Slavoj Žižek talk: 'Why Todestrieb is a Philosophical Concept' 6th of March, at the ICI Berlin.Photo, Lydia Skawinski-Shearer
(Taken with a Minox 35 GT)
2 months ago
Sunday, 22 March 2009
Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek talk: 'Why Todestrieb is a Philosophical Concept' 6th of March, at the ICI Berlin.Photo, Lydia Skawinski-Shearer
(Taken with a Minox 35 GT)
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
//// News \\\
I have just received some very very exciting news... Slavoj Žižek is to be holding a public talk for FREE on the subject of 'Why Todestrieb is a Philosophical Concept' on the 6th of March (in Berlin)... details:The lecture will be held in English and will begin at 16:00.
ICI Berlin, Christinenstr. 18/19, Haus 8, 10119 Berlin
Doors open at 15:30
Click this link to find out more.
It'll be like going to see Madonna of the (living (!)) psychoanalyst world...
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
/// MacBook FlickBook \\\
I have this idea that anyone who has a Mac and / or Photo Booth or something of that nature - that they should upload their photo 'collage' as it were onto a website - so it would form some sort of flick book. The idea is obviously flawed as I haven't worked out how to film Photo Booth other than using my mobile... I looked into programmes on the internet (with my super geeeky computer friend), but nothing was quite right. So if anyone has any ideas, do share. It may be a bit of a tacky (!) idea - but I also quite like the idea for none of the photo's (on Photo Booth) to be culled before putting it on. However, if anyone who is on my little film and does have a problem with seeing themselves, then of course I will edit it.
Please add yours here too!
Monday, 2 March 2009
Sunday, 1 March 2009
/// Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese: 蔡明亮; pinyin: Cài Míngliàng) (born 1957) PART I ///
I recently watched Tsai Ming Liang's 'The Hole' again (thanks to The Auteurs ), and I had forgotten how wonderful it is. 'The Hole' is mostly comprised of long takes, is fairly slow, grey, dark and depressing - however, Tsai places short, camp, projected phantasy and surreal scenes locked between (such as the youtube clip posted above), which works in constructing a truly inspired film.
The plot revolves around a weird virus which has spread around Taipei; subsequently the narrative centres around an upstairs neighbour who watches the woman downs
tairs in their separate quarantined spaces, through a hole in the floor. Obviously voyeurism plays a large role in the film, along with narcissism (from the camp clips, it seems clear that the woman creates these sexualised phantasies along with her watcher). Water is also used as an important allegory throughout the film, alluding to Susan Sontag's 'Illness as Metaphor' theory, and it also works in adding to the imposing and dispairing situation which our protagonists are faced with.
Tsai Ming Liang, Still from 'The Hole', 1998
(and I want this dress...)
The plot revolves around a weird virus which has spread around Taipei; subsequently the narrative centres around an upstairs neighbour who watches the woman downs
tairs in their separate quarantined spaces, through a hole in the floor. Obviously voyeurism plays a large role in the film, along with narcissism (from the camp clips, it seems clear that the woman creates these sexualised phantasies along with her watcher). Water is also used as an important allegory throughout the film, alluding to Susan Sontag's 'Illness as Metaphor' theory, and it also works in adding to the imposing and dispairing situation which our protagonists are faced with.Tsai Ming Liang, still from 'The Hole', 1998
'The Hole,' manages to embody an utterly surrealist charm to it, whilst remaining thoroughly pragmatic, which for me, proves Tsai's status of being one of the most innovative directors of our time.
Tsai Ming Liang, Still from 'The Hole', 1998
(and I want this dress...)
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