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The Palestinian refugee camps which are present in most cities of the West Bank and the Gaza strip are precarious pieces of urbanism similar to slums that host the village population that was living on the territory that was given to Israel in 1948 by the United Nations. Duheisha is one of those camps in Bethlehem hosting currently around 10 000 people. The main problem with refugee camps is that every new building, construction, renovation are ratifications of the situation and seen as a resignation to it. The architecture developed there is thus very handmade, almost accidental sometimes but creates a surprising form of beauty.

A wall having by definition two sides (and that is what his violence is about), here is the sequel of the last article: the exact other side of the wall (you can tell with the Mosque' minaret on the two articles' fourth picture) within the West Bank in Abu Dis. It is important here to insist on the fact that the wall is absolutely not matching with the 1949 armistice Green Line and thus split an Arab district of East Jerusalem, sharing DE FACTO its people between Israeli sub-citizens on one side and Palestinians who are not authorized (for most of them) to go to Jerusalem on the other side.

I am in Palestine for two weeks (based in Ramallah) and I am thinking to update boiteaoutils on a daily basis about what I am observing from there.I spent my first day in East Jerusalem which was annexed by the Israeli Army in 1967. The separation wall is then built far away from what should be the legal border between Israel and the West Bank. This wall thus splits completely an arab district into two parts. At some point of the wall, not so far away from a group of arab houses, Israeli militaries (I discovered that too late not to be spotted !) are surveying the neighborhood from what seems to be a normal house... The principle of this wall is as much to filter, control and prevent the movement of the Palestinian population as to claim a tremendous amount of land which attempts to include in the "Israeli territory" as many illegal settlements as possible. nb: those pictures are taken from the "Israeli side" (even though as I wrote before it is not supposed to be a

The Catholic churches are centrally located at an area fonting the plaza. These structures continue to be the most prominent building in many towns. According to function, they may be classified as a cathedral, the seat of the diocese a capilla, a smaller church, usually in convents of nuns, colleges, or cemeteries and a basilica, which only few churches have been given the honorific title. These are the churches of San Martin in Taal, Batangas Immaculada Concepoin in Batangas City Nuestra Senora Dela Caridad in Agoo, La Union Santo Nino in Cebu City San Miguel Arcangel in Tayabas, Quezon the Quiapo Church and the Manila Cathedral. Manila Cathedral: Quiapo Church: San Sebastian Church: Iglesia Ni Cristo Church: The houses of worship among the Igiesia Ni Cristo (INC) are called kapilya regardless of size. This is in memory of the humble beginnings of the church and its equally humble prototypoc buildings or beginnings of the church and its equally hummble prototypic buildings or sambaha

The kapitolyo, from the Latin word "capitolium" or capitol is always referred to the building of the provincial government located in the capital town or city. The entire building or its main portion is rectangilar in plan, two to three stories in height and set on on a poduim consisting of several steps. A two-sotry portico at the center of the facade shwltered the entrance which had one or several doors. (Perez III, 1994). The munisipyo, or town hall has constructed during the American period to house government offices in the municipal level. Early munispyo are the casa real. Porticoes and vestibule are always inseparable parts of the town hall. Town halls were constructed of concrete or of wood and concrete with galvanized-iron roof. The structures that many consider to be the ultimate in kingly pride, the height or political power are built for this purpose

Bahay Kubo or Cube House. It may be regarded as the Lowland Christians ethnic house. Bahay kubo retains the feature of a traditional house- pile construction and the hip- roof, and push- out or sliding window necessary in the hot and humid climate. Basically it consists of a balkon or beranda that opens to a square or rectangular multi-purpose bulwagan, the main room of the house. On one side, it has -a small room for household storage. The bulwagan leads to the kusina or kitchen usually with a separate roof and finally to the open-air batalan. Bahay Na Bato . Also known as Bahay kastila (Spanish House), the Bahay na Bato is a residence of the well-to-do family. It has certain basic features, but the construction and design vary according to region. It is generally a two-sorry house. Here is a description of one of the variations. "The ground floor is made of cut stone or bricks the upper floor of wood. Iron grilles protect the ground floor windows, while the second-story windows

Jose Rizal, aside from being a great Filipino hero was also a great sculptor. Some of his works can still be seen at the Fort Santiago. Napoleon V. Abueva is a National Artist and one of his most famous work is the Eternal Gardens sculpture. Guillermo Tolentino was the teacher of Napoleon Abueva and he made the famous Oblation statue of the University of the Philippines. Isabelo Tampinco is called the Juan Luna of Philippine sculpture. My great great grandfather, Florencio J., had his works exhibited at the 1904 St. Louis World Fair in Missouri alongside with those of Isabelo Tampinco. His bust of Jose Rizal is now in a dim corner of our house waiting to be restored and displayed. Maybe I'll do it myself when I am older.

