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Is Minimalist Architecture Cold?????
One common criticism of minimalism in architecture - or in design in general - is that it is aesthetically cold and that it creates an unwelcoming home environment. Proponents of the design style argue that in fact minimalism is more welcoming than more ornate styles of design. They say that taking the "less is more" approach creates a relaxing, calming environment free of all of the clutter that demands attention in more ornate design styles. In reality, it all comes down to a matter of taste. Some people prefer grandiose architecture while some prefer simple and clean styles. The principles of minimalism can be applied poorly, which can indeed be stark, but properly employed, minimalism can be elegant and inviting.
One common criticism of minimalism in architecture - or in design in general - is that it is aesthetically cold and that it creates an unwelcoming home environment. Proponents of the design style argue that in fact minimalism is more welcoming than more ornate styles of design. They say that taking the "less is more" approach creates a relaxing, calming environment free of all of the clutter that demands attention in more ornate design styles. In reality, it all comes down to a matter of taste. Some people prefer grandiose architecture while some prefer simple and clean styles. The principles of minimalism can be applied poorly, which can indeed be stark, but properly employed, minimalism can be elegant and inviting.
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To further understand the concept you can further check out the concepts of Neo - Minimalism and Post minimalism. That was it for today, next week we will bring you guys a different idea....for your comments and inputs pm us at @BemnetTeklemriam @DagmawitA @redi_H
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Jorga is a self-taught musician with influences that span the spirit and innovation of Jazz and the ancient and diverse sounds found in Ethiopian music. A professional performer since the age of 17, his career boasts appearances with Tsegaye Gebremedhin, Carolyn Beard Withlow, The Last Poets, Vijay Iyer, Wayna Wondossen, Kirk Whalum, Takana Miyamoto, Gizze Reggae band, Dionne Farris, Aster Aweke, Mahmoud Ahmed and Mulatu Astatke. As a saxophone and piano instructor, Jorga teaches at the at African Jazz School, Mekanisa Mekanyesus Music School and the Wusate Berhan Abere Music Training Center for the Visually Impaired.
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"I am a funk-jazz musician/epidemiologist and have dreams of Ethio-jazz being grooved to in world night clubs... I have a great passion to contribute my share in reversing the brain drain."
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Jorga is the founder of the Ethio-jazz group Wudasse and composed the score to Haile Gerimas epic movie Teza, for which he won the award for Best Music Selection at the twenty-second Carthage Film Festival and Best Composer Award at the fifth Dubai International Film Festival.
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During the Derg years, for a while, everyone who could get out got out, says Jorga whose family fled when he was 14, eventually settling in Atlanta. Doctors, lawyers and musicians left. The countrys famed Ethio-jazz sound, born in the 1960s, disappeared only to be reborn in the United States among the diaspora community.
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For a while, even the Ethiopian pop hits were being exported from the U.S. into Ethiopia. Says Jorga who came back to Ethiopia in 2007.
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Coming back here was like finding peace. He and other diaspora musicians has revitalized the Addis Ababa music scene. You feel like you are where you are supposed to be.The community appreciates you coming back, he said.
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The Nile project description
Music is a language, exclaims Ethiopian sax player and Nile Project musician Jorga, and in the Nile Project, the conversation is about love. The love of craft, of place, of the river that connects eleven countries and millions of people.
Music is a language, exclaims Ethiopian sax player and Nile Project musician Jorga, and in the Nile Project, the conversation is about love. The love of craft, of place, of the river that connects eleven countries and millions of people.
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The passion and affection spring forth via one of the tightest cross-cultural collaborations in history. Forged over weeks of carefully calibrated workshops and participatory composition, the Nile Project Collective members hail from all along the great river, from its sources beyond Lake Victoria to its delta in Egypt.