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Romario

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The artificial intelligent (IA) is based in data in specific area, the system update of the data and, it could make predictions, identification patrons then autocorrecting all time.  The more incredible is that the data are all experiences that someone could think.

The IA is an unexplored field, because it has many roads digital to explorer.

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This is an adorable and inspiring story about how one blind women could become in professional musician after studying at university for 5 year and She had made a presentation in an auditory in from the many person include judge, she made her final performance with the piano after that she got her certificate as professional.
Leidy Barreto born in Boyacá –Colombia, She is a sensitive, kind and smart person, she now  has a new dream and it is to be a teacher.

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It's Good News Week - Hedgehoppers Anonymus ( Video Remix )

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JUAN GOMEZ - Rare Hummingbird extinct in Colombia is rediscovered.

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JUAN GOMEZ - Rare Hummingbird extinct in Colombia is rediscovered.

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The Humming bird of Santa Marta, is a big humming bird that can be only found in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. It was last seen 10 years ago, since then it was believed extinct. It did part of the top 10 most wanted for the organization of the conservation “wild’s Search for Lost Birds”.

It have been only Photographed 3 times, the first time was in 1946, the second was in 2010 and the actual picture, taken by Yuren Vega.

It was believed extinct due to the deforestation and looseness of its habitat, but now it’s a new hope to recover the wild life.

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Wayne Wright is a 51 years old man who use instant coffee for draw fantastic portraits. The artist draws the portraits in palette and then become its in tables.

The artist from United Kingdom draws in the central streets of Madrid (Spain). He remark Had ever drawn before, and he started when his daughter request him to help with her project: "My daughter request me to painted .So how I didn't have paints I decided to use coffee"

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Este artista crea retratos icónicos a partir de café sobre mesas de centro

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Laura Castro - A policeman was found alive after being lost in the jungle

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Laura Castro - A policeman was found alive after being lost in the jungle

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On May 21, a policeman called Jose Toscano went out to find wood, in the border with Panama, in the jungle, but he never came back. The National Police started an operation to find him that same week. After several days of looking, the police found Jose alive. He was lost in the jungle for 15 days. They were able to transport him to Bogota were he got reunited with his family. Jose will always be grateful with the national police as they never thought of stopping or quitting the operation.

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El uniformado agradeciÃ³ los esfuerzos por encontrarlo.

Foto:

Pantallazo del twitter de Noticias RPTV / Foto: CÃ©sar Melgarejo/ El Tiempo @cesarmelgarejoa

El uniformado agradeció los esfuerzos por encontrarlo.

Encuentra la validación de El Cazamentiras al final de la noticia.

Tras varios días de búsqueda en el municipio de Unguía, Chocó, el subintendente de la Policía Aníbal José Toscano Benítez fue encontrado con vida, ayer 5 de junio en medio de un operativo que la misma institución había emprendido tras el reporte de su desaparición el pasado 21 de mayo.

(En contexto: Encuentran con vida al subintendente de la Policía que había desaparecido en Chocó)

En un video se pueden apreciar las emotivas palabras que el uniformado dirige al general Nicolas Zapata, Director de Antinarcóticos de la Policía Nacional de Colombia, "Gracias, mi General. ¡Gracias por no abandonarme!".

En medio de la videollamada el general Zapata le responde, " nunca se nos pasó por la mente. Me alegra mucho verlo. Ahora le dedico la transmisión de mando a usted, hermano".

El subitendente de 44 años se encontraba estacionado en la base de Alto Limón en Unguía, zona fronteriza con Panamá. El uniformado salió sobre horas de la tarde del 21 de mayo a recoger leña pero no volvió a la base, según reportaron miembros de la Dirección de Antinarcóticos que están en la base binacional mencionada.

(Además: Mujer desaparecida en Bogotá fue encontrada en su apartamento: esto es lo que se sabe)

La Policía Nacional activó el 26 de mayo un operativo de búsqueda con drones, sobrevuelos, perros de búsqueda y rescate, y búsquedas a pie.

Tras varios días de operativo, en los que también hubo cooperación panameña, el mayor general Salamanca dio la noticia del rescate de Toscano a través de su cuenta de twitter, "Agradezco y valoro el trabajo de los policías que no desfallecieron hasta encontrar con vida al subintendente Aníbal Toscano, que había desaparecido en el Chocó".

