In these Corona stricken times I have been enjoying compiling some mixtapes based on sound and music originally made for, related to, or part of cinematic works. I have particularly, but hardly exclusively, been delving into the work of – in desperate lack of a better word – “leftfield” composers and sound artists related to … Continue reading Shadows of the Unseen 1 – 4
The archive is often thought of as a forgotten repository of faded documents and dusty objects: it is an image of and from the past, a mundane picture whose identity is slowly transforming into a dynamic, digitally coloured notion of storage and memory. The archive, as an innovative concept, need not embody the past as … Continue reading ARGOS OPEN ARCHIVE
How to get a grip on Jacques Rancière’s approach to cinema? Here’s a few pointers, as a modest attempt to put some of his thinking in perspective. The look of Cinephilia Where to start? For Rancière, cinema has been an object of interest on different moments of his life. His output ranges from his first … Continue reading Rancière and Cinema
31 October 2012, Beursschouwburg, Brussels., in the context of the ‘I Fail Good’ project. In collaboration with Courtisane. “A seriousness that fails”: this is how Susan Sontag described the essence of “camp”, this transient mixture of excess, fantasy, passion and naivety that has taken up a distinctive place in the cultural firmament since the 1960’s. … Continue reading Glorious Catastrophes
“The blood thing is the only thing you really have to know to understand capitalism. The Vampire can’t act without the blood, and he can’t keep it. He doesn’t feed on the blood in a way that he would ever be full. He’s thirsty all the time. Because, as you know, he’s already dead.” – … Continue reading On Blood and Wings