Archives for October, 2020
Zong!: Between the Text and the Performance
In this conference paper, I will analyze the relationship between the text and the performance of Zong!, by Marlene NourbeSe Philip (2011). Firstly I will introduce the author; secondly,...
A True Voice in False Vocal Cords
This small presentation deals with extreme music and extreme singing, through the example of black metal: more precisely, of blackgaze(1), which is a softer version of it that focuses...
Over My Dead Body, Dave St. Pierre (2009)
*My gloss today could not be written without an article written on Dave St. Pierre by Alanna Thain and VK Preston. They provide the only scholarly appraisal of DSP’s...
GILL
GILL. Found in many aquatic life forms, an organ which allows them to extract oxygen from water and pump out carbon dioxyde. Gills have the same function as lungs,...
Paul Scheerbart, Gallery of the Beyond
Gallery of the Beyond (1907) Written and Illustrated by Paul Scheerbart For my presentation, I would like to introduce the short text “Gallery of the Beyond” by the German...
MISTRAL
Mistral is a strong, cold, northwesterly wind which accelerates when it passes through the Rhône and Durance river valleys on the way to the Mediterranean coast, for around 130 days...
Annie Sprinkle, Erotics of Air, and Ecosexuality
Short Presentation, Breathworks: Ours Annie Sprinkle, Erotics of Air, and Ecosexuality Cecily Chen My short presentation today focuses on performance artist and sex educator Annie Sprinkle, whose work over...
Vito Acconci, Open Book (1974)
https://ubu.com/film/acconci_book.html When language collapses, does it break down into “mere” breath? In a space of unintelligibility, intimacy (to be an open book) and violence (to forcefully unburden on another)...
Inspiration: NPR on How to Make a Quaranzine
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/28/863068957/how-to-make-a-mini-zine-about-life-during-the-pandemic...