Monday, January 23, 2012

"SPIRITUAL GRAVEYARD" (with lyrics) from Ithaka's 2nd album, Stellafly.

"SPIRITUAL GRAVEYARD" (with lyrics) from Ithaka's 2nd album, Stellafly.






http://www.facebook.com/pages/ITHAKA/20629042015 (Ithaka Facebook)
https://twitter.com/#!/ithaka_ (ithaka twitter)

"Spiritual Graveyard"
originally appeared on Ithaka's second album
called Stellafly (1997) -
recorded in Lisbon, Portugal.

All licensing inquiries for
Spiritual Graveyard by Ithaka
should be directed to Scion Four Music (NY).

"Spiritual Graveyard"
Written by Ithaka (lyrics)-
and Joe Fossard & Ewan Butler (music).

Vocals: Ithaka

Guitars and Organ: Ewan Butler

Produced by Joe Fossard.
Recorded in Lisbon, Portugal.

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The album STELLAFLY received the
"ALBUM OF THE YEAR" award (1997)
by Jornal Publico and was also nominated
for four BLITZ PREMIOS (Portuguese Grammy) for:
BEST ALBUM, BEST MALE VOCALIST,
BEST SINGLE (for "Seabra Is Mad")
and BEST VIDEO ("Seabra is Mad").

More Ithaka information can be found at:
planetithaka.blogspot.com


http://www.myspace.com/ithakamusic (ithaka myspace)

Ithaka "The Plot" (soundtrack of Timmy Turner's Second Thoughts)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9GyAfxYQYk

http://www.facebook.com/pages/ITHAKA/20629042015 (Ithaka's Facebook music page)

http://www.myspace.com/ithakamusic (Ithaka's Myspace page)

http://www.ithaka.cc/ (ithaka's home page)

http://cdbaby.com/cd/ithaka (purchase here- cd baby)
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Scene from Timmy Turner's award winning surfing film called SECOND THOUGHTS which features "THE PLOT", a song by Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) recorded in Portugal in 1997.

SECOND THOUGHTS, which was filmed entirely in Indonesia, won Surfer Magazine's "Surfer Poll" award for Best Video of 2004. It stars surf adventurers Timmy Turner, Travis Potter & Brett Schwartz (also featuring Bill Lloyd in this sequence).

"THE PLOT" originally appeared on Ithaka's second album called STELLAFLY recorded in Lisbon, Portugal.

"THE PLOT"
Written by Ithaka (lyrics)-
and Joe Fossard & Ewan Butler (music).
Produced by Joe Fossard.
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Ithaka (Vocals)
Mimi (background vocals)
Ewan Butler: Clavichord
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The album STELLAFLY received the "ALBUM OF THE YEAR" award (1997) by Jornal Publico and was also nominated for four BLITZ PREMIOS (Portuguese Grammy) for BEST ALBUM, BEST MALE VOCALIST, BEST SINGLE (for "Seabra Is Mad") and BEST VIDEO ("Seabra is Mad").

More Ithaka information can be found at:
http://www.surfline.com/surfnews/article_bamp.cfm?id=13958

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Sculpture from the series: Idols Of Vanuatu by Ithaka





This is "Vanuatu #5" (from the series Idols Of Vanuatu) 
from my project The Reincarnation Of A Surfboard.




More sculptures on this blog or at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ithaka-artist/185013541539814

Friday, January 13, 2012

Video: "The Ugly American" by Ithaka (from the album, Somewhere South Of Somalia)




"The Ugly American" is a song from my third album 


Somewhere South Of Somalia
(available on itunes etc: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/somewhere-south-of-somalia/id69363827)


written during a two-month solo mission into East Africa. 


Unfortunately the hi-res video made by
an anonymous L.A.C.C. film student has been lost forever 


and all that remains is this damaged copy. 




lyrics:
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THE UGLY AMERICAN
lyrics: ithaka – music conley abrams III

Sold the house in LA, apartment New York
Twenty-hour nonstop to Nairobi airport

Bought a deluxe black Range Rover
With tinted windows and cd-sorter

Bought a map, headed for coast
Bought thirty-acres beachfront and brand new boat

Paid natives to burn down trees
Who the hell were they to disagree ?

Needed room for tennis court and swimming pool
In this land too, rich usually rule

Built a house like no house ever seen
Fifteen bedrooms all fit for kings

A year later, palace complete
Bel Aire mansion in the African heat

HE’S PAID HIS DUES 
HE’S PAID THE PRICE TWICE
BUT HIS SOUL WILL ROT IN PARADISE

Electric fence, five-meters high
Keep out the crooks, but the monkeys die

But he’s a Man and a man has to protect his land
From thieves and thugs trying to get the upper hand

A satellite dish and internet
Alone he drinks gin at sunset

Out on the veranda overlooking the sea
Indeed he pretends to be pleased


No convenience did he sacrifice
Cuz he’s got the goods, he got the merchandise

He raped his maid, but what can she do ?
Her mama needs medicine, her kids need food

But he’s a Man, bad man, sick man, evil man
But a rich man and rich men rule the land

Killed a rhino while he smoked a cigar
High-powered shot from a moving car

Paid a bribe to the game park ranger
To keep his identity a stranger

HE’S PAID HIS DUES 
HE’S PAID THE PRICE TWICE
BUT HIS SOUL WILL ROT IN PARADISE

Sunday, January 8, 2012

"RAINHA AKSAWAYA" - a recycled surfboard-sculpture by contemporary artist, Ithaka





"RAINHA AKSAWAYA" - a recycled surfboard-sculpture by contemporary artist, Ithaka
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/ithaka-artist/185013541539814

"Bling Barrels" a recycled surfboard sculpture by contemporary artist: ithaka

Series: Ghost Prisms
Project: The Reincarnation Of A Surfboard

(Ithaka Blog) http://planetithaka.blogspot.com

(Ithaka Twitter) http://twitter.com/#!/ithaka_

This video features
"Bling Barrles" (aka Waves #4),
a sculpture by contemporary artist,
Ithaka,
for his project entitled
"The Reincarnation Of A Surboard".

