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British director Steve McQueen is slowly working his way through the spectrum of human feelings. He began with Hunger, a film that gave cinematic life to the events within a prison where the hunger strike of IRA member Bobby Sands took place. And now McQueen has moved on to Shame, a haunting, lingering portrait of addiction that gives a snapshot into the life of a compulsive sex addict, Brandon, living in New York. It's an elliptical film that unfolds limbo like, seemingly without beginning or end, and for this reason alone it exists as a remarkable achievement in painting the life of an addict. Layer over Brandon's particularly interesting and contemporary addiction to fucking and it's a recipe for a truly remarkable and impeccably filmed alchemical tour de force combination of performance, theme and direction.
Much like Coriolanus, also at the London Film Festival this year, Shame is a brilliant character study. It is a film urged along and told through catalysts, reactions, stimuli and fraught feelings and each ripples across the chiselled face of its captivating lead. Michael Fassbender plays Brandon, an individual that feels always one step away from unspeakable, grotesque actions. Despite his lithe, muscular physique (very openly on display throughout the film) he looks skeletal and feels truly like a drifting wound. He sleepwalks and flounders through life, fuck to fuck, and the unpredictability and uncontrollableness lent by the addiction infuses the entire film with a gut twisting dark tension, forever in apprehension of his could be actions. One particular post coital scene in a hotel room sees McQueen's camera hold on a prostitute as she adjusts her bra in the mirror; the feeling that Brandon will appear reflected, seething and possessed, at any moment is overpowering.
Brandon's sister Sissy (a heart-breaking Carey Mulligan) provides the impetus for change. Her crashing entrance snowballs events into a devastating climax. It also provides McQueen a fascinating opportunity to play with and explore the relationship between brother and sister. The sexual tension between the two, however incongruous with their relation, infects the film but there's also some tender and beautiful moments which show the real weakness and vulnerability at the heart of both flawed characters. A shot of the two late in the film huddled watching cartoons really makes you wonder where these two have come from (as Mulligan asserts "We're not bad people…we just come from a bad place") and think how really neither of them has left their infancy. Brandon a boy obsessed with sex, masturbation and unable to control his urges and Sissy still inclined to play dress up and incapable of looking after herself.
Don't be fooled by Shame's subject matter and don't go expecting some slyly sexy cinema entertainment. This is bleak filmmaking at its finest with Brandon's sexual encounters nothing more than cold, clinical, unattractive fixes. Indeed the only sex scene that arouses any sense of heat or excitement is the genuine opportunity at redemption provided by a spontaneous hotel room escape with a co-worker. Its failure provides a change in tone and the beginning of a further shift downwards onto a new plain of experiential suffering for Brandon.
Shame's inclusion of porn at key moments evokes a notion of the negative effect of the immediacy of pleasure and the ease with which sex is available. Subsequently Fassbender's character rejects traditional norms of relationships and the beauty of discovering something even deeper than he usually goes. It's a pointed critique of the erosion the modern world's corrosive attitudes towards sex, gender and promiscuity are having on the traditional values of family and love. Not only this, McQueen's gripes extend towards the entire gender of men. Brandon's existence as a sex addict in an obvious way shows this. But other subtle suggestions take root also. The framing of a male toilet sign juxtaposed to a disabled sign explicitly reminds how much men are victims, slaves to the sexual wanting that plagues Brandon.
The critique of the modern continues in a feeling of disconnectivity that permeates the entire feature. In similar fashion to American Psycho a failure to notice or care inhibits those around Brandon from looking beyond the façade of the 'fine'. Brandon's nondescript corporate job and spartan flat provide the furnishings of normalcy that belay friend's suspicions. Even Brandon's best friend and boss – in a wryly humorous scene – wonders whether it may have been his intern that rammed his hard drive full of explicitly pornographic material. It'd take a sick-fuck to do something like that but surely not Brandon though. Coupled with the faceless partygoers and featureless wasteland that make up McQueen's vision of New York it's clear that Brandon is a product of his environment; a beautiful veneer with a rotten underbelly.
The lowest point of Brandon's sexual imprisonment surely comes upon his entrance into a gay nightclub and it's to McQueen's directorial credit that the accompanying feeling of shame etched across Brandon's face doesn't ever connect with the sexual preference of those inhabiting the orgy filled rooms. It's simply that his addiction has finally overcome any boundaries or borders that defined him as a person – even his obvious love and adulation of the female form.
McQueen's camerawork is steady, slow and elegant and he masters the use of long, captivating shots to enthral us in his work. A stunning rendition of Frank Sinatra's New York, New York performed by Carey Mulligan and a quite hilarious dinner scene between Brandon and his one-time hope spring to mind as perfectly captured moments. Aided by sublime performances from his two key leads it has the effect of conveying an almost documentary feeling to the film – the notion that we are merely watching real events unspool from an arrestingly personal point of view.
Adjectives fail with a film this plain stunning and captivating. It is undoubtedly one of the best films to play at this year's London Film Festival and is without doubt a front runner for awards glory suitably begun by Fassbender's deserved win for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival.
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daniel October 19, 2011
Great review. I've heard such good things about this film.
Alex Rowland October 19, 2011
Thanks daniel! If you've missed it at London you can catch it at either Brighton or Leeds film festivals 🙂
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The deadline for applications: Friday 3 August, midnight
The Art House is happy to announce a new opportunity for a writer to develop new work and receive a bespoke package of support and mentoring for their practice.
In partnership with Unlimited, the individual will be commissioned to write a series of texts which could be around some of their commissioned works, Unlimited: the Symposium, Southbank Centre's and/or Tramways' Unlimited Festival, as well as having a budget to work on their own writing practice. In addition to this, the selected writer will be able to seek professional mentoring from writers or curators whom they will select, alongside receiving a series of 1-2-1 sessions with programme staff at The Art House and Unlimited.
The selected writer will receive:
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£1000 fee (4 x £250) to produce four texts based on the work of Unlimited's artists, alumni, support and events which will be supported by Unlimited.
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At least three 1-2-1 mentoring and support sessions from The Art House programme team and Unlimited or Shape Arts.
A budget toward travel and accessibility as necessary (ie. childcare, physical assistance, interpreter or assistant etc).
This opportunity is the first of a number of opportunities for individuals developing practices in curating, writing and producing, led by The Art House. Each year they will work with a cohort of four individuals to work on projects across the UK with a series of key partners. The successful applicant will be invited to attend joint learning events across the different projects, and will have the opportunity to share or publish their work in a variety of formats.
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The Art House are looking for someone who has experience of writing in an arts context, and is looking to build on their existing practice. They should have original ideas, ambition and a passion for writing and its value to arts practice. They should have a great understanding of contemporary visual art and the issues which surround it, and be willing to take on feedback and suggestions for how to develop their work.
This opportunity is only open to a disabled person. Please see the Shape Arts website for more detail: shapearts.org.uk/news/social-model-of-disability
Applicants must be over 18 years of age, based in the UK and not in full time undergraduate education.
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DONE AND DUSTED: President Hage Geingob with the ancestral land commission's final report. PHOTO: JEMIMA BEUKES
President Hage Geingob says some people think once they have land, they will be rich. But this is not so, the head of state said at the weekend.
Geingob was speaking on Friday when the ancestral land commission handed over its final report to him, along with a draft Ancestral Land and Restitution Bill.
Geingob said some people also think they are poor because they don't have land.
He emphasised that ancestral land remains a serious challenge, and land itself is a very difficult issue.
According to him, this is why land is not mentioned in the constitution, except where it states that traditional authorities will advise the president on the usage of traditional or state land.
"It was put under property rights. We had western so-called constitutional principles which were guiding us and they put it under property rights; protecting basically the white people's kith and kin, who have land, but they put it under property rights, defended under the constitution. But we are now in a new dawn and we must represent everyone," Geingob said.
"The report will be released after a week or so, after we have looked into it."
History of land
According to the chair of the commission, High Court judge Shafimana Uietele, the report briefly addresses historical land dispossession during the German and South African colonial periods.
"When people are claiming ancestral land, you cannot just take a person and give them land. It needs to be informed by a number of factors such as economic status, water provision and the usability of land," he said.
According to Ueitele, during public consultations in all 121 constituencies, approximately 8 891 people appeared before the commission and about 4 000 written and oral testimonies were submitted.
