Favorite Event of 2005:

my trips in india and nicaragua/guatemala
simply unforgettable.

>Favorite Artist of 2005:

my 2005 favourite artist is not an artist
he’s an italian peace activist called Turi Vaccaro.
On Wednesday 10 August 2005 he entered the air force base Woensdrecht in Hoogerheide (Netherlands) climbing over the fence and entering an hangar where he disarmed two F-16 airplanes , using an hammer he destroyed the instrument panels in the aircraft.  His action has made it impossible to use these planes for fighting tasks (the estimated costs for restoring the planes is about 750,000 euro’s). He disarmed the F16s to protest against the illegal storage of nuclear weapons at the nearby Volkel airbase and as a commemoration of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 60 years ago. The F-16s at Woensdrecht were being prepared for their war fighting tasks, including carrying and dropping the nuclear weapons based at Volkel airbase. There are currently 20 nuclear weapons at Volkel, each with a power 14 times the Hiroshima bomb.

Now he’s in jail and he has also been ordered to pay 750,000 euro damages to the Ministry of Defence
Maybe he’s not an artist but this is the best vandalize act i’ve ever seen.

more on Turi Vaccaro here. 

Favorite New Artist of 2005:

JR  from paris. Great photos.

Favorite Piece of Art of 2005:

i’ve seen the work with light by tono and nano in madrid
tono made his logo in the wall using a simple mirror reflecting the public light
and nano put his light-box in the street stealing energy from public lights .
great public art projects.
i think they should be paid.

Favorite New Product or Trend of 2005:

this little toy can turn off every kind of television in america, europe and asia:
just press the button.

Favorite Toy of 2005:

indian steam boat
made by recycled cans
you just put a little candle inside and the boat starts sailing with a real steam engine.

Favourite CD or Song of 2005:

http://www.ubu.com
big sound archive
you can download recordings of poetry, music, audio and video projects from many artist of last century . (sharing power !) .
i like the music by “people like us”
but at the moment the archive is out of service …

Favourite Website of 2005:

http://www.theyrule.net/
it’s an old site but always useful.  there’s an interactive map to discover every connection between the bigger USA corporation. a simple way to understand who really rule the world. and here’s a similar little map for italy.

What do you most want for Christmas?

Nothing special.

How will you be spending the Holiday’s this year? / What will you be doing for New Years Eve?

working on my videos.