by Pier Marton | May 4, 2013 | Afri, Art, Asia, Highlights, Hispanic, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Music, Politics, Popular, Quotes, Sound, Travel
The multi-talented world hero, musician & ethnomusicologist. If you are not living on the edge, you’re taking too much room. B.B. He used to quote Sun Ra: The planet is asleep, and it’s the fault of musicians who are not true to themselves. [Ed.: I...
by Pier Marton | Apr 20, 2013 | Asia, Death, Doc, Highlights, History, Human Rights, Ideas, KeyFilm, Politics, Spectacle, US, Wars
2014 Oscar Nominated and BAFTA Best Documentary Winner “If we are to transform Indonesia into the democracy it claims to be, citizens must recognize the terror and repression on which our contemporary history has been built. No film, or any other work of art for that...
by Pier Marton | Nov 18, 2012 | Afri, Asia, Doc, France, Human Rights, Middle-East, Review, STL
The St. Louis International Film Festival is rounding up; as always an amazing round-up of jewels from all around the world… I wish I could have found the time to write individual longer reviews this year. Below, based on what I was able to watch, my own...
by Pier Marton | Oct 4, 2012 | Art, Asia, Humor, Music, Sound
Spoonbill’s Site “Spoonbill began, as is often the case with birds of play, in the bush. What started as a love of the drums progressed to percussion, and finally settled into a love of electronic production. Spoonbill’s iconic mix of improvised...
by Pier Marton | Oct 4, 2012 | Art, Asia, Dance, Death, France, Health, Mystery, Podcasts(F), Poet, Time
L’auteur de Vide et plein : le langage pictural chinois, Le Dit de Tianyi, Quand reviennent les âmes errantes, Cinq méditations sur la beauté, L’éternité n’est pas de trop, parle avec Laure Adler sur Hors-Champs. ...
by Pier Marton | Aug 26, 2012 | Afri, Asia, France, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Juif, Podcasts(F), Racism, Wars
Historien, spécialiste du « fait colonial », des immigrations des « Suds » en France, de l’imaginaire colonial et de l’histoire du corps. Chercheur au Laboratoire Communication et Politique du CNRS, ancien chercheur associé au GDR 2322 du CNRS Anthropologie des...