Savour the irony in David Lynch‘s proclamation: “what a great time to be alive if you love the theather of the absurd!” It tastes similar to another punchline by Woody Allen: “Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering – and it’s all over much too soon.” Both phrases...

Publicado em: 24/01/24

Like a doctor using a stethoscope to listen into the patient’s body, let’s pay attention to our cultural mainstream, to the comtemporary artistic zeitgeist, to listen to the monsters within it. By doing so, by which I mean by experiencing the greatest possible variety of artworks that contain monstrosities...

Publicado em: 21/01/24

“O Diabo é o Pai do Rock.” – Raul Seixas Uma das melhores sínteses sobre o blues que conheço foi proferida por um de seus mestres maiores, Taj Mahal: “the blues is a balm for people in bondage”, isto é, o blues seria um bálsamo para um povo que...

Publicado em: 30/08/20

CRONENBERG’S MUTATIONS Article by Eduardo Carli de Moraes PROLOGUE I have recently spent a whole afternoon wandering around at the Evolution exhibition, wonderfully produced by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). It was such an amazing tribute to one of Canada’s greatest artists alive, David Cronenberg. I was already...

Publicado em: 30/01/14

JOHN LENNON AS PUBLIC ENEMY How the Beatle became a menace to the U.S. Establishment as revealed by Leaf’s and Scheinfield’s pulsating documentary After the Beatles broke-up, John Lennon certainly wasn’t willing to simply let things be. Even tough he remained faithful to the pacifist creed once stated in...

Publicado em: 05/01/14