(También: 'A uno se le arruga el alma': comandante rompe en llanto por búsqueda de niños en selva)

El subintendente ya fue trasladado a Bogotá, donde se encontró con su familia en la dirección de AntiNarcóticos de la Policía en CATAM.

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'Gracias por no abandonarme': el policía que sobrevivió tras perderse en la selva

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El uniformado agradeciÃ³ los esfuerzos por encontrarlo. Foto: Pantallazo del twitter de Noticias RPTV / Foto: CÃ©sar Melgarejo/ El Tiempo @cesarmelgarejoa El uniformado agradeció los esfuerzos por encontrarlo. Encuentra la validación de El Cazamentiras al final de la noticia.

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3 Achievements of Gabriel Boric's in first year in office in Chile 

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3 Achievements of Gabriel Boric's in first year in office in Chile 

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On March 11th, the President of Chile has accomplished 3 outstanding accomplishments

First - Economy - The goverment achieved a fiscal surplus

Second - Social book - Free of charge in all health care services (public services as hospitals)
Third - Minimum wage - Raise the minimum wage to $500.000 CLP (US$625) between now and the end of his goverment

However, there are still many challenges ahead.

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Rewrite: My hopes, dreams and ambitions by Field

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Rewrite: My hopes, dreams and ambitions by Field

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Rocio good work

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ROCIO

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The concept of culture has a lot thinks that describe to people in different places and ways to think.

Now I am going to describe my concept of culture, about the concept of the time, I think that the time isn’t real, the time is an abstract concept and I describe as “Now”. To describe my culture, I have to speak about my family that is a traditional family with many rules for everything but with much love. My culture is very friendly and generous. I consider that Colombian culture is one of the best because of the traditions it keeps. Finally, I love my culture and my people because you really feel their warmth everywhere.

Juan Pablo

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Mexican culture is primarily influenced by its Indigenous inhabitants and the culture of Spain. Mexican culture is described as the 'child' of both western and native American civilizations. Other minor influences include those from other regions of Europe, as well as Asia and Africa. The culture of an individual Mexican is influenced by familial ties, gender, religion, location, and social class, among other factors. Contemporary life in the cities of Mexico has become similar to that in the neighboring United States and in Europe, with provincial people conserving traditions more than city dwellers.

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Mexican culture is primarily influenced by its Indigenous inhabitants and the culture of Spain. Mexican culture is described as the 'child' of both western and native American civilizations. Other minor influences include those from other regions of Europe, as well as Asia and Africa. The culture of an individual Mexican is influenced by familial ties, gender, religion, location, and social class, among other factors. Contemporary life in the cities of Mexico has become similar to that in the neighboring United States and in Europe, with provincial people conserving traditions more than city dwellers.

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My personal concept of culture has relation with the importance of the family, they gave me values and tools that I have needed to face my life.

When you usually spend time with your grandparents, you have the chance to learn many things from their own experience.

For me, the value of hard work is so important, loyalty, education and spending lunch time with family, eating a delicious bandeja paisa or sancocho.

When I have a bad day, I usually talk with my mom, I know that I can always find good advice, I always know I can count on her, and also with my family in the bad times.

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Patterns of handling emotions. Michel Rengifo

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Patterns of handling emotions. Michel Rengifo

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Most of the times we talk about emotions, but hardly ever we talk about how people control emotions in specific moments in life. For example, people just react to all situations, in happiness it is good because that emotion doesn’t have any bad result; but if the emotion is anger or dislike is difficult to control this and blow and perhaps cause damage to something or someone. Emotional control helps us to reduce the psychological wear and tear that we experience on a daily basis and to adequately face the difficulties that appear in our daily lives. It is okay to say what we think or feel but in the best way without causing any damage. In addition, if we feel angry it is better to breathe for a few minutes and wait to keep the calm and continue. Finally we should try to use the most kind words to communicate an opinion.

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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY COLOMBIAN CULTURE             About my family culture, we have a lot of meetings, we listen various types of Latin music, but prefer “vallenato”. The food is very traditional so in each meeting my family cook together or sometimes do BBQs but the more important is share together. We dance, do karaoke’s and eat. Furthermore between the meetings we form groups to play traditional games like boli-rana, tejo, and table hockey. The personal space have a different concept in my country, we are a little closed and the hugs are normal.         

