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x-heesy · 29 days

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𝙺𝚊𝚑𝚕𝚘, 𝙵𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚊 (1907-1954) 🇲🇽🖤🌈

The flamboyant Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is best known to the public for her symbolic self-portraits and depictions of Mexican and Amerindian cultures. Known for her strong and strong-willed character, as well as her communist sentiments, Kahlo left an indelible mark not only on Mexican but also on world painting.

Self-portrait. Loose Hair, 1947

Embrace of Universal Love, Earth, Me, Diego and Coatl, 1949

Moses (Core of Creation) 1945

Broken Column 1944

My Nurse and Me 1939

Roots 1943

My dress there or New York, 1933

Suicide of Dorothy Hale 1939

Little Doe 1946

What water gave me 1947

#classicart #classicalart #classicpainting #classicalpaintings #zeitgenössischekunst #mfpretty #aesthetic #traditionalart #surreal #surrealart #surrealism #surrealismartcommunity #surrealist #surrealista #surrealistic #surrealisme #surreal_art #surrealismo #surrealpainting #retroart

𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔: 𝙻𝚞𝚣 𝚍𝚎 𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚊 𝚋𝚢 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚊 𝚅𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚜 🌜 🎧

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soldier-poet-king · 6 months

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Doing hot girl shit while bored at work today

(the bob the tomato christian socialism meme sent me down a rabbit hole)

#its a wip #and it leans strongly toward classic protest songs #i need more contemporary music in it #gonna go digging thru the folk punk archives #also the struggle of trying to keep on theme #and just use too many union songs #theyre catchy and the ethics. at least for me. the convictions are linked #but this is supposed to be an anti war playlist #Spotify #absolutely not tonally or stylistically consistent but idgaf

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ghostacy · 1 year

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Urbandome 01/14/2023

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cross-border-communications · 10 months

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The 80th Venice International Film Festival - 2023

The 80th. International Film Festival La Biennale di Venezia, August 30th to September 9th, 2023. The official poster.

The 80th International Film Festival La Biennale di Venezia this year unveiled a poster by renowned illustrator Lorenzo Matteotti. The poster is inspired by the tradition of cinema on the road and depicts an eclectic car driving through diverse and evocative landscapes. Matteotti's aim was to convey the feelings of freedom, curiosity, and openness that animate the cinema. Using bright colors and strong contrasts, he created a dynamic, original, and eye-catching image that invites viewers to participate in the Festival and be surprised by the artistic proposals on the program.

The Festival will take place from August 30th to September 9th, 2023, and will celebrate cinema as the art of vision and imagination toward the future. Directed by Alberto Barbera, the Festival will feature a selection of works by established and emerging auteurs from around the world, reflecting the trends and challenges of contemporary cinema. It will also be an opportunity to pay homage to the great masters of cinema with retrospectives, restorations, and exhibitions.

The Festival promises to be an unmissable occasion for lovers of the seventh art. So mark your calendars and get ready to experience the thrill of cinema as travel, adventure, and discovery! Here is The Line-Up of the 80th

🟠 via Italiens PR

📸 La Biennale di Venezia 2023

.⏩ The Board Behind ⏩

#the board behind #theboardbehind #Italiens PR #cinema #dance #music #historical archives of contemporary arts #biennale cinema 2023 #on the road2023 #international film festival #mostra internazionale cinematografica #Venezia 2023 #international relations

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reckonslepoisson · 2 years

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Natural Brown Prom Queen, Sudan Archives (2022)

Despite being a little less experimental around the edges than debut Athena, Sudan Archives’ Natural Brown Prom Queen somehow manages to punch out 50 minutes of some of the year’s most distinctive and thrilling R&B. It isn’t just the lyrics here that are liberating: it’s the general sense of scope, from the infectious adlibs and stylistic ingenuity to the feverishly melodious songwriting.

