by Kaylee Lockett This the Dream In this poem,everything is a woman.And by that I meaneverything is water.Hard, clean, rushing. Everything is eatingflowers. Nasturtiums.Shawarma. We all havebellies, here, in […]
Women’s Day: “Stuck On This Bridge of Friendship” – An Interview with Ivana Mladenović
Woche der Kritik 2020 endowed us with an opportunity to dive back into the summer of 2017, through the lens (both retinal and camera) of Ivana, the Terrible. Ivana, the Terrible, flavorful as it is, is only a snippet of the broad world of Ivana Mladenović.
Women’s Day: Danièle Huillet – A Moral Artist
Arta Barzanji selects a brief excerpt from ‘Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene’ as a tribute to Danièle Huillet.
Women’s Day: The War is Never Over – Transcendental Darklands of Lydia Lunch and Louise Bourque
At the recent French premiere of the documentary film The War is Never Over (2019, dir. Beth B), iconic No wave queen Lydia Lunch – whose tumultuous life and career are the subject of the film – described her constant struggle with childhood trauma as the creative force behind her long-lasting career as an artist, which now stretches over four decades.
Women’s Day: Could there be holes that even the kindness of cats can’t fill? – Naoko Ogigami’s ‘Rent-a-cat’ (2012) and compassionate improbabilities
“Feeling lonely? I’ll lend you a cat.”
Women’s Day: “Mom, I failed, I’m coming home” – On music, loneliness, immigration, and Mitski
Žarko Urošević walks us through the perfect encapsulations of struggle, fear, failings, and humanity that make up the music of Mitski.
Women’s Day: ‘La Chambre’ (1972) by Chantal Akerman
A 16mm camera moves slowly across a sun-filled one-room apartment from the not-too-distant past. The colors are vibrant, we see a bright red velvet chair against a light-worn wooden wall. Breakfast is laid out on a circular table, half-finished and enticing.
Women’s Day: Three thoughts on Ute Aurand
Three thoughts offered on 16mm works by German experimental filmmaker Ute Aurand.