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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY COLOMBIAN CULTURE             About my family culture, we have a lot of meetings, we listen various types of Latin music, but prefer “vallenato”. The food is very traditional so in each meeting my family cook together or sometimes do BBQs but the more important is share together. We dance, do karaoke’s and eat. Furthermore between the meetings we form groups to play traditional games like boli-rana, tejo, and table hockey. The personal space have a different concept in my country, we are a little closed and the hugs are normal.         

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I’m from venezuela and my culture is pretty Amazing! From the food to the music, it’s a mix of flavours and rhythms that we blow your mind. The Arepas it’s a typical breakfast in my country (BTW Arepas it’s from Venezuela not Colombia), also  you can’t resist to shake your hips with the beats of tambores and Salsa. And last but not least I can’t forget to talk about  the incredible natural beauty. Stunning Caribbean beaches and the Salto Ángel that it’s a waterfall in the Amazonas.

Talking about the people in my country, we are really kind and respectful, we always help each other and always we have and smile no matter what.

Paulo Palacios.

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To descriptive  my own culture, I have to include different experience of my life such as My family, friends and, different moments in my time life, about of my family is a traditional, with rules of conduct, a little bit strict, but the same time my parents always spend a lot funny time with my sibling and me, they used to play with us and take us to a ride, about the food, we enjoy cooking together, it can’t miss the laughs and anecdotes.

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To descriptive  my own culture, I have to include different experience of my life such as My family, friends and, different moments in my time life, about of my family is a traditional, with rules of conduct, a little bit strict, but the same time my parents always spend a lot funny time with my sibling and me, they used to play with us and take us to a ride, about the food, we enjoy cooking together, it can’t miss the laughs and anecdotes.

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Since I was child, my mom and my school's teachers, taught me a lot of good things that became my culture later. I learned that we have to be respectful with everyone, doesn't matter their job position, color, clothes, favorite music, nationality or how many money they have in their pocket. Everyone deserve be treat very well. I'm very empathic, that is why the most of the time I think very well before say something, to try to avoid make feel someone bad and try to say positives things to make their days better. On the other hand, I have a good behavior everywhere, I'm kind and offer my help when is possible. And about simple things, I love having everything in my house smelling very good, I never take a shower without flip flops, I can't take a shower without music, I can't go out home without take a shower first. I could write thousand of things about my own culture, but with this you got some information about me.  Daniela.

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Life Upper intermediate Unit 7 pp 61-63

attentive

alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful

backpack

a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

chew

biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

grain

Seed of a cereal grass

heart condition

a serious problem with someone's heart that might make them seriously ill if it is not treated or controlled

intrigued

interested and curious

mask

something that covers part or all of someone's face

processed food

commercially prepared food bought for convenience

range

a number of things that are all different, but of the same sort or type

respectful

showing politeness

rush hour

the times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work

shelf

a flat board which is attached to a wall, frame, etc., to put things on

sneeze

to blow air involuntarily through the nose

stare

a fixed look with eyes open wide

bring up

raise look after a child, and care for them until they become an adult

charity shop

a store where donated items are sold

disobey

to not follow a rule or order

doll's house

a small model of a house that children use for playing with dolls

fizzy drink

a drink containing small bubbles of gas

nag

to keep telling someone to do something in a very anoying way

proficient

skilled, expert, or capable

rebel

to deliberately refuse to do what you are told or expected to do

reward

to give a person something he or she has earned

shame

a feeling of being personally humiliated

spoil

to always children what they want or ask for, with the result that their characters and personalities develop in a very selfish way

strict

to makes sure people obey rules all the time

tell off

to speak very angrily to someone who has done something wrong

Popular English Vocabulary sets

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Soma Lumia Vestigia Arborum (2023) The pristine natural system made by Soma Luna remember us the magic and beautiful of the relationship between humans and nature. The staging questions us about what is real and what is not, what is authentic and what is counterfeit. Finally, this picture I question me, in this life what is the most important, I what believe is real or what I feel is real or what  I think is real?.

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Soma Lumia Vestigia Arborum (2023) The pristine natural system made by Soma Luna remember us the magic and beautiful of the relationship between humans and nature. The staging questions us about what is real and what is not, what is authentic and what is counterfeit. Finally, this picture I question me, in this life what is the most important, I what believe is real or what I feel is real or what  I think is real?.