"During our public hearings, we realised there are certain issues and matters which are urgent and which we want to bring to the attention of the president and the government. These matters cannot also be addressed without legislative changes and the adoption of new policies," he said.
Long-awaited
Last February, Geingob appointed commission, which was one of the recommendations of the country's second national land conference held in October 2018.
The other members of the commission are Fanuel Kapaama (deputy chair) Neels Kooper, Anna Fredericks, Willem Konjore, Ryno van der Merwe, Inge Murangi, Jeaneth Kuhanga, Uhuru Dempers, Helmke von Bach, Nadia le Hane, Joseph Petrus van der Westhuizen, Professor Lazarus Hangula, Marius Kudumo and chief Immanuel /Gaseb.


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Historic Three Tenors concert returns
The Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., will present a high definition broadcast of a 1999 Christmas concert by operatic tenors Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 1 p.m. The Three Tenors capture the joy and spirit of the season with their first Christmas concert, featuring performances of international season favorites by the best-selling and world-renowned trio. Recorded at the ...
The Three Tenors — from left, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti — take a bow in 1999; Pavarotti died in 2007.
The Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., will present a high definition broadcast of a 1999 Christmas concert by operatic tenors Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 1 p.m.
The Three Tenors capture the joy and spirit of the season with their first Christmas concert, featuring performances of international season favorites by the best-selling and world-renowned trio. Recorded at the Konzerthaus, Vienna, in December 1999, the digitally-restored screening features many holiday favorites including "Ave Maria," "Silent Night" and "O Tannenbaum." The concert includes performances by The Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Steven Mercurio.
This presentation runs an hour and 21 minutes. Tickets are $18 $15 for students, including college students with ID; call the Box Office for student price tickets (weekdays from noon to 4 p.m., 594-0070, ext. 3). To buy tickets, or for more information about all upcoming live concerts, films, HD broadcasts and events at the Strand, call; visit rocklandstrand.com; or email info@rocklandstrand.com.
Courier Publications' A&E Editor Dagney C. Ernest can be reached at (207) 594-4401, ext. 115; or dernest@courierpublicationsllc.com.


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There are at least two artists which have used the name Hanson
1. A pop rock group from Oklahoma, United States
2. A funk rock group from the United Kingdom active in the 1970's.
1. Hanson is an American pop rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The band consists of guitarist and vocalist Isaac Hanson (born November 17, 1980) pianist and vocalist Taylor Hanson (born March 14, 1983), and drummer and vocalist Zac Hanson (born October 22, 1985). Their work has spanned many different genres, including rock, blues, folk, and pop. They are most noted for their Grammy-nominated 1997 hit single, "MMMBop." Their 1997 album Middle of Nowhere (the band's third recorded album and first major studio album, also nominated for a Grammy) was met with critical acclaim and went on to achieve multi-platinum status. The group's subsequent major effort, This Time Around showcased the brothers' considerable talent and artistic growth, receiving wide critical acclaim for its bluesy/classic-rock and soulful pop harmonies. The album failed to repeat the commercial success of Middle of Nowhere however, only achieving gold status. The album has since been considered a trend-setter and precursor for such acts as Michelle Branch, John Mayer, Avril Lavigne, Paramore, Vanessa Carlton and Eisley.
After many promotional and artistic conflicts with Island/Def Jam, Hanson split from the label in 2003 and started their own label, 3CG Records. In 2004, they released their third major studio album, Underneath, independently. The album reached #1 on Billboard's Independent Album Chart and has since been noted as one of the biggest-selling independent albums of all time. The single "Penny & Me" reached #2 on Billboard's Top 200. Like This Time Around, Underneath was well-received and well-reviewed for its more mature classic rock/pop sound.
The band continues to have a dedicated fan base and Internet presence, and recently completed a tour of college campuses, showing a documentary, Strong Enough to Break, made about their struggle to form their own label and release Underneath. The documentary http://www.last.fm/artist/Hanson was also shown at the Hollywood Film Festival in October 2006.
A live album (The Best of Hanson; Live & Electric), recorded in Melbourne on the Australian leg of the "Underneath: Live & Electric" tour was released in October 2005.
The band released of their fourth major studio album, The Walk in North America on July 24th, 2007. They have released a second documentary, titled Taking The Walk as a continuation of their struggles and successes of writing, recording and producing their own album. After spending some time in Africa, Hanson released a single "Great Divide" for World AIDS Day, with 100% of the download proceeds going to the Perinatal HIV Unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa.
During the making of The Walk, Hanson made a trip to Africa to record some tracks with the African Children's Choir. They were so inspired by their experiences there that they have since teamed up with TOMS Shoes–a california-based company who donates a pair of shoes for each pair sold to a child in poverty who does not have shoes.
In order to raise awareness for this charity and the daily things we take for granted, as well as small and impactful ways to help those in need, Hanson organizes one mile barefoot walks before each of their shows. As of 10/30/08 they have walked a total of 100 miles together with their fans. They are donating $1 for each person who walks with them to one of 5 causes to help children and monthers in Africa battling AIDS and poverty. The fans are invited to organize their own walks and Hanson will also donate a dollar to whatever cause they are walking for. The goal is to Walk around the World and as of 2/4/2009 have walked 19,236 miles and have 5,666 to go.
More information is available at www.takethewalk.net
Hanson released their 5th studio album entitled "Shout It Out" on June 8, 2010. Leading up to this release they performed all of their albums at 5 sold out shows at the Gramercy Theater in New York City.
2. Hanson is a funk rock band formed in 1973 by reggae musician Junior Marvin. The group released two albums - "Now Hear This" (1973) and "Magic Dragon" (1974) before disbanding in 1974.
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Our vision is an ocean that will sustain future generations.
AltaSea is developing a new model for ocean-related science, business and education – a place where innovators collaborate to develop solutions critical to the survival of the earth and its inhabitants.
Through a bold plan conceived in concert with the community and stretching decades into the future, AltaSea is positioned to make an innovative mark on the future of Los Angeles and the planet.
The AltaSea project began with a 2007 grant from a private foundation to conduct a visioning study for the new home of the Southern California Marine Institute (SCMI), which was to be moved from its Terminal Island headquarters. Work on the project formally began in June 2011 and focused on securing a 50-year lease with the City of Los Angeles. The lease was executed in December 2013 and included a $57 million capital investment for site rehabilitation by the Harbor Department. In January 2014, AltaSea convened a group of top Los Angeles business leaders, civic leaders and philanthropists to create a Board of Trustees to oversee the organization, construction project and capital campaign.
AltaSea assumed its status as a stand-alone nonprofit corporation in 2014. In October 2015, AltaSea's Board of Trustees approved the Gensler-designed campus plan.
The Port of Los Angeles City Dock No. 1, home of the AltaSea campus, was constructed in 1913 and successfully brought the Los Angeles waterfront to the international stage, with people, goods and ideas flowing in and out to the world. AltaSea will build on that legacy. We invite you to join in the excitement and engage with AltaSea, so together we can create a lasting and positive contribution to the future of the ocean and humankind.
The AltaSea campus will be built in several phases over the next 15 to 20 years. As Phases 1A, 1B and 1C milestones are met and the facility becomes operational, plans for later phases will be unveiled.
DISCLAIMER: AltaSea designs are conceptual and are in the process of obtaining entitlements approvals, permitting and final Port of Los Angeles review and adoption.
Warehouses 58-59 will be the interim home for all permitted science, business and education uses. This expansive space will contain modular trailers that will serve as offices for water-dependent and ocean-related businesses; research laboratories for scientists from the Southern California Marine Institute and other agencies; as well as space for education programs.
In preparation for the building of the Education Pavilion, the wharf and subsurface conditions between Warehouses 57 and 58-60 will be renovated to allow for the docking of visiting research vessels.
The Education Pavilion, scheduled for completion in 2017, is located between Warehouses 57 and 58. In addition to providing scenic outside amphitheater-style seating where students and lifelong learners will attend lectures, demonstrations and exhibitions, the Pavilion will contain an indoor classroom and a coffee or snack bar.
During Phase 1A, the existing two-story facade at the north end of Warehouse 57 will be demolished to restore it to its original pre-World War II footprint. Restoration will involve removing the World War II addition along with cosmetic upgrades to the building's original exterior.
