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‘To make German men cry is not an easy task’

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

“In silence, with my eyes closed, I spent 5 minutes drinking a glass of water. It was ‘a ritualization of everyday life’ administered to me by Marina Abramović to illustrate the methods behind her art.

The Yugoslavia-born, New York-based Abramovic, is at 65, one of the world’s best-known performance artists: she has rendered herself unconscious, whipped and poisoned herself and stood motionless for six hours while audience members were invited to use any of 75 display objects upon her – including knives and chains.” >read more

(c) Ross Simonini, THE GLOBE & MAIL, 20 February 2012; photo: Michael Falco

k. & k. Manhunter

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 29 December 2011 by delclem

Set in a world that has faded from living memory, The Sojourn by the Slovak American author Andrew Krivak is a searing coming-of-age story about a sniper in the Austrian Army on the Italian front in the First World War.
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(c) THE VIENNA REVIEW, 2011.