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Pablo  Gomez

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Earth Rapture is a mix between the weather outside your body and the weather inside your body. This performing uses bubbles with vapour and music.

This art proposal is made by  Luke Janiste and Megan Janet White

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This artwork, call Theatre of thunder's Dream Rupture, allow us to connect with nature. it combines elements of the sea, sky and earth, creating an awesome experience. you will see coral spawning, animals and illuminated vapour-filled bubbles, accompanied by visual sound effects.

Paulo Palacios.

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This artwork talks about the resilience of the people and the capacity that we have to adapt to the changes. When we have strong ground, and we believe that everything is better if we work together,  even in the worst situations, humanity can be replenished and also be the best version.

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Earth rapture it’s the mix between the weather outside you and the internal weather. It plays with your senses using bubbles with vapor and music. This performance is created by Luke Jaaniste and Megan Janet White

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it great piece of art is a model of tech/art collective based in Luruwita -Tasmania it was founded in 2015 dedicate to questioning the relationship between humans and nature , perception and illusory ,actual and virtual.

this light based installation is impacted directly by the number of people visiting , the art will change as more people view it .

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This work of art calling foundation is a sensitive and realistic creation made for Phoebe paradise, which represent how volatile the weather is and, the changes of people have had in them lives as a consequence the several weather changes as was the past Brisbane flood where the entire families had to leave them house, furniture, everything and just moved another new place where they have to start again.

Andrea o

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The artist represents in a very creative way the connection between human and nature through thousands of lights entwined in the branches of the tree. The meaning of the turned on little lights is the life on the earth and how can human affects it in positive and negative form as we can see in this wonderful piece of art. Although earth is very big, it can be so fragile next to the humans. In addition, the artist continues researching the boundary between what is real and what is not, what is authentic and what is counterfeit.

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Phoebe Paradise Summary (Siri and Miguel)

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Phoebe Paradise Summary (Siri and Miguel)

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This artwork is a tribute to the classic houses buildings in Brisbane suburbs close to the river. Represent the historical problems with the weather, risks of floods and the adaptation to the crisis by the Queensland families.

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Lyn HaddonBlue | Butterfly Effect (2023)

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Lyn HaddonBlue | Butterfly Effect (2023)

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This artwork is based on the Blue Tiger, Tirumala hamata (Butterfly), who is a summer visitor to Brisbane gardens. These mechanical butterflies are resting on trees. But when they feel people around, surprise them with fluttering wings and incredible blue color. That looks amazing!

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the title Vestigia Arborum be similar to Latin binomial classification,mention to both ‘garden’ and ‘traces’ of something that once existed but is no more.
Create by Soma Lomia  is a tech-art collective from lutruwita in Tasmania.

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This artwork is about the relationship between nature and humanity. Through technology, it's possible to a tree issue lights, but according with how many people is in that space. So, the lights become different if just a few people are there or an amount of it.

With more people there, the tree passes through more changes, meaning that with more human intervention, more harmful for nature it is.

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I had the opportunity to visit the botanical garden the last Sunday, pitifully I couldn't see all the activities, but my artwork favorite was the Slow Art Collective.
Consist in a place in where you can be an artist, you can tie tie knots, weave, binds and make the patterns what do you prefer.
It's interesting to know that  he principal objective is that everyone can contribute, additionally, the ambient sound enhance the experience and make the activity more enjoyable.

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"Vestigia Arborum" is an inspiration light-based projection that tell us how is the interaction between human and technology, and how the human activities have a consequence in the nature. All the projection is located in a big tree that show us what happened when the humanity try to impose over the nature and destroy it such as the title of the art said.
"Vestigia Arborum" was created for a tech-art collective called Soma Lumia located in Tasmania, all of their work try to make an experience for the people who see it and try that the people makes aware about our behavior with the environment with art dedicated on what is real and what is not.

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Theatre of Thunder’s Dream Rupture, Earth Rapture is a performance  looks like a  volcano and erupts of steams and bubbles that rise into the sky. The meaning of this performance is to connect the external weather of the sky and earth with the internal weather of our physical with a inspiring sound track as well. Luke Jaaniste  and Megan Janet White are Co-Directed of this fantastic experience.

