technology and the natural world.
Shot over a 5-year period in more than 30 countries, the film pioneers new time-lapse, time-dilation, underwater, and aerial cinematography techniques to give audiences new eyes with which to see our world. AWAKEN is a celebration of the spirit of life, an exploration of the Earth, and an ode to the Cosmos..
Trailer for Awaken, a Documentary That Brings Together Breathtaking Footage From Over Thirty Countries
Here is the first trailer for the feature length documentary film AWAKEN,
a work that beautifully observes the simple and complex relationships
that humans from all over the world have developed with technology and
the natural environment. Shot over the course of the five years, the
film tracks the ceremonies, private moments, and daily rituals of
citizens from over thirty countries, capturing each instance with
beautiful panning shots or captivating time lapse visuals.
AWAKEN was directed, shot, edited, and produced by Tom Lowe, who previously created the short film Timescapes, and is set to open next year. (via Kottke)
When the heat is on, these plants of myth and legend bring their magic to the Conservatorycourtyard pools.
People have long appreciated the
beauty and resilience of aquatic plants. The sacred lotus, Nelumbo
nucifera, symbolizes eternal life in Buddhism. Preserved petals of water
lilies have been found in 3,000-year-old Egyptian tombs. When the heat
is on, these plants of myth and legend bring their magic to the Conservatorycourtyard
pools. Water lilies and lotus in brilliant yellow, pink, purple, and
even blue float serenely next to waving grasses and reeds. Dominating
the tropical pool is the Victoria amazonica, the world’s largest water
lily, whose leaves can span seven-feet across.
Generous support for the Water Lily Concert Series and Water Lilies & Lotus: An Aquatic Exhibition has been provided by Vivian and Edward Merrin.
The New York Botanical Garden is an iconic living museum, a major educational institution, and a renowned plant research and conservation organization. Founded in 1891 and now a National Historic Landmark, it is one of the greatest botanical gardens in the world and the largest in any city in the United States, distinguished by the beauty of its diverse landscape and extensive collections and gardens, as well as by the scope and excellence of its multidisciplinary exhibitions and programs.
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The N.Y.B.Garden
New York’s other botanical garden (with Brooklyn Botanic Garden), offers 250 acres of natural beauty not often available in New York City. The famous 1890’s Haupt Conservatory is a major attraction at the garden, a wrought-iron framed “crystal-palace style” greenhouse originally designed by Lord & Burnham. An institutional member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this leading research facility also houses 50 separate gardens including its crowd-pleasing Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, and a 50-acre Forest. Generally closed Mondays.
Situé dans le quartier du Bronx, le jardin botanique de New York est un endroit fabuleux. Avec plus de 97 hectares de terrain, ce lieu permet à chacun de s'évader un instant du tumulte de la Grosse Pomme.
L'un des premiers jardins botaniques à avoir vu le jour aux USA, il a été inauguré le 28 avril 1891, sur des terrains ayant appartenus à des magnats du tabac, la famille Lorillard. Différents laboratoires se sont développés et certains comptent parmi les plus réputés. On pourra notamment citer le Pfizer Plant Research Laboratory qui travaille sur les gênes et l'ADN des plantes et comment appliquer ces découvertes à l'industrie pharmaceutique.
Une cinquantaine de jardins différents permet aux visiteurs de s'immerger dans des environnements totalement différents. Un bout de la forêt originelle qui recouvrait New York a ainsi été préservée. Traversée par la rivière Bronx et son canyon, elle sera le lieu idéal pour une promenade en famille. Des chutes d'eau, un jardin japonais, un jardin de roses en mémoire à Peggy Rockefeller, le moulin à tabac de la famille Lorillard et bien d'autres lieux uniques sont également présents dans le New York Botanical Garden. L'imposante bibliothèque du domaine recense plus de 50 000 ouvrages. Construite en 1899, elle est considérée comme étant la plus grande et la plus fournie des bibliothèques centrées sur la botanique aux Etats Unis. C'est également dans ce bâtiment que des herbiers particulièrement fournis en fleurs et plantes du monde entier sont conservés.
Autre monument imposant du jardin botanique new yorkais, l'Enid A. Haupt Conservatory est une serre en fer forgé, construite en 18990, permettant de conserver des espèces délicates.
Aujourd'hui, et ce depuis 1967, le jardin botanique du Bronx est inscrit sur la liste des monuments historiques nationaux. Des centaines de milliers de visiteurs s'y pressent chaque année pour découvrir les plantes mais également profiter des expositions temporaires, comme par exemple celle très attendue au moment de Noël.
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The Changing Nature of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
This month marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of acclaimed American architect, visionary, and social critic Frank Lloyd Wright - considered by many to be one of the greatest architects of his time.
As a pioneer of the term 'organic architecture', one of his most iconic representative works is Fallingwater,
set upon a waterfall in rural Pennsylvania.
From its unveiling, the
scheme has evoked enduring reflection on the relationship between man,
architecture, and most prominently in Frank Lloyd Wright's mind -
nature.
Fallingwater House 3D. The house designed by #American architect Frank Lloyd #Wright for Edgar Kaufmann in southwestern #Pennsylvania, hangs over a #waterfall
using the architectural device known as the cantilever. Wright
described his architectural style as "organic"--in harmony with nature,
and though #Fallingwater reveals vocabulary drawn from the International style in certain
aspects, this country house exhibits so many features typical of
Wright's natural style, the house very much engaged with its
surroundings.
The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by
ASCAP.
The song soon became a popular and much recorded jazz standard, described as "without doubt ... one of the finest songs the composer ever wrote ... Gershwin's highly evocative writing brilliantly mixes
elements of jazz and the song styles of blacks in the southeast United States from the early twentieth century".
Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim has characterized Heyward's lyrics for "Summertime" and "My Man's Gone Now" as "the best lyrics in the musical theater". The song is recognized as one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music, with more than 33,000 covers by groups and solo performers.
Ella Fitzgerald
(High Quality - Remastered)
"Summertime"
1935
Composer:
George Gershwin
Summertime
And you'll fly to the
sky
And the livin'
is easy
But till that morning
Fish are
jumpin'
There's a'nothing can
harm you
And the cotton
is high
With daddy and mamma
standing by
Your daddy's
rich
One of these mornings
And your
mamma's good lookin'
You're going to rise
up singing
So hush little
baby
Then you'll spread
your wings
Don't you cry
And you'll fly to the
sky
One of these
mornings
But till that morning
You're going
to rise up singing
There's a'nothing can
harm you
Then you'll
spread your wings
With daddy and mamma
standing by
Summertime Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Lyrics
Heyward’s inspiration for the lyrics was the southern folk spiritual-lullaby "All My Trials", of which he had Clara sing a snippet in his play Porgy. The lyrics have been highly praised by Stephen Sondheim. Writing of the opening line, he says: That "and" is worth a great deal of attention. I would write "Summertime
when" but that "and" sets up a tone, a whole poetic tone, not to
mention a whole kind of diction that is going to be used in the play; an
informal, uneducated diction and a stream of consciousness, as in many
of the songs like "My Man's Gone Now". It's the exact right word, and
that word is worth its weight in gold. "Summertime when the livin' is
easy" is a boring line compared to "Summertime and". The choices of
"ands" [and] "buts" become almost traumatic as you are writing a lyric –
or should, anyway – because each one weighs so much.
Ella Fitzgerald · The Paul Smith Quartet Summertime Ella In Berlin - Live
