BaToCo Barriletes a Toda Costa - News

Kites In The South

Dear BaToCo Friends: Here you'll find something I wrote about the activities we carried out in Bariloche, and some recent photos with kites. I also take the opportunity to congratulate you for your plentiful achievements and projects in the late months, after so much dedication and effort. Above all, I wish to thank you for all the support and strength you give me each time I travel to Buenos Aires. It started building kites in '99. How many things have occurred since then! Below you can read about an experience we carried out here, in the South...

Videos

In the videoblog you can find these new additions: Kite Festival in Patagonia, Disorganized Kiteflying, Indoor routines, revos, ... Enjoy!

Revo Clinic

The good weather conditions allowed a successful performance in the first Revo Clinic.

A joyful crowd gathered at Costa Escombro, and despite the tough battle against the mosquitoes in there, they were able to execute the pre-established routine.

Workshop at Fleni

Last April 20, we had the good fortune of attending a kite building and flight workshop held at the Therapeutic Educational Center for Children and Teenagers (abbreviated CETNA in Spanish), located in Fleni Escobar facilities.

An actually happy and emotive experience, which is reflected in the images, in Betty's text and Pipo's writing for his grandson Iñaki

Diploma Awarding

" The Space for Arts and Crafts is an initiative from the Oficina General del Casco Histórico (Historical Area General Office), in Buenos Aires City, consisting in an exhibition that is annually performed to learn about old crafts that have once been characteristic in the City. Their visitors can observe not only finished products but also how they are built, maintaining the old techniques in vogue, essential for recovering the cultural patrimony in our City"

We were invited to the ceremony during which we were bestowed a Diploma for our participation in the last event. The place chosen? The Casa de la Cultura (Culture House) facilities, a building that belonged to the centenary La Prensa Newspaper.

Bicycles

Fernando Traverso, creator of an icon and an action, worldwide recognized. His work is the stamping of the missing people's bicycle, Rosario people's bike, those who never came back because somebody made them "disappear"

The bicycles stamped on the walls in Rosario (Santa Fe), on the flags, on any surface that would tell something about those silenced years, are the work of this artist born in Rosario, who found his own way for filling that vacuity and silence with a work of art, with a series of actions/ fittings, meaning that absence. Theirs.

Workshop in Pilar

Last Saturday, February 24, Roberto and Pablo went to Pilar (Buenos Aires) to deliver a kite workshop for a group of young parents and their children

Both Roberto and Pablo wish to thank all participants for their predisposition and joyfulness, and particularly Pablo Puente, who coordinated all the activity.

Happy Birthday !

As BaToCo Barriletes a Toda Costa Asociación Civil reached its First Anniversary, its members celebrated the event a hot Sunday, toasting in the open sky, with the same setting that Costa Escombro has been providing for years.

Under a birthday atmosphere, BaToCo fellows flew their kites -as usual-, while some of them prepared the so-called "La Toldería", i.e., a parasol adorned with balloons and garlands.

There were also hats with our colors, and those wearing them looked like millionaires.

BaToCo Reports

John Barresi and Dave Shattuck, who visited us last December to participate in the Wind Party, have already published their report about their stay in Argentina. We wish to thank them sincerely, and invite you to read the articles published by them:

• Wind Party.

• Comodoro Rivadavia Festival.

And a present for you below, "Adios Nonino", John Barresi's performance during the 2006 Windless Festival.

Kite Patents

Kite Patents is an interesting page where we can find a good number of kite patents, with their designs and drawings. The page includes a small index with key words for making the search easier.

Google has recently introduced a new Service: Google Patent Search through which one can look for the complete text of the patent corpus in the U.S.A. All the existing patents come from the (Unite States Patent and Trademark Office - USPTO).

The service includes the complete set of patents that the USPTO made available, from patents issued in 1790 until mid 2006: Over 7 million patents to explore. If you enter the word kites the searcher will issue approximately 645 results.