tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143274842024-03-07T15:40:56.842-08:00love, ani xoeverything you ever wanted to know about uruguay. right here. right now.
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akalemkerian@gmail.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1158103059822973032006-09-12T16:09:00.000-07:002006-09-12T16:17:39.853-07:00carlos liscanoI posted an entry a few months ago on the uruguayan writer carlos liscano who was a political prisoner during the military dictatorship of the 70's and 80's in uruguay. he wrote a book called <a href="http://www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/bookdetail.asp?book_id=3838">truck of fools</a> about the 13 years that he spent tortured in a uruguayan prison. i noticed that the vancouver library didn't have this book so i made a request for them to purchase it and they did! i was the first person to borrow it, and i tried reading it but couldn't finish. mostly because it's too depressing and i don't know if the translation is that good. or maybe it's the writing that isn't too inspiring. i'm returing it soon, so if you live in vancouver and you're interested in this book you can borrow it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1155695968293013782006-08-15T19:01:00.000-07:002006-08-21T00:20:30.460-07:0060's-70's Uruguayan music on CITRHere's the track listing for today's show. <br /><br />1- Los Encadenados - Es Dificil Callar<br />2- Los Shakers - Brak it all<br />3- Los Mockers - Let me try again<br />4- Los Delfines - 2 blind mice<br />5- Kano y los bulldogs - Sobre un vidrio mojado<br />6- OVNI 87 - Sueno un camino<br />7- Los Campos - Mi reino bajo el sol<br />8- Opus Alfa - Calma de un dia<br />9- Dias de blues - Vuela<br />10-Totem - Orejas<br />11-Psiglo - Es Inutil<br />12-Las Hojas - Your mother really doesn't appreciate too much our friendship but I don't mind<br />(something happened and track 13 didn't make it on the show) so now i'm making it available to download. <br />13-<a href="http://rapidshare.de/files/29557810/genesis_-_En_La_Ventana_De_Un_Bar.mp3.html">Genesis - En la ventana de un bar </a><br />14-Elegia - Destema<br /><br />Books on 60's-70's Uruguayan rock: <a href="http://www.uruguaytrade.com/rock/">De la cuevas al solis</a> by Fernando Peláez Bruno <br /><br /><a href="http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/waterloo/728/magicland/index.html">The Magic Land</a> A guide to Beat, Psychedelic and Progressive Rock music between 1966 & 1977 in Argentina and Uruguay.<br /><br />Uruguayan Rock sites:<br /><a href="http://ururock.com/">UruRock</a><br /><a href="http://www.progresiva70s.com/rock_uruguayo.htm">Progresiva 70's</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_rock">Uruguayan Rock on Wikipedia</a><br /><br />On YouTube:<br />Los Mockers<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64m2hI__-DU">Paint it Black </a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3lep9VZfqU">All the time</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9m0q7D53vY">What a life</a><br /><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=aYp8h2kOylw">Don't go away</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmFI969msEE">Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hhJqV58wMo">Break it all</a><br /><br />Urbano Moraes <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su4zr8Q04NU">Interview on TV Ciudad, Montevideo</a> Talking about the 60s and 70s rock in Uruguay and his career playing with The Knacks, El Kinto, Rubén Rada and Eduardo Mateo and your solo albums.<br /><br /><br />If you live in Uruguay and are in a band or play music on your own, send me an email: iheartani at gmail.com<br />I'm working on a radio show of new Uruguayan music.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1154208031868415462006-07-29T14:15:00.000-07:002006-07-29T14:20:31.866-07:00the uruguayan invasioni found <a href="http://www.crabwalk.com/archive/2006/07/11/i_love_uruguay.php">this blog</a> today with an entry about the uruguayan music invasion of the 60's. it's great to know that americans are writing and loving uruguay.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1154065318063652512006-07-27T22:34:00.000-07:002006-08-01T23:26:52.383-07:00ruido screening at the latin american film festival in vancouver!i just finished translating an interview that oswaldo perez conducted with the director of <a href="http://www.eneccine.com/ruido1/sinopsis.htm">ruido</a> the interview will be in spanish in the next issue of <a href="http://www.lavanguardia.ca/">la vanguardia de vancouver</a>. <br /><br />by oswaldo perez<br /><br />You're going to enter into the mind of uruguayan filmmaker marcelo bertalmio, director of the black comedy Ruido which will screen during the latin american film festival at the pacific cinemateque on september 7th at 9:30pm. <br /><br />ruido centers around a man living in poverty who seems to be getting into lots of bad luck. his wife is unfaithful, His bosses were jerks, classist assholes. At the end, he was in one of those dead end puzzles, an infinite labirynth that overwhealms him and makes him think of a desperate solution. He moves in a different world that isn't cruel. This is where the situational comedy becomes a little surreal and sends basilio on a trip that will make him revalue his life. The acting is brilliant, the music is amazing and the humour is light while touching on themes that are inherent in the depths of human psychology. this is what describes en existencial comedy for head bangers while at the same time could also be accessible to the whole public. a well made film from marcelo bertamio, one of the emerging uruguayan directors who's communicating through the language of celluloid. Coming up next is a window to his mind. <br /><br />where do you live? how did you get the financing?