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The Great Repair

The Great Repair exhibition, which was presented in Akademie der Künste last year in Berlin, is now in Pavilon de'l Arsenal in Paris.

Curators of the exhibition, Florian Hertweck, Christian Hiller, Markus Krieger, Alex Nehmer, Anh-Linh Ngo and Milica Topalović, lean on the statement from the text “Repair and Revolution" by Eva von Redecker: “We face such an enormous need for transformation that it would be downright absurd to disregard the most radical term for change that we have in our political vocabulary. The question is how to fill it with meaning. I understand revolution less as a break and more as an interstitial change, a change that creates the new through and out of the in-between spaces of the old.” This is where repair can begin. Moreover, understanding revolution in this way, as “processes of successive replacement” of “anchor practices,” Eva von Redecker offers an approach to change that is oriented toward practice.

The main staircase leading to the exhibition halls, pictured here before the completion of renovations overseen by Brenne Architekten. Photo: Holger Herschel / © Holger Herschel

What does a great repair in the context of built environment means? According to the authors means to work with the existing, Start with the everyday, Repair the practice / Practice repair, Decolonize knowledge worlds, Tools to the people and Keep the scars visible.

Working with the existing according to the statement does not mean heritage preservation, but responsible care of the built fabric. What matters is recognising the available material artefacts and their ecological and social contexts as a starting point, rather than endorsing a return to the past or embracing them without critical examination. Repair is firmly rooted in an object’s potential use value; it is fundamentally distinct from a mindset of consumption. Engaging with our material legacy also involves a conceptual critique of the discipline—of a conception of architecture that priorities spaces of representation over spaces of reproduction.

"If we want to “repair” architectural practice with its inherent social inequalities, we need to begin with the discipline’s self-repair," point out the authors and continue "to accomplish this, we must fundamentally reevaluate its working conditions, educational models, hierarchies, and outdated self-understanding—especially the notion that architects should design more and more new buildings."

"The fundamental repair of architectural practice requires the competencies of people who are not usually regarded as experts, as well as types of knowledge that are suppressed, marginalized, and eroded by technocratic, profit-oriented, colonialist dynamics." Such talents, techniques, and traditions of expertise can redesign our relationships within the social and natural environment.

Repair begins with a recognition of what is irreparable due to the irreversible nature of the damage. "We must rebuild, mend, heal, and maintain, but at the same time we must acknowledge that our repair efforts cannot fully erase the material and immaterial harm. Preserving visible scars and our collective memory are therefore integral aspects of the great repair."

Edit, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 2019, The feminist collective Edit designed a vacuum cleaner that functions only if three people operate it at the same time. © Edit Collective

Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Manifesto for Maintenance Art, 1969! Proposal for an Exhibition “CARE”, 1969. © Mierle Laderman Ukeles. Courtesy Mierle Laderman Ukeles & Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York

Michael Wolf: from the series Bastard Chairs, 1995–2017. © Estate of Michael Wolf

Kader Attia, Hypomnemata, 2023, Attia argues that the aesthetics of modernism, from architecture to everyday objects like packaging materials, reflect processes of cultural appropriation. © Kader Attia. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023

Starting in April 2023, Inga representatives from across Colombia collectively wove a three-dimensional cartography of their territory over several months. During the inaugural workshop, which took place at Muskui Wasi (House of Dreams), a meeting space in Mocoa, Putumayo, weavers and researchers agreed on how to integrate materials and techniques from different Inga regions. In the picture below, Taita Hernando Chindoy, leader of the Inga People of Colombia, points out current challenges facing Inga territories. Above, John Jairo Jansasoy and Luzdary Santacruz examine their community in Aponte in an aerial photo. © Ñambi Rimai

Marjetica Potrč, The Time of Humans on the Soča River, 2021 The drawing tells the story of a world marred by the exploitation of natural resources, highlighting humanity's urgent transformation from perceiving itself as the owner of nature to assuming the role of its caretaker. © Marjetica Potr��. Courtesy Marjetica Potrč & Galerie Nordenhake Berlin, Stockholm, Mexico City

Cart is a fully functional cargo bike created from salvaged car parts as part of the series Cars into Bicycles. It also pays homage to the triciclos de tamales, mobile retail shops widely used by street vendors in Mexico. Folke Köbberling, Martin Kaltwasser. © VG Bild- Kunst, Bonn 2023

#repair #archtecture #exhibition

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THIS IS GRAEME PARK: LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 24FEB23

LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 24FEB23

In this week’s Long Live House Radio Show:

Turntable Orchestra

Acid Jerks

Roach Motel

Soul Central feat. Crystal Waters & Robin S

Ziggy Marley feat. Robert Owens

Harlem Dance Club

Charles Schillings & Robert Owens

The Daou

Sophie Lloyd feat. Pauline Taylor

The Goodfellas feat. Lisa Millet and more.

LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 24FEB23

Title (Mix), Artist

You’re Gonna Miss Me, Turntable Orchestra

Counter Balance, Acid Jerks

Get Down, Laroye

Movin' On (Sugarstarr Remix), Roach Motel

Don't Mess With My Man (Sgt Slick Remix), Zoe Badwi

Come Back To Me, Alex Attias & Sohan Wilson

Wholehearted, John Steel

Love One Another (DJ Spen & MicFreak Remix), Soul Central feat. Crystal Waters & Robin S

The Clown, Takuya Matsomoto

Good Time (Gabrielle Suave Unofficial Remix), Ziggy Marley feat. Robert Owens

Keep On Doing It (HDC Disco Mix), Harlem Dance Club

Slow Down Papa, Crowd Control

Outta Limits, Mission Control

Me Time, Charles Schillings & Robert Owens

The Definition Of A Track (The Back Room Mix), Back-Room

Do You Feel Me? (Longplay Mix), N.Y.'s Finest

Surrender Yourself (Original Ballroom Mix), The Daou

Angels By My Side (Rev. Remix), Sophie Lloyd feat. Pauline Taylor

Doug Ya Wanna Boogie?, Joey Negro presents Doug Willis

Soul Heaven (Pastaboys Bini & Martini Remix), The Goodfellas feat. Lisa Millet

Chicago, Iban Montoro & Jazzman Wax

Jingo (Alan Dixon Remix), Candido

Push In The Bush (Birdee Remix), Michael Gray

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Dans le cadre de la 7e édition de l’exposition triennale de l’ADIAF « De leur temps », le Frac Grand Large présente un nouvel instantané des collections françaises d’art contemporain à travers une sélection d’œuvres acquises récemment sur les 4 niveaux du bâtiment. Constituant un panorama unique des achats récents des collectionneurs français, cette exposition témoigne de leur vitalité et de leur passion pour l’art « de leur temps ».

Commissariat : Keren Detton (Frac Grand Large) et Michel Poitevin (ADIAF)

Avec les œuvres de :

ADD FUEL, Saâdane AFIF, Jean-Michel ALBEROLA, Giulia ANDREANI, Kader ATTIA, Marcos AVILA FORERO, Esmaël BAHRANI, Bertille BAK, Éric BAUDELAIRE, Mélanie BERGER, Bianca BONDI, Étienne BOSSUT, Emmanuelle BOUSQUET, Aline BOUVY, Szabolcs Bozó, David BROGNON et Stéphanie ROLLIN, Cornel BRUDASCU, Io BURGARD, Damien CABANES, Miriam CAHN, Michael Ray CHARLES, Julian CHARRIÈRE, Grégory CHATONSKY, Vajiko CHACHKHIANI, Delphine CIAVALDINI, Claude CLOSKY, Isabelle CORNARO, Jesse DARLING, Edith DEKYNDT, Hélène DELPRAT, Nolan Oswald DENNIS, Hugo DEVERCHÈRE, David DOUARD, Nicolas DHERVILLERS, Mathilde DENIZE, Nathalie DJURBERG et Hans BERG, Marlene DUMAS, Kenny DUNKAN, Hoël DURET, Mimosa ECHARD, Hans-Peter FELDMANN, Esther FERRER, Gabriel FOLLI, Bruno GADENNE, Daiga GRANTINA, GUERILLA GIRLS, Terencio González, Ilona GRANET, Juliette GREEN, Myriam HADDAD, Tirdad HASHEMI, Paul HEINTZ, Damien HIRST, My-Lan HOANG-TUY, Danielle JACQUI, Oda JAUNE, Sophie KITCHING, Kapwani KIWANGA, Sergey KONONOV, Anna KUTERA, Lucie LAFLORENTIE, Luc LAPRAYE, Hanne LIPPARD, Jonas LUND, MADSAKI, Paul MAHEKE, Benoît MAIRE, François MANGEOL, Teresa MARGOLLES, Randa MAROUFI, Rayane MCIRDI, Anita MOLINERO, Franck NOTO, Prune NOURRY, Josèfa NTJAM, Estefania PENAFIEL LOAIZA, Françoise PÉTROVITCH, Gloria PETYARRE, Grayson PERRY, Walter PFEIFFER, Amalia PICA, Benoît PIERON, Joanna PIOTROWSKA, Robin PLUS, Julien PRIMARD, Hervé PRIOU, Enrique RAMIREZ, Emmanuel RÉGENT, Caroline REVEILLAUD, Lili REYNAUD-DEWAR, Carole RIVALIN, Mathilde ROSIER, Karine ROUGIER, Elsa SAHAL, Ludovic SAUVAGE, Marta SPAGNOLI, Pierre SEINTURIER, Massinissa SELMANI, Cindy SHERMAN, SHIMABUKU, Kelly SINNAPAH MARY, Saule SULEIMENOVA, Claire TABOURET, Ida TURSIC & Wilfried MILLE, Pierre VERMEULEN, Christophe VIART, Oriol VILANOVA, Danh VO, Lois WEINBERGER, Duncan WYLIE, Tim ZDEY.

Présentation de l'œuvre The Nation, 2019, technique mixte sur papier, 150 x 150 cm. Collection privée.

https://www.fracgrandlarge-hdf.fr/

https://www.adiaf.com/

#gabrielfolli #adiaf #fracgrandlarge #dunkerque #deleurtemps #deleurtemps7

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jhave · 2 years

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#215 - The gut-brain connection | Michael Gershon, M.D. - Peter Attia

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noloveforned · 2 years

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so everything worked last week which means no love for ned now gets four hours every friday night on wlur! right now the plan remains to air the previous week's show at 10pm but it also opens the opportunity to do longer shows- like the annual 'best of twenty years ago' show i've been doing in december. hope you can join us tonight at 8pm but if not, there's always last week's show below!

no love for ned on wlur – july 15th, 2022 from 8-10pm

artist // track // album // label that dog. // ms. wrong // totally crushed out // dgc pennywhistle park // like you // split 7" w/ the crystal furs // emperial sugar slagheap // destination boyfriend // destination boyfriend digital single // (self-released) vintage crop // hold the line // kibitzer // anti fade cheekface // pledge drive // too much to ask // (self-released) girlsperm // disembodied man // the muse ascends // thrilling living hurry up // oh screw it // dismal nitch // comedy minus one optic sink // a face in the crowd // a face in the crowd 7" // spacecase vaginals // downsized to a pony ride // alien pleasures // weird cry the teardrop explodes // sleeping gas // kilimanjaro // mercury slack times // look at you // carried away // meritorio the roches // nurds // nurds // warner bros. willie nelson // cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other // lost highway // lost highway quality used cars // me and damon drinking beers at the grandview hotel // quality of life // spoilsport phoebe bridgers // goodbye to love // minions- the rise of gru soundtrack // decca amirtha kidambi and luke stewart // relics // zenith/nadir cassette // tripticks tapes horace tapscott and michael session // lately's solo // live at théâtre du chêne noir in avignon, france 1989 // the village kibrom birhane // mender // here and there // flying carpet gary bartz // make me feel better // the shadow do! // prestige earth, wind and fire // that's the way of the world // that's the way of the world // columbia deep heat // do it again // super hits of the 70s compilation // numero group domi and jd beck featuring anderson .paak // take a chance // not tight // universal mick jenkins // speed racer // elephant in the room // cinematic charlotte adigéry and bolis pupul // blenda // topical dancer // deewee attia taylor // dog and pony show // space ghost // lame-o the afterglows // where to walk // the sound of the afterglows // salinas katie bejsiuk // vespers // the woman on the moon // double double whammy flowertown // half yesterday // half yesterday // mt. st. mtn the kalanchoes // i would have danced with you that night... // lot q cassette // little red wagon martin courtney // exit music // magic sign // domino jeanines // ever fallen in love // oakland weekender 2022 compilation cassette // oakland weekender

