Monday, 10 March 2014

Return to Homs

I was deeply impressed by Talal Derki's documentary "Return to Homs". In it, the director follows a group of Homs locals, leaded by a young man named Basset, in their spiral to despair in the midst of the Syrian conflict. As the city falls apart so do their initial hopes of a peaceful revolution and they soon take arms to fight the regime. The film is deeply immersed in the daily lives of Basset and his friends who are clearly naive with respect to the broader implications of the conflict and the politics around it. The director makes a clear choice to ignore the politics in order to focus only on the human aspect and the brutality of Homs' siege. This results in an impressive, moving testimony of the absurdity of war.


Thursday, 6 March 2014

Saturday, 1 March 2014

FIFDH

FIFDH

Sunday, 26 January 2014

It's going to get worse and worse and worse, my friend

































Precise, powerful and beautiful performance from Lisbeth Gruwez in ADC this week. Came out wanting more.

"De la manipulation à l'extase, Lisbeth Gruwez dynamite de l'intérieur la force de frappe des discours autoritaires."

in journal de l'association pour la danse contemporaine de Genève

Monday, 13 January 2014

ANTIGEL festival

 ANTIGEL


Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Bolivia



Tuesday, 24 September 2013

nas ervas altas

(O Coxo)

As mãos não valem de nada nas ervas altas

têm manchas,
aflorações da pele como quistos,
raízes na terra derramada.
e no seu pânico crescem como plantas
(com uma intencionalidade vertical).

são como luzes permanentes
iluminando o relevo anatómico.

e no entanto
há uma certa perspicácia
na verde prodigalidade da sua loucura,
uma humildade orgânica
no movimento aflitivo dos dedos.

..

as mãos mentem.
mentem aos homens como insectos
no terror nocturno das camas.
fingem despertares kafkianos,
metamorfoses inúteis,
e deixam as raízes esgotar a água dos muros
erguidos na esperança de chuva.

as mãos
trabalham com minúcia a memória da água
(gotas de sangue conquistadas sulco a sulco
no terror dos caules).

são por isso:
intérpretes involuntários da vontade do corpo

..

as mão criam a sua própria fotossíntese
a partir dos mortos

Monday, 16 September 2013

santantango

my weekend's program: the 7.5h epic from Bela Tarr. For now I leave you with this clip, to be watched with sound.

Sunday, 28 July 2013

Higgs Boson Blues

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

the red series



 
 
 
 

the orange series




the blue series