February 2012
66 posts
take a swim
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G. Richter Painting — fortunately I didn’t buy the film.
In the Realm of Senses became the perfect pornographic film in Japan because it cannot be seen there. Its existence is pornographic—regardless of its content. Once it is seen, In the Realm of the Senses may no longer be a pornographic film.
Nagisa Ōshima, “Theory of Experimental Pornographic Film,” in Cinema, Censorship, and the State, 253.
Martyrdom as Performance — Daniel Tércio
Martyrdom invokes power, purity and combat. Alongside, or even before these three aspects, there is an indispensable condition: the wound which enables a certain man or woman to be transformed into a martyr. This wound, self-inflicted or, mainly, inflicted by others – a wound so often leading to death – presupposes inspiration and willingness. Choosing martyrdom perhaps reveals, in those making the...
Sanja Iveković — sweet violence: waiting for the... →
“I create by wrapping a piece of fabric around myself. It’s a process of manual...”
– Issey Miyake
