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Duchamp's Boîte-en-valise, Cleveland Museum of Art. La Boîte-en-valise (box in a suitcase) is a type of mixed media assemblage by Marcel Duchamp consisting of a group of reproductions of the artist's works inside a box that was, in some cases, accompanied by a leather valise or suitcase.
Le Concert des Nations is the first orchestra of its kind made up of musicians who originate mainly from Latin countries (Spain, South America, Italy, Portugal, France as well as many other countries). The name Le Concert des Nations refers to the work by François Couperin as an assembly of "tastes" and bears the mark of the Age of Enlightenment.
Broken Chair is an original idea and project of Paul Vermeulen, co-founder and director of Handicap International Switzerland. [2] In October 1996, he commissioned the 10-meter high (33 ft) chair, with a torn-off leg, to be installed on the Place des Nations, [2] motivated to try to get as many nations to sign Ottawa Treaty on landmines in December 1997.
The West-Eastern Divan explicitly explores using music to cross boundaries of political conflict by bringing together young musicians from Israel, Palestine, and Spain on an orchestral tour every summer. Le Concert des Nations works with period instruments, but it also intentionally gathers a highly international group of performers.
A conference room in the Palace of Nations. The Palace of Nations (French: Palais des Nations, pronounced [palɛ de nɑsjɔ̃]) is the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva, located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was built between 1929 and 1938 [1] to serve as the headquarters of the League of Nations.
Cover art, 1995. Nations: A Simulation Game in International Politics is a 1995 case study available from the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (School of Foreign Service) at Georgetown University, written by Michael Herzig and David Skidmore in the form of classroom game that is designed to give the students some understanding of international relations theory.
The Theatre of Nations has hosted touring shows, including King Lear and Robert Sturua's production of Bertold Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle from the Tbilisi Rustaveli theatre; Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and Vadim Korostylyov's Pirosmani, Pirosmani from Eimuntas Nekrošius (The Lithuanian Youth theatre); Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard from ...
Université Paris-Nord, Centre de recherches en psychopathologie et Centre d'études littéraires francophones et comparées. ISBN 978-2-7384-1197-6; Bonn, Charles; Rothe, Arnold (1995). La littérature maghrébine et littérature mondiale. Königshausen & Neumann. p. 70. ISBN 978-3-8260-1027-9