The anchor tenant of the Science Hub will be the Southern California Marine Institute (SCMI), a strategic alliance of 22 major universities, colleges, and foundations that provides marine expertise and hands-on experience to students, monitoring the marine environment and increasing public awareness.
Warehouse 57 is home of the Science Hub at AltaSea. The Science Hub will provide a home for the world's top scientists to conduct breakthrough ocean-related research and discover solutions to environmental problems. Through intensive collaboration, these great minds will conceptualize, identify and address the most pressing issues facing the ocean today. By emphasizing not just ocean-related research, but also ocean discovery, the Science Hub will contribute to a more sustainable future that benefits both humanity and the planet.
Leonard Aube Way, the renamed section of 22nd Street between Harbor Boulevard and Signal Street, which runs along the north side of the AltaSea property, will be re-aligned to provide additional space to build the Engagement Center.
The Engagement Center will serve as a global beacon for ocean education. Serving as the home of innovative marine science exhibits and education programs, the Center's features include a 150-seat auditorium with a glass wall cantilevering over the channel, a learning grotto and science laboratories. Programming at the Engagement Center will strengthen STEM and STEAM education and, by its fifth year of operation, is projected to annually provide educational experiences for up to 50,000 children in grades K-12, with a total visitor count expected to surpass 200,000.


Reaction officers outside the tavern, which was robbed by six armed men.
Authorities are on the lookout for six armed men, who targeted a tavern on Palmview Drive in Phoenix, over the weekend.
The perpetrators fled in their getaway vehicle with an undisclosed amount of cash, alcohol and a Samsung J8 cellphone.
Reaction Unit South Africa arrived at the business premises on Sunday night at about 8:33pm after being informed of an armed robbery.
Witnesses claimed that six well-dressed men, believed to be in their 20s, were seen jumping out of a Nissan SUV at an intersection in the vicinity of the tavern.
"One suspect is confirmed to have been dressed in a black and blue Nike jacket. The suspects entered the business and withdrew firearms. The suspects are believed to have fled to KwaMashu following the crime," a report issued by RUSA stated.
A search was conducted for the suspects, however, no arrests were made.


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As a politician who is a blogger it might surprise you that I seldom write about politics. I certainly hope it doesn't offend that I choose not to use the Middle Age Bulge blog as a soapbox. I'm quite happy writing about all the other wonderful and interesting elements of life, like my favourite things. Here are a few that are jumping out at me tonight.
1. Ron Sexsmith - Long Player Late Bloomer
My buddy Graham took Heather and I to a Ron Sexsmith concert a few years ago. I had become a fan long before that thanks to the incredible music accessibility provided by iTunes. A songwriter that is revered by other artists from around the world, Sexsmith offers up tunes that are remarkable in their freshness, and profound in terms of their relevance. "Tomorrow in Her Eyes" is the song that rolls through my head when I think of my beautiful wife. It is resonant with all the deep feelings that anchor our relationship. Ron's latest album is on top of my list this month as one of my favourite things.
2. The Wire
Heather and I have been slamming through some of the best television dramas of all-time: The Sopranos, The West Wing, Mad Men, Six Feet Under, to name but a few. I had read somewhere that the most critically acclaimed was The Wire created by David Simon. Its 60 episodes ran over five seasons between 2002 - 2008, depicting different views of crime in metropolitan Baltimore. I mentioned our insatiable love for the show to an RCMP Constable recently who quickly shared with me that the series is required viewing within the Force. It's easy to see why; it's absolutely brilliant. We look forward to our nightly dose of The Wire with intense anticipation.
3. Adele
Oh my goodness, if you haven't downloaded the album 21 by Adele, stop reading this blog and hop over to iTunes and get it. A 21 year old songstress from Britain, Adele Laurie Blue Adkins has one of the most striking and beautiful voices that I've heard in years. In some ways, hers is as drop dead original as Norah Jones's voice was when it emerged just shy of 10 years ago. A little bit of roots with a country flare, and a vocal power reminiscent of the great Janis Joplin, Adele is a superstar. She continues to be perched on the top of the charts and for good reason.
4. Twitter
It's taken me a long time, but I'm finally getting a grasp on this Twitter thing. It is now the #1 way that I keep informed. Thanks to the 500 or so people that I follow, I have an effective news aggregator at my fingertips. I like to get in front of breaking news and whether it's the resignation of a Premier or the death of an aging Hollywood starlet, Twitter is my window on the world. In another way, it's my own little news channel, complete with 440 followers and 2,237 tweets to date. I even won the most tweets award at our recent NCMPR conference in Philadelphia. Sweet!
In honour of the passing of Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - 2011) earlier today, I have to include one the classics of her illustrious career on this list of my favourite things. Giant (1956), directed by George Stevens, is a 201 minute Texas oil epic featuring stunning performances by not only Taylor, but also Rock Hudson, James Dean, and a young Dennis Hopper, among many others. It is sweeping in its storytelling and cinematography. Rent it today, sit back with the one you love, and raise a glass to one of the finest actresses ever to grace the silver screen. Why not make it a Liz Taylor marathon and add in National Velvet, Cleopatra, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Taming of the Shrew, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? It's sad that she's gone, but I'm certain she's in a better place doing the moonwalk with Michael Jackson and snuggling in the corner of heaven with Richard Burton.
6. Great Leadership
I've been inspired in recent days by extraordinary people doing extraordinary things. Whether it's the responders and caregivers in earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan or coalition forces putting their lives on the line in the face of tyranny in Libya, great leadership surrounds us, across the globe and here at home. The opening line from Rudyard Kipling's most famous poem rattles around my brain when I think of the question of what makes a great leader. If you can keep your head...
Take a moment to absorb these 32 lines of verse from 102 years ago. Then pause to appreciate those people who are too often vilified in positions of leadership. Their burden is great, their courage unquestionable.
mercurious March 23, 2011 at 10:04 PM
One of my fav poems too Russell, besides Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening by Robert Frost.
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The immediate past governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi has said he prefers going to the Senate than becoming a minister in President Muhammadu Buhari's expected cabinet. Ex-Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi Ajimobi in an interview with newsmen in Ibadan on Thursday, explained that the ministerial appointment should go to younger members of the party in Oyo State since he is not the only APC member in the state. According to him, retrieving his mandate in the last senatorial election in court is more important to him than pursuing a ministerial appointment. Ajimobi, however, noted that President Buhari has not offered him any ministerial appointment, stressing that it was the reason he was committed to the petition his party filed against Senator Kola Balogun at the tribunal. Ajimobi said: "I am in court for my senatorial election. I only expressed my preference that I am in court because I prefer the Senate. INEC chasing justice, littering the nation with inconsistencies(Opens in a new browser tab) "How can I be pursuing the Senate and ministerial appointment at the same time? I prefer the Senate. "I hold President Muhammadu Buhari in high esteem. I will actually prefer a younger person to be considered for the ministerial slot since I am pursuing my senatorial ambition." It would be recalled that Balogun who contested on the platform of People's Democratic Party (PDP), was declared the winner of the Oyo South Senatorial District election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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Reproduction is the Flaw of Love by Lauren Grodstein (Dial Press, 2004)
If the number of hours that women have spent dissecting the words and actions of the men they love were put toward something like solving world hunger, everyone in the world would have a Salisbury steak and a lollipop. Since that's never going to happen, Lauren Grodstein, in her new book Reproduction is the Flaw of Love, gives women of the world the next best thing. She looks inside the mind of Joel Miller, as his girlfriend Lisa takes a pregnancy test on the other side of the bathroom door. The bad news is, they are thinking about their old girlfriends. The good news is, well, they feel bad about it. Grodstein encapsulates it all, "He has not spoken to Blair Carter in a year and a half, and it unnerves Miller how frequently he thinks about her, and it embarrasses him that Lisa knows. Lisa knows, or at least she suspects. It's the one thing she's not up front about…Miller tries not to mention Blair either, which leaves a hole." Even in the first few paragraphs of the story, Grodstein is expertly weaving the story of a relationship of convenience that suddenly becomes just a little bit inconvenient.
