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Weekend & La Chinoise: Why these two Godard’s 1967 masterpieces are still relevant today

It is no breaking news: many of us will agree that Jean Luc Godard is a genius and key filmmaker in the history of cinema.  But, as any interesting genius, he can be extremely gifted at some times and completely

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Weekend & La Chinoise: Why these two Godard’s 1967 masterpieces are still relevant today

It is no breaking news: many of us will agree that Jean Luc Godard is a genius and key filmmaker in the history of cinema.  But, as any interesting genius, he can be extremely gifted at some times and completely

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Something happened: catching up with Keren Cytter

Keren Cytter (1977, Tel Aviv) is an artist and writer. In her short films she explores human relationships and the everyday through a playful experimentation with structures and narratives and subverting classical ways of storytelling. She also makes drawings and

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Something happened: catching up with Keren Cytter

Keren Cytter (1977, Tel Aviv) is an artist and writer. In her short films she explores human relationships and the everyday through a playful experimentation with structures and narratives and subverting classical ways of storytelling. She also makes drawings and

/ Art

Museum Futures: A conversation with Marysia Lewandowska

On July 2008 I visited the Moderna Museet, Stockholm. There, and by chance, I found a videowork titled “Museum Futures” (2007), created by Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska for the 50th anniversary of the Swedish museum. “Museum Futures” is not

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Museum Futures: A conversation with Marysia Lewandowska

On July 2008 I visited the Moderna Museet, Stockholm. There, and by chance, I found a videowork titled “Museum Futures” (2007), created by Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska for the 50th anniversary of the Swedish museum. “Museum Futures” is not

Selfselector is back

It has been almost two years since the last Selfselector post. In the meantime, the author has left her job, changed country, taken an MA in Critical Writing & Curatorial Practice and hopefully improved her English, at least a tiny

Selfselector is back

It has been almost two years since the last Selfselector post. In the meantime, the author has left her job, changed country, taken an MA in Critical Writing & Curatorial Practice and hopefully improved her English, at least a tiny

The metafleshical writings of Dennis Cooper: an approximation

Some weeks ago, a journalist from El Mundo, a famous Spanish newspaper, defined the characters of Dennis Cooper’s novels as “depraved or bored little Americans that have a go to gay life between whiskey, money, drugs and multiple forms of

The metafleshical writings of Dennis Cooper: an approximation

Some weeks ago, a journalist from El Mundo, a famous Spanish newspaper, defined the characters of Dennis Cooper’s novels as “depraved or bored little Americans that have a go to gay life between whiskey, money, drugs and multiple forms of

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“Bonnie” de Saint Phalle & “Clyde” Tinguely

If you have wandered around the Centre Pompidou in Paris, you have most likely stumbled upon the work of two very special artists: Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely, also know as the Bonnie & Clyde of Art because

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“Bonnie” de Saint Phalle & “Clyde” Tinguely

If you have wandered around the Centre Pompidou in Paris, you have most likely stumbled upon the work of two very special artists: Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely, also know as the Bonnie & Clyde of Art because

The Adaptation

Humans, as animals, show an amazing ability to accomodate to a wide range of situations and contexts, from cozy to awkward. That is the center point of The Adaptation, the choreography created by Björn Säfsten that will be represented next

The Adaptation

Humans, as animals, show an amazing ability to accomodate to a wide range of situations and contexts, from cozy to awkward. That is the center point of The Adaptation, the choreography created by Björn Säfsten that will be represented next

Luis Eslava: a new order for everyday life

Designers (from all fields) are supposed to shape the world in which we live, aren’t they. Written like that, it seems like a pretty heavy task, but Luis Eslava prefers to enjoy and explore the irony of this job. Born

Luis Eslava: a new order for everyday life

Designers (from all fields) are supposed to shape the world in which we live, aren’t they. Written like that, it seems like a pretty heavy task, but Luis Eslava prefers to enjoy and explore the irony of this job. Born

The bitter-sweet harmonies of Barbara Morgenstern

Born in 1971 in Hagen (Germany), a small town near Düsseldorf, Barbara Morgenstern’s “affair” with music started quite precociously. She began taking jazz-piano lessons as a young girl and, after spending some time in Hamburg, in 1994 she moved to

The bitter-sweet harmonies of Barbara Morgenstern

Born in 1971 in Hagen (Germany), a small town near Düsseldorf, Barbara Morgenstern’s “affair” with music started quite precociously. She began taking jazz-piano lessons as a young girl and, after spending some time in Hamburg, in 1994 she moved to

Meeting Mr. Sottsass

Last year, around early summer I started feeling the urge of interviewing Ettore Sottsass. I didnt know why  but it became a mission. I had come across with his Carlton room divider burned out and varnished with epoxy as a

Meeting Mr. Sottsass

Last year, around early summer I started feeling the urge of interviewing Ettore Sottsass. I didnt know why  but it became a mission. I had come across with his Carlton room divider burned out and varnished with epoxy as a