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.
Monday, 10 March 2014
Return to Homs
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Thursday, 6 March 2014
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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
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Monday, 13 January 2014
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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.
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
trabalham com minúcia a memória da água
(gotas de sangue conquistadas sulco a sulco
no terror dos caules).
no terror dos caules).
são por isso:
intérpretes involuntários da vontade do corpo
..
as mão criam a sua própria fotossíntese
a partir dos mortos
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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.
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