Spatio-temporal loops for the eye of the beholder

In the ancient Indian gamble of snakes and ladders, both of the mentioned elements are crucial for the structure of the simple board game, but also quite literally play out the back and forth in time and space representing the twists of fate, as Salman Rushdie interprets it aptly in his book Midnight’s Children …

Failure as springboard to success

By accident I am just discovering Chris Kraus, film-maker, writer and co-editor of Semiotext(e) as I came across the announcement for Performative Philosophy: The films and writings of Chris Kraus and Semiotext(e) at Monash University Museum of Art. An event I certainly wanted to visit, if it weren’t that far down under.

Performative Philosophy: The …

some favorites to look forward to ……

.. as I might be able to attend .... or at least consequent pieces ….

Xavier Le Roy – Self Unfinished (1998)

.. will be able to see ‘Babel’ in December though this looks amazing ….

.. and just something I would loved to have seen ..

taxi to the dark side

arte TV takes its 20th birthday to show a special program, which also includes re-airings of important films or series of the last years. Tonight the main program (will be repeated twice in november) was ‘Taxi to the Darkside’ by Alex Gibney, a disturbing and important film, exploring the torture methods the world’s biggest …

something else: the window across .. etc …

I always liked Friederike Mayröcker writings .. and this is a perfect beginning of a film I would wish to see …. soon ..
DAS SCHREIBEN UND DAS SCHWEIGEN - Trailer>>> website of the filmmaker

The Heart of Jenin bringing forward the Cinema of Jenin

.. a fascinating story comes to one very visible result, where the reconstruction of a former site was an important factor of participation: Cinema Jenin, one of Palestine’s largest and most impressive movie houses, is re-opening today thanks to international support after remaining closed for more than 20 years since the first Intafada …

women without men

A strange trailer was the best I could find to bring over a feeling for a film hard to be described. May be the closest description is indeed to favor its strong feminine point of view – women looked at in their unique characteristics, restrictions, and ways they find for their desires. A deep …