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Category Archives: Poiesis
A cinema a hundred years young: Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin made his first appearance in cinema in 1914, in the film Making a Living. What followed would be the work of one of the most creative artists of the last century; a creativity not only to be understood in … Continue reading
Remembering septembers past: Victor Jara
On September 16th, Victor Jara was killed five days after the 1973 coup d’état that brought to an end the government of Salvador Allende. He was among the thousands that died at the hands of Augusto Pinochet’s violent authority. But … Continue reading
The artistic disobedience of Nina Paley: For Gaza
Calling both a grassy field and ideas a “commons” is interesting, because one of them, the grassy field, is tangible and scarce, whereas the other one is not actually limited. A lot of the conversation that happens around imaginary property … Continue reading
For Charlie Haden
The music in this album is dedicated to creating a better world; a world without war and killing, without poverty and exploitation; a world where men of all governments realize the vital importance of life and strive to protect rather … Continue reading
Fellah Hallucinations in Lavapiés
Lines are not more than you. Don’t let yourself be completed by a line. They only have conceptual elegance. But they have neither beautiful dresses, nor fashonable hair. Madrid graffiti In the taberna alforro, an elegant woman invites her company … Continue reading
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The lyricism of revolution: José Afonso
Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. Theodor Adorno If creation is the constitution of new spaces and times, as Gilles Deleuze once said, then the creativity of music and that of politics, if not the same, … Continue reading
Amidst the art of May 68: L’Atelier Populaire de Paris
Une action revolutionaire dans la culture ne saurait avoir pour but de traduire ou d’expliquer la vie, mais de l’élargir. Guy Debord L’œuvre d’art à venir, c’est la construction d’une vie passionnante. Raoul Vaneigem A l’atelier populaire, c’est un climat … Continue reading
Bête et méchant: François Cavanna
La liberté consiste à faire tout ce que permet la longueur de la chaîne. François Cavanna François Cavanna, journalist, writer, artist, used the pen of satire and irony against all the "cons" that his times brought forward. And for many, … Continue reading
A Troubadour of Rebellion: Pete Seeger
For Pete Seeger, communist militant, first in the Party, and then beyond it, singer and story teller of America’s working classes and poor, co-founder of The Almanac Singers, and later The Weavers, who passed away on the 27th of January, … Continue reading
From Espai en Blanc: El Pressentiment
Born in 2002 in Barcelona, walking between critical thought and activism, the Espai en Blanc collective has elaborated creative forms of political intervention that we have been late to share. Below is the ongoing El Pressentiment …