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🕊 At 8am PST & going into the night is @theLightofInfinite festival!! The schedule with LA & Israel times is up on the site now! May 31st will be the first Torah/Kabbalah Festival of its kind and it will feature some of your favorite souls! & it’s FREE with an RSVP! Featuring Rabbi Harry Rozenberg in conversation with Rohan Marley (about his father, Bob Marley’s music legacy and its connection to the Torah), Chaim Kramer (Breslov Research Institute), Mendel Kalmenson (Positivity Bias) in conversation with Erran Baron Cohen (Zohar), Gedale Fenster (Breslov Center). + a star-studded line up including; Moshav, Shlomo Katz, Joey Rosenfeld, Yehudis Golshevsky, Reb Leibish, L’Chaim OG, The Accidental Talmudist, Devorah Sisso, Erez Safar, Yom Tov Glaser, Nili Salem, Zevi Slavin – Seekers of Unity, Michael Benmeleh, Yehudah HaKohen, Benji Elson, Saul Blinkoff, Esther Freeman, Dr. Benjy Epstein, Yaakov Lehman, Yocheved Sidof, Yitzchak Attias, Rina Perkel, Orly Wahba, Yonasan Perry, Kosha Dillz, Rabbi Dov Bear, Yocheved Godsi, Saul Kaye, Yarin Weltsman Levenson, Bryan Chustckie, Ayelet Polonsky, Rabbi Shalom Lebowitz – Shefa band, Pashut Jabotinsky, Chen Malchut, Chana Mason, Shlomo Buxbaum, Jenna Zedaka, & many more! About the festival: “The Light of Infinite Fest is a first of its kind live-stream festival featuring authors, speakers, healers, musicians and some of the most innovative minds in spiritual self-growth and healing. The Festival, which will take place on May 31st, boasts 2 interactive rooms on an exclusive virtual platform allowing festival goers to jump from room to room attending live talks, sessions, and musical performances. Produced by Erez '@diwon' Safar, who acts as Your Spiritual DJ, and whose first live-stream festival, Lo-Freq Fest, was featured in Billboard, and whose @DontBlockYourBlessings festivals featured over 100+ world-wide presenters with 45,000+ attendees/ viewers. The goal of the Light of Infinite Festival is to foster creative and collaborative bridge-building while transporting thought leaders through light and love to a world in need of healing.” FREE WITH RSVP @ www.lightofinfinite.com/fest https://www.instagram.com/p/CeNg6BZr3Sw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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NEWS STORY OF THE WEEK 22/4/22 - the Queen’s platinum jubile book list

‘The Big Jubilee Read list

1952-61

The Palm-Wine Drinkard – Amos Tutuola (1952, Nigeria) The Hills Were Joyful Together – Roger Mais (1953, Jamaica) In the Castle of My Skin – George Lamming (1953, Barbados) My Bones and My Flute – Edgar Mittelholzer (1955, Guyana) The Lonely Londoners – Sam Selvon (1956, Trinidad and Tobago/England) The Guide – RK Narayan (1958, India) To Sir, With Love – ER Braithwaite (1959, Guyana) One Moonlit Night – Caradog Prichard (1961, Wales) A House for Mr Biswas – VS Naipaul (1961, Trinidad and Tobago/England Sunlight on a Broken Column – Attia Hosain (1961, India)

1962-71

A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess (1962, England) The Interrogation – JMG Le Clézio (1963, France/Mauritius) The Girls of Slender Means – Muriel Spark (1963, Scotland) Arrow of God – Chinua Achebe (1964, Nigeria) Death of a Naturalist – Seamus Heaney (1966, Northern Ireland) Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys (1966, Dominica/Wales) A Grain of Wheat – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1967, Kenya) Picnic at Hanging Rock – Joan Lindsay (1967, Australia) The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born – Ayi Kwei Armah (1968, Ghana) When Rain Clouds Gather – Bessie Head (1968, Botswana/South Africa)

1972-81

The Nowhere Man – Kamala Markandaya (1972, India) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – John Le Carré (1974, England) The Thorn Birds – Colleen McCullough (1977, Australia) The Crow Eaters – Bapsi Sidhwa (1978, Pakistan) The Sea, The Sea – Iris Murdoch (1978, England) Who Do You think You Are? – Alice Munro (1978, Canada) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams (1979, England) Tsotsi – Athol Fugard (1980, South Africa) Clear Light of Day – Anita Desai (1980, India) Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie (1981, England/India)

1982-91

Schindler’s Ark – Thomas Keneally (1982, Australia) Beka Lamb – Zee Edgell (1982, Belize) The Bone People – Keri Hulme (1984, New Zealand) The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood (1985, Canada) Summer Lightning – Olive Senior (1986, Jamaica) The Whale Rider – Witi Ihimaera (1987, New Zealand) The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro (1989, England) Omeros – Derek Walcott (1990, Saint Lucia) The Adoption Papers – Jackie Kay (1991, Scotland) Cloudstreet – Tim Winton (1991, Australia)

1992-2001

The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje (1992, Canada/Sri Lanka) The Stone Diaries – Carol Shields (1993, Canada) Paradise – Abdulrazak Gurnah (1994, Tanzania/England) A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry (1995, India/Canada) Salt – Earl Lovelace (1996, Trinidad and Tobago) The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy (1997, India) The Blue Bedspread – Raj Kamal Jha (1999, India) Disgrace – JM Coetzee (1999, South Africa/Australia) White Teeth – Zadie Smith (2000, England) Life of Pi – Yann Martel (2001, Canada)