<br /><br />i live in barcelona and the financing was a very long and difficult process. with the help of our producer, natacha lópez, between 2001-2004, she was able to get 2 grants and attracted producers from argentina and spain. <br /><br /> <br />why do you call it an existencial comedy for head bangers?<br /><br />i noticed that with my head banger friends, i rarely went to see existencial films from bergman, antonioni or dreyer. our film is between kiarostami and bud spencer. <br /><br />talk to me about the soundtrack<br /><br />the original music is from maximiliano silveira, a uruguayan composer who did some excellent work. the existing songs are, with the exception of one, from uruguayan bands, that with my understanding, represent the local scene: motosierra, the supersonicos, astroboy and max capote. the only song that isn't uruguayan is manplanet, a band from minneapolis that unfortunately broke up 2 years ago. <br /><br />what are the symbols of ruido? i see that there's a few clear ones like the noise inspector, but there should be others that arent's so obvious.<br /><br />unfortunately we had to omit all the symbolisms in the shooting because different events were complicating things: the rain, 3 sunsets, the beach full of locusts...<br /><br />how did you get the ideas for the film? walking down the beach, thinking of a crab's immortality, sleeping in a truck? in other words, how did you get inspired and how long did it take to turn an initial idea to the final production?<br /><br />ruido has a few central ideas that came to me in different ways. the noise inspector is based on a friend's adventure, fernando acasuso, who really works as a noise inspector in montevideo. i don't remember where the patients came from, but i'm sure it doesn't come from fernando. the development of all these ideas as a script took me 9 months. writing in various neighborhood cafés. <br /><br />what would you do if you only had one day to live?<br /><br />answer questions for la vanguardia de vancouver!<br /><br />in this chaotic industrialization that we live in, do you believe that human beings spend most of their time doing things that we hate, wasting time and forgetting to enjoy life? ruido is like giving you advice. or what is the moral of the story if there is one?<br /><br />I agree with you, but ruido isn't a movie with a moral: it's made to tell a story and to make the viewer feel something and identify with the characters, but i don't want to show a certain point of view.<br /><br />what is your definition of black humour in latin america?<br /><br />i don't know. there's very little of it i think. i don't know if there’s much of it for that matter. what i like the most is the magazine "barcelona: european solutions for argentinian problems". edited in buenos aires. for me, black humour is garcía berlanga, one of my favourite directors. <br /><br />what can we expect from uruguayan cinema in the next few years after all these excellent productions lately?<br /><br />we can expect more excellent productions or on the contrary to not live up to our expectations. <br /><br />what are your next projets?<br /><br />a feature film entitled "1983". a comedy about military intelligence during the uruguayan dictatorship in the year 1983.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1153291992793479812006-07-18T23:43:00.001-07:002006-07-19T00:00:06.976-07:00montevideo street art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/thein.1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/thein.1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />artist: santiago<br /><br />more from montevideo from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazicow/sets/72157594161563592/">crazi cow art's flickr</a>. i remember seeing his gorilla head stencil on 18 de julio. <br /><br />and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dav/sets/215188/">dav's flickr</a><br /><br />some stencils from argentina from <a href="http://www.fotolog.com/nazza_stncl">nazza</a> with links to other sites.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1152203991070915922006-07-06T09:37:00.000-07:002006-07-08T13:27:33.176-07:00sad news for uruguayan cinemai just found out through my aunt in montevideo, that juan pablo rebella, one of the directors of 25 watts and whisky commited suicide today at 4am. he was 32.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/juan.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/juan.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />juan pablo rebella on the right with co-director pablo stoll<br /><br />i found <A href="http://www.montevideo.com.uy/noticia_31390_1.html">this article</A> in spanish.