Catarina Aimée Dahms aka Cata.Pirata

Cata.Pirata has set sail

2011-04-18T17:33:00.002+02:00

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Cata.Pirata has set sail to:

CATAPIRATA.WITHTANK.COM

In Dreams

2010-12-21T20:59:00.002+01:00

All dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous, for they may act on their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.....

Eat Cake Peasant

2010-09-03T00:16:00.003+02:00

exotic ghosts

2010-08-19T21:58:00.004+02:00

Skip&Die + Goldfrapp gig!

2010-08-18T00:47:00.000+02:00

my love for you #1 : another reason to appreciate death

2010-08-15T22:14:00.002+02:00

you are my catalyst.

2010-08-07T04:43:00.004+02:00

sed accusant fatum #1 : biorhythmic cycle

2010-08-01T13:09:00.002+02:00

Happier Being Hated

2010-07-30T21:47:00.002+02:00

Expletive Deleted #1 : seashellontheseashore

2010-07-30T20:53:00.002+02:00

The Game #1 : Agony is the name.

2010-07-25T13:46:00.003+02:00

Happy Birthday Auntie Nicola

2010-07-14T20:34:00.002+02:00

Doomed Romanticism #2 :The Pleasure Principle

2010-07-14T18:42:00.003+02:00

Doomed Romanticism #1 : the timeless allure of romance

2010-07-14T02:00:00.003+02:00

roar my lion roar

2010-07-11T20:28:00.001+02:00

To all you bigots in the house. Fuck You. #1

2010-07-01T02:16:00.004+02:00

fuck you if you judge people by their colour, their sex, or where they are from. if you insist on opinionating, judge them by the way they treat other human beings. treat others the way you would like to be treated yourself. peace out.

Time-Space Continuum #1 : Once & Future Moon

2010-06-30T01:23:00.001+02:00

Dear Death #1 : Fuck You

2010-06-30T00:48:00.000+02:00

Elephant Dies of Broken Heart

2010-06-29T02:55:00.003+02:00

savetheelephants.org

Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places #1: Coriander

2010-06-18T23:51:00.004+02:00

Freestate Swomp

Looking for Love - Connie Francis

2010-06-18T23:48:00.000+02:00

Cata.Pirata in BLEND MAGAZINE

2010-06-11T01:53:00.001+02:00

For BLEND Magazine's June/July Issue "The Ball", I was asked two write and create collages on four up and coming artists in my network.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present you.....
Emza, Francine, Kidu, and Patti!

PS these are the raw images, for the article & print, please order the magazine at

www.blend.nl

Emza

2010-06-11T01:52:00.000+02:00

Emza / Kwaito Rapper / South Africa
reverbnation.com/emzayiboss

Francine Hofstee

2010-06-11T01:50:00.000+02:00

Francine Hofstee / Photographer / Amsterdam & New York
francinehofstee.com

Kidu

2010-06-11T01:48:00.002+02:00

Kidu / Visual Artist & Musician / South Africa
teamuncool.co.za
kidu.co.za

Patti Fonseca

2010-06-11T01:32:00.008+02:00

Patti Fonseca / Fashion Designer / Cabo Verde & Rotterdam
myspace.com/patriciafonsecamonteiro

Do You Love Me?

2010-06-08T23:51:00.000+02:00

Who Knows Where

2010-06-07T21:25:00.002+02:00

If you had a heart #1: I'd rip it out

2010-06-06T02:05:00.005+02:00

Live Free or Fokken Die

2010-05-10T16:16:00.002+02:00

Them Genes : Off

2010-05-07T13:20:00.005+02:00

and four for amour

2010-05-06T19:51:00.002+02:00

Catastrophe #1: Knock Knock

2010-05-06T15:20:00.003+02:00

Unicorns : True Love : Surreal

2010-05-05T01:16:00.002+02:00

Chinese Tea from You to Me

2010-05-05T00:17:00.003+02:00

Symbols : Fantasy

2010-05-03T23:34:00.003+02:00

Stoned

2010-05-03T22:35:00.003+02:00

Layered Voices : Moving Words

2010-05-03T21:16:00.000+02:00

How to alienate people / oneself

2010-05-03T20:56:00.005+02:00

Reusing The Past #2: Heterochrony

2010-05-03T20:32:00.006+02:00

Reusing The Past #1: The Present

2010-05-03T20:25:00.005+02:00

Que gusto tenia el amor? #2: solucionar problemas

2010-04-29T03:23:00.005+02:00

Que gusto tenia el amor? #1: un mito

2010-04-29T02:29:00.004+02:00

The Crustacean Drives Me Wild

2010-04-29T00:24:00.000+02:00

Luna llena #1: ya basta.