2002-11

Small Island – Andrea Levy (2004, England) The Secret River – Kate Grenville (2005, Australia) The Book Thief – Markus Zusak (2005, Australia) Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2006, Nigeria) A Golden Age – Tahmima Anam (2007, Bangladesh) The Boat – Nam Le (2008, Australia) Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel (2009, England) The Book of Night Women – Marlon James (2009, Jamaica) The Memory of Love – Aminatta Forna (2010, Sierra Leone/Scotland) Chinaman – Shehan Karunatilaka (2010, Sri Lanka)

2012-21

Our Lady of the Nile – Scholastique Mukasonga (2012, Rwanda) The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton (2013, New Zealand) Behold the Dreamers – Imbolo Mbue (2016, Cameroon) The Bone Readers – Jacob Ross (2016, Grenada) How We Disappeared – Jing-Jing Lee (2019, Singapore) Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo (2019, England) The Night Tiger – Yangsze Choo (2019, Malaysia) Shuggie Bain – Douglas Stuart (2020, Scotland) A Passage North – Anuk Arudpragasam (2021, Sri Lanka) The Promise – Damon Galgut (2021, South Africa)’ (Sherwood, 2022).

REFERENCE

Sherwood, H. (2022) 'The God of Small Things to Shuggie Bain: the Queen’s jubilee book list', The Guardian 18 April [Online]. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/apr/18/the-god-of-small-things-to-shuggie-bain-the-queens-jubilee-book-list (Accessed 21 April 2022).

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STEPHEN KING 5-MOVIE COLLECTION (2020)

THE STAND (1994)

Starring Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Rob Lowe, Adam Storke, Laura San Giacomo, Miguel Ferrer, Ruby Dee, Bill Fagerbakke, Corin Nemec, Ray Walston, Matt Frewer, Ossie Davis, Shawnee Smith, Peter Van Norden, Bridgit Ryan, Rick Aviles, Max Wright, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mike Lookinland, Kathy Bates, Ed Harris, John Landis, Sam Raimi and Stephen King.

Teleplay by Stephen King.

Directed by Mick Garris.

Distributed by CBS Television Distribution. 366 minutes. Not Rated.

PET SEMATARY (1989)

Starring Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist, Michael Lombard, Miko Hughes, Blaze Berdahl, Susan Blommaert, Mara Clark, Kavi Raz, Mary Louise Wilson, Andrew Hubatsek, Lisa Stathoplos, Chuck Courtney, Peter Stader and Stephen King.

Screenplay by Stephen King.

Directed by Mary Lambert.

Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 103 minutes. Rated R.

PET SEMATARY (2019)

Starring Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jeté Laurence, Hugo Lavoie, Lucas Lavoie, Obssa Ahmed, Alyssa Levine, Maria Herrera, Frank Schorpion, Linda E. Smith, Sonia Maria Chirila, Naomi Jean, Suzi Stingl, Kelly Lee, Nina Lauren, Alison O'Donnell, Raphaël Laporte, Simon Pelletier-Gilbert and Leo, Tonic, Jager and JD the cats.

Screenplay by Jeff Buhler.

Directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer.

Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 101 minutes. Rated R.

THE DEAD ZONE (1983)

Starring Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom, Anthony Zerbe, Colleen Dewhurst, Martin Sheen, Nicholas Campbell, Sean Sullivan, Jackie Burroughs, Géza Kovács, Roberta Weiss, Simon Craig, Peter Dvorsky, Julie-Ann Heathwood, Barry Flatman, Ken Pogue, Gordon Jocelyn, Bill Copeland, Jack Messinger, Chapelle Jaffe and Cindy Hines.

Screenplay by Jeffrey Boam.

Directed by David Cronenberg.

Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 103 minutes. Rated R.

SILVER BULLET (1985)

Starring Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim, Megan Follows, Robin Groves, Leon Russom, Terry O'Quinn, Bill Smitrovich, Joe Wright, Kent Broadhurst, Heather Simmons, James A. Baffico , Rebecca Fleming, Lawrence Tierney, William Newman, Sam Stoneburner, Lonnie Moore, Rick Pasotto, Cassidy Eckert, Wendy Walker, Michael Lague and Myra Mailloux.

Screenplay by Stephen King.

Directed by Daniel Attias.

Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 95 minutes. Rated R.

Not only is Stephen King insanely prolific as a novelist – he has currently written over 60 published novels, as well as many novellas, short stories, non-fiction books, serial novels, screenplays, teleplays, theatrical plays, musicals, articles, etc., in a career of under 50 years – he may be the writer who has inspired the most film and television adaptations. There are well over 80 movies based on his work, and that isn’t even counting the TV and stage adaptations.

With this kind of sheer bulk of product, of course the quality of his films is going to be wildly inconsistent. While King’s writings have inspired some classic films (like Stand by Me, It and The Shining), it has also been the source of some insanely awful films (Maximum Overdrive, The Children of the Corn or Dreamcatcher, anyone?)

