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    Stefano Mirtis facebook wallhttps://www.facebook.com/stefano.mirti.3/media_set?set=a.10150242291646216.321508.634251215&type=3

    Ritual is necessary for us to know anything. ~ Ken Kesey

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    Milan Triennale, 1968

    Alison and Peter Smitshon, Wedding in the City

    -axonometric view-

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    Milan Triennale, 1968

    Alison and Peter Smitshon, Wedding in the City

    -axonometric view-

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    Milan Triennale, 1968

    Alison and Peter Smitshon, Wedding in the City

    -axonometric view-

    The city and the decoration of the city: the permanent and the transient.

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    Milan Triennale, 1968

    Alison and Peter Smitshon, Wedding in the City

    -wedding flags-

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    1965

    Alison and Peter Smitshon, Wedding Flags

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    1965

    Alison and Peter Smitshon, Wedding Flags

    So Paulo, 4th May 1994

    Ayrton Senna, State Funeral

    -from: Asif Kapadia, Senna, 2010-

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    So Paulo, 4th May 1994

    Ayrton Senna, State Funeral

    -from: Asif Kapadia, Senna, 2010-

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    So Paulo, 4th May 1994

    Ayrton Senna, State Funeral

    -from: Asif Kapadia, Senna, 2010-

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    Milan, 2011

    NJIT, Wonderbreakfast

    -summer workshop with James Dart, Claudio Farina, Peter Lang, Stefano Mirti-

    http://milanobreakfast.dyndns.info/

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    Milan, 2011

    NJIT, Wonderbreakfast

    -summer workshop with James Dart, Claudio Farina, Peter Lang, Stefano Mirti-

    http://milanobreakfast.dyndns.info/

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    Milan, 2011

    NJIT, Wonderbreakfast

    -summer workshop with James Dart, Claudio Farina, Peter Lang, Stefano Mirti-

    http://milanobreakfast.dyndns.info/

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    February 1973

    Casabella cover, # 374

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    1971/1972

    Superstudio, Cerimonia (Ceremony)

    -from: Cinque Storie del Superstudio (Five Stories by Superstudio)-

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    1971/1972

    Superstudio, Cerimonia (Ceremony)

    -from: Cinque Storie del Superstudio (Five Stories by Superstudio)-

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    1971/1972

    Superstudio, Cerimonia (Ceremony)

    -from: Cinque Storie del Superstudio (Five Stories by Superstudio)-

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    1971/1972

    Superstudio, Cerimonia (Ceremony)

    -from: Cinque Storie del Superstudio (Five Stories by Superstudio)-

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    1971/1972

    Superstudio, Cerimonia (Ceremony)

    -from: Cinque Storie del Superstudio (Five Stories by Superstudio)-

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    1971/1972

    Superstudio, Cerimonia (Ceremony)

    -from: Cinque Storie del Superstudio (Five Stories by Superstudio)-

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    1971/1972

    Superstudio, Cerimonia (Ceremony)

    -from: Cinque Storie del Superstudio (Five Stories by Superstudio)-

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    1971/1972

    Superstudio, Cerimonia (Ceremony)

    -from: Cinque Storie del Superstudio (Five Stories by Superstudio)-

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    1971/1972

    Superstudio, Cerimonia (Ceremony)

    -from: Cinque Storie del Superstudio (Five Stories by Superstudio)-

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    Mumbai, India, August 22, 2011

    Krishna Janmashtami

    -In this image: Indian youth make a human pyramid to reach and break the Dahi Handi, an earthen pot filled with yogurt, as they celebrate Janamashtami, the birth anniversary of Hindu God Krishna-

    Paula Nelson writes about the: Krishna Janmashtami

    Indian Hindu devotees throughout the world celebrate Janmashtami, which marks the birth of Hindu God Lord Krishna with enormous zeal and enthusiasm. Children and adults dress as the Hindu God Krishna and his consort Radha in bright, elaborate costumes and jewelry. Human pyramids form to break the 'dahi-handi' or curd pot. The large earthenware pot is filled with milk, curds, butter, honey and fruits and is suspended from a height of 20-40 feet. Participants come forward to claim this prize by constructing a human pyramid, enabling the uppermost person to reach the pot and claim its contents.

    to see the whole set of images: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/08/... (Rafiq Maqbool/Associated Press)

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    Krishna Janmashtami

    A woman walks inside the Bhaktivedanta Manor Krishna Temple, in Watford, north of London, during an open day for pilgrims to celebrate 'Janmashtami' - the birth of Lord Krishna.

    (Facundo Arrizabalaga/AFP/Getty Images)

    A man helps a child dressed as Hindu god Krishna fix his crown at a procession during Janmashtami festival in Katmandu, Nepal, August 21.

    (Niranjan Shrestha/Associated Press)

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    Krishna Janmashtami

    Indian Hindu devotees form a human pyramid to break the 'dahi-handi' (curd-pot), as part of celebrations of 'Janmashtami' which marks the birth of Hindu God Lord Krishna. Scores of Hindu devotees of Lord Krishna take part in the dahi-handi celebration, where a large earthenware pot is filled with milk, curds, butter, honey and fruits and suspended from a height of between 6 to 12 metres (20 to 40 feet). Participants then come forward to claim this prize by constructing a human pyramid until the pyramid is tall enough so that the topmost person is able to reach the pot and claim the contents after breaking it.