2010-04-28T00:29:00.000+02:00

Love Dagger #2: prove the crime

2010-04-27T01:23:00.001+02:00

la verdad es #1: fantasma mio

2010-04-25T23:44:00.005+02:00

Love Dagger #1: where love should grow

2010-04-25T21:38:00.004+02:00

Eyjafjallajökull #1: you tease

2010-04-21T16:12:00.008+02:00

Bukowski - Murder

2010-04-19T02:56:00.002+02:00

Epic Fail #1: naive

2010-04-19T02:30:00.001+02:00

fuck you turn me on #1: flowers

2010-04-19T00:56:00.001+02:00

Me di cuenta #1: el latigo

2010-03-23T21:49:00.002+01:00

Je doet nep. #1: de ketel

2010-03-22T00:26:00.013+01:00

remember #2: temple square

2010-03-17T23:30:00.002+01:00

remember #1: raven

2010-03-17T23:16:00.002+01:00

be yours

2010-03-17T22:25:00.003+01:00

el mar de mazeppa #2: tragicomedia

2010-03-17T21:48:00.003+01:00

el mar de mazeppa #1: como tus labios

2010-03-17T20:40:00.004+01:00

Sweetheart, would you like some peas? - I hate peas.

2010-03-17T15:26:00.009+01:00

I'm going to show you some images,...
..and, uhm... you tell me...

..what they remind you of.

OK?

A tumble-dryer.

A very civilized bat-like man typing a letter to his beloved.

A woman who has given up waiting for her lover to respond to her love, and therefor cries tears of blood from her eyes.

A pavement.

A woman sitting on the edge of the world while a monkey stabs her in the back, through the chest, and flowers grow out of her shoulders.

Three Birds.

A monster in the mind, collapsing. As if defeated.

I have my proof too, you know.

2010-03-17T14:27:00.005+01:00

"This photograph is my proof. There was that afternoon, when things were still good between us, and she embraced me, and we were so happy. It did happen, she did love me. Look see for yourself!"
(Duane Michals)

I knew you'd take all my honey, you selfish mthafcka.

2010-03-14T13:46:00.002+01:00

Venus with Cupid Stealing Honey.
1530. Cranach.

trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it's broke, but you can still see the cracks in that mthafckas reflection

2010-03-14T13:28:00.001+01:00

and I'm the one that jaded you

2010-03-13T16:57:00.002+01:00

Ouch. That really hurt.

2010-03-13T14:40:00.009+01:00

his dagger plunges into her heart
warming the core
painting it red

Moro Numa Casa Tropical!

2010-03-10T16:59:00.002+01:00

Moro Numa Casa Tropical!
(I live in a tropical house)

País Tropical - Jorge Ben Jor

Moro!
Num País Tropical
Abençoado por Deus
E bonito por natureza
(Mas que beleza!)
Em fevereiro (Em fevereiro!)
Tem carnaval (Tem carnaval!)
Eu tenho um fusca e um violão
Sou Flamengo, tenho uma nêga
Chamada Tereza...

Sambaby, Sambaby
Sou um menino
De mentalidade mediana
(Pois é!)
Mas assim mesmo feliz da vida
Pois eu não devo nada aninguém
(Pois é!)
Pois eu sou feliz
Muito feliz, comigo mesmo...

I can barely hear my heart beating!

