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[ a visual dictionary through language and cultures ]
Mescaline
Editors Ana Luisa Isola, Vincenzo Angileri
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Design Tutorial Pol Pèrez @Folch Studio Typographic Tutorial Laura Meseguer Contributors in alphabetical order Marina Abramovic, Michael Haneke, Tom Waits
ISSN 1355-5901 © 2013 Published twice a year by Mescaline Magazine S.L., an independent publishing venture by Babel.
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Mescaline is Babel's biannual publication. An exquisite and amusing visual dictionary, which content brings us language and cultural knowledge. Mescaline works as a blend of sensations and definitions. It is a synesthetic and analogic magazine.
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GLOSSARY
MUSIC
Proverbs/False friends
Tom Waits
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QUESTIONNAIRE
QUESTIONNAIRE
Marina Abramovic
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Tahiti Tattoo
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Berlin
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Glossary
Language
LANGUAGE THROUGH IMAGES
[ˈɡlɒs.ər.i] Is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms. Traditionally, a glossary appears at the end of a book. That’s where we begin.
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glos·sa·ry
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prov·erbs [ˈprɒv.ɜːbs] Is a short sentence, usually known by many people, stating something commonly experienced or giving advice.
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GLOSSARY: PART I
Proverbs
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JAPANESE PROVERB
千里之行，始於足下 [A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step]
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MAORI PROVERB
Titiro ki te ra, a hinga atarangi ki muri ia koe [Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you]
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CHINESE PROVERB
智者指着月亮， 白痴着眼于手指。 [When the wise man points at the Moon, the idiot looks at the finger.]
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Uccello in gabbia non per amor, canta per rabbia. [A bird in a cage sings not for love, but for rage.]
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False Friends
GLOSSARY: PART II
[fﾉ値s frends] Words that are often confused with other words in another language with a different meaning because the two words look or sound similar.
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false friﾂｷends
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estate
[esˈtate] n. The season of the year between spring and autumn
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[ɪˈsteɪt] n. An area or amount of land or property;
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devil
[ˈdev.əl] n. An evil being, often represented in human form but with a tail and horns
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False Friends
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[ˈdeb.ɪl] adj. Not strong, or not strong enough to work, last, succeed, be effective
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débil
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flor
[flˈor] n. The part of a plant that is often brightly coloured and has a pleasant smell
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PORTUGUESE
False Friends
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[flɔːr] n. The flat surface of a room on which you walk
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floor
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Cabinet for Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank, c. 1950-1959. Courtesy of Jackson Design AB in Stockholm, Sweden. Explore over 100,000 more works of art and design for sale from 1,800 leading galleries and dealers worldwide. artnet.com – the art world online.
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Music
howl·ing im·ages [ˈhaʊ.lɪŋ ˈɪm.ɪdʒs] “I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.”
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MUSIC THROUGH IMAGES
Tom Waits
Dead and lovely
Well, hell doesn’t want you and heaven is full The earth died screaming
Nothing’s ever as it seems climb the ladder to your dreams Lullaby
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If two people know the same things, one of you is unnecessary
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They say if you want to get far enough, you’ll be on your way back home Time is just memory mixed in with desire
Blind love
The part you throw away
I want you to kiss me like a stranger again Kiss me
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The places that I’m dreaming of - do they dream of me? Whistle down the wind
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The things you can’t remember tell the things you can’t forget Time
I said I’m gonna join the circus ‘cause that’s where I belong Table top Joe
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CULTURE THROUGH IMAGES
[rɪˈpɔːt] Is to give a description of something or information about it. In the next pages, the reportages shown are about cultures: ways of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time.
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Sapologie [Gentlemen of Congo] Francesco Giusti
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Ta··hi·ti Tattoo [Skin's language] Gian Paolo Barbieri
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Tlön, Uqbar, Urbis Tertius [Jorge Luis Borges]
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Recovery XLVI book from Anglo-American Cyclopedia Recovery XI book from Tlön Encyclopedia
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Creators A. Borges B. Orbis Tertius
People C. narrator D. reader
Concept a. literature b. time c. materialisms d. geometry
Objects 1. tale 2. book XLVI 3. book XI 4. compass 5. cone 6. encyclopedia
turning points creative process narrative development worlds border bridge between worlds
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Argentine poet, story writer and essayist. Borges’ work embraces the “character of unreality in all literature”. His most famous books are compilations of short stories, renowned for the rich and fantastical imagery.
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People
PEOPLE THROUGH IMAGES
[ˌkwɛstʃəˈnɛə] A simple question which the interviewed answers through a combination of images that abstractly gives depth information than the traditional interview.
