Nice Johannes, I have also great memories of Brasilia, his wonderful cathedral, his museums in Sao Paulo! I was going to meet him some years ago, in Sao Paulo. I was there with a crew of Swedish architects and artists, but his assistent told us he couldn't meet us, because he was marrying for fourth time. This time he was 99 and she was 34 years old, a secretary to him. Such a great architect and man he was! Ana
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Johannes Birringer < [email protected]> wrote: > > > a strange circumstance, I taught Oscar Niemeyer on Tuesday in my dance > seminar on theatre & architecture, > and now he dies. This is very sad. I have such great memories of > his buildings in Brasilia & São Paulo, i climbed his Braille theatre > pyramid, descended into his chapel and listened to space (not confessions) > i bought his books, attracted to his drawings. > > and he won't be forgotten. > he also lived long, he was 104, good man, > > a fellow traveler and spirit to the late Kazuo Ohno. > Maybe i'll choreograph a piece one day on the two of them, their strange > unknown pas de deux... > > greetings > > Johannes Birringer > > PS > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243924/Architect-Oscar-Niemeyer-recreated-Brazils-sensuous-curves-concrete-dies-aged-104.html?ito=feeds-newsxml > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- http://writings-escrituras.tumblr.com/ http://maraya.tumblr.com/ http://www.twitter.com/caravia158 http://www.scoop.it/t/art-and-activism/ http://www.scoop.it/t/food-history-and-trivia http://www.scoop.it/t/gender-issues/ http://www.scoop.it/t/literary-exiles/ http://www.scoop.it/t/museums-and-ethics/ http://www.scoop.it/t/urbanism-3-0 http://www.scoop.it/t/postcolonial-mind/ cell Sweden +4670-3213370 cell Uruguay +598-99470758 "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return. — Leonardo da Vinci
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