interview with John Updike
27/02/2009
alan bloom
26/02/2009
Anii ’60 au adus la suprafata faptul ca Universitatea nu mai are un scop unitar, nici o comuniune de subiect, materie sau viziune. Cele doua domenii ale Universitatii, natural si uman, sunt doi pasageri care calatoresc aproape accidental, impartind aceeasi corabie; Stiintele umaniste sunt valoroase tocmai pentru ca amintesc de cu totul altceva decat utilitatea. Cea mai inalta vocatie intr-o democratie este oferirea alternativelor la perspectivele dominante ale omului si viata fericita de dragul libertatii gandirii; Maladia a cuprins in primul rand stiintele umaniste, iar vindecarea trebuie sa vina tot de acolo…
swayzak live stammheim phoenix ’03
26/02/2009
apparat – arcadia
23/02/2009
pavilionunicredit
12/02/2009
Opening: 19 februarie 2009, ora 19
Pentru prima data in ultimii 20 de ani o banca devine centru de arta. Un centru in centrul orasului si nu in periferie asa cum logica tranzitiei ne-a obisnuit pana acum. Spatiile artei contemporane care nu au fost dizlocate, inchise sau aruncate la margine, devin tot mai mici sau tot mai comerciale. Istoria artei contemporane romanesti este istoria pierderilor… un loc, o bursa, un om, niste idei. Si ca intodeauna o exagerare e acoperita de alta, lipsa unitatilor diverse este politic acoperita cu Unitatea Centrala, prea mare si prea dependenta: muzeul.
O revista de arta care a creat o BIenala si acum deschide UN centru permanent pentru arta contemporana.
In mijlocul PAVILION UNICREDIT nu sta cum am putea crede “spectacolul”, ci “arhiva/informatia”. Fundamentala este “cunoasterea”, resursa.
Orice loc nou si orice proiect nou incepe cu un “statement”. in limba romana: “declaratie de credinta”. Ce se vrea si ce ar putea fi acel loc.
red psalm
12/02/2009
In the 19th century, farmers from South-Eastern Hungary, tired of being oppressed, rebel against their masters and wait for answers to their demands. The master of the land tries to tempt them with food and the gendarmes to threaten them but to no use. All power holders and their representatives (the count himself, the army, the clergy) successively try to intervene and fail. The rebellion takes on the appearance of a celebration at the very moment when it is at its strongest: the peasants sing and dance around the May tree, a symbol of fertility and spring, and new songs come to life: the red psalms. (-DVD cover)
International Film Festival Rotterdam ’09
11/02/2009
The International Film Festival Rotterdam offers a quality selection of worldwide independent, innovative and experimental cinema as well as a series of film-related visual arts exhibitions and live performances. Devoted to actively support independent filmmaking from around the globe, IFFR is the essential hub in Holland for discovering film talent, for catching premieres, and for exploring its competitions, main sections of recent feature films, short films and documentaries, visual arts exhibitions, theme sections and debates.
un sedicesimo
10/02/2009
– Goodmorning, I’ll have a decimetre, please.
– A decimetre of what?
– Oh, well, then I’ll have a hectolitre.
– But.. a hectolitre of what…?
– Well then, I’ll have a sedicesimo.
– Oh, yes, I have that!
– Thank you.
– Thank you, goodbye.
ideologic 