Pick: ‘Freakalizer’

#natural brown prom queen #sudan archives #R&B #alternative R&B #art pop #pop #neo-soul #hip hop #experimental hip hop #pop rap #contemporary R&B #2022 #music #review #music review

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whitepassinglatinastuff · 2 years

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#aesthetic #contemporary #contemporary art #photography #yowen #photoart #archive #fashion #midi controllers #music

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uchicagomagazine · 25 days

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New music is a UChicago tradition. Read about how UChicagoans have been making and sharing contemporary music since the 1960s: https://mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanities/something-new

#uchicago #university of chicago #alumni #students #chicago #university of chicago magazine #archives #music #music composition #new music #contemporary music

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jadenvargen · 3 months

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free online james baldwin stories, essays, videos, and other resources

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James baldwin online archive with his articles and photo archives.

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Giovanni's room"When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend's return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened - while Giovanni's life descends into tragedy. This book introduces love's fascinating possibilities and extremities."

Go Tell It On The Mountain"(...)Baldwin's first major work, a semi-autobiographical novel that has established itself as an American classic. With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage that is at once unrelenting and compassionate, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935. Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual, and moral struggle of self-invention opened new possibilities in the American language and in the way Americans understand themselves."

+bonus: film adaptation on youtube. (if you’re a giancarlo esposito fan, you’ll be delighted to see him in an early preacher role)

Another Country and Going to Meet the Man Another country: "James Baldwin's masterly story of desire, hatred and violence opens with the unforgettable character of Rufus Scott, a scavenging Harlem jazz musician adrift in New York. Self-destructive, bad and brilliant, he draws us into a Bohemian underworld pulsing with heat, music and sex, where desperate and dangerous characters betray, love and test each other to the limit." Going to meet the Man: " collection of eight short stories by American writer James Baldwin. The book, dedicated "for Beauford Delaney", covers many topics related to anti-Black racism in American society, as well as African-American–Jewish relations, childhood, the creative process, criminal justice, drug addiction, family relationships, jazz, lynching, sexuality, and white supremacy."

Just Above My Head"Here, in a monumental saga of love and rage, Baldwin goes back to Harlem, to the church of his groundbreaking novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, to the homosexual passion of Giovanni's Room, and to the political fire that enflames his nonfiction work. Here, too, the story of gospel singer Arthur Hall and his family becomes both a journey into another country of the soul and senses--and a living contemporary history of black struggle in this land."

If Beale Street Could Talk"Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions-affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche."

also has a film adaptation by moonlight's barry jenkins

Tell Me How Long the Train's been gone At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, Baldwin shows the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable. For between Leo's childhood on the streets of Harlem and his arrival into the intoxicating world of the theater lies a wilderness of desire and loss, shame and rage. An adored older brother vanishes into prison. There are love affairs with a white woman and a younger black man, each of whom will make irresistible claims on Leo's loyalty.

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Baldwin essay collection. Including most famously: notes of a native son, nobody knows my name, the fire next time, no name in the street, the devil finds work- baldwin on film

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Take this hammer, a tour of san Francisco.

Meeting the man

--DEBATES:--

Debate with Malcolm x, 1963 ( on integration, the nation of islam, and other topics. )

Debate with William Buckley, 1965. ( historic debate in america. )

Heavily moderated debate with Malcolm x, Charles Eric Lincoln, and Samuel Schyle 1961. (Primarily Malcolm X's debate on behalf of the nation of islam, with Baldwin giving occassional inputs.)

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apart from themes obvious in the book's descriptions, a general heads up for themes of incest and sexual assault throughout his works.

#james baldwin #motivated by i think people here think it's harder to find resources and read than it actually is. so much stuff online!#motivation nr 2 wtf

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arcenciel-par-une-larme · 1 year

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Having witnessed the stances of many on the internet towards a fair share of nostalgic art (not only the traditional arts BTW) which has not aged particularly well *coughThomasKinkadeCough* *coughRankinBassROTKcough*, I am firmly convinced that too many people have confused kitsch for "soulfulness" and cheesiness for sincerity.

#personal post archive #film #cinema #music #art #CCM #kitsch #Inb4 Appeal To Worse Problems: BAD CONTEMPORARY ART DOES NOT EXCUSE BAD LEGACY ART.

