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Les Nuits de Michaux’s Nights

by Pier Marton | Nov 29, 2013 | Art, Ego, France, Highlights, Humor, Mystery, Peace, Photo, Poet, Sci/Nat, Theater, Time, World

Cioran les avait, les insomnies des longues nuits où Lévinas implorait que “son garde” le laisse tranquille… Cioran had them, the long nights of insomnia when Lévinas would beg “his guard” to let him sleep… ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS FURTHER DOWN ON THIS PAGE Trente...

SLIFF BUZZ ’13 – Some Recommendations

by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2013 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Death, Doc, Eco, France, Future Tech, Games, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Review, Sci/Nat, Shoah, Software, STL, Time, Video, Women, World

Amongst 350 films at the St. Louis International Film Festival, there are of course a great many more… below is a short selection of some seen and some unseen (guesses) films I would recommend. I will post others (after the festival during which I was “kidnapped” by...

SLIFF BUZZ ’13: D-Day!

by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2013 | Film, Review, STL, World

350+ films, 54 countries, 39 free screenings/events, 100+ filmmakers 75 narrative features, 63 documentary features, 192 shorts 201 screenings/programs The Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival starts today… for the next 10 days. Get your tickets at the...

Yeb Saño: If Not Now When?

by Pier Marton | Nov 12, 2013 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Eco, Education, Food, France, Future Tech, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Magyar, Middle-East, Native, Now, Politics, Sci/Nat, Time, World

Complete Speech: Before going on a hunger strike, Yeb Saño tells UN summit in Warsaw “colossal devastation” from Typhoon Haiyan should serve as warning to planet. Philippines lead negotiator Yeb Saño addressed the opening session of the UN climate summit in Warsaw –...

Banksy’s October New York Guerilla Fiesta

by Pier Marton | Nov 2, 2013 | Afri, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Education, Food, Galleries, Hispanic, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Media, Mystery, NON, Objects, Peace, Poet, Politics, Racism, Sights, Spectacle, Teach, Text, Time, US, World, Youth

At the edges of the art world and its fetishisation, and banking on it. BETTER OUT THAN IN October 2013 An Artists Residency on the Streets of New York All pictures painted inside, in the studio, will never be as good as those done outside. Paul Cézanne Excerpts from...

Against the Luxury of Tradition

by Pier Marton | Oct 26, 2013 | Care, Eco, Food, Health, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, iOS, Media, Peace, Politics, Spectacle, World, Youth

Russell Brand on revolution: “We no longer have the luxury of tradition” But before we change the world, we need to change the way we think. By Russell Brand Published 24 October 2013 Russell Brand asks: “Is utopian revolution possible?” Photo: Reuters/Cathal...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus