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Jean Michel Jarre is one of the most popular composers and performers of electronic music. His concerts are impressive productions of light. His album Oxygene is one of the most successful albums worldwide. This clip is part of his concert in Egypt on the eve of 2000, The Twelve Dreams of the Sun, which celebrated […]

Vanya Nikolaeva & Velina Vateva Karunesh was born in Cologne, Germany in 1956. He released his first album ‘Sounds of the Heart’ in 1984, which quickly became a classic in the New Age genre. More albums followed and Karunesh became established as one of the best known artists in that genre. He has lived in […]

Salto Angel (Venezuela) is the highest waterfall in the world, falling from Tepuy Auyantepui (a mesa in the Guayana highlands), a hight of almost 1000 m. (over 3000 ft.). Strong winds often turn the falling water into mist before it reaches the ground. Angel was discovered at the beginning of the XX century by Venezuelan […]

The Louvre is one of the most popular world museums and is actually the one attracting the most visitors. Its building was originally erectd in the XII centiury as a fortress, transformed into a museum at the end of the XVII cetury, during the French Revolution. The Louvre holds over 35 000 artifacts, some dating […]

Elayne Clift Photo: Athena’s Pix Three events conspired to make me write this essay: First, I recently spoke with an old friend who is soon to be ninety-eight and still going strong. Second, I’m teaching a class of college first-years and they all seem so young! Third, I’ve just had a birthday. I’m old enough […]

Ellie Ivanova Ponti A friend of mine recommended the 1960 classic Never on Sunday (directed by Jules Dassin, starring Melina Mercouri) as the film that introduced foreign cinema to the larger American audience. In fact, it won several Academy Awards nominations and was a huge success. It also caused uproar in Hollywood with the fact […]

Lydia Kulekova is the third-place winner of the Modern Times photography contest, organized by Public Republic in 2008. She was born in 1978 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She has completed two photography courses (1997 and 2002) and has participated in dozens of art shows and solo exhibits. Some of them are: 2007 Sleeping Things Exhibit, Photo […]

Elayne Clift Photo: celesteh I’ve been thinking about mothers, and I should note straight away that my thoughts were originally coincidental to the fact that this month we will celebrate their unconditional love (thanks in large part to the flower and greeting card industries.) The reason I found myself ruminating on mothers and motherhood is […]

The Mesoamerican civilization, known as Maya, is noted for its heritage of innovative architecture, impressive art, astronomical and mathematical systems, as well as the only known fully developed written language at that time.

Hubble Space Telescope was created as a collaborative project of the European Space Agency and NASA. It was carried into orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990. Its position allows observing infrared emission, as well as the entire electromagnetic spectrum, normally absorbed by the Earth’s atmosphere. Starting in April, Public Republic will publish video […]

Translated from Bulgarian by Ellie Ivanova Ponti Antonia Marinova is the second-place winner of Modern Times, Public Republic photography contest. She believes that art and culture is what we leave behind. Antonia has participated in dozens of photography contests as well as solo exhibits. Her photos have been published in Tema newspaper (Bulgaria), Ecology and […]

Photo: hamedmasoumi It’s a beautiful day today in Chronotopia. That’s the day when She will put on a gorgeous white dress and meet her Beloved, and they will get married, as they have dreamed for so long. But they won’t be alone in their celebration of love. They will be joined by ten thousand other […]

Photo: jonoakley There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. — Friedrich Nietzsche All you need is love…

Velina Vateva Photo: Andrew Stawarz We freely speak of dreams We marvel at what they conceal But in my wonderworld Each sleeping vision is so real So I believe and hope That all the things I see May one day bring Such truth and peace As we can feel Wonderworld, Uriah Heep The day is […]

Photo: tristanbrand Playing Through a play by John Lawson   Ben, an actor Bonnie, an actress Deacon, a big bruiser Scant, a smaller, dapper fellow

Vanya Nikolaeva We are surrounded by the elements every single day of our lives. But when do they start being something more than just gifts of nature? When and how do they commence being art? Liliya Pobornikova is one of the people (literally) holding  the answers. She is one of those artists who is able […]

Anca Vlasopolos Photo: Rudolfo Nunez I’ll confess: I shop for my husband. I buy him shoes, underwear, shirts, ties, slacks, jackets, belts, even overcoats. It’s easy. Shirts: 16×32; pants 36×32; jackets 42 regular; shoes 11 and a half B. I cannot shop for my daughter, who’s a willowy 5’9”, 115 pounds, with broad shoulders, a […]

Photo: karpov85 In difficult times fashion is always outrageous. Elsa Schiaparelli Fashion anticipates, and elegance is a state of mind … a mirror of the time in which we live, a translation of the future, and should never be static. Oleg Cassini I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: […]

Raiko Baichev Photo: Freyja And so it begins, this morning, waking up, getting up, the mirror in the bathroom, the skin under the eyes all puffy, swollen, dark blue with a little bit of yellow, as if you got punched with a tiny fist, let’s say a baby fist, I’m groggy, whatever, big deal, heading […]

Dear friends of Public Republic, please finish these sentences: 1. For me, Christmas is… 2. My greatest discovery for 2008 was… 3. My most wonderful surprise for 2008 was… 4. The most important gift for me is… 5. I hope 2009 will bring me… 6. I wish the readers of Public Republic…