VIRAL LANDSCAPE I - in the Mirror
acrylic on mylar - abstract decalcomania - digital enhancements - mirrored.
Nominal size 80 x 40 cm - 2020
I am currently in quarantine at home - playing with shots of unfinished projects from my studio - which I have not been to since March 10th, since it is way across town.
I wanted to lead this blog with a work of art, before we (and myself included) forget that I am foremost a artist. But these are strange times, and my attention is riveted on the current crisis of COVID-19. Everything is overshadowed by it - including my creativity, since being away from the studio. I am hoping to go there and resume work sometime after Easter, come hell or high water.
CORONA: Killervirus oder Killer-Umwelt?
Mit Biologe Clemens Arvay (Fach medizinische Ökologie)
Corona kommt mit dem Feinstaub. Das Problem ist nicht neu und geht viel weiter. Nach Corona darf es nie wieder weitergehen wie davor. Der Biologe Clemens Arvay, Fachmann für medizinische Ökologie, sagt: „Wir haben keinen Killervirus, sondern eine Killerumwelt“. Verweise: https://www.clemensarvay.com/
Positionspapier über Feinstaub und Corona-Ausbreitung der Universitäten Bologna und Bari mit der italienischen Gesellschaft für Umweltmedizin
* Bis zu 650.000 Influenzatote pro Jahr - Med Uni Wien
From the Guardian, a related article about air pollution:
Tue 17 Mar 2020 09.02 GMT - Last modified on Wed 18 Mar 2020 10.54 GMT Air pollution likely to increase coronavirus death rate, warn experts
The health damage inflicted on people by long-standing air pollution in cities is likely to increase the death rate from coronavirus infections, experts have said.
Dirty air is known to cause lung and heart damage and is responsible for at least 8m early deaths a year. This underlying health damage means respiratory infections, such as coronavirus, may well have a more serious impact on city dwellers and those exposed to toxic fumes, than on others. ...... READ MORE
Originally published by IMPAKTER March 27, 2020
COVID-19: Link with Air Pollution? Italy’s and China’s Experience Updated 9 April 2020
A new scientific study, just published in the United States, provides further proof that there may be a very real link between the speed of transmission and lethality of COVID-19 and air pollution. The study by researchers at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in Boston, analyzed air pollution and COVID-19 deaths up to 4 April in 3,000 counties in the United States, covering 98% of the population. “We found that an increase of only 1μg/m3 in PM2.5 [particles] is associated with a 15% increase in the COVID-19 death rate,” the team concluded.
To address COVID-19, it has become clear to the whole world that the Chinese model of testing strick social distancing is a must and that a full “lockdown” of the economy cannot be avoided – with only “essential” activities maintained. Italy was the first country to follow this Chinese model. Now, almost all countries have followed suit, including India with its 1.3 billion people told to stay home for 21 days – undoubtedly the largest quarantine operation in history. But there is another lesson from the Chinese and Italian experience that has emerged: the highly probable link between dirty air and level of lethality of COVID-19. ..................... READ MORE
"Was für ein FIASKO, Herr Kurz!"
(Biologe Clemens Arvay über Maskenzwang und staatliche Panikmache)
Der Biologe und Autor Clemens G. Arvay prangert das "Masken-Fiasko" sowie die Panikmache durch Kanzler Sebastian Kurz an. Diese sei wissenschaftlich nicht haltbar und verantwortungslos.
Verweise: Sebastian Kurz behauptet, dass bald jeder in Österreich einen Corona-Toten kennen wird: KLEINE ZEITUNG - KRONE - YOUTUBE
WHO rät von Mundschutz ab
Verwirrung nach Rat der WHO, keinen Mundschutz zu tragen Es bestünde die Gefahr, sich beim Abnehmen der Maske erst recht anzustecken, meint die WHO. Die Regierung verweist auf eine Studie.
The above is in German - too bad there are no English subtitles. The positions taken differ from the "officially sanctioned" media that dominates. In my opinion, what he says makes a lot of sense. I am looking forward to when we reflect back on this in, lets say, a year from now.
