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ART ENCOUNTERS oF tHe …wHaT kiND? [Timisoara 2015]

October 9, 2015 1

Fresh from the wrap-up, I am going to review the art encounters event in Timisoara as a movie, a sub-genre movie, that could be either a horror comedy or corporate thriller. Haven’t decided yet, maybe we should do a poll. I’ve been blogging mostly on movies these years, so I decided to treat Art Encounters…
The Lift/De lift [Dick Maas 1983]

February 23, 2015 Respond

The Lift is an incredible slick horror, neon-drenched 80s movie, perfect for late-night watching by dutch director Dick Maas [Amsterdamned 1988]. I would associate it with such weird midnight circuit movies as X-TRO [Harry Bromley Davenport 1982] or new flesh Videodrome – a style celebrated by Panos Cosmatos in Beyond the Black Rainbow. The Lift…
Ekümenopolis: The City Without Limits (2012)

September 21, 2013 Respond

I became aware of this documentary after reading an excelent overview of the Occupy Gezi uprising written by Jay Cassano at a critical turning point for Istanbul megacity and the Turkish protestors. This year, as part of a residency in Istanbul (together with C Cobilanschi, BMR and the Candidatura la Președinție) we lived for a…

ART ENCOUNTERS oF tHe …wHaT kiND? [Timisoara 2015]