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Melody of summer
Summer is coming… We’ve already hidden winter jackets and said hello to sandals, shorts and dresses. Don’t forget to put sun filters on your skin, no one wants to get older too soon, right? To me summer is the best season not only because of the sunny weather and general enjoyment but also because of…
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The Sleeping Beauty in the Landscape
Once I had the privilege to shoot near the Skopje aqueduct. The area was restricted for visitors since there is a military stationnearby; we had to ask for a special permission for this from the army. I was then with another privilegetoo since I was shooting a documentary “One Day in the Life Of…” (which…
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The Jeans: mystic clothes, worn by everybody or…almost!
Everywhere around the world, people wear it: timeless, unisex and intergenerational, they are the most sold pants: the jeans. Obviously, we can’t talk about “Jeans” without talking about Levis Strauss. Around 1850, Levis Strauss decided to immigrate to San Francisco,in order to open a branch to sell jean material for tents. It was a failure.…
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INCREDIBLE FUNCTIONALITY OF SPACE AND NATURAL LIGHTING
“Museum of Macedonia” is positioned in the beautiful surroundings beneath the Kale hill, between the Old Bazaar and the fortress. This place has a special, sentimental meaning for the citizens of Skopje since all of them, while in high school, had to visit all of its exhibitions. Although its design is quite modernist, this…
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The Soap Opera Ambient that We Live in, Takes its Price
The movie “Three Days in September” won the prize for best movie at:“Balkan Florence Experience”, the film festival that was held for the 6th time in Florence; this year between 22nd and 25th of February. Its director Darijan Pejovski is from a big artistic family, his brother Alexandar is a renownedmusic composer… You are part…
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Magic of the classical music
The philarmonic orchestra of Macedonia was created on 24th November 1944 by the composer Todor Skalovski. Nowadays, the orchestra has 87 members You comfortably sit in a red soft chair. In front of you on the stage, about 50 musicians are tuning their instrument in a pleasant hubbub. Sounds mix, people around you are whispering…
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Cartoons in the 90s
The 1990s was notable for a lot of things, but one thing not many people really think about is the types of cartoons and the impact these cartoons this decade brought with it. It’s Saturday morning. No school today, but somehow we’re able to wake up early to catch our favourite shows on TV. This…
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BEHIND THE SCENES
Some of the most legendary tunes of the 20th century were the mere product of coincidence. Our writer Paulina compiled some of the best ones.
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The Modernism which lives in Nature
The designer of the tallest building in Japan, the “Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office, Shinjuku” and winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize is also the author of the urban plan for the city of Skopje. Unfortunately, only a small part of Kenzo Tange’s project was realized; as the Railway Station and the complex of buildings called…
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FROM PAST TO THE PRESENT TRADITIONAL TURKISH PUPPET THEATRE
Puppet theater isn’t just for comedy. When written in a dramatic way, it becomes an artistic paradigm that raises awareness. In Turkey, when someone says puppet theatre, “Karagöz and Hacivat” is the first thing that comes to mind. The latter are the characters of a shadow play. According to a general opinion, the Turkish shadow…
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Travel through soup
Yes, I know… writing an article about soup can seem strange. Even more from me because I’m not interested in cooking and not good at it. Not at all. Everything happens… But for a reason. Last summer, I was one month in Cyprus for EVS project, living with 12 people from 6 different countries. One…
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