    (Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Krishna Janmashtami

    Indian youth make a human pyramid to break the "Dahi Handi."

    (Rafiq Maqbool/Associated Press)

    An Indian Hindu man dressed as Hindu god Krishna looks readies himself before participating in a religious procession ahead of Janamashtami, in Amritsar, India.

    (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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    Krishna Janmashtami

    Indian children dressed as Hindu God Krishna and consort Radha pose during a fancy dress competition held as part of Krishna Janmashtami celebrations at ISKCON Temple in Bangalore, August 21.

    (Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images)

    A street vendor sells portraits of Lord Krishna near the Krishna Temple during the Krishna Janmashtami festival in Lalitpur.

    (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

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    Krishna Janmashtami

    A girl dressed as Krishna poses at the Janmashtami Hindu Festival at Bhaktivedanta Manor.

    (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) 2011 Getty Images

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    Krishna Janmashtami

    An Indian schoolboy is dressed as the Hindu God Krishna.

    (Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)

    1975

    Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sal o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, (Sal, or the 120 Days of Sodom)

    Sal, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Sal o le 120 giornate di Sodoma), commonly referred to as Sal, is a controversial 1975 Italian drama film

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    written and directed by Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini with uncredited writing contributions by Pupi Avati.

    It is based on the book The 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade. Because of its scenes depicting intensely graphic violence, sadism, and sexual depravity, the movie was extremely controversial upon its release, and remains banned in several countries to this day. It was Pasolini's last film; he was murdered shortly before Sal was released.

    The film focuses on four wealthy, corrupted fascist libertines after the fall of Benito Mussolini's Italy in 1944 who kidnap a total of eighteen teenage boys and girls and subject them to four months of extreme violence, sadism,

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    sexual and mental torture. The film is noted for exploring the themes of political corruption, abuse of power, sadism, perversion, sexuality, and fascism.

    The film is set in the Republic of Sal, the Fascist-occupied portion of Italy in 1944. The story is in four segments loosely parallel to Dante's Inferno: the Anteinferno, the Circle of Manias, the Circle of Shit, and the Circle of Blood.

    Link to the unofficial trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvqZQPxOV2M&feature=fvst

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    Xipe Totec God

    -in: Codex Borbonicus-

    The Codex Borbonicus is an Aztec codex written by Aztec priests shortly before or after the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The codex is named after the Palais Bourbon in France. It is held at the Bibliothque de l'Assemble Nationale in Paris. In 2004 Maarten Jansen and Gabina Aurora Prez Jimnez proposed that it be given the indigenous name Codex Cihuacoatl, after the goddess Cihuacoatl.

    The Codex Borbonicus is a single 46.5-foot (14.2 m) long sheet of amatl "paper". Although there were originally 40 accordion-folded pages, the first two and the last two pages are missing. Like all pre-Columbian codices, it was originally entirely pictorial in nature, although some Spanish descriptions were later added. There is dispute as to whether the Codex Borbonicus is pre-Columbian, as the calendar pictures all contain room above them for Spanish descriptions.

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    Illustration of Aztec God Xipe Totec

    -in: Codex Borgia-

    The Codex Borgia (or Borgia Codex or Codex Yoalli Ehecatl) is a Mesoamerican ritual and divinatory manuscript. It is generally believed to have been written before the Spanish conquest of Mexico, somewhere within what is now today southern or western Puebla. The Codex Borgia is a member of, and gives its name to, the Borgia Group of manuscripts.

    The codex is made of animal skins folded into 39 sheets. Each sheet is a square 27 cm by 27 cm (11x11 inches), for a total length of nearly 11 meters (35 feet). All but the end sheets are painted on both sides, providing 76 pages. The codex is read from right to left.

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    Stone, Mexico Valley, 15th centurybefore 1521

    Pendant-Mask Associated to the Rituals of Aztec God Xipe Totec

    In Aztec mythology and religion, Xipe Totec ("our lord the flayed one") was a life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture, vegetation, the east, disease, spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths and the seasons. Xipe Totec was also known by the alternative names Tlatlauhca, Tlatlauhqui Tezcatlipoca ("Red Smoking Mirror") and Youalahuan ("the Night Drinker"). The Tlaxcaltecs and the Huexotzincas worshipped a version of the deity under the name of Camaxtli, and the god has been identified with Yopi, a Zapotec god represented on Classic Period urns. The female equivalent of Xipe Totec was the goddess Xilonen-Chicomecoatl.

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    Mexico, ca. 1500

    Head of Xipe Totec God

    Xipe Totec flayed himself to give food to humanity, symbolic of the way maize seeds lose their outer layer before germination and of snakes shedding their skin. Without his skin, he was depicted as a golden god. Xipe Totec was believed by the Aztecs to be the god that invented war. He had a temple called Yopico within the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan.

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    Mexico, State of Puebla, Tehuacan Valley, 1150/1521 AD

    Xipe Figure

    -ceramic-

    This deity is of uncertain origin. Xipe Totec was widely worshipped in central Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest, and was known throughout most of Mesoamerica. Representations of the god have been found as far away as Mayapan in the Yucatn Peninsula. The worship of Xipe Totec was common along the Gulf Coast during the Early Postclassic. The deity probably became an important Aztec god as a result of the Aztec conquest of the Gulf Coast in the middle of the fifteenth century.