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ERVIN MARTON IN LOS ANGELES

by Pier Marton | May 12, 2015 | Art, Doc, Ego, France, Idées, Now, Photo, Poet

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory – Se vive con la esperanza de llegar a ser un recuerdo.. Porchia May his memory be a blessing – Zikhrono Livrakha. Siddur/Jewish Prayer Book Ervin Marton: Paris, the Post-War Years May 14 – July 3, 2015 This is...

Robert Bresson Praised & Screened in St. Louis

by Pier Marton | Mar 29, 2015 | Art, Film, France, French, KeyFilm, Music, Poet, Sound

ADDENDUM One of the most thorough interviews with Robert Bresson by Charles Thomas Samuels HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ALSO “Ni Vu, Ni Connu” a one-hour filmed interview – included on the brilliant Blu-Ray Criterion DVD of A Man Escaped – A Man Escaped...

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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