Therefore, this new collection of five films (well actually four films and one miniseries) based on three King novels and one novella (one of the novels is represented by two different film versions) could land anywhere over the map of quality. Pleasantly, this grouping has more good than bad to offer.

The Stand: This is the motherlode in this collection, however it should be pointed out that despite the title of this collection, The Stand is not a movie. It is a four-part, over-six-hour long 1994 television mini-series based on King’s longest novel (and that is saying something for a man whose shorter novels often flirt with 1,000 pages!).

That leads to certain positives, and certain negatives. On the plus side, this film can luxuriate in its complicated plot and a deep understanding of its multiple characters. On the negative, because this was made for network TV – thirty years ago when these things were policed even more – some of the shocks and scares are tamer than they may have been in a movie. Not that The Stand isn’t scary as hell, but at least some of those scares are implied more than shown.

Preparing for the upcoming CBS All Access reboot of this story (again as a miniseries), it is a great time to revisit this landmark miniseries. In certain ways, The Stand is all too topical in the current pandemic, however King himself has come out to comfort people, explaining his mythical disease “Captain Trips” is much, much more virulent and deadly than COVID-19. (Which is not to say that COVID should not be taken very seriously…)

Because The Stand is – quite simply – about the end of the world as we know it. And, honestly, it may be the best post-apocalyptic story ever. (In full disclosure, in general I’m not a big fan of dystopian movies.) The Stand takes a look as a near-future US where a ravenous disease has killed more than 99% of the human race. Now, in a new world full of rotting corpses, without electricity and plumbing, the few survivors start having mystical dreams. Some dream of an elderly African American woman who is by a cornfield. Others dream of “The Dark Man,” an evil force.

The dreams lead the people to two destinations. The good people end up in Boulder, Colorado, the evil in Las Vegas. This sets up the ultimate war between light and dark and a pitched battle for surviving humanity’s soul.

Pet Sematary (1989): Called out by the author himself as the most disturbing story he ever wrote – to the point where he is not sure he should have ever released the novel – Pet Sematary has some significantly scary ideas. While I don’t quite agree with King’s assessment of the book – both on the fact that it was the most disturbing book he has written and the fact that maybe he would have been better off letting the manuscript rot in a drawer – it was an undeniably spooky book. And it has led to two movies – made 30 years apart from each other – which frame the story in different ways, but both times touch on something primal for humans.

The 1989 film directed by Mary Lambert is somewhat more faithful to the source material – no big shock since King wrote the screenplay – and has become something of a fright classic over the years, even though it was a box-office disappointment on its original release.

The story is as simple as it is shocking. A young couple with two small children buys a new house in a secluded area of Maine. It turns out that it is right nearby a local pet cemetery which was built right next to a sacred Indian burial place. The locals know that there is a legend that if your pet were to die, if you bring it to the pet cemetery and bury it on the sacred ground, the pet will come back to life. Of course, it is against the course of nature, and when the pet returns it is normally angry and violent.

However, the film asks, if this questionable possibility of returning a beloved pet to life is so hard to resist that people would ignore their beloved pet’s complete change in attitude, what would happen if the sacred burial ground were used on a human being?

Pet Sematary (2019): By far the newest title in this collection, the 2019 reboot of Pet Sematary is both faithful to the source material and experiments with it. There is one massive and very basic change to the storyline. However, the new film does not mess with the atmosphere of the story. The alteration even makes a certain amount of sense as far as straight narrative goes. It actually leads into an ending that is – if possible – even more disturbing than the original film’s closing shot.

I do have to say this, though, the new movie version of Pet Sematary is spooky as hell. I mean it, it’s one of the most chilling horror films I’ve seen in a long time. And while it takes some different paths than the original film, in many ways the newer version is even better than the first one.

Not to mention that John Lithgow, in the flashiest role of an older local who knows where all the bodies are buried – literally – does the near impossible by making his character every bit as intriguing as the late great Fred Gwynne did in the original.

The Dead Zone: This eerily prophetic film – tangentially about an amoral populist politician gaining popularity in a political race even though he doesn’t have the aptitude nor the empathy to govern properly (sound familiar???) – is one of the mostly overlooked jewels in the King’s crown, both as a novel and as a film adaptation. It was the first mainstream film by indie darling David Cronenberg (hot off the heels of his cult favorites Scanners and Videodrome). It offers a rare leading role to Christopher Walken. The evil politician is played by the wonderfully unhinged Martin Sheen (years before he soothed our country in The West Wing). And the evil politician finally went too far for even his staunchest supporters, which is kind of comforting in this political era.