And yet, Reproduction is the Flaw of Love is so much more than sappy female wish fulfillment (which, a story with this abstracted plot line could easily be). It is the story of a life, of the things a person thinks about when their life is about to change drastically in one way or another. And Miller realizes early on that whether or not Lisa is pregnant, regardless, things are about to change, "he had fallen in with Lisa, and they are comfortable, and he doesn't want that to change. How could they have let this happen?" But the story isn't all melodrama. Grodstein lightens it up with trademark wit that is both sarcastic and touching, "A little girl in a raincoat…gives Miller a nasty look before she darts back across the street. What hateful creatures children are. What tyrants!...He wishes he'd known beforehand how much he disliked children. Maybe, he thinks, he would have thought twice before relying on condoms to stick it to Lisa." And with droll section breaks titles such as, "Your Neutered Pet and You" and "Four Things Miller Didn't Like About Donna McCrary Besides Her Name," she moves this character portrait forward as it delves into the past of a lovable but complex character.
Joel Miller is the kind of guy you want to introduce to your parents. Sweet and well-intentioned, he has a list titled "Three Kinds of Men Miller Promised His Mother He Wouldn't Become." The list goes, "1. A Man Who Lies to His Woman 2. A Man Who Lies to His Mother 3. A Man Who Leaves." While he probably doesn't hand this list out on a first date, it's certainly the kind of list any sane woman would jump at the chance to find in her boyfriend. And yet, he has his flaws, "in his almost twenty-nine years of existence, Miller has made a fair attempt to keep these promises to his mother. Frequently he has failed." His foil is his best friend Grant who has a tendency to say things like, "'The smell of it…It's the best way to know a woman…Smell her out.'" Miller prefers the taking her to dinner way of getting to know a woman. What's not to love? Despite his dicey situation, Grodstein effectively allows us to sympathize with this character in turmoil.
In addition to being an excellent character portrait, Reproduction is the Flaw of Love is also a stunning New York novel. From Park Slope to Astoria to the Upper East Side, Grodstein lovingly and accurately draws a city that she clearly adores as much as her characters do. Miller's girlfriend Lisa goes to the Park Slope greenmarket to "jostle for dented blueberries and slightly viscous zucchini bread." The narrator describes the array of ethnic restaurants on Miller's street in Astoria (his favorite is the Kurdish place) and the building his ex-girlfriend lived in on East Seventieth Street as "prim and gray and serious, like an expression of displeasure." Grodstein's New York is not perfect, it is marred with downpours and dirty carpets, but it is, nonetheless, home.
With excellent characters and a city that feels like a player in and of itself, Reproduction is the Flaw of Love is an easy to read novel but one that stays with you. Its snappy prose and somber moments combine to create a story worthy of revisiting.
Mirium Parker
What To Do When You Grow Tired of Words
By Jeesun Choi
JUL-AUG 2021 | Theater
In her luminous and searching essay, theatermaker Jeesun Choi uses her multifaceted identity as a springboard to explore the social justice-oriented words, acronyms, and phrases that have flooded our world over the past year—and how these words might be, and only be, shorthanded expressions unable to fully unpack increasingly complicated issues.
Kara Walker: Prince McVeigh and the Turner Blasphemies & The Book of Hours
By Susan Harris
DEC 21-JAN 22 | ArtSeen
Installed in the first of the two back galleries of Sikkema Jenkins are several suites of modestly scaled drawings from the series "Book of Hours." Referencing medieval Christian books of hours, the drawings on view reinforce the primacy of privacy. Viewers bear witness to the outpouring of stream-of-conscious thoughts, feelings, and reactions that Walker channels through line and liquid media onto paper.
Philip Pearlstein: I Love Mud
The accumulations of a sociable, cultivated, and well-traveled lifetime became the subjects of the watercolor paintings now on view in I Love Mud, Philip Pearlstein's current exhibition at Betty Cuningham Gallery.
Sunnylyn Thibodeaux's The World Exactly
By Neeli Cherkovski
DEC 21-JAN 22 | Poetry
The World Exactly by Sunnylyn Thibodeaux is one of the finest collections of poetry by a San Francisco poet published in years. Here is the mysterious concision of daily life in a poetry that is decidedly philosophical, yet devoid of the bamboozling rhetoric.


Some of you would know that I've been involved with AKMuckraker and The Mudflats since September, 2008. We've been through a lot in the past few years, many stressful situations which we have worked through together as well as the rest of The Mudflats Admin & Moderation team. I consider her to be a good friend.
AKMuckraker (Jeanne Devon) and her good friends Ken Morris and Frank Bailey (A former aide to Governor Palin) have collaborated together on a book. It was released yesterday in the USA.
Also released yesterday were several "tweets" from Rebecca Mansour, a current aide of Sarah Palin.
Though whether she is still an aide remains to be seen – Palin has a habit of throwing people under the bus for much less than Mansour is guilty of.
During the time I have worked with AKMuckraker, there have been times when she has shared confidences with me. Never in a million years would I think to share those with anyone else, not even the admin & mod team, without her express permission. Certainly not with someone I've never met whether or not I trusted them.
When someone tells me something and tells me to keep it in the vault, with me, it is LOCKED IN THAT DARNED VAULT and it isn't coming out until that person tells me otherwise.
Mansour betrayed Sarah and her family, and thoroughly deserves to be thrown under the bus. When someone trusts you and allows you to be a part of their "inner circle" you have a responsibility to keep your mouth firmly zipped..
Even worse – if this is what she was saying to someone she never met, what the heck is she saying to people she knows?
Apparently the person who was tweeting with her had 122 tweets from her which he was willing to sell. The people he ended up giving them to (nobody would buy them) have not shared all of them but you can view the ones they did share here and here.
Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue" is set to be released this week.. She's going on Oprah, and doing Barbara Walters, and travelling around the country in a bus, which if you think about it, is quite insane for someone who just wants to be left alone by the media.
Some of the pages from her book have been released – Wonkette has a few. I am not sure if this book is one long run on sentence with full stops in there only because the editor insisted on putting them in there or what the heck is going on with it, but the truth is this book seems like comedy gold. Fingers crossed William Shatner will do a reading of it.
So while The Mudflats will be going a bit craizy this week, I will let you in on a little secret. Below you will find the location I'll be going to in my head when things just get a bit too nutty.
AKMuckraker has an article with all the info on Huffington Post – What Is Sarah Palin thinking? One Alaskan's Perspective.
Her resignation speech was.. freaky.. to say the least.
It happened to be the day after Telstra accidentally disconnected our home phone while connecting the new home phone at the new place, so I had no internet and I got SMS'd by one of the Forum Admins (shoutout to Char!) to let me know what was going on.
So I took the sim card out of my iPhone, plugged it into the Telstra wireless thingy, and got on the web to find absolute chaos – The Mudflats server had crashed after being totally hammered. The Mudflats is on a server separate to all the other blogs so thankfully it didn't take everything else down like it used to.
I called Serverguy on the Skypee, and it was about 6am his time, he heard the Skypee and arrived to find out what was going on and baby the server through a very difficult day online.
We are all just stunned. Completely stunned.
Nobody knows why she has done this – there are plenty of rumours swirling around. To be honest, at this point I don't think I really care why – I am just happy for the people of Alaska and hopeful that the new guy might actually be able to step out from under Sarah's shadow and do some good for the people – some of whom are struggling to survive, some of whom have recently experienced flooding and do not have homes to live in right now.


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Rapa Nui Eco-Crisis?
Heads Up! An Exciting New Discovery!
Sleuthing a "mystery" Photo!
Letter from Easter Island
Walking moai and "Levitated Mass"
Easter Island heads have great bodies!
Excavation Season V October-November 2011
Excavation Season IV July-August 2011
Sustainable Archaeology: Rapa Nui Students and EISP Excavations
Sustainable Archaeology: Discovery of the Master Carver's "Signature"
Sustainable Archaeology on Easter Island
EISP Statue Conservation Initiative and DATASHARE
Welcome to the Easter Island Statue Project (EISP) web site!
Archived letters from Jo Anne Van Tilburg, EISP Project Director
Dear Friends of EISP,
Best wishes for health and happiness as we enter a new decade! Thanks to all of you who share our interests and your passions for Rapanui art and archaeology. The past year produced many new accomplishments! Most importantly, we made solid progress on our Atlas of Easter Island and celebrate our recent publication: "New excavations in Easter Island's statue quarry: Soil fertility, site formation and chronology." S.C. Sherwood, J. Van Tilburg, C. R. Barrier, M. Horrocks, R.K. Dunn, J.M. Ramírez-Aliaga Journal of Archaeological Science 111 (2019) 104994.
