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to do or not to do
Meh. Should I do the 100things_index-challenge? Or try to do it, anyway? I guess I could write about... something to do with travelling? 50 things I've seen/50 things I wanna see? Or maybe something about the North? Maybe combining it - it is, after all, what I'm doing at the moment, tbh. Or maybe something about combining it with art? I've been considering ( Read more... ) -
Short film: Tungijuq, 2009.
"Tungijuq" from 2009 is - in my views - a very beautiful short film about the seal hunt starring the Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq. Do yourself a favour and watch it. Traditional Inuit seal hunting only make up 3% of the total seal hunt, and at least in Greenland, which do not have a strong economy, many families and several communities depends ( Read more... ) -
what does it mean to be a black Dutch artist?
In a debate called “Am I Black Enough for You?” - which was held in the Netherlands - Dutch black artists discussed the perspective of being a black artist in a European country. Does black in The Netherlands mean the same as black in Anglo-American regions? Should you present yourself as being from an immigrant background, as multicultural or as ( Read more... ) -
Marina Abramović: Rhythm 0. 1974 (performance art)
TRIGGER WARNING: VIOLENCE, ABUSE
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To test the limits of the relationship between performer and audience, Abramović developed one of her most challenging (and best-known) performances. She assigned a passive role to herself, with the public being the force which would act on her ( Read more... ) -
Poetry Month, 2011, day 8, 9, and 10.
Sorry for failing the last couple of days. There are a couple of stories behind that, but I won't get into that (now).
Day 8
( Safe for work picture under the cut. Yes, I have a wide definition of poetry )