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ques·tion·naire
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Marina Abramovic*
*Marina Abramovic /marǐːna abrǎːmoʋitɕ/ Is a Serbian performance artist who began her career in the early 1970s. Active for over three decades, she has recently begun to describe herself as the “grandmother of performance art.”
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**Mind Possibilities /ˈmaɪnd ˌpɒs.əˈbɪl.ɪ.tis/ Is the set of cognitive faculties that enables consciousness, perception, thinking, judgement, and memory.
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Mind Possibilities**
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Micheal Haneke*
*Micheal Haneke /mɪçaːʔeːl ˈhaːnəkə/ Is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. Makes movies, faces reality, love pigeons.
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**Happiness /ˈhæp.i.nəs/ Is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.
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Atlas
at·las [ ˈætləs] A collection of images that systematically illustrates Babel's particular point of view about a city and it's culture.
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PLACES THROUGH IMAGES
Places
Berlin Is the capital city of Germany and considerate as a world city of culture and politics, being home to renowned universities, orchestras, museums and is well known for its festivals, architecture, nightlife, contemporary arts, and an extremely high quality of living.
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Legacy
Blocs upon blocs of past The soul of a city manifests itself in a revealing way through the architecture. Berlin's history has left the city with an eclectic assortment of it. Each of the national governments initiated ambitious construction programs, with each adding its distinct flavour to the city's architecture and its distinct political/social ideology to the city.
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A new skin With enormous fractures and spaces, not only urban but also cultural, Berlin is a place for the experimentation: a new generation is now building a new city. The constant ruptures have created an architectural laboratory with the interaction of historic buildings and famous architectures of the new century. The whole city is growing and changing face day by day.
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Innovation
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Krautrock
Kosmische musik Is an eclectic mix of post-psychedelic jamming and moody progressive rock mixed with ideas from contemporary experimental classical music. By the early 1970s experimental West German rock styles had crossed the border into East Germany, influencing the creation of the rock movement, which have had strong influence on later generations.
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A kind of biotope Is the place where the life of the old east and west Germany converge as in no other place in the country. After the fall of the wall, the district suddenly found itself in the middle of the city again. The borough which has historically been home to the Berlin's punk movement as well as other alternative subcultures is nowadays one of the trendy places of Berlin.
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Kreuzberg
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Memory
An empire forefront The term fascism is derived from the Latin word fasces. The fasces, which consisted of a bundle of rods that were tied around an axe, was an ancient Roman symbol of the authority of the civic magistrate. The war and post war period, divided and reunited the city of Berlin, generating the creation of the actual rebellious street art culture that has a deep meaning behind.
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The art house Originally "Friedrichsstadtpassagen", was built as a department store and served as a Nazi prison for a short while. Partially demolished, after the Berlin Wall had come down it was taken over by artists who called it Tacheles - Yiddish for "straight talking”. The house of many artists and collectives, had colorful graffiti-style murals painted on the exterior walls, and modern art sculptures featured inside.
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Bar 25: a documentary
Showdown in Spreepark Worlds away from society's conventions and norms, Bar25 became the melting pot from which a truly Berlin culture emerged. The creators of the bar were four young guys whose freewheeling way of life, of music, individuality and never ending energy transformed a riverside wasteland into a fantasy land by the river Spree.
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"Private Property" Helmut Newton’s provocative black and white photography in the neoclassical building of what was formerly an army officers' casino. Since 2004, the museum presents temporary exhibitions on the life and work of the German-Australian photographer - one of the most important fashion portraitists of the 20th century.
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Currywurst
Beloved cult sausage The invention of Currywurst is attributed to Herta Heuwer in Berlin in 1949 after she obtained ketchup, worcestershire sauce and curry powder from British soldiers. Soon enough, Berlin underwent a Currywurst explosion and copycats stands sprang up across the city hoping to emulate Heuwer's success. A commemorative plaque can now be found at the site of her first kiosk.
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Inside the multicultural shell The Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin is Germany's national centre for contemporary continental and world art. It presents art exhibitions, theater and dance performances, concerts, author readings, films and academic conferences on nonEuropean art and culture. It was designed in 1957 by the American architect Hugh Stubbins Jr. as a part of the Interbau exhibition.
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House of World Cultures
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Synesthesia
THROUGH IMAGES
synesthesia Is a neurological condition that stimulates experiences in a second sensory pathway. Here we propose to you to experience a sound synesthesia, which involves listening to a Nicolas Jaar's album in correlation to a Rothko paintings stimulation.
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