The Mana Gallery, Rapa Nui recently exhibited "100 Icons." Cristián Arévalo Pakarati, co-owner of the gallery with Jo Anne Van Tilburg, assembled a cadre of talented Rapanui artists to produce and exhibit new carvings. Many swayed from the gallery beams overhead, just as French artist Pierre Loti saw in 1872 when in the home of a long-ago Rapanui artist. The Rapanui community and friends from the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA attended the opening. Mark your November 2020 calendars and join us when the Mana Gallery celebrates 15 successful years!
Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Curator of Oceanic Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, was awarded the Secretary's Research Prize for the The Iconic Tattooed Man of Easter Island on November 6, 2019.
Mana Gallery Press
Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Curator of Oceanic Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, was awarded the Secretary's Research Prize for the The Iconic Tattooed Man of Easter Island on November 6, 2019. Co-authored by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, it was published by Mana Gallery Press, 2018. The book was lauded as an example of "interdisciplinary and collaborative research excellence" and the award was based upon the "quality of research, originality, grace and clarity of writing, and usefulness of the research to the scholarly field and society."
Rock Art Network (RAN)
Jo Anne Van Tilburg participated in the Getty Conservation Institute-sponsored RAN colloquium. The fourth in series of important meetings led by Dr. Neville Agnew, the colloquium took place in France and Spain in October 2019, and looked at site and object replication as conservation.
The CBS 60 Minutes segment about Rapa Nui, and our interview with Anderson Cooper, has proved interesting enough to the public that it recently warranted rebroadcast. The conservation and ecological concerns expressed by many in that program remain pressing.
Just for Fun: Jeopardy!
We know that the scientific excavations and conservation emphasis of EISP has filtered into the public consciousness when we become a question on the endlessly popular Jeopardy!
Posted on December 16th, 2019 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |
Dear EISP Friends,
Spring is upon us with the full, sunshine force of California's glorious climate. I thought you might like to know that we are making good progress on the production of our publication project, the "Easter Island Atlas." We are, in a way, victims of our own success…so many of our archaeological colleagues in Rapa Nui research have honored us by sharing their field notes and image files for inclusion in our EISP Datashare project that we are literally "digging out" from under a mountain of data. But the exciting part is that we are finally seeing the more complete picture that frames the monolithic moai achievement. Data on agriculture, excavations, water management, architecture, and much, much more are being filed and then compiled into a comprehensive archaeological taxonomy. I know it sounds daunting but is also very, very interesting!
Jo Anne Van Tilburg with Anderson Cooper during the interview for CBS 60 Minutes, at Mana Gallery, Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui
For your viewing pleasure on Easter Sunday, April 21, CBS 60 Minutes will feature a segment I filmed on the island with Anderson Cooper in November. It tells a fascinating story of the many challenges and triumphs of the ancient Rapanui culture. It features our project and its focus on community archaeology.
"Easter Island's famous moai statues slowly fading away", CBS 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper, April 21, 2019.
Posted on April 19th, 2019 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |
This letter brings New Year greetings for a happy and productive 2019! Thanks to everyone for their support and interest in our research, and especially to our colleagues who have shared so much information now being shaped for inclusion in our major writing project, the "Easter Island Atlas" due to be completed (fingers crossed!) by the end of this year.
The past year ended with the great event of the Early Pacific Migration and Navigation Conference. Held at Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui and organized by archaeologist Sonia Haoa and her Mata Ki Te Rangi Rapa Nui Foundation team, the conference offered a wonderful series of interesting papers and great social events. EISP sponsored the attendance of four members of our team, and we delivered four interrelated papers. We were joined by good friends and supporters from UCLA, and we all reveled in the warm hospitality of the Rapanui community.
At the Mana Gallery we launched Mana Press with a great party for the attendees! Our new series of "small books" is edited with Adrienne L. Kaepper. The first is entitled "The Iconic Tattooed Man of Easter Island." The second will be out later this year and will focus on Rapanui music. We also presented the Spanish translation of my "Among Stone Giants" by José Miguel Ramírez and published by Rapa Nui Press.
I am very pleased and proud to say that, during the opening reception, I was one of three recipients of an award presented by Sonia Haoa and given for "humanitarian values" and respect shown the "traditions and values of the past" through archaeological research.
All in all, a wonderful year.
Charles Stanish, Jo Anne Van Tilburg, and Charlie Steinmetz at the opening reception for the Early Pacific Migration and Navigation Conference, Rapa Nui, November 2018.
Sarah Sherwood presenting at the Early Pacific Migration and Navigation Conference, Rapa Nui, November 2018.
Mana Gallery opening for the launch of Mana Press, November 2018.
Posted on January 10th, 2019 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |
Our attention is still fixed firmly on the preparation of our Atlas manuscript. We have engaged with colleagues, exchanged data with collaborators, and traced down myriads of new ideas, all of which were stimulating and enlightening scholarly adventures. In May we traveled to Rapa Nui with Jeff Brown and the amazing crew of the PBS NewsHour "Cultures At Risk"! We met new friends in the Rapanui community who are devoted to conservation in the face of new climate change threats.
Rano Raraku Lake Water Depletion
During our excavation program we collaborated with geologist R. Dunn (2013). He mapped the inner basin of Rano Raraku and cored a portion of the slope. We also assisted S. Wachsmann and J. Morris of Texas A&M University's Nautical Archaeology Program and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) to conduct a sub-bottom profiler survey of the Rano Raraku lake (Wachsmann and Morris, 2012). Rano Raraku is an important fresh water source on an island where drought is a major concern. So, when the Rano Raraku lake level recently appeared to fall dramatically, we turned to these colleagues. Read their reports here:
Basic Geology of Rano Raraku, Easter Island (with focus on groundwater), Richard K. Dunn, Ph.D.
The 2012 INA/EISP Rano Raraku Crater Lake Survey, Shelley Wachsmann & Jeff Morris
Rano Raraku lake map, INA/EISP Rano Raraku Crater Lake Survey, Morris and Wachsmann, March 2012
Dunn pointed out that Rano Raraku stone (tuff) contains abundant fractures that act as conduits for groundwater. Precipitation enters these fractures and groundwater flow delivers water to the lake. It sits 30-40 m above the surrounding land surface and approximately 65 m above the regional groundwater table. The lake level has fluctuated in the past, and Juan Tepano told Katherine Routledge that, when he was a young boy, the lake was just a marsh. In general, seepage out of the lake has balanced the in-flow of precipitation-derived water.
In July 2017, the lake level appeared to be normal (Figure 1), but by September there was a noticeable decrease. On January 25, 2018 the surface of the water displayed an unusual pattern (Figure 2). The reason for the rapid reduction in lake level that subsequently took place (Figure 3) is unknown, but one possibility is increased lake drainage through bedrock fractures. By our May visit the water level was up again. Chilean scientific consultants opined that the cause of the original water loss was low precipitation and evaporation (Figure 4).
According to Dunn, a possible aggravating cause is regional seismic activity. We are all aware of the restless volcanic activity of Mauna Kea in Hawai'i. It is also noteworthy that seismic activity is recorded on the East Pacific Rise, 350 km west of Rano Raraku, as recently as February 27, 2018 (Mag 4.7, 10 km depth; USGS). The result of this situation for Rapa Nui is a renewed awareness of the potential threats of climate change. In November an international scientific conference will discuss the pressing issues facing the island today, one of which may be variable rainfall and drought.
Figure 1. Rano Raraku crater lake, satellite imagery dated July 5, 2017, via Google Earth.
Figure 2. Rano Raraku lake in January 2018. Photo by Carlos Antonio Serey.
Figure 3. Rano Raraku lake in March 2018. Photo by Nico Yancovic Pakarati.
Figure 4. Rano Raraku lake as seen during filming of PBS NewsHour, May 2018. Still from video by Malcom Brown, PBS NewsHour.
Jeff Morris and Rapanui crew on Rano Raraku Lake in 2012.
Posted on August 7th, 2018 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |
This letter brings you special greetings for the coming year from all of us at EISP. Since our last Letter from the Director we have been on hiatus from excavation and hard at work doing all of the other important tasks you so rarely hear about but which are essential to good research: lab work, radiocarbon analyses, museum studies, and writing reports!