Tongue firmly planted into cheek, I now present to you a video that should make you think - you likely know it from civics class (unless you slept through it), but here it is to refresh your memory:
ANIMAL FARMA different point of view - Eine andere Sichtweise auf Deutsch - in German Prof. Dr. med. Sucharit Bhakdi, Facharzt für Mikrobiologie und Infektionsepidemiolgie, leitete 22 Jahre das Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene der Universität Mainz. Er hat einen offenen Brief an die Bundeskanzlerin geschrieben mit 5 Fragen, die nach sofortigen Antworten verlangen, um festzustellen, wie begründet die derzeitigen massiven Einschränkungen unserer Grundrechte sind. Das Video erläutert die Fragen und deren Hintergrund. Der ganze Brief im Wortlaut mit den Fragen, Hintergründen und Referenzen kann hier eingesehen werden: GMX Cloud - PDF Document Download
SARS-Cov-2 - VIENNA - Floridsdorf, Franz Jonas Platz
20.3.2020 on location video by Otto Rapp Music by David Fesliyan - "Villainous" - FesliyanStudios.com A short walk in my neighborhood - I've been in self-quarantine for 10 days, except for shopping for groceries I pretty well stayed inside. This is about a 10 minute walk from my apartment. It is the transportation hub of our district.  posted on Instagram, click▲
60 images from my post on Instagram
of my artwork on Fine Art America. My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/artofthemystic/ My FAA page: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/otto-rapp you can also find these on my Pixels website: https://otto-rapp.pixels.com/ CREDITS: Royalty free music from DAVID FESLIYAN 1. Forest Ventures 2. Beautiful Village https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Soundtrack on Final Credits by KEVIN MACLEOD http://incompetech.com/music/ 
Carl Schell - portrait sculpture by Caroline Schell
Video from Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (German language)
Carl Schell war ein Schweizer Schauspieler und Regisseur, der im Juni im Alter von 91 Jahren gestorben ist. Bruder von Oscar-Preisträger Maximiliam Schell. Dem Verstorbenen zu Ehren fand während einer Woche in Locarno im Palecinema ein Ausstellung statt. Initiiert von der Künstlerin Caroline Schell - der Tochter von Carl Schell.
My Artisteem interview by Siamcat - watch video below ▼
Added on Nov 7, 2018
Hi Artisteemers, Steemains and Dtubers, Yesterday I had a chance to meet Otto Rapp, a great Steem artist at the Steemit Austria Meetup. We talked about the Artist community on Steemit and a project called Artisteem. Artisteem is a new site associated with the Steemit blockchain. 
"Siamcat" and "Thermoplastic"
Details of drawings by Otto Rapp, created over several decades,
from the early seventies until the present. Find many Otto Rapp Drawings in this Flickr album: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk6HDqXT CREDITS: "Dark Spaces" "Take it all in" Music and Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com/ Voice Recording and mixing on Audacity http://www.audacityteam.org/ many of the works can be seen, and prints are available, on my Pixels site: https://otto-rapp.pixels.com/
On the website of Open Culture
I was delighted to find this entry from February 8, 2016 Take a Virtual Tour of Hieronymus Bosch’s Bewildering Masterpiece The Garden of Earthly Delights because it complements perfectly the category of Hieronymus Bosch of this blog and adds additional insights into the extensive research already presented here. 
Art historians have argued about the meaning of The Garden of Earthly Delights--Hieronymus Bosch’s enormously sized, lavishly detailed, and compellingly grotesque late 14th- or early 15th-century triptych—more or less since the painter’s death. What does it really say about the appearance and fall of man on Earth that it seems to depict? How seriously or ironically does it say it? Does it offer us a warning against temptation, or a celebration of temptation? Does it take a religious or anti-religious stance? And what’s with all those creepy animals and bizarre pseudo-sex acts? “In spite of all the ingenious, erudite and in part extremely useful research devoted to the task,” said scholar Erwin Panofsky, “I cannot help feeling that the real secret of his magnificent nightmares and daydreams has still to be disclosed.”
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The Open Culture article also links to an incredible
“interactive documentary” of The Garden of Early Delights
the various parts of the painting are explained when you click the description icons as you zoom into the details.
Of course this here blog entry is the short version, and you should really visit the original source for more insights. Below, find this excellent trailer from Pieter van Huystee Film on Vimeo:
Check out the category
HIERONYMUS BOSCH for additional blogs and more excellent research on the subject. 
 Mermaid Corinna on Facebook My friend Coco aka Corinna Herden, who is also a associate member of our Freimaler Group has just now released a new song "Brand New Day" Electronic Byronic featuring Mermaid Corinna
Song lyrics inspired by the story "The Little Mermaid": -I can still recall the days of you and me Salty skin, hot breath, embraced swimming in the sea. -When you swam to me, I did not know your name, Songs you sang to me, seduced me all the same. Promise of pleasure in a kingdom by the sea, Whispers of legends that used to be. -It’s a brand new day, the future is you and me, Everlasting love, and immortality. It’s a brand new day, my love will set you free, Earthly bonds that bind, just follow the call of the sea. -When I sang to you the yearnings of my heart, Songs of pain for you, we should not be apart. Sands of time wash by the memories of pain, Hope that springs anew brings life to me again. -It’s a brand new day, the future is you and me, Everlasting love, and immortality. It’s a brand new day, my love will set you free, Earthly bonds that bind, just follow the call of the sea. -I can still recall the days of you and me Electronic Byronic Mermaid Corinna & Corinna Herden Cover art by Paul Allan Ballard (This song is © Electronic Byronic) 
One of the highlights of the Design Exchange's 3DXL exhibition is this custom installation by Swiss architect-programmers Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger. Called the Arabesque Wall, it is 3D printed out of sandstone. (Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger)
A 3D printing exhibition in Toronto is showcasing the beautiful and innovative work created by the world's top 3D designers.
Presented by Canada's Design Exchange, the 3DXL: A Large-Scale 3D Printing Exhibition is the first of its kind in the country. Read more - CBC News: 3D printing's 'incomprehensible' beauty on display in Toronto |
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