Category Archives: Poiesis

Tapping the rhythms: Moondog

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

I find the greatest freedom in the stricture of a form that paradoxes abnormality within a norm. I would bow down before just one– one who bows before none. I should know who that one might be who could do … Continue reading →

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For Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

I heard of a man who says words so beautifully that if he only speaks their name women give themselves to him. If I am dumb beside your body while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips. it is because … Continue reading →

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The passing of a court jester: For Dario Fo

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

The theater-goer in conventional dramatic theater says: Yes, I’ve felt that way, too. That’s the way I am. That’s life. That’s the way it will always be. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is no … Continue reading →

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For Marc Riboud

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

When somebody asks me what my best photograph is, I answer, I hope to do it tomorrow and thus try to change my way of seeing. Marc Riboud Few photographic journalists traveled the 20th century as Marc Riboud, both in … Continue reading →

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Struggles for space: Anarchism, architecture and anarchitecture (1)

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

If there is no art without architecture (for are not most of what we call the “fine arts” housed?) and if architecture is the arkhi-chief-master tekhne-art and the architect the master tekton-artist-artisan-builder, then the anarchist should find little affinity with … Continue reading →

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André Laude, anarchist poet

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

For André Laude (1936-1995), for his poetry, for his fiery beauty … Toute mon expérience poétique s’articule autour de cette perspective : la poésie doit changer la vie. André Laude: Working class family.  Exiled to Paris, will later rejoin his homeland: … Continue reading →

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Karen Karslyan: Poetry as transgression

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

From a friend of Autonomies … Karen Karslyan is a writer. He is in love with words; their texture, music, variations. He may stretch them and minimise them, turn them into objects that scream and images that see other images … Continue reading →

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For Gato Barbieri

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

When I play the saxophone, I play life, I play love, I play anger, I play confusion, I play when people scream … Gato Barbieri For the free jazz artist that he was, is, Gato Barbieri, who died on this … Continue reading →

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Portrait of anarchy by a young artist

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Julius Gavroche
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For Jacques Rivette

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

Quel est le but du cinéma? Que le monde réel, tel qu’offert sur l’écran, soit aussi une idée du monde. Il faut voir le monde comme une idée, il faut le penser comme concret. Jacques Rivette We are all rehearsing parts … Continue reading →

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