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La Haine – The Camera Is On The Right Side by Johan van der Keuken The boy possessed by a longing to kill can’t kill and freezes. The boy who held on to wisdom and relativity (perhaps connecting to ancient African tribal relationships) becomes possesed by a murderous urge. The story turns: how the hate, which always seemed to be there, reproduces and anchors [...] read more Okay…it’ll probably be a bi-weekly update of my voracious appetite….Here is another update of my encounters with culture. Culture….or as Geert Wilders would call it: Linkse Hobbies (Leftist pasttime). And by the way, that is not only subsidized culture, he also means NGO’s and environmental subsidies. Some friends of mine started this small initiative, to stress how intellectually poor and obnoxious this is: www.linksehobby.nu. [...] read more Welcome to the first of a weekly report card that structures my voracious appetite for all things culture. Lo and behold, it was a week filled with new inputs and renewed acquaintances.
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It’s always fascinating to see the award season pass and realize, especially with the Oscars, what social or political issue is the thing this year. For instance the Oscars 2005 highlighted the struggle of the USA with the heritage of 9/11, the war on terrorism and saw the start of the Iraq-seen-through-the-lense-of-Hollywood (Syriana, Good Night [...] read more Although I planned another first blog, a forthcoming piece about dialectic adolescence, I encountered something today I would like to share.
At about 23:00 hrs on March 9th I twittered: The wonders of neo feminism: 4 girls singing very empowered about making cherry pie… @katzenjammer. Today I went to a concert of the Scandinavian group Katzenjammer, out of curioisity but mostly because of the encouragement of some dear female friends. [...] read more |
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First there was a much anticipated visit to Foam Amsterdam for the Rodchenko exhibition. The exhibit focused on his photography and his graphical design work. I’ve always been a sucker for Russian constructivist art. The mixture of abstract aesthetics