Of course, the politician and his story are only a small part of this movie – in fact, he does not appear until well into the second half of the film. This is really the story of Walken’s Johnny Smith (the generic name is completely intended), a high school teacher who has a car crash and is in a coma for five years. When he awakens, he has lost his job, he has lost his fiancée and he has gotten an unwelcome psychic power: when he touches the hand of another person, he sometimes sees their future.

It is an intriguing and slightly tragic storyline, in which right and wrong get debated, thrown in a mixer and come out with no clear answers. The ending is one of King’s best, both tragic and strangely hopeful.

Silver Bullet: This 1985 werewolf thriller is the weak link in the collection. It is not Children of the Corn-level horrible, but it’s certainly not very good either. Unlike the other films collected here, Silver Bullet was not based on an actual King novel. It was based on a limited-release novella – and at 129 pages, including illustrations, a rather short one by King standards – called “Cycle of the Werewolf.” Now being based on a novella is certainly not necessarily a bad thing in King films, three of his best, most timeless movies were based on novellas – Stand By Me (which was based on a novella called “The Body”), The Mist and The Shawshank Redemption (based on the novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”).

However, “Cycle of the Werewolf” was not on those story’s level of craft, and the movie based upon it also falls well short.

Jay S. Jacobs

#Stephen King 5-Movie Collection #2020 #Video Reviews #The Stand #Pet Sematary #The Dead Zone #Silver Bullet #Stephen King #Jay S. Jacobs

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jazzismus · 7 years

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Michaël Attias Quartet - “Nerve Dance” (2017): Structured chaos , spontaneous harmonic paces, total balance & an edgy lineup! Most strongly recommended...

#music #jazz #Michael Attias Quartet #Nerve Dance #2017

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brokehorrorfan · 5 years

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Scream Factory has revealed the specs for its Silver Bullet Collector’s Edition Blu-ray, which streets on December 17. Devon Whitehead designed the new cover art; the original poster will be on the reverse side.

Stephen King wrote the 1985 cult classic based on his own novella, Cycle of the Werewolf. It’s directed by Dan Attias (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Entourage). Corey Haim, Gary Busey, Everett McGill, and Megan Follows star.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary with producer Martha De Laurentiis (new)

Audio commentary with director Daniel Attias

Isolated score selections and audio interview with composer Jay Chattaway

Interview with actor Kent Broadhurst (new)

Interview with editor Daniel Loewenthal (new)

Interview with actor Everett McGill

Interview with special effects artists Matthew Mungle and Michael McCracken

Theatrical trailer

TV spot

Radio spot

Still gallery

In Stephen King’s thrilling adaptation of his novelette, Cycle of the Werewolf, a peaceful town is suddenly terrorized by a maniacal killer. The townsfolk think a madman is on the loose, but a wheelchair-bound 13-year-old (Corey Haim, The Lost Boys) knows the truth … a werewolf is on the hunt. With the help of his Uncle Red (Gary Busey, Lethal Weapon), young Marty Coslaw sets out to stop the half-man/half-beast before he sinks his teeth into another innocent victim. Now, time is ticking … and the full moon is about to rise.

#silver bullet #stephen king #cycle of the werewolf #gary busey #corey haim #scream factory #dvd #gift #devon whitehead #everett mcgill #megan follows #jay chattaway #80s horror #1980s horror #werewolf #werewolves

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gabrielle-distin-artist · 4 years

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Reference P2, P3 & P6 these photos highlight some of my early research and exploration. At this point I was looking into using collage particularly influenced by the work of Kader Attia, oil paintings by Huguette Caland and textiles by Deborah Kruger. I also explored the idea of using mycelium to create a sculpture that would be highly textured and using an exciting process that is only partly under the control of the artist as it would be a waiting process to observe how the mycelium would grow. I started to look into ceramic sculptures inspired by the paper porcelain mycelium-like sculptures of Claudia Fontes and exploring this further using the book Ceramic Figures - A Directory of Artists by Michael Flynn and looking at the work of Grayson Perry. I extended this research into possible 3D work and particularly useful was the book Towards Sculpture -Drawings and Maquettes from Rodin to Oldenburg by W.J.Strachen. I found it helpful to get a ‘feel’ for some of the featured artists by drawing these quick sketches of their sketches and maquettes. All of this research has had a great influence on not only this project but on providing me with great references and inspiration for further work. Due to the restrictions of lockdown and the loss of time I have been unable to continue with creating a large sculpture but had started to create ceramic maquettes prior to college closing with the possible plan of creating a centrepiece for my exhibition. My collage work is continuing. The mushroom spores that I ordered to test growing mycelium failed to arrive! #strodefad #strodecollege #strodecollegeartdepartment #artexperiments #artistresearch #collage #mycelium #myceliumsculptures #sculptures #ceramics #graysonperry #claudiafontes #kadiaattia #deborahkruger https://www.instagram.com/p/B_o6w4sFpvp/?igshid=1q9qd43u0ep2s

#strodefad #strodecollege #strodecollegeartdepartment #artexperiments #artistresearch #collage #mycelium #myceliumsculptures #sculptures #ceramics #graysonperry #claudiafontes #kadiaattia #deborahkruger

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wecouldstillbegreat · 4 years

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Pheobe Waller Bridge won Best Actress in a Comedy Series at the Critics Choice Awards.

