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Pier Marton: “Those that live are those that struggle.” V. Hugo (revisited)

by Pier Marton | May 5, 2011 | Art, Care, Ego, Film, Human Rights, Politics, Spectacle

Pier Marton Photo: D. Hayes
The RiverFront Times writes about this particular struggle

Right now it may misdirect the reader into thinking that the Hitchcock film class (!) was my course, it was NOT. It was another faculty’s in the same Film and Media Studies Program.

To respond to the first comment on that blog: Washington University College of Arts and Sciences does not consider a exhibition (in my case, extensive) record when making tenure decisions, they only consider publications.

These are some of the (recently updated) pages where students/alumni have written their support:
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A third one (the overflow) will be posted soon.

News & Olds

BREAK THE SURFACE
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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