2010-02-24T11:02:00.002+01:00

"Helping the little lady along are you, my fine gentlemen?
Well stay away from her, or I'll stuff a mattress with you!
And you, I'll make you into a beehive."

tremble

2010-02-24T02:36:00.005+01:00

my eyes are tigers
piercing through your flesh
your names lie upon my tongue
daring to be devoured
you could be anybody
it's not love
i can no longer tell
the difference
in passing
we wave at the ships
one by one
the birds fall from the sky
like cherry blossoms
in a storm
a tempest
that has been kept at bay for too long
only to shatter
windows
facing inward

Women & Water

2009-03-08T14:01:00.001+01:00

WATER is a precious commodity. Unfortunately in Africa there is hardly ever a ‘happy medium’: either drought or flood. In Bla (Mali) there was drought and the Soroptimists provided a well. The villages built a market garden and the next year it was flooded out – completely destroyed!

This is not an isolated incident – all over Africa communities are coping with the situation. And some walk for hours daily to collect their daily ration. Always women. Women walking, leading donkeys, women sitting on carts loaded with buckets, women on foot; with buckets, basins and pitchers.

For a women to be free to learn, earn and care for her family she has to be free from this time and labour consuming task – and that is what the Soroptimists are doing – by building wells they are giving the women in the community the chance for a better life.

EVERY LITTLE DONATION IS USED TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL.

3-4-0

2007-06-07T14:42:00.000+02:00

mira que mi bici
va tan deprisa
yo corro
yo corro
atras
de ella

tu sabes
tu sabes
lo que
yo quiero

yo quiero
yo quiero
tres - cuatro - cero

je rêve.

2007-01-17T01:31:00.000+01:00

je rêve.
de baobabs
et
bougainvillées

avec toi
bien sur.

mais je n'habite pas a cuba

2007-01-09T20:47:00.000+01:00

mais c'est pas grave
it is a step
.a gesture.
down the river
.one day.
it is a
hop
skip
jump
away

feliz navi-dada!

2006-12-25T13:54:00.000+01:00

I Want To Be Alone

2006-12-19T09:58:00.000+01:00

I Want To Be Alone

You know there are times when I don't need you
But you seem to think it means
Don't love you but I do
But sometimes I want to be alone
Somewhere on my own

I don't know why it is but I sometimes feel
That I have to get away yet I know I love you
But sometimes I want to be alone
Somewhere on my own

Don't make me stay to walk aimlessly
Hand in hand
Just today set me free
Let me be alone

Tomorrow I may feel that I can't go through
Even one more lonely hour
Without you, yet its true
That sometimes I have to be alone
Let me be alone

Vashti Bunyan

Marguerite Duras

2006-12-18T00:00:00.000+01:00

you destroy me
you are so good for me
you destroy me
plenty of time
please
take me
deform me
make me ugly
why not you?

vai vem como vai bem

2006-12-15T01:48:00.000+01:00

just an off-beat kinda girl.

Bourik swe pou chwal dekore ak dentel

2006-12-09T16:31:00.000+01:00

bourik swe pou chwal dekore ak dentel - haitian proverb: the donkey sweats so the horse can be decorated with lace

un elefante

2006-12-06T10:18:00.000+01:00

un elefante se balanceaba sobre la tela de una araña.
como veía que no se caía fue a llamar a otro elefante.
dos elefantes se balanceaban...

an elephant was swinging on a spider’s web.
when it saw that it didn’t fall,
it went off to call another elephant.
two elephants were swinging...

africa do sul

2006-12-04T21:27:00.000+01:00

go.fish.

2006-11-30T17:48:00.000+01:00

go.
shift it. shift it.
you can shift it all you want.
you don't fool me. go.
broaden your specific content.
your assortiment.
shift it.
suck it.
pull it.
fuck it.
drown our brains.
tighten our chains. go.
here's my wrist.
slit it.
shift it. shift it.
we'll still win it. go.

buscaré mi bicicleta en la misma calle donde la dejé

2006-11-29T17:00:00.000+01:00

your evening is perfect.
things are alive in your world.
i can hear little frogs fall from the clouds.
let your souls join the socialist parties.
this is your evening.
somewhere Eroticism is explained
to a girl sipping tea at the kitchen table
who personally thinks this is all
uncalled for
and that
their breaking-in
should be left to gather moss
from which an occasional white water lily may be allowed to bloom.
this is your evening.
i can hear little frogs fall from hell.

the point should not be what to consume, but how to consume less.

2006-11-24T17:22:00.000+01:00

our decisions as consumers are our greatest political power, environmentalism is a lifestyle choice, with full responsibility on the shoulders of the individual. you.

did you know that belgium is the only country in west-europe in which mcdonald´s isn´t the number one market leader? ... food for thought.

hier of daar of hier - ja toch hier.

2006-11-16T12:21:00.000+01:00

dingen zijn beter daar
dingen zijn veel beter daar
het avontuur is zoet
een ontmoeting tussen een meid
en een poëet
de een wakker
de ander gestoord
vol donkere schaduwen
waar de weg kwijt geraakt wil worden
waar namen worden geroepen
niet verstopt
maar ik was hier
ik was hier
al die tijd
hart bonkend tegen de wereld

2006-11-14T12:59:00.000+01:00

PETA's Banned Ads

mi casa es... mi casa

2006-11-05T16:36:00.000+01:00

leonard cohen is playing at my house, my house.
i've set it up.
ooh yeah.
i've got sixteen vultures in my backyard.
having a shell feels good again.

irreversibilities

2006-10-16T12:05:00.000+02:00

years
intrigue
originality
weeks
wednesdays
octobers
grind
to a
holt
webs
of
irreversibilities
all should have
been left
unsaid?

como un puñal muy fuerte en el corazon

2006-10-10T15:25:00.000+02:00

"my name is baby carni bird
i'm the only one in the world
i'm yours
for i can fly up in the air
and you can shoot me when you like
i'm yours"

- camille dalmais

c'est ça. mais moi je me débrouille.

2006-10-02T01:54:00.000+02:00

pas.
toujours.
doucement.
comme ça.

life in blue

2006-09-24T19:33:00.000+02:00

eu vou chorar sem medo
eu vou lembrar do tempo
de onde eu via o mundo azul
-seu jorge-

i eat veggies

2006-09-17T16:54:00.000+02:00

passe em casa - come home

2006-09-15T14:20:00.000+02:00

tribalistas.
se você não passa no morro.
eu quase morro.
estou implorando socorro.
ou quase morro.
passe o tempo, as estações.
passem as andorinhas e verões.
passe em casa.

como veneno en mi sangre

2006-09-13T11:45:00.000+02:00

¿Vos en los jardines sin mí?

No solías dar sola melancolías a ese pálido alhelí.

Ni envidias ni celos diste sin mí a esa fuente.

No viera yo los jardines donde llueven los jazmines lágrimas como la aurora.

source: http://www.coh.arizona.edu/SPANISH/COMEDIA/mira/nohrei1b.html

gewoon blijven glimlachen. vinden ze leuk.

2006-09-11T20:10:00.000+02:00

mademoiselle, vous êtes très jolie avec votre rouge beret

2006-08-23T16:46:00.000+02:00

purgatory of the revolution

2006-08-20T01:08:00.000+02:00

"Capitalism produces schizos the same way it produces Prell shampoo or Ford cars, but the schizos are not salable." Deleuze and Guattari

(Deleuze, Gilles, and Felix Guattari. Anti-Oedipus : capitalism and schizophrenia. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1983. RC455 .D42213 1983)

si viene, yo paro - if he comes, i'll strike

2006-08-19T09:10:00.000+02:00

if we want to live as free human beings
not work as slaves
we need to abolish this slavery

if we do not want to be slaves to any system
we need to abolish this very system of slavery

if we do not work on the downfall of capitalism
then we are working on the downfall of humanity

babesicle

2006-08-17T22:14:00.000+02:00

.that was me.
.just trying to reach you.
.i will try again later.
.we are going to set our minds to it.
.and flutter about happy again.
.in no time.
.te parece?

no fomentemos.

2006-08-16T19:08:00.000+02:00

: ...en que andas subersiva?!