<br /><br />it says that his body was found by his girlfriend and pablo stoll. both 25 watts and whisky are considered the 2 best films in uruguayan history. both films received many awards. they've been working on a script for the next film. he was born in 1974 and studied in a catholic university where he started working with pablo stoll. the news of his death is a surprise and it's leaving a void to anyone close to the culture of our country. words cannot describe the personal sadness of this loss.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1152043003856578492006-07-04T12:52:00.000-07:002006-07-14T22:57:20.033-07:00uruguayan artist showing in seattle"Born in Uruguay and living in New York, Marco Maggi is known for ambitious installations made from thousands of reams of paper, stacked, scattered, and slumped about the gallery. The reams have minute incisions on their surfaces and the flaps of paper are bent into delicate arches and some bewilderingly complex architectural forms. The overall effect is of a cross between the ancient ruins of pre-Columbian civilizations and computer circuitry, suggesting the growing obsolescence of paper in communication. The scores of blank pages alternately serve as reminders of potential expression. Maggi has exhibited nationally and internationally, including biennials in Korea, Havana, Sao Paulo, and is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, and many noted private collections."<br /><br />unfortunately this show ended a few days ago. i got to see it while i was in seattle. <br /><br />at the <A href="http://www.howardhouse.net/current/index.html">howard house</A><br /><br /><a href="http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images/751/32073.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images/751/32073.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />some other examples of his work <A href="http://www.hosfeltgallery.com/HTML/artists/Big_MarcoMaggi/kitslides.html">here</A><br /><br />his <A href="http://sicardi.com/Artists/profile.cfm?artistid=88">cv</A>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1152042243560571762006-07-04T12:32:00.000-07:002006-07-04T12:44:57.036-07:00art and feminism in uruguayan article i found in an old issue of flash art. nov/dec. 1993<br /><br />by ana tiscornia<br /><br />"although we have known for some time that women had little to do with the contemporary formulation of the idea of art, it should be noted that feminist theory still has not defined its own terms on the subject. the parameters identifying relevance in an artistic construction continue to be those hegemonically established by men, although some attempts have been made by feminists to compensate for the unilateral view. <br /><br />in this context, an exhibition of women artists at the galeria del notoriado in montevideo, organized by cotidiano mujer magazine, should be highlighted. the curatorial criterion may seem unrelated to art, since it presented work by the artist positions but rather the fact of belonging to the same non governmental institution. one of the pluses of the unusual selection though, was the simultaneous presentation of works by experienced and new artists. <br /><br />with the installations by nelbia romero, incresasingly emphatic of a conceptual direction, the photographs by diana mines, a pioneer of artistic experiments with the camera, lucy duarte's paintings, which remain loyal to her own neo-expressionism, the journalistic photographs recontextualized by nancy urrutia, and the innovative works by younger artists, a wide spectrum of ideas emerged. tihs unique, inexpensive exhibition proved wrong the director of montevideo's museo de artes visuales, who told a foreign critic 2 years ago, "there are no important women artists in uruguay."<br /><br />other 1993 events confirming the fallacy of the official, male position on the subject of women artists in uruguay, includes the success of the uruguayan representative at the venice biennale,, agueda dicancro, whose work was celebrated by the press. (dicancro had represented uruguay at the sao paulo biennial a few years earlier with similar success). also, the painter claudia anselmi has been selected by japan as the only uruguayan to participate in osala's painting triennal."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1149489060960056392006-06-04T23:12:00.000-07:002006-06-11T00:07:56.036-07:00download my cousin's album<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20737.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20737.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />in one of my old entries i included a few mp3's that my cousin from montevideo recorded. this time you can <a href=" http://s9.quicksharing.com/v/7383257/Hagop.rar.html">download the whole album</a> with a higher bitrate. the album is called songs for garo. garo is the name of his son. please leave comments if you like it. i'll forward it to him.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1149486482446247062006-06-04T22:46:00.000-07:002006-06-04T22:48:02.450-07:00avenida 9 de julio: the widest avenue in the worldhere's an article that i found on avenida 9 de julio in buenos aires from last weekend's newspaper. <br /><br />Excitement abounds on Buenos Aires' famous street<br /><br />BUENOS AIRES -- In the two minutes and 20 seconds or so that it takes to cross "The Widest Avenue in the World" the fortunate pedestrian might notice some or all of the following:<br /><br />- The faint whiff of burning incense.<br /><br />- Ten dogs on one leash.