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Read about a few of the artworks we will see tomorrow night. Choose one and post the name of the artwork and a summary of what you have read. Make sure your summary is a paraphrase, that is, use your own words, do not cut and paste. However, you should try to use some new words you learn from the reading.

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Artwork: Esem Projects, Superorganism, 2021. Installation image, 'Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside 2021'. Photo by Dave Kan.

Discover Botanica

Discover a stunning open-air art exhibition in the heart of Brisbane City at Botanica - Contemporary Art Outside from 20-29 May 2022, in the City Botanic Gardens from 5-10pm daily.

As the sun sets over Brisbane's iconic urban skyline, Brisbane's City Botanic Gardens will come to life with state-of-the-art projections, unexpected installations and interactive artworks to captivate children and adults.

Enjoy Botanica Live Nights on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings during the festival with additional activations, music, food trucks and an outdoor bar.

Botanica is a free event.

Artists and artworks

Botanica features new artworks from some of Australia's leading contemporary artists and designers. It explores the nexus of art and design practice and inspires conversations about our built, natural and digital environments. Explore the artists and artworks that will be on display during the 2022 program.

Leila Honari

Farsh-e-Parandeh (Flying Carpet) - In the Gardens (2022)

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Artist statement

Inspired by 12th-century philosopher Farid ud-Din Attar's The Conference of the Birds (1177), Farsh-e-Parandeh ('Flying Carpet') - In the Gardens is a sublime transformation of traditional storytelling through digital ingenuity. A direct allegory of society's inexhaustive cycle, Attar's ancient story is reflected in a looping animation of exquisite birds that fly non-sequentially through seven stages of the human narrative - exploration, breadwinning, friendship, falling in love, parenthood, childhood and loneliness. A meditative celebration of the human condition, Farsh-e-Parandeh represents unity, wholeness and the divine narrative of the eternal return.

Materials: Projected animated image, audio, linoleum

Additional creative team

Project creative advisor: Andi Spark

Engineering advisor: Faramarz K-Rahber

Live performance:

The Dáf Institute - Homeira Aryanpad, Naghmeh Mehrabi, Hamid Taghipour, William Kane-Potka, Arash Zanganeh

The Sufi Art Group - Arash Zanganeh, Siavash Arian, Sina Motamed, Alireza Bahreini

Sufi dance - Leila Honari, Ambyr Leia

Acknowledgements

This work has been generously facilitated with support from the Griffith University LiveLab.

Biography

Dr Leila Honari is an animator of Persian background, whose first profession was as a designer of traditional carpets. She focuses on making animated projects that weave social, cross-cultural and historical themes within a symbolic context, examining motif and metaphor in relation to animated storytelling, using hand drawn, painterly and patterned-form techniques.

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Julie Monro-Allison

Patterns of space, points of life(2022)

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Artist statement

Patterns of space, points of life is inspired by manifestations of pattern and geometry in biological organisms and ecological systems. Life, growth and the complexity and wonder of biological organisms are the key narratives of the work, speaking to the specific ecological environment within the City Botanic Gardens and to ecological interconnection globally. The work is made with hand-woven electroluminescent wire, suspended between the weeping figs. The shape of the work is determined in response to the network of trees and the three-dimensional space created between the configuration of their branches. Audiences are invited to consider the delicate balance and intricate designs of the natural world, as well as the interconnectivity between nature, humanity and community.

Materials: Electroluminescent wire, yarn

Biography

Julie Monro-Allison is a visual artist and researcher living on Ngunnawal Country (Australian Capital Territory). She works with weaving, netting and other textile processes to investigate the relationships between living organisms and the spaces in which they exist.

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Tim Gruchy

Naturae Vitibus (2022)

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Artist statement

Vibrantly expressing hidden forces within nature at accelerated timeframes, Naturae Vitibus heightens our sense of the energies and powers within nature. Utilising three-dimensional mapped projection with sound, a majestic tree is given a different manifestation of life for the audience. The work explores notions of temporality, ancient timescales and our perception of time in relation to nature. It portrays the complexities and layering of growth cycles, highlights invisible underlying energies and forces, setting up a relationship with the audience of seeing, listening and taking time with nature anew.

Human socio-political or cultural views of nature often forget how nature observes and responds to our behaviour and actions in ways that though imperceptibly slow are nonetheless powerful. Nature forces both ways.

