New Babylon (1929) and the Paris Commune
New Babylon (1929) Image sourced here Novyy Vavilon (Eng:New Babylon) (1929), is a film directed Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. A black and white silent film (120 minutes in its original...
View ArticleIcons of erotic art #7
Although French artist Francis Picabia’s work from the 1940s such as [1], [2], [3] and Woman with Bulldog [4]; which borrowed generously from soft-core pornography, is a much more likely candidate for...
View ArticleMaking fake ancient artworks in his garden shed
Making fake ancient artworks in his garden shed [1] by Paul Rumsey. See aura, authenticity, Shaun Greenhalgh, art forgery, originality, simulacrum The Artful Codgers, Part I, part II, part III, part...
View ArticleIt must be spent, willingly or not, gloriously or catastrophically
Furthering my research on Georges Bataille‘s general economy[1], helped by Valter‘s kind comment[2], it occured to me that the Marxian notion of surplus product is very similar to Bataille’s excess....
View ArticleBillboard photos #1
Spotted these by Suit Supply and Diesel while coming back from a OLT gig. Suit Supply photography probably by Carli Hermès. The photos were taken from street billboards.
View ArticleI was three years old when May 68 happened
burning Citroën DS during May 68 from here. I was three years old when May 68 happened. May 68 was the direct precursor of the hippie movement here in Western Europe. Most of our teachers had been...
View ArticleRIP Christopher Gray (1942 – 2009)
RIP Christopher Gray (1942 – 2009) Leaving the 20th Century: The Incomplete Work of the Situationist International (1974) – Christopher Gray [Amazon.com] [FR] [DE] [UK] Christopher Gray is a British...
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