Pet Study III: Man Ray/Électricité, 2003. Sandor, Miller, Fron, Ludden, Strommer. 

moma moments

I had a long conversation on the seats of the Moma Café with a painter - a friend of mine - about the notion of pattern. I'm still convinced that my career of scientist began when I realized that my computer was better than me to draw nice elegant shapes. But had I been better in drawing, I probably would have a completely different life.

Aesthetics is really an important concept for many scientists: an equation must be well balanced and symmetrical. A graph should fit nicely into the axis frame. Colors should have nice shades. I hope that one day, I'll find the energy, time and inspiration to work on some more artistic subjects. Just to concentrate on the beauty of things and beings.

The battle of Algiers, Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966 

Tranche d'histoire

Après avoir visionné " Escadrons de la mort : l'école Française", j'ai eu envie de voir le fameux film "la bataille d'Alger", à propos de la guerre d'Algérie et de la lutte entre le FLN et l'armée Française pour la capitale.

Il se trouve que le film a une certaine actualité, 38 ans après sa sortie, après sa censure officielle - ou officieuse - en France. Ressortant en 2004 aux É.U. ou bien projeté sur Arte, le public a pu revoir ce mi-film mi-docu aux idées qui résonnent bien fort aujourd'hui, durant cette sale guerre d'Irak. Le terrorisme : un mot qui peut décidément prendre beaucoup de sens différents.

Korova Milk bar, 200 Ave A, East Village. 

Coming back from vacation

I didn't really take time to post during the last days. I spent two weeks in France in my family during the holidays.
I finally bought an iPod ! 20 Gb that are going to be filled pretty quickly it seems.

Other new toys:

last.fm : a really cool site that shows users' playlists and allows streaming of their mp3s. Definitely great !

and newly visited NYC hang outs:

Do Hwa: yummy Korean restaurant in West Village (55 Carmine str). Its lemon ginger champagne was elected in 2003 bythe village voice as the best cocktail to throw into a bad date's face.

Korova milk bar: a réplique of the clockwork orange's bar for little droogies...