This has been an intense period of cooperative research with gifted colleagues, and we are grateful for their involvement. Beginning in early 2015 José Miguel Ramírez, co-investigator of EISP, arranged for Chilean scholar Pauline Peralta to examine our obsidian collections. Through Joan Wozniak we met Jon Krier, who studied our basalt collections. My UCLA colleague Tom Wake reviewed our bone collections.
Cristián Arévalo Pakarati accomplished detail drawings of important artifacts, and then he and I traveled to Tahiti, Australia, and New Zealand to examine objects of comparative research interest. I reviewed Bishop Museum collections in Honolulu. Radiocarbon determinations on our charcoal samples were accomplished. Other botanical analyses were carried out successfully with very interesting results. We are now collating these findings in collaboration with soils micromorphologist Sarah Sherwood and geologist Richad K. Dunn.
Alice Hom and the EISP staff keep us on track with all of these data and Alice is hard at work completing our cartographic projects. She has collaborated closely with Pat McCoy on entering his 1968 archaeological survey data into Datashare. We are on deadline with our upcoming publication and looking forward to launching it in 2018!
So, as you can see, we have not been sipping Margaritas on the beach at Anakena… oh, wait… actually, in March, 2016 we had the pleasure of sharing our project with Jimmy Buffet and his party! We are grateful to the Singing for Change Foundation, our UCLA supporters and, especially, to all of you.
Cristián Arévalo Pakarati with Fuli Periera, curator at Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
Jo Anne Van Tilburg with Jack Golson, Australia National University.
Surf's up! Jimmy Buffet with EISP on Rapa Nui.
Jo Anne, Charlie Steinmetz and EISP supporters, Rapa Nui
Among the many wonderful insights we have gained during our excavations in Rano Raraku Zone, Interior Quarry Region this new head is the most exciting! Measuring 69cm tall, it is located in Square 6 at a depth of 420cm. When we discovered it the head was standing upright, propped in place with stones, close to the right side of
Patricio Madariaga Paoa and the newly discovered head (69cm tall). ©2014 Easter Island Statue Project/ Jo Anne Van Tilburg
the moai (RR-001-156). The moai, in turn, is unfinished and standing in a basin cut with great skill and care into the bedrock. There was no intention of moving this moai out of the quarry.
The rounded form of the head and its incised, almond-shaped eye is more in keeping with petroglyph styles that with the elongated, rectilinear style of the moai. However, and as the new 3D imagery created by EISP team member Greg Downing of xRES Studio clearly shows, the head style is also very similar to that of Tukuturi (RR-002-030), the famous kneeling statue uncovered by the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition, 1954-55. This incredible new find means that we will now have to reconsider our ideas of moai style.
Other finds during our 2014 seasons include a large shaped block of coral, an obsidian eye of a small carving, more pigments, basalt and obsidian tools, and a bone fishhook. To date, we have also recovered more than 6,000 stone tools (toki)! The analysis of this incredible amount of material is a huge undertaking, and we are hard at work with colleagues on laboratory studies of obsidian, basalt, wood, and carbon. We'll keep you informed as we make, quite literally, new headway!
Posted on October 28th, 2014 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |
Phase 2 ventral excavation of RR-001-156. © 2013 Easter Island Statue Project/ Jo Anne Van Tilburg
We have had another wonderful, but really wet, field season during the month of August. The nearly constant rains were a big challenge. However, they also gave us more time than usual in our field lab, which was good. Our excavation goal was to expose the front of RR-001-156 to what we presumed was the level of a fire set nearby in 1920. We are certain of the date because of a photo we were asked to identify (slide, collection, Douglas Stewart Fine Books Pty. Ltd.). We also found the large fire scar in the soil.
Which expedition set the fire? We came up with some possible culprits, but we're not certain. Their goal was apparently to take photos depicting the "mystery" of Easter Island. It might have been an American, Australian, or Chilean group. We need help sleuthing this out. Have a look at the mystery photo on the web site above, and if any of you have a clue about which expedition might have taken this photo and would like to share it, we'd be grateful! Drop us a note at mail@eisp.org.
Our major excavation goal this season was to document the rock art (petroglyphs) on the statue's torso. We accomplished our goal, but it was rough going. We found dozens of what by now are very familiar stone tools (toki). We have well over 1,000 toki now under study.
Screening the heavy, wet dirt that came out of the excavation demanded more than the usual amount of patience, and our Rapanui team members deserve a big mahruru for their efforts! We were also rewarded for our slogging by some really exciting finds! The field report we've just posted here for the season includes a photo of one of the most interesting objects: a fishhook made of bone.
During our field season we were visited by a film crew from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The terrific program that resulted can be seen here.
Our work will continue in November and then again in March, 2014. Thanks for your interest in EISP!
Posted on October 31st, 2013 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |
Exposed body of statue RR-003-009 from March field season. © 2013 Easter Island Statue Project/ Jo Anne Van Tilburg
Excavated face of Statue RR-003-008 from the March field season. © 2013 Easter Island Statue Project/ Jo Anne Van Tilburg
I am writing you today from Rapa Nui, where we are embarking on the last phase of our excavations in Quarry 02 of the interior slope. For those of you who have been following us, we are now turning our attention to the front of the statue known as "Papa" (RR-001-156). We have, to date, excavated both statues to their bases on their dorsal sides, and documented features dealing with the ceremonial uses of the statues (pigments), transport (base features, including a large post hole used for elevating the statues), and a small boulder with an incised petroglyph in a motif similar to those on the backs of the statues. We now know for sure that the "heads" on the slope here are, in fact, full but incomplete statues.
Other work includes geological mapping (by Dr. Richard Dunn) of the interior and surveying of the lake bottom (Dr. Shelley Wachsmann and Jeffrey Morris).
Stay with us, and we will fill you in upon my return!
Posted on August 9th, 2013 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: EISP Excavation, Letters from the Director |
As director of the UCLA Rock Art Archive, I have had the privilege of studying the seminal research of renowned California archaeologist Robert F. Heizer. He spent much of his professional life researching prehistoric art, known as rock art. His son, the famous artist Michael Heizer, grew up exploring his father's excavations throughout California. Michael Heizer's masterwork, entitled "Levitated Mass," is a massive granite boulder weighing 340 tons. Installed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Levitated Mass" is a profoundly literal interpretation of "rock art." Transported from a distant desert quarry, the boulder was moved along a 105 mile route with minimal environmental impact and accompanied by a cacophony of Internet tweets. The space shuttle Endeavor, in contrast, recently traversed the city in a challenging 12 mile journey that Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne likened to an ancient ceremonial procession. Both events involved advanced industrial technology, enormous resources, careful and farsighted planning, large numbers of participants and crowds of observers, and were motivated by the goals of history, private passion, and public education.
Robert Heizer and I share another interest: the pre-industrial transport of large and heavy objects in megalithic cultures around the world. He speculated about ancient methods of moving Olmec heads as well as Mayan stone blocks and Egyptian monoliths. My interest, of course, is Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and the ancient engineering skills and tools needed to transport the stone statues (moai) from the quarry where they were carved to the ceremonial sites upon which they were raised. Eight different experiments to move moai in horizontal (prone or supine) or vertical (upright) positions have been reported over the years, and others have been tried. Beginning in about 1990, I researched probable transport methods based upon known Polynesian techniques and skills, and in 1998 we conducted a successful experiment using a full-scale concrete replica on Rapa Nui. Filmed by PBS Nova, it was an exciting learning experience that drew upon our extensive knowledge and participation in the island-wide archaeological survey. Our experiment demonstrated the viability of our method.
A recent attempt to, once again, "walk" a scaled down statue model was depicted by PBS Nova. Did it work? Apparently it did, as others have, at least to a certain extent. Are any of the upright methods actually viable on the Rapa Nui terrain? Not very likely. In the meantime, recent photos of our excavations caused a world-wide stir when more than 40 MILLION VISITORS to this web site discovered that "Easter island heads have bodies!!"
Posted on November 10th, 2012 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |
Rano Raraku quarry (Figure 1), within which 95% of the over 1,000 Easter Island stone statues was carved, is a massive crater of consolidated volcanic ash surrounding an interior, reed-filled lake (Figure 2). About half of the total number of statues recorded to date is still within the quarry zone.
