"Why do you produce something like that? Are you a masochist?" Film producer Grégoire is confronted with this question in Mia Hansen-Løve's Father of My Children (Le Père de mes enfants). He supports indie film projects because he sees something special in them. Rarely have I seen such a clear picture of what production work … Continue reading Mia Hansen-Løve: Father of My Children
This is a contribution I presented in February 2019. It was in German then, but for the blog, I have translated it into English. (Even though some of the paragraphs might not really work in English.) It had a longer title then, namely "Speculations. On nontheatrical games (with mirrors) in Pierre Legendre, Werner Hamacher, and … Continue reading Nuray Demir and Tümay Kılınçel: و WOW
Frankfurt MMK's Frank Walter retrospective is the first real exhibition I see in a long time. While I've been to some small theatre and discussion events in the past weeks, I haven't entered a museum building since the beginning of the Corona restrictions setting in. The whole act of entering MMK is ritualized, of course, … Continue reading Frank Walter: A Retrospective
Almost a year ago, I was at the opening night of an exhibition in Frankfurt's Portikus, and I decided to restart this blog with this memory. It was impressive because there were five enormous sculptures exhibited: Kuwaiti Puerto Rican artist Alia Farid used the large molds for drinking fountains to produce five objects made of … Continue reading Alia Farid: In Lieu of What Was
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