Materials: Projected image, audio

Biography

Gruchy's pioneering career spans the exploration and composition of immersive and interactive multimedia through installation, music and performance. He has exhibited multimedia works, photography, video, music and performance since the 1980s with works in private, corporate and museum collections, and has been exhibited extensively throughout Asia, Europe and Amercia.

Image credits

Kristina Knox / Maryam Shafiei / Shaden Aldakheel

Urban Totems (2022)

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Artist statement

Urban Totems is a spatial and visual installation that integrates timber structures and three-dimensional video mapping engagement to express idiosyncratic, digitally-manufactured symbols that serve as emblems for diverse groups of people. These are purely symbolic, digitally-manufactured, timber structures that question the ecologies of space and material of common urban highrise typologies. Audiences are invited to engage in active observation through an array of structures and a visual narrative of the design process. Urban Totems is an opportunity to experience the digital beauty and ecological importance of timber and the diversity of novel design processes and its significant connection to Queensland. Physical models of data-driven, tall, timber structures on the one hand, and physical models and videos of robotically-fabricated, parametric, timber walls, on the other hand, represent the potential of using timber towards a more sustainable future, respectively indicating the pre and post-craft phases for future timber structures.

Materials: Timber (plywood), LED lights, acrylic panels, steel angle brackets, screws, animated three dimensional video mapped projection

Additional creative team

Dr Fred Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira and University of Queensland students

Acknowledgements

This project is generously supported by the University of Queensland.

Biographies

Kristina Knox
Kristina is a PhD candidate from University of Queensland in the field of interactive space design. Her research is focused on interactive space design, spatial communication, and spatial agency in shaping user's perception. She is involved in teaching activities in UQ Architecture including course coordination, tutoring and teaching.

Maryam Shafiei
Maryam is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Queensland. Her experiences span design and sustainability themes in architectural and urban scales, as well as topics in computational design and robotic fabrication in architecture. Since 2016, she has actively contributed to teaching and research efforts at UQ Architecture.

Shaden Aldakheel
Shaden is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland. Her research interests include interaction design, emerging technologies, interactive space design, collaboration, human-computer interaction, and virtual heritage. She has a background in interior architecture and interaction design with professional and academic experience in the field of design.

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Queensland Spinners Weavers & Fibre Artists

Neon Night Garden (2022)

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Artist statement

Neon Night Garden is an installation by the Queensland Spinners Weavers & Fibre Artists using a variety of fibre and textile crafting techniques, showcasing the skills of Queensland's crafting community. Their large-scale, participatory artwork invites the public to contribute to the glowing colony of handcrafted ghost fungi.

Omphalotus nidiformis is an unusual fungus growing low to the ground on tree trunks and fallen wood in secluded forests across eastern Queensland. This delicate, white 'ghost fungus' is a bioluminescent species - as if magical, it becomes luminous after dark.

Often invisible or overlooked, fungus is ubiquitous, inhabiting soils, organic material and man-made environments. Like the ghost fungus, this installation will glow and grow, creating a delicate presence in the City Botanic Gardens. This night garden provides collaboration and connection to nature and a reminder of the stablising force of community.

Materials: Mixed media textiles and fibres

Acknowledgements

With generous thanks to the community for their individual contributions.

Biography

Since 1969, the Queensland Spinners, Weavers and Fibre Artists group has existed to share, create, educate, promote, and support fibre and textile arts in the community. Based at Fibrecraft House in Auchenflower, the organisation displays, exhibits and demonstrates the breadth of their members' skills in spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crocheting, dyeing, paper arts, bookmaking and basket making.

The group holds regular meetings, focused interest groups and keep a specialist onsite library. Members are encouraged to get involved in all aspects of the group and community engagement opportunities such as open days and regular skills focused workshops run by members. The group is made up of like-minded fibre enthusiasts, sharing their passion for the artform with the wider community.

Image credits

Archie Moore / Paul Bai / Erika Scott

Under the Same Sky (No. 2) (2022)

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Artist statement

Brisbane-based artists Archie Moore, Erika Scott and Paul Bai, from various cultural backgrounds, come together to create Under the Same Sky (No. 2), a work that poetically suggests the artists' position in contemporary Australian multicultural society and beyond. The new work deploys LED lights along black metal mesh to form the phrase 'under the same sky'. The viewer is invited to look up to read the lit text against the night sky, resembling one of the constellations. The phrase 'under the same sky' reminds us that despite our cultural, racial and political differences, as humankind we can share this utopian moment, where our differences disappear and we are together as the people of the universe. This same sky, was shared by our ancestors. This same sky, bears witness to our changing landscape for millennia. This same sky unites us all.

