If we commit ourselves to writing, as an act of self affirmation, as an assertion of will, then this writing becomes writing. In some sense the pure dedication of writing for ourselves does not involve any responsibility, any danger. In his book “What is literature?” Sartre stated one question which comes now to me, “What [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 17, 2008
Cinema Anarchico
Clockwork orange
Individual freedom vs. social order
—About Ourang and mechanisms.
What’s going to be then, eh?
Clockwork orange deals with ultraviolence, with Beethoven and his 9th, with an antihero and his non-heroic adventures. It’s perhaps a violent symphony interpreted by angels’ trumpets and heaven’s trombones, called a masterpiece—banned in Britain when shown for the first time. It might [...]
February 17, 2008
I know you are but what am I?
Well, you are post-rock. You are a harmony. You are mid 1980’s! But still rocking the underground scene stronger than ever before.
Rock is dying. Or it’s as alive like never before?
In the indie world of Montreal, Chicago or Iceland post-rock animates the scene with a non-conventional approach on the guitar, bass and the drum set.
Bands [...]
February 17, 2008
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Sometimes it is all about these slow, yarning love songs. At times it happens to be these high-beat music for partying wildly. It is not good and it is not bad. It is gonzo48k. I went to their concert at Tetris, a cultural club in Trieste.
Gonzo 48k categorises itself as indie electro. However in my [...]
February 17, 2008
Tertis?
Everybody knows the game – but Tetris is also a small cultural club in Trieste. It offers concerts and parties ranging from gothic metal through psychedelic rock to bubblegum pop. Something for everyone. Usually the gigs are rather intimate with an audience of 20-30 people. In February there are going to be evenings of, for [...]
February 17, 2008
About Poetry and Language
Poetry is the mirror
The deepest voice,
Secret verb,
Dream’s labyrinth,
Who denies poetry
will deny his right to the Word
will enter in the kingdom
of eternal silence.1
Is that true? Allow us to begin with a poem, as the small waves of invisible silence, as some note of this subtle instrument called language opens a [...]
February 17, 2008
A H(e)aven for a Modern Art Lover
Finally Saturday, end of a long week. Two of our editors decide that they feel like modern art.
We take the morning-train to Venice, and spend most of the day walking around in the complex labyrinth of alleys, without a map, frequently running into dead-ends. Finally we find the Grand Canal and sit down. The sun [...]
February 17, 2008
The Giraffe
In this photography column, we will try to give you something new to look at every fortnight. We will propose random photographers, contemporary and classic, not yet discovered and famous, selected to amuse you, cheer you up or shock you. To show fragments and interpretations of our reality, which—perhaps—would pass unnoticed if these artists wouldn’t [...]
February 17, 2008
The Back Door
As a closure for this week’s issue, I feel we should all take a moment to read what in my opinion is the greatest Bible verse of all time:
Passage 2 Kings 2:23-24:
23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and [...]
