Happy Human Rights Day !

Today is Human Rights Day, and Jane Public Inc. wants to recognize all those who have helped us to achieve. We reflect on the legacy of Nelson Mandela and his profound importance to the global human rights movement, a movement to which you are central. Your support for general Human Rights and vigilance against national corruption continues the fight for justice and shows your commitment to the defense of human rights around the world.

As the Empire State Building glows blue tonight to honor Human Rights Day, we wanted to take a moment to share a few stories of the incredible work accomplished in 2013 -

Canada’s parliament created a special committee to investigate police corruption and an documented abusive police force, and also violence against indigenous women. These people had nowhere to turn. We followed their stories.

After years of negotiations, a landmark international treaty controlling mercury use was formally adopted in October of this year. This treaty will protect 10 to 15 million gold miners worldwide, many of them children, who are exposed to this dangerous chemical every day. Human Rights pioneers researched, sought and documented the effects of mercury on children in Mali and Papua New Guinea and made recommendations that were included in the treaty. 


Fight the corrupt. Happy Human Rights Day.


Sincerely,
Jane Public, et al.

p.s. Thank You Christiane Amanpour.

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Jane takes the bump (bomp to the haters).

This "WHO TOOK THE BOMP?" blog may be referring to that feminist electronic band Le Tigre, their film and their international tour across four continents ten countries and then finalizing on Jane Public's apartment living room floor. Supported by a community of devoted fans (and not money hungry bottom-feeding lawyers feeding off the hands of trust fund baby unemployed losers who love flushing money down their rich parents toilets) and led by outspoken Riot Grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna (ummm, Bikini Kill!), Le Tigre confronts global social injustice and issues regarding the greedy corporate music industry while owning the stage via performance art, no-holds-barred lyrics, punk rock ethos and whip-smart wit in this edgy and entertaining doc film thats now up on FANDOR. Jane loves you Kathleen, who knows Jane very well. Duh. Remember Brooklyn? Diamanda Galas who? Listen, the more things change, the more they stay the same. DIY is a choice. DIY is a way of life. The Lesson here is: One step forward - five steps back (we will call that the contemplating period). So, "Let them eat cake." Plenty of it.

backstage bye.

p.s. Putin's new amnesty bill may have some great unintentional collateral consequences...LINK - http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/09/jailed-pussy-riot-released-russian-vladimir-putin

Cleaning Tools.

and so does a good and contemplative glass of faucet water.  bye.

First Rehearsals w/Joely Richardson- The Belle of Amherst

                                      

A non-literary addendum :

Out of the -TOM BOWER- Furnace.

'OUT OF THE FURNACE' premiere with film collaborators, actors and friend Tom Bower. 

 

Q and A sessions with actors Christian Bale and Tom Bower.

Special thanks to Tom, Christian, Scott and Willem.

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Jack Smith.

'Your performance art work reminded me of the work of artist Jack Smith,' Jane was told tonight. 

'Thank you' replied Jane. 

'No problem. Hey yo, can I get your email ?' was heard. 

'Just go to my website,' Jane retarted (typo) retorted.  

'Ok, bye. Nice to meet you.'  (unknown)

'Bye,' Jane quipped. then split. the venue.

Uta Hagen Workshop

p.s. NEW TECHNOLOGY: http://hayesurban.com/current-projects/2012/3/14/digital-super-8.html

Ladies and Germs, Hollywood has chosen their new Wonder Woman lead actress...

LINK:http://movies.yahoo.com/news/emerging-star-gal-gadot-set-wonder-woman-batman-173605352.html

 and the winner is...

Thank the Lord.

and to the 2013 canditate, a message from Ms. Carter:

Jane looks foward to her transparent aircraft fly-bye.

Dr. Jane Goodall and Vandana Salva at Women's Earth and Climate Summit 2013.

Women who live and inspire. Lives with great meaning. And to the male competitive species , 

r.i.p. Mr. Nelson Mandela. 95 years of life well budgeted. 

bye. 

words of wisdom from our great worldly prophets

"let them eat cake …" ("Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" )

Help Support A Kick

Going to begin a 'Kickstarter' fundraiser campaign online today to raise money for some new boots. I'm outta duct tape. It's freezing outside. The local soup kitchen don't got my right shoe size. And my bunion is killing me.

Please support !!!! Holla!!! Bye!

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Hear ye, Hear ye

Watchin' , 'Lincoln.'  Again. Such a great film. Such a great political mind. Such a terrible tall hat. 

The Cooper Union Address, the Second Inaugural Address, and "A House Divided" speech of 1858 each indicates in its particular way how Lincoln saw the institution of enslavement as a national rather than a sectional problem, and especially so, since the institution had the sanction of the law of the whole land.

In this slow moving film one is immediately arrested not only by incredibly pure set design and wood creaking, but by Lincoln's speeches and their political and philosophical depth. Lincoln's views on the American polity and how they compared to those of Jefferson, Madison, and other founders of the nation were unprecedented.

Lincoln repeatedly claims throughout his public life that his views on the American polity, especially regarding enslavement and government legislation over U.S. territories, was consistent with the views of the founders. One task for thinking is to show the ways in which his views harmonize with those of Madison and Jefferson; another task is to show how Lincoln's views differ from those of John C. Calhoun, a fierce proponent of slavery and states' rights. Lincoln's political thought is always emerging in the context of quarrels about what the Constitution really means and what the founding really was about, not abstractly, but in the context of living and concrete political situations.

In framing his argument against slavery in his speeches (and in this great film), Lincoln revisits again and again his understanding of the intentions of the founders. Lincoln is interesting because he argues that slavery is wrong not just by his own reasonable moral lights, but also by his American lights. Lincoln is also a great believer in the law, and he saw that the institution of slavery in the Southern states was legal. His strategic solution was to show that the founders were not willing to allow slavery to spread and that by keeping it in the South, it would be kept on 'the course of its final extinction.'

hear ye. hear ye. bye.

lab processing DIY co-ops and teachership

LINK:http://www.filmlabs.org/index.php/site/home/

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Dual Projection Live Installation: Princeton, NJ

   

                                   

                                       

  

 

 

 

Test screening new live performance narrative combined with 16mm/8mm film projection material using dual projection system. A work-in-progress. All synched up. Thanks to N.J., Joel and Nikola, and Princeton Faculty for equipment loan - bye for now. 

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Psychoanalytic theory, with a subtle application of 'Free Association' technique (hypnosis is for the birds) has become the considerable crooked staple in Jane Public's current directorial interests. Thanks Siggy aka Freudy. Resolving intrapsychic conflict on a 1080dpi interlaced battery operated machine between fabricated faux scenarios has become quite the norm for you (i.e. moi) these days. So, enough blabbing, thanks Josef Breuer for your talking cure, and ready, set, actors in place ? (if you wanna call them actors) ,  ACTION!   bye.

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