<br /><br />- A man rowing a boat on dry ground.<br /><br />- The digitized chirping of imaginary birds.<br /><br />This is Avenida 9 de Julio, the often-clogged artery that runs through the heart of Argentina's capital. Downtown, the avenue stretches across 16 lanes of traffic -- and in some places balloons to several more, counting corollary streets that run immediately alongside in places. It is divided by pedestrian islands in the middle, and crosswalks interrupt the avenue at each block.<br /><br />"You just have to respect the traffic lights," said Maria Rosa Lannes, 64, preparing to cross at its hyperkinetic intersection with Corrientes Avenue at about 10 a.m. "That's the most important thing."<br /><br />Possibly. But before the lights even come into play, you have to respect the curb. Stand beyond the line of the curb -- even one step -- and your toes are asking for it. The aggressively efficient drivers of Buenos Aires make the most of each traffic lane, customarily ignoring the painted lines and jamming their cars and trucks into whatever spaces they can.<br /><br />The spaces where they can't is where the motorcycles go.<br /><br />When the "walk" sign lights up, the rush of pedestrians trying to make it to the other side begins. Not all the way to the other side, of course. That would be a fool's quest. They just want to get to an island in the middle, then wait for the next stoplight cycle.<br /><br />Matias Medina, 22, is a pedestrian on a mission: to get the 10 dogs tethered to his leash across the street without incident. He is one of the city's many professional dog-walkers, and his reputation depends greatly on the safety of his charges. "It's not easy," he said, pausing at the curb with his panting crew. "To be a dog-walker here is a job, for sure."<br /><br />Speaking of jobs, the intersection is a hotbed of them. When the traffic stops, people such as Javier Cocero, 39, wade out among the stopped cars holding advertisements for magazines and radio stations on large boards. Others hawk wares from notebooks to electric doorbells, including one model that makes a sound like a chirping bird.<br /><br />Diego Balmaceda, 36, is one of several island dwellers who have set up souvenir shops selling things such as yerba mate gourds, key chains and incense sticks. He usually keeps one stick burning to attract customers.<br /><br />He figures the weirdest thing that's ever crossed his path was the guy in the boat.<br /><br />The man had cut a hole in the middle of a boat frame; his legs stuck through the hole, allowing him to walk the vessel across the street.<br /><br />"He had an oar, and was pretending like he was rowing," Balmaceda remembered. "I think he was mad at the government."<br /><br />Not surprising, because the avenue is a magnet for the politically engaged. About twice a month, political demonstrations -- both for and against the government -- cross the avenue here, said Roberto Salmon, 32, another vendor on the island.<br /><br />On this day, hundreds of people carried flags to celebrate Argentina's approaching Independence Day. Pedestrians and drivers clamored for the attention of Diego Colombo, 38, who handed out free flags on behalf of a radio station.<br /><br />"Don't give him one!" yelled one man leaning out of a truck window, smiling and pointing at one man approaching Colombo. "He's Brazilian!"<br /><br />Argentina's ever-simmering rivalry with Brazil, in fact, raises serious questions about the avenue: Is it really the widest in the world? Could thousands of Argentine postcards be wrong? Could Brazil, of all places, have them beat with the Eixo Monumental that runs through Brasilia?<br /><br />Yes, according to several Brazil-friendly Internet sites that claim the title on its behalf.<br /><br />But they're wrong. Kind of. Ask any Argentine.<br /><br />The vast majority of the Eixo Monumental's width is the green parkland that separates its two six-lane roadways.<br /><br />Avenida 9 de Julio has more lanes. That's what counts in Argentina.<br /><br />Claudio Martinez, 32, a bicycle messenger, said he loves the street. Pity it doesn't seem to love him. He said he's been hit by cars here three times -- in 2000, 2002 and five months ago.<br /><br />"It's an amazing avenue," he said, affixing a flag to the fender of his beleaguered bike, "but you have to be careful."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1149486133397892842006-06-04T22:37:00.000-07:002006-06-04T22:42:13.416-07:00football at la pasiva<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20583.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20583.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />there was a big football match that night. people take football so seriously there. there was a big tv at the far left of the pic that you can't see.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1148611424903701902006-05-25T19:39:00.000-07:002006-05-25T19:43:44.920-07:00murga photosDamián from the the blog <a href="http://lorocollazo.blogspot.com/">lorocollazo</a> sent me an email to check out his murga photos so check it out. there's some nice ones.