Juan Luna I saw this mural at the National Museum. It is called the Spoliarium by Juan Luna and it is the painting treasure of the Philippines. Felix Resureccion Hidalgo I think this is the other one opposite it by Felix Resureccion Hidalgo and it is being restored by conservation artists. (I need to check if this is the one when I go back there.) Fernando Amorsolo These paintings by Fernando Amorsolo are so dreamy and it is what I think best shows the Philippines. but there was one done by Mr. Amorsolo which bothered me. You can also see this in the National Museum. Carlos Botong Francisco The stations of the cross in Don Bosco Mandaluyong were done by this great painter from Angono and I wonder if there is any effort to conserve them if they are the originals. The stations and the large mural of the crucified Christ are left exposed to the elements in the humid chapel. There are many other great Filipino painters but I just want to focus on one who I really like. His name is Joey V

Everyone has good ideas. In the world. people are carrying around in their heads splendid ideas for dance, novels, paintings, sculpture, drama and theater, and architecture. What is lacking is form and this is essential to any work of art. Form is the way a work of art looks it includes everything from the material the artist uses, or the style in which the artist works, to the shapes, lines and colors in the art. In everyday conversation style, you have style and are familiar with it. However, because it is so crucial to the understanding of art you must consider its meaning specially related to art. Style is a characteristic of a number of characteristics that you can identify as constant, recurring or coherent. In art the sum of such characteristics is associated with a particular artist, group or culture, or with an artist's work at a specific time. For example, it can be associated with a whole artistic culture ( Sung Dynasty style in China ) with a particular time and pla

In 2-dimensional art, the organization of all the elements is called composition , but the more inclusive term applicable to all kinds of art is design . The principles of design are a natural part of perception. These are not rules or laws but are guidelines rather to make the most effective choices and give greater insights into the work of art. These are the principles of unity and variety , balance, emphasis, scale and proportion, rhythm and harmony. UNITY and VARIETY Unity is a sense of oneness of thing belonging together and making up a coherent whole. Variety is difference which provides interest. An artist can achieve unity by holding one or two elements constant and varying the others. The artist brings together a number of diverse objects having different colors, shapes, sizes and textures and arrange them into a pleasing composition. BALANCE Balance is the equality of weight attention or attraction of the various elements. Its types are symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial.

Thanks to Romaric, my friend who works at French publisher Galaade, I had the chance to meet Raja Shehadeh for an interview he kindly accepted. Raja is a lawyer in Ramallah since the end of the 70's and has dedicated his carrier to cases of expropriation of Palestinian lands by the Israeli. He wrote several books, including Occupier's Law and Palestinian walks . Ramallah. 21st July 2010 Leopold Lambert: The particularity of your actions is that you are a lawyer. Despite the fact that law is violated every day by the State of Israel, what may be some naivety from me makes me think that it is the one domain that can save Palestinians from oppression. Would your expertise agree with that? Raja Shehadeh: When I started as a lawyer, I had an exaggerated view of the importance of law. I took very seriously that law was a weapon. I still consider seriously that law is a way of preserving civilization. I have great respect for and belief in International Law, because it came as a

Photo courtesy ARTZPUB Absolutely brilliant!!! I've been out of POS for some time and have not yet had a chance to explore this year's EAW but judging from these photos, I'll be doing that over the coming week!  CHECK out more photos from ARTSPUB here . DO also check out the Erotic Art Week blog .

These are the big words which I should know after the Art Module 1. I will write the new words today from Module 2 so I will record them here. observation - to watch closely and remember represent - xxx sdsd

OCHA oPt. (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in occupied Palestinian territories) is a good proof that despite a total lack of measures taken by its head, the UN is actually doing some very good work of information in Palestine. In fact OCHA oPt's website hosts a very precious series of maps that documents the Israeli presence in the West Bank and Gaza (borders, jewish settlements, walls, checkpoints etc.) Those maps are available for free at he OCHA office in Jerusalem (the office is actually almost on the 1949 Green Line) or downloadable online in pdf format. It is a very useful tool for anybody working on this topic or travelling in Palestine.

Borrowing Ethel Baraona's quote of today: “ There is nothing built on stone. Everything is built on sand, but it is our duty to edify as if the sand should be stone ” -Jorge Luis Borges Being currently in the Middle East, it will be hard for me to get my mind out of it. Here are two pictorial invasions of the desert in European cities, Barcelona and Paris. The first was a campaign of information during Barcelona's drought in 2008 and the second one is the not so new Cedric Klapish 's Peut être (1999) that dramatized a near futuristic Paris which has been filled by the sand. Life being on the roof, a whole subterranean way of living is happening inside the former buildings; unfortunately it seems that it was not Klapisch's main interest...