“Between then and now”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , on 8 December 2012 by delclem

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Between then and now is a documentary project by Evi Lemberger about people and places from a vanishing world. It” is situated in the Bavarian Forest, which is characterized by its rural structure and which is undergoing massive shifts from a traditional to a modern society. Result is the loss of an old life, along with its values and traditions. Another result is a necessity of leaving those behind and starting something new. Thereby those places and people are left behind.” >more (photos & text)

 

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Peter Handke’s 70th Birthday

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 7 December 2012 by delclem

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“The Landscapes Through Which We Traveled” –
a text by  Žarko Radaković (c) Open Letters Monthly 2012.
In the text there are no words about the photo: The bridge over the river Drina in Višegrad, Bosnia-Herzegovina – setting for a famous novel and for a less famous genocide…

My birthday wishes for Peter Handke would be a bit harsher – unfortunately they are only available in German…

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Which EUropeans are fattest, laziest and drink most

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 6 December 2012 by delclem

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“There’s nothing like tales of butter-eating, wine-guzzling, yet somehow-still thin Europeans to add to American angst over holiday calories and upcoming resolutions. (…)  It’s true that overall, Europeans are fairly healthy. Life expectancy in E.U. member states has gone up by more than six years between 1980 and 2010, to 75 years for men and 82 years for women. But a recently-released report by the OECD found that the prevalence of diseases such as diabetes and asthma has also increased — in part because of better diagnosis, but also thanks to underlying causes such as drinking, smoking and eating fattening foods. Here’s a look at which Europeans are most obese, most inactive and drink most.” >full text (c) WorldView / WASHINGTON POST, 2012

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“A Requiem for Europe’s Worst Prejudices”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , on 3 December 2012 by delclem

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“The concert is sold out, and Maestro Sahiti’s appearance is met with a long round of applause. On the podium, he looks the musicians in the eyes, smiles, and they smile back. Nearly 10 years ago to the day, Sahiti founded the Roma and Sinti Philharmonic. It started out as a small project, which was hardly taken seriously. Now Sahiti stands before 60 musicians, from Germany, Romania, Hungary. All the orchestra members belong to the ethnic minority called Roma or Sinti: Gypsies; some of them have been abused, others bullied. At the Rudolfinum, they are playing for the public, but also for themselves – and against centuries of stereotypes.” >full text (c) SZ / Wordcrunch.com 2012

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“That’s Life in the universe of Ulrich Seidl”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , on 1 December 2012 by delclem

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“3 Austrian women from one family search for love: 50-year-old Teresa hopes to be loved by Kenyan beach boys. Her obese daughter unexpectedly falls in love in a weight loss camp – but her feelings are not reciprocated. And her sister Anna Maria tries to find true love in Jesus Christ. At first glance, the three stories could not be more different. But in fact women’s desire for a more fulfilling (love) life is not the only common theme of the three stories.” Welcome to the cinematic universe of the Austrian film director Ulrich Seidl >text (c) wieninternational.at 2012

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Vampire Threat to Serbia?

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , on 29 November 2012 by delclem

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A recent ABC story starts: “For the people in a tiny Serbian village there is nothing sexy or romantic about a vampire. In fact, they are terrified that one of the most feared vampires of the area has been roused back to life. Rather than ‘Twilight’s’ Edward, the people of Zorazje fear that Sava Savanovic is lurking in their forested mountains of western Serbia.” >full text

Image: Sava Savanovic the vampire, of Serbian folklore (story & illustration (c) ABC, 2012).

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Soviet architectures

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , on 24 November 2012 by delclem

 


“The Architekturzentrum Wien (AzW) takes a look in its current exhibition at the architecture of the non-Russian Soviet republics between the late 1950s and the end of the USSR. The stories about Soviet modernism related by researchers and eye witnesses are practically unknown. ‘We dispell once and for all the myth that the architecture in the former Soviet Union was completely different from the West,’ says AzW director Dietmar Steiner at the presentation of the new exhibition. The elaborate research and exhibition project takes a close look at the architecture of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.” >Text & photos (c) wieninternational.at 2012

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“Today is a good day to be a (war) criminal”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 18 November 2012 by delclem


“The ICTY appeals chamber has issued a judgment acquitting Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač of crimes for which they were previously convicted. At first reading, the judgment seems to be a radical one that creates new law – and the new law it creates will be encouraging to military commanders who want to target civilians and to politicians who want to engineer the expulsion of civilians.” Reblogged text from EastEthnia.wordpress.com 2012

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Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 12 November 2012 by delclem

The WELLCOME’s “major winter exhibition showcases some 300 works from a unique collection devoted to the iconography of death and our complex and contradictory attitudes towards it. Assembled by Richard Harris, a former antique print dealer based in Chicago, the collection is spectacularly diverse, including art works, historical artefacts, scientific specimens and ephemera from across the world. Rare prints by Rembrandt, Dürer and  Continue reading →

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“A Natural History of Ghosts”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , on 10 November 2012 by delclem


“What do we talk about when we talk about ghosts?” Review (c) GUARDIAN, 2012

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