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1147930510161078602006-05-17T22:17:00.000-07:002006-05-19T15:15:34.680-07:00ruido (noise)a few years ago, i could hardly name a uruguayan film, and it seems like there's so many good films coming from uruguay now. or maybe there's better distribution and people are taking notice and screening them in festivals. ruido came out last year and might get shown in vancouver this year. i saw it last night on video. at first, i couldn't believe it was shot in montevideo. everything looked very modern and most films shot there always show the old, badly maintained buildings, depression and poverty. maybe it's because the director, Marcelo Bertalmío, never really grew up in montevideo. he was born there, but grew up in madrid. he moved to montevideo to study engineering and now lives in barcelona. this is a spanish, argentinian and uruguayan co-production. here's the film's <a href="http://www.eneccine.com/ruido1/sinopsis.htm">website</a>.(in spanish). check out the trailer. it's a funny movie. here's a <a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117930237?categoryid=31&cs=1">review</a> in english.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1147209260504892532006-05-09T14:07:00.000-07:002006-05-09T14:15:35.160-07:00adios momoa new uruguayan film was recently screened at the tribeca film festival. it's called <a href="http://www.adiosmomo.com/" target="gadga">adios momo</a>. the director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723051/">leonardo ricagni</a> is from montevideo. i don't know yet if this movie is any good but the stills on the movie site look good.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1146768677553875442006-05-04T11:47:00.000-07:002006-05-04T11:51:38.190-07:00la vanguardia de vancouveryou can read an article that i wrote on Piriápolis in vancouver's new spanish language newspaper. here's a <a href="http://www.lavanguardia.ca/pdf_epaper/Vanguardia_Mayo.pdf" target="gaa">pdf link</a> of this months issue. i'm at the very end. page 27.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1146678109766421712006-05-03T10:24:00.000-07:002006-05-03T10:41:49.846-07:00punta del este - out jose ignacio - inthere's an article in the travel section of the globe and mail today about how the jet set are looking for the latest unheard of holiday spot. Barcelona, Uruguay and Ibiza are off the A-list. in the article they mention this:<br /><br />"A couple of years ago I told Michael Roberts (of Vanity Fair) I was off to Uruguay", says Collins (a British interior designer), matter of factly. "he said, "punta del Este?" And I said "oh, my God, no. that place is so over. it's full of Urutrash. "Anyway, i told Michael I was actually going to see Jose Ignacio, a [rather glamorous] little fishing village along the coast."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1146204215886737222006-04-27T23:00:00.000-07:002006-04-27T23:48:33.443-07:00a dog in montevideo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/dog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/dog.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />i took this photo in 1988. from the balcony of our old apartment in la teja.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1145947260998822722006-04-24T23:35:00.000-07:002006-04-24T23:41:01.013-07:00flower tree in piriapoliswhat type of tree is this? it's gorgeous. i have a picture of myself by this tree and the pink of the flowers reflected on my face and made it look pink! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20542.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20542.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20547.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20547.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20546.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20546.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20548.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20548.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20543.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20543.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1145594242892491512006-04-20T21:28:00.000-07:002006-04-20T21:54:06.996-07:00Colonia Escolar de Vacaciones<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20541.0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20541.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />this buidling used to be the first hotel in piriapolis. built in 1905 by francisco piria. it was called Hotel Piriápolis and it's now called colonia escolar de vacaciones. it's an elementary school. in front of the school is the beach. how can you concentrate? <br /><br />next to the school is the argentino hotel which is still a hotel and was once the largest hotel in south america. the construction took 10 years to complete from 1920-1930 at a cost of millions of pesos. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20570.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20570.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />this picture was taken on the far left side of the argentino hotel.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20571.0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20571.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />francisco piria in 1900<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/FranciscoPiria1900.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/FranciscoPiria1900.