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Goldin Senneby
Goldin+Senneby is the collaborative duo of artists Simon Goldin and Jakob Senneby. They have worked together under this name since 2004 and are based in Stockholm. Their collaboration started with The Port (2004–2006); a series of insertions into the online world ''Second Life'', exhibited among other places on Artport, Whitney Museum of American Art in 2005. They are also known for the project AfterMicrosoft, in which they re-photographed the site in Sonoma valley where ''Bliss'', the default wallpaper in Windows XP, was taken. In the project ''Headless'' (2007–), they approach the sphere of offshore finance, and its production of virtual space through legal code. Looking at strategies of withdrawal and secrecy, they trace an offshore company in the Bahamas called Headless Ltd. A ghostwritten detective novel continuously narrates their investigations. This work was exhibited at the 28th São Paulo Art Biennial, The Power Plant, Toronto, with an epilogue at Kadist in Paris. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matronymic Surname
A matronymic is a personal name or a parental name based on the given name of one's mother, grandmother, or any female ancestor. It is the female equivalent of a patronymic. Around the world, matronymic surnames are far less common than patronymic surnames. In some cultures in the past, matronymic last names were often given to children of unwed mothers. Or if a woman was especially well known or powerful, her descendants might adopt a matronym based on her name. A matronymic is a derived name, as compared to a matriname, which is an inherited name from a mother's side of the family, and which is unchanged. Terminology of English The word ''matronymic'' is first attested in English in 1794 and originates in the Greek μήτηρ ''mētēr'' "mother" ( GEN μητρός ''mētros'' whence the combining form μητρo- ''mētro''-), ὄνυμα ''onyma'', a variant form of ὄνομα ''onoma'' "name", and the suffix -ικός -''ikos'', which was originally used to form adjectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nan Goldin
Nancy Goldin (born 1953) is an American photographer and activist. Her work explores in snapshot-style the emotions of the individual, in intimate relationships, and the Bohemian style, bohemian LGBT subcultural communities, especially dealing with the devastating HIV/AIDS in the United States, HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Her most notable work is ''The Ballad of Sexual Dependency''. In the slideshow and monograph (1986) Goldin portrayed her chosen "family", meanwhile Documentation, documenting the post-punk and gay subcultures. She is a founding member of the advocacy group P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now) against the opioid epidemic. She lives and works in New York City. Early life Goldin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1953 to middle-class Jewish parents, and grew up in the Boston suburb of Swampscott, Massachusetts, Swampscott, moving to Lexington, Massachusetts, Lexington in her teens. Goldin's father worked in broadcasting and served as the chief econom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golding
Golding is an English surname. People with the surname include: * Andrew Golding (born 1963), English cricketer * Arthur Golding (c. 1536–1606), English translator * Ashton Golding (born 1996), Jamaican rugby league footballer * Belle Golding (1864–1940), Australian feminist activist * Benjamin Golding (1793–1863), British doctor * Bill Golding (1916–1999), Australian rules footballer * Binker Golding (born 1985), British jazz musician * Bob Golding (born 1970), English actor * Bruce Golding (born 1947), Jamaican politician * Charles Golding (other) * Cindy Golding (born 1952), American politician and businesswoman * Edward Golding (other) * Frank Golding (1890–1966), Australian rules footballer * George Golding (1906–1999), Australian runner * Germaine Golding (1887–1973), French tennis player * Grant Golding (born 1981), Canadian gymnast * Henry Golding (born 1987), British–Malaysian actor * Henry Golding (died 1576), British Member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden (name)
Golden is a family name that can be of English, Jewish or Irish origin. It can be a variant spelling of Golding. It is also sometimes a given name, generally male. Notable people with the surname Golden * Al Golden (American football) (born 1969), American college football coach * Andrew Golden, gunman in the 1998 Jonesboro, Arkansas school shooting * Anne Golden (born 1942), Canadian administrator *Annie Golden (born 1951), American actress and singer *Antonio Gandy-Golden (born 1998), American football player * Arthur Golden (born 1956), American novelist, author of ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' *Christopher Golden (born 1967), American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels * Daniel Golden, American journalist * Dave Golden, American musician and Fulbright Scholar *Diana Golden (actress) *Diana Golden (skier) (1963–2001), American disabled ski racer *Eddie Golden, pro name for Amer wrestler Harold Edward Cox (born 1973) * Eve Golden, American film journalist and biographer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goldin Institute
The Goldin Institute is a non-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, US, that works directly with communities around the globe to create their own strategies and solutions to issues such as poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability, gender empowerment and conflict resolution. History The institute was founded in 2002 by Diane Goldin and Executive Director Travis Rejman, in direct association with The Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. On October 27, 2002, The Goldin Institute for International Partnership and Peace, a network-forming symposium created to bring together global grassroots leaders in the inter-religious movement, was convened in Chicago, Illinois. In 2008, the Institute for Food and Development Policy published Goldin's study, "The Limits of Microcredit—A Bangladesh Case". in November 2009, National Public Radio aired a segment on the program ''Worldview'' highlighting the Goldin Institute's Improving Microcredit: Listening to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldin Finance 117
Goldin Finance 117, also known as China 117 Tower (Simplified Chinese characters, Chinese: 中国117大厦), is an under construction supertall skyscraper in Xiqing District, Tianjin, China. The tower was topped out in 2015 at a height of 597 m (1,957 ft). It has 128 storeys above ground, with 117 of them intended for housing, hotel, and commercial space, which provides the source of the building’s name. Designed by P&T Group, construction began in 2009 but was twice halted. In April 2025, it was announced that construction would resume and be completed in 2027. Goldin Finance 117 and other previously failed skyscraper projects in China were responsible for the government banning construction of buildings over 500 metres (1,640 feet). When completed, Goldin Finance 117 will be one of China's last 500+ m towers for the foreseeable future. History Construction of the skyscraper began in 2008 and was scheduled for completion in 2014. However, work was suspended in January 2010 due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |