I just read today’s Facebook post by Abounaddara – the anonymous Syrian film collective who participated in documenta 14 in 2017 and whose weekly films from 10 years ago I have been posting each Friday. In the post, which acts as a press release (and which I have copied and pasted in full below), Abounaddara […]
I have already seen Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey twice and I enjoyed the experience both times, including talking about it afterwards, both for its merits as a film (especially its timely commentary on the devastation of war, male arrogance and violent deception), and also in how it relates to Homer’s poem (e.g. its incorporation of […]
After a break this Summer, I am catching up on my Friday Abounaddara video posting, 10 years after they were originally posted on the Syrian film collective’s website and the documenta 14 website in 2016. You can find the links to the videos I’ve missed at the bottom of this post, with the dates that […]
This post documents the action Such Despotism (Final Version, 4th of July, 2026) by minus plato? on July 4th, 2026, outside the Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland. Such Despotism is a project that engages the resonances of the 1970 composition Jefferson by Frederic Rzewski for the current dire state of the United States of America […]
[Frederic Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated] is a large set of piano variations composed in 1976 for the pianist Ursula Oppens. Rzewski is well known for his virtuosity and for his support of and definitive performances of new music. He is also known for quite a bit of music with political themes. […]. […]
