Saturday, May 19, 2012

Jon Hassel and Brian Eno (A call for a new pleasure principle)

I typed in “New Forms” + “World Music” and suddenly Google provided me Jon Hassel on a plate. Turns out he’s a great trumpet player who’s defined: “Fourth Wall“.  Plus, he likes to talk about masturbation. He had my attention, immediately. Then, the lovely machine of the Internet provided the most curious thing: an interview from [...]

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A.M. Hoch: Portrait of a Young Boat

This is a picture of my friend and cohort A.M. Hoch. It’s from a rally this year in Bologna, Italy where people took to the streets in protest of the representation of women in the Italian Media. We may find the sexy, luscious images we see from runways and fashion magazine’s as elegant, but Italian people are bombarded [...]

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My Blue Heart

Grace Paley wrote of our Blue Marble.  Today, the Blue Marble Project which fills my life, is deeply informed by Paley: her stories of our ability for creation – or deep destruction, moment by moment, heartbreak at a time. It’s recently, as a mother, that I can feel more deeply how Paley shaped my idea [...]

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