So far, Veep has lost every single award it has been nominated for except for the AFI Television Program of the Year (along with Chernobyl, The Crown, Fosse/Verdon, Game of Thrones, Pose, Succession, Unbelievable, Watchmen, When They See Us and a Special Award for Fleabag).

Here are all the awards that are left:

1. Producers Guild Awards (January 18, 2020)

The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television

Comedy

● Barry (Season 2)

Producers: Alec Berg, Bill Hader, Aida Rodgers, Liz Sarnoff, Emily Heller, Julie Camino, Jason Kim

● Fleabag (Season 2)

Producers: Phoebe Waller‐Bridge, Harry Bradbeer, Lydia Hampson, Harry Williams, Jack Williams, Joe Lewis, Sarah Hammond

● The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 3)

Producers: Amy Sherman‐Palladino, Daniel Palladino, Dhana Gilbert, Matthew Shapiro, Daniel Goldfarb, Kate Fodor, Sono Patel

● Schitt’s Creek (Season 5)

Producers: Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, David West Read, Ben Feigin, Michael Short, Rupinder Gill, Colin Brunton

● Veep (Season 7)

Producers: David Mandel, Frank Rich, Julia Louis‐Dreyfus, Lew Morton, Morgan Sackett, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Jennifer Crittenden, Gabrielle Allan, Billy Kimball, Rachel Axler, Ted Cohen, Ian Maxtone‐Graham, Dan O'Keefe, Steve Hely, David Hyman, Georgia Pritchett, Erik Kenward, Dan Mintz, Doug Smith

2. Directors Guild Awards (January 25, 2020)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Comedy Series

● Dan Attias

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “It’s the Sixties, Man!” (Prime Video)

● Bill Hader

“Barry,” “ronny/lily” (HBO)

● David Mandel

“Veep,” “Veep” (HBO)

● Amy Sherman Palladino

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “It’s Comedy or Cabbage” (Prime Video)

● Daniel Palladino

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Marvelous Radio” (Prime Video)

3. Writers Guild Awards (February 1, 2020)

Comedy Series

● Barry

Written by Alec Berg, Duffy Boudreau, Bill Hader, Emily Heller, Jason Kim, Taofik Kolade, Elizabeth Sarnoff; HBO

● The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Written by Kate Fodor, Noah Gardenswartz, Daniel Goldfarb, Alison Leiby, Daniel Palladino, Sono Patel, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Jordan Temple; Prime Video

● PEN15

Written by Jeff Chan, Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Gabe Liedman, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Andrew Rhymer, Jessica Watson, Sam Zvibleman; Hulu

● Russian Doll,

Written by Jocelyn Bioh, Flora Birnbaum, Cirocco Dunlap, Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, Tami Sagher, Allison Silverman; Netflix

● Veep, Written by Gabrielle Allan-Greenberg, Rachel Axler, Emilia Barrosse, Ted Cohen, Jennifer Crittenden, Alex Gregory, Steve Hely, Peter Huyck, Erik Kenward, Billy Kimball, David Mandel, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Dan Mintz, Lew Morton, Dan O'Keefe, Georgia Pritchett, Leila Strachan; HBO

Episodic Comedy

● “Here’s Where We Get Off” (Orange Is the New Black)

Written by Jenji Kohan; Netflix

● “It’s Comedy or Cabbage” (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Written by Amy Sherman-Palladino; Prime Video

● “Nice Knowing You” (Living With Yourself)

Written by Timothy Greenberg; Netflix

● “Pilot” (Dead to Me)

Written by Liz Feldman; Netflix

● “The Stinker Thinker” (On Becoming a God in Central Florida)

Written by Robert F. Funke & Matt Lutsky; Showtime

● “Veep” (Veep)

Written by David Mandel; HBO

#awards #and none for veep #as far as directing goes #i feel like barry has a really good chance #ronny/lily was a great episode #i think barry has a good chance at comedy series as well #strong contenders for producing #not so sure about episodic comedy #i think dm might have that one

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