The series began in 1989
and continues to the present day.

The sculptures are
all created using recycled surfboards
(surfboards that were too damaged
to be used for their intended purpose of riding waves).

As of early 2012
there are 225+ sculptures
in the collection.

These pieces have been created
in California, Mexico, Japan, Portugal and Brazil -
and have been exhibited globally.

sites:
http://www.ithaka-1.com
http://artist.to/ithakasculpture
http://www.myspace.com/ithakasculpture
http://thereincarnationofasurfboard.blogspot.com

Ithaka
is represented internationally
by
Gallery WOA (Way Of Arts)

contact:
Goncalo Leandro
wayofartslda@gmail.com



Contemporary artist, Ithaka, was born in 1966 near Los Angeles where he indulged in a cross-cultural pollination of both city and sea. He later established himself in Tokyo, Athens, Lisbon and finally Rio de Janeiro - where he now resides.

He began his ongoing (225 piece +) sculpture series, THE REINCARNATION OF A SURFBOARD in 1989 after accidentally breaking one of his own surfboards in half, later restructuring and retexturing the destroyed board into a piece of wall-hanging sculpture. He has been constantly active with this medium ever since. His works have been exhibited in Europe, Asia, South America and the U.S. and featured in hundreds of magazines and television programs.

In 2006, a documentary written and directed by Susanna Lira called "The Road To Ithaka" won the BEST SCRIPT AWARD at the Brazilian FATU film festival. The film overviews all aspects of the artist's work, life and process in Rio de janeiro. He is represented globally by Gallery WOA (Way Of Arts) in Lisbon where his last major solo showing was hosted in late 2007-early 2008. His work has also been seen at the Museum of Image and Sound in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Ithaka's sculpture work has been published in various books, most notably David Carson's "The End Of Print" (published 2000-USA), "Belong" by Jennifer Morton (published 2004-Canada), and Robb Havassy's "Surf Story"(published 2009-USA).

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Saturday, January 7, 2012

"BLING BARRELS" - a recycled surfboard-sculpture by contemporary artist, Ithaka









"BLING BARRELS" - a recycled surfboard-sculpture by contemporary artist, Ithaka
__________________________________________________________________



http://www.facebook.com/pages/ithaka-artist/185013541539814

"Bling Barrels" a recycled surfboard sculpture by contemporary artist: ithaka

Series: Ghost Prisms
Project: The Reincarnation Of A Surfboard

(Ithaka Blog) http://planetithaka.blogspot.com

(Ithaka Twitter) http://twitter.com/#!/ithaka_

This video features
"Bling Barrles" (aka Waves #4),
a sculpture by contemporary artist,
Ithaka,
for his project entitled
"The Reincarnation Of A Surboard".

The series began in 1989
and continues to the present day.

The sculptures are
all created using recycled surfboards
(surfboards that were too damaged
to be used for their intended purpose of riding waves).

As of early 2012
there are 225+ sculptures
in the collection.

These pieces have been created
in California, Mexico, Japan, Portugal and Brazil -
and have been exhibited globally.

sites:
http://www.ithaka-1.com
http://artist.to/ithakasculpture
http://www.myspace.com/ithakasculpture
http://thereincarnationofasurfboard.blogspot.com

Ithaka
is represented internationally
by
Gallery WOA (Way Of Arts)

contact:
Goncalo Leandro
wayofartslda@gmail.com



Contemporary artist, Ithaka, was born in 1966 near Los Angeles where he indulged in a cross-cultural pollination of both city and sea. He later established himself in Tokyo, Athens, Lisbon and finally Rio de Janeiro - where he now resides.

He began his ongoing (225 piece +) sculpture series, THE REINCARNATION OF A SURFBOARD in 1989 after accidentally breaking one of his own surfboards in half, later restructuring and retexturing the destroyed board into a piece of wall-hanging sculpture. He has been constantly active with this medium ever since. His works have been exhibited in Europe, Asia, South America and the U.S. and featured in hundreds of magazines and television programs.

In 2006, a documentary written and directed by Susanna Lira called "The Road To Ithaka" won the BEST SCRIPT AWARD at the Brazilian FATU film festival. The film overviews all aspects of the artist's work, life and process in Rio de janeiro. He is represented globally by Gallery WOA (Way Of Arts) in Lisbon where his last major solo showing was hosted in late 2007-early 2008. His work has also been seen at the Museum of Image and Sound in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Ithaka's sculpture work has been published in various books, most notably David Carson's "The End Of Print" (published 2000-USA), "Belong" by Jennifer Morton (published 2004-Canada), and Robb Havassy's "Surf Story"(published 2009-USA).

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

"CHAVES DA VIDA" (aka "keys of Life) : Sculptures by Ithaka




"Chaves da Vida" (or Keys Of Life) a couple of sculptures from the series As 


Aventuras do KorvoRão from the project The Reincarnation of A Surfboard.


Photographed by Paula Oudman for Elle Magazine, Portugal.