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1145426571988012562006-04-18T23:01:00.000-07:002006-04-18T23:02:51.990-07:00argentina and uruguay stop sending troops to u.s military academy<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/argentina/story/0,,1747880,00.html" target="gas">guardian.co.uk</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1145426258839420912006-04-18T22:54:00.000-07:002006-04-18T22:57:38.856-07:00on my last day in piriapolis<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20646.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20646.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />it was about to start raining. if you look across the street, all the cars that are normally parked are gone. a few hours later they were about to start the carnival parade and all morning they had the motorcycle guy ride around with his loud speakers telling everyone to remove their cars. i missed the parade.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1145306981741055592006-04-17T13:42:00.000-07:002006-04-18T13:44:11.300-07:00uruguay travel journalsi just found this excellent site for trip journals and here's a <a href="http://www.mytripjournal.com" target="gasg">link</a> for all the uruguay journals. go to best sites and then scroll down to uruguay.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1145072010643931372006-04-14T20:04:00.000-07:002006-04-14T20:41:37.980-07:00humberto pittamiglio<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20058.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20058.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20061.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20061.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />i've seen the castillo pittamiglio before on previous trips but never tried to find out about the person who designed it. then last january, after doing some research on what do do in montevideo, i made sure that seeing this castle was on my itinerary. it's in pocitos across the street from the sea wall. there was a sign on the door that they have guided tours on thursday's at 4 and it seemed that i was always busy during that time so on the last thursday that i was in montevideo, i went but got consused about the time and got there too late. i was so angry at myself for missing this. you can't see it unless you go on that tour. so now i'm trying to find out more about humberto pittamiglio. he was born in montevideo in 1887 and became an architect and alchemist. francisco piria, the founder of piriapolis was his alchemy teacher. pittamiglio died in the 60's. he was single and had no kids. in his will he left this building to the municipality of montevideo to turn it into a cultural centre. there's no information about him in english which is too bad if you're trying to be a culture centre and attracting people that would like to see it and a lot of them are probably tourists. i did find this review from a traveller: <br /><br />"Among dozens of new and modern buildings, at the seaside, you can find an odd construction: El castillo Pittamiglio (Pittamiglio Castle). It is not a real castle, but a strange house easily recognizable by the Victory of Samothraki it has at the frontage. The "castle" was built at early 20th century by Humberto Pittamiglio, an architect and alchemist. The house is full of mystery, hidden charms and strange rooms; it houses the Asociación de Promotores Privados de la Construcción (an association), a cultural center and museum. You can visit this building with a guided tour."<br /><br />i found this <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Pittamiglio">wikipedia page</a> about him and it has more links about him but it's in spanish. <br /><br />and this is the <a href="http://www.appcu.org/">cultural centre</a>. it belongs to the appcu which is the asociacion de promotores privados de la construccion del uruguay (the association and promotion of uruguayan construction).<br /><br />he applied a lot of what he learned in alchemy in the construction of this castle. he used a lot of octogonal shapes which represents the 4 dimensions of the power of the sky with the 4 dimensions of the power of the earth. i'm translating this from a site and i don't think it makes much sense in english or maybe i'm a horrible translator. he designed 2 other castles: one in las flores (maldonado, uruguay), and the other in la quinta de la villa colón (montevideo).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1144726395954812342006-04-10T20:24:00.000-07:002006-04-10T20:33:42.020-07:00la pasivathis picture was taken while i was standing by the doorway of <a href="http://ultimatepubguide.com/pubs/info.phtml?pub_id=221"target="agd">la pasiva</a>, a restaurant chain in uruguay. this one is on 18 de julio and it's the oldest one. i think this location is at least 60 years old. the light fixtures look like they're from the 40's (or maybe earlier). that's why i took the picture. i really love the way they're designed. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/1600/Picture%20669.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1196/15/320/Picture%20669.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14327484.post-1144476895070137142006-04-07T23:14:00.000-07:002006-04-07T23:14:55.086-07:00archival footage of uruguay from 1949<a href="http://www.archive.org/details/Uruguay1949">http://www.archive.org/details/Uruguay1949</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0