Materials: LED lights on aluminium mesh, cotton

Acknowledgements

Archie Moore is represented by The Commercial Gallery, Sydney. Paul Bai is represented by Australian Fine Arts, Brisbane.

Biography

Archie Moore
Archie was born in 1970 in Kamilaroi/Bigambul Country and works across media in portrayals of self and national histories. His ongoing interests include key signifiers of identity - skin, language, smell, home, genealogy, flags - as well as the borders of intercultural understanding and misunderstanding, including the wider concerns of racism.

Paul Bai
Paul was born in Tianjin, China and works in various media including painting, sculpture and installation. Paul poses a consistent interest in the notion of space, by adopting the tradition of conceptual art. He explores the ambiguous nature of spatiality that can be regarded as conceptual, physical and also experiential.

Erika Scott
Erika was born in 1987 in Biolela and is an artist who predominantly works in sculpture and installation. Erika's maximalist works reassemble and modify discarded objects, furniture and popular culture debris to develop elaborate surfaces and forms that teeter between 'image and object, the organic and artificial, and form and anti-form'.

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Tyler Krelle / Keria Shane / Kirralee Parker

Forecast (2022)

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Artist statement

Sculpture, technology, and observation collide in Forecast, a site-responsive installation work. Step inside a digital panopticon experience that holds a mirror up to our culture of virtual observation and seeks to disrupt the viewer's sense of security. When you step inside this installation, you will be surrounded by a ring of camera lenses that will capture your image and project it back on a monitor in the centre of the room. Forcing us to ask - 'when your every move can be recorded, who exactly is watching?' It's time to question your relationship with technology, surveillance and the power dynamics between the viewer and the viewed.

Materials: Concrete, fibreglass, steel tubes, steel cable ties, plywood, PVC pipe, chicken wire, acrylic sheets, plaster, acrylic paint, security cameras, mini computer monitor, shade cloth, LED lights

Acknowledgements

This project is generously supported by Queensland University of Technology.

Biography

The group behind Forecast is made up of three emerging artists - Keria Shane, Kirralee Parker and Tyler Krelle - who are based across the Brisbane and Gold Coast regions. All with varying art practices, the group has converged to explore the politics of surveillance and consent within a digital age.

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James Voller / Joel Zika

Musa (2022)

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Artist statement

Musa is an augmented reality sculpture that brings lost Queensland flora back to life. Audiences will encounter a luminous, animated illusion nestled amongst Brisbane's manicured City Botanic Gardens.

The installation's name comes from the Musa genus of wild banana native to North Queensland, which was one of the few species collected by City Botanic Gardens' Curator, Walter Hill, during a research trip in the 1870s and propagated in the gardens on his return. Nowadays, the banana is a symbol of Queensland life and agriculture, but native species of the wild banana are not as well known. Voller and Zika's work shows the plants as not only growing in the gardens, but alive and prospering, illuminating the park for this year's Botanica.

Materials: Steel vitrine with perspex, LED holographic fans

Biography

Joel Zika
Joel is a Melbourne-based media artist. For the past 15 years his practice has been influenced by entertainment and amusement culture. Joel's light-based artworks and print installation employ and abstract the aesthetics of amusement parks, decorative art and experience architecture. Just like cinema, amusement parks offer new perspectives on sociological fears through pastiche, escapism and surreal design. Joel's practice is particularly influenced by the unique ways in which haunted and spooky attractions appropriate and inhabit existing community space and reveal hidden histories.

James Voller
James' practice combines contemporary public art installation and photography. His sculptures are concerned with architecture, landscape and social histories. Since moving to Australia from New Zealand, James has worked on a range of large-scale, permanent and temporary artworks in a range of settings (regional and urban), nationally and internationally. James' installations are site-responsive and combine the latest architectural materials with public art concepts. His recent works generate illusions, linking history, architecture and social identity. He has a particular interest in how history, growth and architecture impact cities identities and the people who live in them.​

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Sam Cranstoun

A Simple Story (2022)

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Artist statement

A Simple Story places an historic Brisbane landmark in direct conversation with the current climate issues facing the world. Conceptualised before the 2022 flooding, the artwork's attempt to force viewers to question their relationship with nature and the built environment is eerily timely. It subtly poses questions about grim ecological trends, how they will impact our landscape and what it could mean to allow nature to reclaim the city we inhabit. A Simple Story is designed to gently encourage visitors to consider how collective and individual actions may shape our living conditions in the future.

