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Pier Marton & Washington University in St. Louis

by | Sep 5, 2011 | Art, Ego, Film, Health, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Politics, Spectacle, STL, Teach | 2 comments


Defending, once more, the underdog in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Thank you, Bill!

BILL MCCLELLAN: A MAN OF THE ARTS ENDURES HARD TIMES
“Not so long ago, Pier Marton seemed a picture of success. He taught at Washington University in the film and media studies program. His résumé included video shows at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum in New York. He owned a home not far from the university.
Reared in Paris and educated at UCLA, he had the sort of sophisticated background that appeals to the arts crowd. He traditionally got good reviews from his students at the end of a semester.
But life is fragile…”

Stephen Colbert understands the treacherous game of politics when he says
“POLITICS MEANS I AM NOT TELLING YOU MY INTENTIONS. I am showing you an action that is causing a reaction from you while I am playing another chess piece over here. And together I will triangulate some secretive way where I WILL ACHIEVE POWER OVER YOU.”

More about Pier Marton HERE
+ the online petition (50+ but ignored by the administration)

+ the many student comments (three pages)

2 Comments

  1. sylviadeswaan
    sylviadeswaan on September 12, 2011 at 5:34 pm

    sorry to hear about your difficult time —these are difficult times for people who are not firmly entrenched in their positions – like untenured positions and other vulnerable posts in life.

    good luck good luck

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