Some 150 statues stand upright on the interior and exterior slopes of Rano Raraku. They are buried to varying depths and appear often as heads only. While weathered and worn by centuries of exposure to the elements, many of them are still very beautiful (Figure 3).
Rano Raraku was first reported to the outside world in 1868 by officers of HMS Topaze. The world was fascinated, and many sketches, essays, newspaper articles, and books were published describing the statues embedded in the slopes as "heads." Over 90 excavations in Rano Raraku since that time exposed the torsos of many statues. Katherine and William Scoresby Routledge of the Mana Expedition to Easter Island, 1914-15 published photos of their own digs illustrating the bodies of many statues. In 1954-55 Thor Heyerdahl and his Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island excavated others, further documenting the existence of complete, but partially buried, statues.
Our EISP excavations recently exposed the torsos of two 7 m tall statues (Figure 4). Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of visitors to the island have been astonished to see that, indeed, Easter Island statues have bodies! More important, however, we discovered a great deal about the Rapa Nui techniques of ancient engineering:
the dirt and detritus partially burying the statues was washed down from above and not deliberately placed there to bury, protect, or support the statues
the statues were erected in place and stand on stone pavements.
post holes were cut into bedrock to support upright tree trunks
rope guides were cut into bedrock around the post holes
posts, ropes, stones, and different types of stone tools were all used to carve and raise the statues upright
We also discovered that ceremonies were certainly associated with the statues. We found large quantities of red pigment, some of which may have been used to paint the statues. Finally, and perhaps most poignantly, we found in the pavement under one statue a single stone carved with a crescent symbol said to represent a canoe, or vaka (Figure 5). The backs of both statues are covered with petroglyphs, many of which are also vaka. A direct connection between the vaka symbol and the identity of the artist or group owning the statue is strongly suggested.
Want to know more? Read our excavation reports for Seasons I, II, III, IV and V.
Posted on May 22nd, 2012 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |
Back of RR-001-156 during Season V. Courtesy Colin Montgomery.
Our Excavation Season V, which began on October 29, 2011, opened with our presentation to Governor Carman Cardinali of our two-volume report on Excavation Season IV. She noted that the Rapa Nui community, especially high school teachers and students, is very enthusiastic and interested in our work. This field season will continue as we carry out further excavation of statue (moai) RR-001-156 in Quarry Two, Rano Raraku. Reports of all work to date are available to the interested reader in the EISP Archives as Excavation Season I, Season II, and Season III or as Conservation Season I and Conservation Season II.
Before we began our excavation we visited the basalt quarries and outcrops sampled by our colleague Dr. Christian Fischer as part of our XRF analysis project. We have collected XRF data on over 40 sites. That information will be used byRapa Nui student Rafael Rapu in his comparative study of tools (toki) retrieved in our excavations.
Also in May of 2011, Chris Fischer and Mónica Bahamondez, director of the Centro Nacional de Conservación y Restauración (CNCR), treated the excavated portions of both statues with water repellant. On drizzly days or days with intermittent rain we were amazed to see how well the repellant did its job! Droplets quickly beaded up and didn't penetrate the surfaces of either statue. We noted that the stone surfaces usually dried within a maximum of ten minutes. We are also now engaged in a plan to share our extensive on-site environmental data with colleagues modeling the island's ecology.
Our continued excavation of RR-001-156 revealed more about the ritual concerns of those who frequented Rano Raraku interior quarry over about 500 years. We collected further evidence of red pigment (kie'a), an indispensable part of Rapa Nui ritual life and today a valuable part of personal display during performance art.
Interestingly, Rapa Nui oral traditions say that statue carvers were paid for their talent and effort in desirable food, including especially tuna and lobster. At the deepest level of our excavation this season we found tuna vertebrae! Also, we found strong evidence of how the ancient carvers manipulated the statue to raise it upright, pivot it and drop it in a hole 1 m deep cut in bedrock. The process left scars and indents on the statue surface. When seen on statues lying on roads, these same sorts of scars have been interpreted by others as evidence of upright transport methods. Our excavation, however, clearly shows that such damage could have been caused in the quarry. The unpublished notes of the Mana Expedition to Easter Island (1914-15) suggested and support these findings in Quarry 2 and elsewhere in Rano Raraku.
Both of our excavated statues, as you know from our previous letters, are intriguing because they are nearly unique on Easter Island. While many statues have individual petroglyphs, these and only one other statue—of over 1,000 we have documented—have multiple petroglyphs carved as a composition on their backs. Underlying these carvings is a complex symbol found on less than 100 statues. It is referred to by previous researchers as the "ring and girdle" design, and sometimes said to represent the "sun and rainbow." However, statue RR-001-156 and some others have two "rings" above the crescent "girdle." We have long interpreted this form as the Rapa Nui version of the Polynesian maro or loincloth (maro is also a unit of measurement). As we noted long ago on a statue torso (007) at Ahu Oroi (12-460), the upright "Y" or "M" element below the maro on both of our excavated statues represents two hafted adzes. This depiction, which may be interpreted as evidence of craft specialization in the form of an emblem, is not consistent, however, and in some cases outside of the quarry it appears to depict other objects. Cristián Arévalo Pakarati, co-director of EISP, has spent hundreds of hours on site over the past months painstakingly measuring and drawing these designs as he supervises the site during our seasonal hiatus from on-going excavations.
We hope you continue to follow our progress over the next few years on this web site. Although we are partially funded by a generous grant from the Archaeological Institute of America, we need your help. Please join Friends of EISP. Through that association you will meet and learn from a growing group of informed and caring people. Click on support to become a member of our team as we work to conserve the stone giants of Rapa Nui.
Posted on December 7th, 2011 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |
Statue RR-001-156, EISP 2011.
We have just returned from Excavation Season IV and statue (moai) RR-001-156 in Quarry Two, Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)! The reports of previous field seasons are filed in the EISP Archives as Excavation Season I, Season II, and Season III or Conservation Season I and Conservation Season II.
Our three main goals for statue (moai) RR-001-157 were to audit our drawings of very complex stratigraphic profiles, augment our existing photo-documentation as follow-up to Conservation Season II, and then to backfill the statue. We accomplished all of these goals.
In May, 2011, our colleagues Chris Fischer and Monica Bahamondez treated both statues with water repellant. On drizzly days or days with intermittent rain we were amazed to see how well the repellant did its job! Droplets quickly beaded up and didn't penetrate the surfaces of either statue. We noted that the stone surfaces usually dried within a maximum of ten minutes. These are subjective observations, of course. We await the detailed analysis by Chris and Monica of the extensive on-site environmental and stone condition data being downloaded bi-weekly by Tahira Edmunds.
Our continued excavation of RR-001-156 revealed more about the artisans, image-carvers, and ritual concerns of those who frequented Rano Raraku interior quarry over a long period of time. We uncovered an egg-shaped mass of concentrated, intensely pure red pigment (kie'a) tucked away under an overhang of bedrock (papa) carved with petroglyphs. Red pigment was an indispensable part of Rapa Nui ritual life, and remains today a valuable part of personal display during performance art. Along with the "signature stone" we uncovered earlier during excavation of RR-001-157, this find gives us a tantalizing glimpse into the past.
Both statues, as you know from our previous letters, are intriguing because they are nearly unique on Easter Island. They and only one other statue—of over 1,000 we have documented—have complex petroglyphs carved on their backs, faces, and arms. The carvings are often variants of a narrow range of elements and are arrayed in very interesting compositions. Most are well within the norm of Rapa Nui iconography, but some are very unusual. Many are crescent designs referred to as vaka (canoe), but they may be rei miro (gorget). Cristián Arévalo Pakarati, co-director of EISP, has spent hundreds of hours on site over the past months painstakingly measuring and drawing the elements. In January of 2012 the UCLA Rock Art Archive will host a Rapa Nui student who will use Cristián's drawings and our EISP rock art database to initiate a comparative study.
We hope you continue to follow our progress over the next few years on this web site. Although we are partially funded by a generous grant from the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA; www.archaeological.org) , we need your help. Please join Friends of EISP. Click on support to become a member of our team as we work to conserve the stone giants of Rapa Nui.
Posted on August 16th, 2011 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |
Statues RR-001-156 (left) and RR-001-157 (right); Photo courtesy of Micheline Pelletier.
We have just returned from our third season of excavation in Rano Raraku Quarry! Our attention was directed throughout this field season on RR-001-156, the companion statue in Quarry 2 to previously excavated RR-001-157. Both statues, as you know from our previous letters, were excavated by the Mana Expedition to Easter Island (and other groups), although none of these digs ever reached the bases of the statues and results were never published.
This season was especially interesting in that we were joined by five remarkable young students of archaeology and conservation at the Universidad Internacional SEK in Santiago.
Enthusiastic and skilled, with wide backgrounds in survey and excavation, the students are thrilled to participate in the first authorized excavations in Rano Raraku since Thor Heyerdahl and his Norwegian Archaeological Expedition of 1954-55. Each of the students experienced a varied range of activities, including fine-grained excavation and removal of fragile bone and carbon, archival-safe storage of materials, and log book and catalog entry. Informal lectures and other learning activities allowed us to share previous experiences and insight, and there were many opportunities to interact with tourists and other professional visitors. Several thesis project opportunities are embedded in our research, and one of the students has already embarked upon a follow-up study of the many dozens of stone tools we have collected.
Dr. Christian Fischer, in cooperation with Monica Bahamondez P., reinstalled our environmental monitoring equipment in order to transmit conservation data to DATASHARE. Micheline Pelletier took valuable photos of our excavation using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). We will return to our Season IV excavation of RR-001-156 in July.
Read our preliminary report of Season III and Dr. Fischer's conservation report. You are invited to follow our progress over the next few years on this web site. Although we are partially funded by a generous grant from the Archaeological Institute of America, we need your help. Please join Friends of EISP. Click on support to become a member of our team as we work to conserve the stone giants of Rapa Nui.
Posted on March 21st, 2011 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |
A medium sized basalt stone with an incised canoe or vaka.
October- November 2010: EISP's excavation of a moai in Rano Raraku Quarry interior.
We have just returned from a great adventure: our second season of excavation in Rano Raraku Quarry! Our team is the first to conduct authorized excavations in Rano Raraku since Thor Heyerdahl and his Norwegian Archaeological Expedition, 1954-55. Through the generous support of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA; www.archaeological.org), we will collect surface and sub-surface stone condition data and monitor environmental conditions vital to statue conservation.
In 1914-15 the Mana Expedition, co-led by Katherine Pease Routledge and her husband, William Scoresby Routledge, "dug" both of the statues we are now excavating. Unfortunately, they did not adequately document and publish their information. A Rapanui man named "Langitopa" worked with Katherine Routledge. Langitopa told Routledge that the shorter statue (RR-001-156) was named "Papa" and the other, taller statue (RR-001-157) was "Papa's Wife." These names, given in jest, reflect a wry opinion of the Routledges. Darío Icka, on our excavation team, is a direct descendant of Langitopa.
Katherine Routledge's field notes led us to believe that she had reached the base of Moai RR-001-157 and that it was 5.70 m tall. She was wrong. We discovered that the statue was over 8 m tall and erected upright on a stone pavement about 1 m below the bedrock (papa)!
Our most important, poignant discovery, however, was under the statue: a basalt stone with a beautifully etched vaka on it! Did we discover, in fact, the "signature" of the proud master carver who created this magnificent moai? Or the identity of the group that commissioned it? Design similarity between the carved stone and the crescent-shaped petroglyphs on the statue's back—both above and below ground—is provocative evidence of continuity in social identity over time.
Read our preliminary report for a more complete picture and view the interesting objects encountered. Our excavation will continue in March, and you are invited to follow our progress on this web site. We need your help. Click on support and join us in this important work.
Posted on December 2nd, 2010 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |
March-April 2010: EISP's excavation of a moai in Rano Raraku Quarry interior. This moai was nicknamed "Papa" by Katherine Routledge in 1914. Quarry bedrock is visible in one of the excavation squares. The color variation on the statue's stone surface reflects previous soil levels.
In March and April of 2010, our EISP team began the first authorized excavations in Rano Raraku Quarry interior since Thor Heyerdahl's Norwegian Archaeological Expedition in 1954-55. Two statues said by Katherine Routledge of the Mana Expedition to Easter Island, 1914-15 to be called "Papa" and "Papa's Wife" were selected due to their archaeological and iconographic importance and their ethnographic history. Like the famous statue Hoa Hakananai'a now in the British Museum, "Papa" and "Papa's Wife" have complex and enigmatic carvings on their backs. Our excavations will reveal these designs and promise new information vital to understanding ancient Rapa Nui religious belief and statue use.
At the 50 cm level, Christian Fischer of UCLA and Monica Bahamondez P. of Chile's Centro de Conservación y Restauración installed non-contact, microclimatic radiometric sensors near the statues to collect data on soil moisture and stone temperature. Protection treatments will follow detailed analysis of the environmental data. Partially funded by the Archaeological Institute of America Site Preservation Initiative and with support from the Mana Foundation, we need your help. Please visit our Support link to find out how you can join us in this major new step towards understanding and protecting the unique environmental, aesthetic and historic value of Rano Raraku.
As 2009 draws to a close it is a pleasure to post our second letter from the director. As most of our visitors know, the Easter Island Statue Project (EISP) is an original archaeological field survey established in 1982 to document the monolithic statues (moai). The objective of EISP is original scientific research and publication. Our academic bibliography is extensive but, as the scope of our work grew, so did our collected data. In 1999, we began intensive push to digitize our records. In 2001, our innovative, localized, and visualized topographic and archaeological map of Rano Raraku statue quarry became the organizing and presentation tool for our database. Our project has steadily expanded to include External Collections and an extensive file of ethnographica and original artwork by EISP co-Director Cristián Arévalo Pakarati and other Rapa Nui artists. Our sister project is the non-profit Mana Gallery, which celebrated a gala, island-style opening in November. The gallery hosts our EISP field office and exhibits and supports our associated artists. Please visit in person or at www.managallery.org
DATASHARE is our newest venture. It will provide access to associated researchers, conservators and others working to preserve the fragile and irreplaceable patrimony of Rapa Nui. DATASHARE is part of Phase 1 of the Easter Island Statue Conservation Initiative, generously funded by a grant from the Site Preservation Task Force of the Archaeological Institute of America. According to Larry Coben, co-chair of the Task Force, EISP exemplifies "the model of preservation the AIA seeks to promote." Phase 1 is opening the EISP database to CONAF Oficina Isla de Pascua and our collaborators, including Mónica Bahamondez P. of the Departamento Nacional de Conservación y Restauración (DNCR) and Christian Fischer of UCLA. Phase 2 will incorporate the Consejo Monumentos Nacionales Isla de Pascua and the Municipalidad Isla de Pascua. DATASHARE will provide a permanent, accessible home for EISP data, advance the preservation of Rapa Nui patrimony, and permit informed conservation managment.
The coming year promises new and exciting adventures, and we are looking forward to the beginning in March of the first of three planned field seasons and the on-going preparation of our Rano Raraku Atlas.
Mayor Petero Edmunds and Dr. Jo Anne Van Tilburg announcing the site preservation grant from the Archaeological Institute of America, Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, 2008.
We are pleased that you have taken the time to join us, and to share in our archaeological exploration on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
EISP practices Sustainable Archaeology through
Field Data Collection
Reporting and Publishing
Entrepreneurial Innovation
Our survey is a systematic mapping and descriptive study of all of the monolithic stone statues (moai) on the island and in museums and collections world-wide. We have created the world's largest and most complete archive of maps, photographs, drawings, measurements and other data on over 1000 statues.
We share our data with the supervising authorities in Chile and on Rapa Nui. Our research thoughts on the comparative analyses of our data are widely published. We participate in public programs and media presentations for the public. As you read this, our massive database is being transferred into a new, web-based data filing and sharing system that will allow access to all of our collaborators and colleagues world-wide, as well as to the Rapa Nui people and the interested public.
We have established our own Mana Gallery on the island. It houses our field office and art gallery in which Rapa Nui artists show their work. They also use our data to innovate on the ancient aesthetics of their gifted ancestors. In this way, we enrich and expand our research. If you are fortunate enough to visit the island, please stop by the gallery.
We are proud and grateful to announce the latest honor accorded our project. We have received a major field work and preservation grant from the Archaeological Institute of America. We hope you will join us often to follow our progress in the field.
Posted on May 5th, 2009 by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. | Categories: Letters from the Director |


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