The poems of W?adys?aw Szlengel were read in houses of the Ghetto and out of it, in the evenings and were passed on from hand to hand and passed from mouth to mouth. The poems were written in burning passion, while the events, which seemed to last for centuries occurred. They were living reflection of our feelings, thoughts, needs, pains and merciless fight...
Read MoreTHE ACT OF KILLING: Indonesia’s Dark Past & Present
in 1976 I traveled throughout Indonesia and today still love its Sundanese music – the closest thing to “music from paradise.” I also got to appreciate the slowness and peacefulness of Jogja’s dance and music. I was even somewhat ecstatic playing in UCLA’s gamelan… BUT I was also always aware of its 1965-1966 large scale...
Read MoreThe Gatekeepers
The Oscar Nominated Film’s Website & The Trailer: My review – [Attention: this film does not fit any category nor any short blurb.] “seeing the state as a value is the essence of the fascist conception” & “the sacred cow of national unity” Yeshayahu Leibowitz The film may inspire one to consult (again?) Yeshayahu...
Read MoreDr. Frederick Sweet (a mensch): 1938 – 2013
For Justice: Anybody who ever came in contact with Fred knows how willing he was to unmask the dark side of the medical field* and to fight for the underdog, In parallel to his jumping in the water more than once to save capsized strangers, he had gone out of his way to help people who may have been struggling in one way or another, over and over. The...
Read MoreShlomi Eldar – the Maker of “Precious Life”: The Tears of a Reporter
Clips Below. Shlomi Eldar on Al-Monitor Israeli news broadcasters don’t cry Shlomi Eldar reflects on the live television report that profoundly changed the way he sees the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By Ayelett Shani Published in Haaretz – 19.01.13 As a commentator, you’re considered an odd bird. Let’s say that for a time I was a person...
Read MoreFrederick Douglass in 1857: “If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress”
(1857) Frederick Douglass, “If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress” a Wikipedia entry + More below. On August 3, 1857, Frederick Douglass delivered a “West India Emancipation” speech at Canandaigua, New York, on the twenty-third anniversary of the event. Most of the address was a history of British efforts toward emancipation as well as a...
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Pier Marton
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Born and raised in Paris, Pier Marton moved to the U.S. in the early seventies to live in Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco and, more recently, St. Louis; in parallel to teaching media at major universities, his many video-art activities have included video installations, performances and documentaries (with works in prominent museums like MoMA and Beaubourg).
As new media offers more and more a form of pseudo-challenge to the status quo, for Pier Marton it is “no-media” that now represents the next frontier: to look beyond media and most concepts, however "practical" those may appear to be.
He is available for presentations and workshops on:
Non-Images & No-Media - Slow Cinema - Shoah and Film- Experimental Cinema and Video Art - Film Painting in Sound/Movement - Non-Violent Media - Imperfection in Film - Unclassifiable Music/Arts - Blinded by Sight - The Shoah in 1,000 Years - A Porous Reality - Secular Jews - Taking it the Hard Way - Exhilarating Creativity - and anything else that may be ignored by society at large.
Remnants from recent presentations: Images of the Other (at the School of Visual Arts Alguonquin Annual Conference), Resistance (at a St. Louis Yom HaShoah Commemoration).
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Laure Adler
Conversations-surprises: si vous avez besoin de continuer à rester éveillé, et n’avez pas peur.
François Busnel
D’autres conversations…
Raphaêl Enthoven
Et philosopher à haute voix.