Materials: Stainless steel, LED lighting

Additional creative team

Holland Street Studio

Acknowledgements

Sam Cranstoun is represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane.

Biography

Sam completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours at the Queensland University of Technology in 2010. His work is held in several collections, including the University of Queensland Art Museum, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Museum of Brisbane, Artbank and various private collections. Sam is represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane.

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2021 highlights

Check out our 2021 highlights videos to see why Botanica 2022 needs to be a firm date in your May calendar.

More information

For more information for Botanica, you can:

phone Council on 07 3403 8888

email the project team

write to:
Botanica
Brisbane City Council
GPO Box 1434
Brisbane Qld 4001.

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Discover a stunning open-air art exhibition in the heart of Brisbane City at Botanica - Contemporary Art Outside from 20-29 May 2022, in the City Botanic Gardens from 5-10pm daily. As the sun sets over Brisbane's iconic urban skyline, Brisbane's City Botanic Gardens will come to life with state-of-the-art projections, unexpected installations and interactive artworks to captivate children and adults.

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Practice tests for Cambridge English First (FCE) Reading and Use of English

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This video is an introduction to active and passive voice. We will look at how to form the passive, and then we will consider why we would use it in our academic writing.

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Life Upper Intermediate Unit 1 Set b

ask after

to ask for news about someone from another person

tanned

having brown skin after spending time in the sun

fingers crossed

let's hope for the best

freelance

someone who works for different organisations, but not as an employee

get on

to move forward or be successful in what you are doing

plantation

a large farm for growing crops such as tea or sugar

devastation

great destruction or damage

dubious distinction

an achievement that you can not be proud of

faith

a belief in someone or something

gutsy

showing a lot of courage and determination

infrastructure

the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.

process

A series of actions or steps taken to achieve an end such as approving an application or claim

moving

causing strong feelings of sadness or sympathy

renovation

the activity of repairing and improving a building

support network

a group of people who provide help and advice

Popular English Vocabulary sets

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There are two tenses in English: past and present.

The present tense is used to talk about the present and to talk about the future.

There are four present tense forms:

We can use all these forms:

to talk about the present:

London is the capital of Britain.
Heworks at McDonald's.
Heis working at McDonald's.
Hehas worked there for three months now.
Hehas been working there for three months now.

to talk about the future:

The next train leaves this evening at 17.00.
I'll phone you when Iget home.
Heis meeting Peter in town this afternoon.
I'll come home as soon as Ihave finished work.
You will be tired out after youhave been working all night.
Level: advanced
We can use present forms to talk about the past:

when we are telling a story:

Well, it's a lovely day and I'm just walking down the street when I see this funny guy walking towards me. Obviously he's been drinking, because he's moving from side to side ...

when we are summarising something we have read, heard or seen:

I love Ian Rankin's novels. He writes about this detective called Rebus. Rebus lives in Edinburgh and he's a brilliant detective, but he's always getting into trouble. In one book, he gets suspended and they tell him to stop working on this case. But he takes no notice ...

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Learn about the different present tense forms (present simple, present continuous and present perfect) and do the exercises to practise using them.

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Look at these examples to see how questions are made.

Try this exercise to test your grammar.

Read the explanation to learn more.

Grammar explanation

To make questions, we often put the verb before the subject. This is called inversion.

If there is a question word ( why, what, where, how, etc.), it goes before the verb.

This is true for sentences with be, sentences that have auxiliary verbs (e.g. They are waiting. She has finished.) and sentences with modal verbs ( can, will, should, might, etc.).

Questions in the present simple and past simple

For other verbs in the present simple, we use the auxiliary verb do/ does in the question.

We use the auxiliary verb did in the past simple.

Subject questions

In some questions, who or what is the subject of the verb. There is no inversion of subject and verb in these questions.

Do this exercise to test your grammar again.

Language level

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Do you know how to make questions? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.