: $$$@)@(#(#(#)@*!*$&$(@#

: si...lo se..ultimamente me estuve interiorizando bastante en el tema...estan bastante anestesiados

: **)%^%$&*&)*)##@%^&**)*&(&&*^&%%$$%##$$$$$4%&4#%^

: les dieron la pastillita del euro para dormir y ni se dieron cuenta

: (&*(&&%&^$#%$#%$$#%$#^*&())_&^$#

: me parece bien...pero cuidate

dialectic materialism vs ecology

2006-08-10T12:11:00.000+02:00

dialectic materialism is not a monolitic building of theories, it is understanding theory and being able to change it.

theory of society and a real ontology.

there is a dialectic relationship between mankind and nature. Friedrich Engels> dialectic of nature: we are reminded in every step we take, that we do not rule nature!

the criminal fault is that nature is not considered a vital part of human life, but simply a resource without consideration of the consequences of its neglection.

Nowadays we have the means of developing so as to create a world considering ecology, but natural resources are not seen as a collective, they are increasingly being privatised and patented: the risks of this policy are moved to the oppressed parts of the world, and the repercussions will come back to us soon enough.

la gabalgata de gente un poco feliz / the parade of the -a little happy- people

2006-07-26T23:22:00.000+02:00

en esta epoca en que todo va para atras. no crean que estoy loca por no querer participar.

in this era in which everything is going backwards. there is no need to think i am crazy for not willing to participate in the decay.

Catarina Aimée Dahms aka Cata.Pirata

Cata.Pirata has set sail

In Dreams

Eat Cake Peasant

exotic ghosts

Skip&Die + Goldfrapp gig!

my love for you #1 : another reason to appreciate death

you are my catalyst.

sed accusant fatum #1 : biorhythmic cycle

Happier Being Hated

Expletive Deleted #1 : seashellontheseashore

The Game #1 : Agony is the name.

Happy Birthday Auntie Nicola

Doomed Romanticism #2 :The Pleasure Principle

Doomed Romanticism #1 : the timeless allure of romance

roar my lion roar

To all you bigots in the house. Fuck You. #1

Time-Space Continuum #1 : Once & Future Moon

Dear Death #1 : Fuck You

Elephant Dies of Broken Heart

Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places #1: Coriander

Looking for Love - Connie Francis

Cata.Pirata in BLEND MAGAZINE

Emza

Francine Hofstee

Kidu

Patti Fonseca

Do You Love Me?

Who Knows Where

If you had a heart #1: I'd rip it out

Live Free or Fokken Die

Them Genes : Off

and four for amour

Catastrophe #1: Knock Knock

Unicorns : True Love : Surreal

Chinese Tea from You to Me

Symbols : Fantasy

Stoned

Layered Voices : Moving Words

How to alienate people / oneself

Reusing The Past #2: Heterochrony

Reusing The Past #1: The Present

Que gusto tenia el amor? #2: solucionar problemas

Que gusto tenia el amor? #1: un mito

The Crustacean Drives Me Wild

Luna llena #1: ya basta.

Love Dagger #2: prove the crime

la verdad es #1: fantasma mio

Love Dagger #1: where love should grow

Eyjafjallajökull #1: you tease

Bukowski - Murder

Epic Fail #1: naive

fuck you turn me on #1: flowers

Me di cuenta #1: el latigo

Je doet nep. #1: de ketel

remember #2: temple square

remember #1: raven

be yours

el mar de mazeppa #2: tragicomedia

el mar de mazeppa #1: como tus labios

Sweetheart, would you like some peas? - I hate peas.

I have my proof too, you know.

I knew you'd take all my honey, you selfish m*thaf*cka.

trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it's broke, but you can still see the cracks in that m*thaf*ckas reflection

and I'm the one that jaded you

Ouch. That really hurt.

Moro Numa Casa Tropical!

I can barely hear my heart beating!

tremble

Women & Water

3-4-0

je rêve.

mais je n'habite pas a cuba

feliz navi-dada!

I Want To Be Alone

Marguerite Duras

vai vem como vai bem

Bourik swe pou chwal dekore ak dentel

un elefante

africa do sul

I knew you'd take all my honey, you selfish mthafcka.

trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it's broke, but you can still see the cracks in that mthafckas reflection