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x-heesy · 3 months

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𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚑𝚞𝚌𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚑 👑

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𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙼𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝙽𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙲𝚕𝚞𝚋

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fionapplesauce · 5 months

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In Serve to Whom (2023)

Collaging sonic meditations with performance-specific scenography and digital-visual archive projections, “In Service to Whom” integrates Solange’s spirit in music, design, visual art, and cultural archive and preservation into one four-act performance.

This piece features Solange alongside a 10-piece ensemble and centers orchestral works composed by the artist between 2018 and 2023 (“Villanelle For Times,” “God Rest Your,” “Bridge-s,” and “In Past Pupils and Smiles”), alongside her contemporary music. These compositions were inspired by repetition, gospel vocal arrangements, minimalism, and the Black southern marching band music of football games frequented by the artist in her hometown of Houston, Texas. The performance also debuts the world premiere of two original works: a duo tuba piece titled “Not Necessarily In Arms Reach” for two tubas, and a solo cello and double bass number titled “If the Promise is Large”.

In each act, everyday mundane gestures demonstrate the personal expansiveness of the artist’s sustained creative process, culminating in a rare view into the immersive world of grounding practices that continue to evolve Solange’s artistic fingerprint. As she contemplates the evolution and maturation of her artistry, “In Service To Whom” was created and developed around the posture of rest, and speaks to the artist’s reemergence into the world of everyday life following periods of personal incubation and self-revitalization at home.

#solange #solange knowles

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anarchywoofwoof · 7 months

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i think it's funny that the first thing people go to when trying to discuss the idea of reshaping work and capitalist society is that "you just want an excuse to sit around and contribute nothing" when in actuality, i would be contributing far more to society if i wasn't chained to a desk 40~ hours a week or beholden to company-sponsored health insurance in order to survive.

here's a list of things i'd rather be spending my time providing to society rather than working 40 hours a week doing something i could not possibly give a fuck less about:

teaching - adults, children, general education, coaching sports

writing - fiction, non-fiction, philosophy, essays, comedy

art - painting, abstract expressionism, contemporary pieces

music - lyrics, beats, melodies

helping others - friends, neighbors, strangers; with whatever they need, however they need it, volunteering my time

helping animals - rehabbing, care taking and husbandry

tending to the planet - gardening, planting trees, trash pickup, farming

archiving - safely storing everything we've created; physically & digitally

i could truly go on and on and on with more things that i would be spending my time doing if i wasn't constantly held underwater by the capitalist machine. and i don't want anything in return; the free time to do these things and share in the creations of others is reward enough.

does this sound like an unmotivated individual who wants to do nothing? quite to contrary, in my humble opinion. i simply would like the freedom to choose the things that fulfill me in my quest for meaningful time spent, rather than being subject to the wills of a conglomerate making an ungodly amount of money, of which i see .00002% of the revenue.

#text #bork bork thoughts #fuck capitalism #anti capitalist #anti capitalism #antiwork

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fatehbaz · 4 days

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going through some recent essays from e-flux Journal on intersections of gender conformity with colonialism, art/music/architecture, imperial geographic imaginaries (all can be read online):

"Hija de Perra: Writings from a Poor, Aspirational, Sudaca, Third World Perspective" by Julia Eilers Smitth (Journal Issue #140, November 2023)

"Anarcho-Ecstasy: Options for an Afri-Queer Becoming" by KJ Abudu (Journal Issue #139, October 2023)

"Sadistic Chola Manifesto" by Olga Rodriguez-Ulloa (Journal Issue #137, June 2023)

"Reluctantly Queer" by Akosua Adoma Owusu and Kwame Edwin Otu (Journal Issue #137, June 2023)

"Don't Take It Away: BlackFem Voices in Electronic Dance Music" by Alexander Ghedi Weheliye (theme issue "Black Rave", Journal Issue #132, December 2022)

"Dark Banjee Aesthetic: Hearing a Queer-of-Color Archive within Club Music" by Blair Black (theme issue "Black Rave", Journal Issue #132, December 2022)

"A Whale Unbothered: Theorizing the Ecosystem of the Ballroom Scene" by Julian Kevon Glover (theme issue "Black Rave", Journal Issue #132, December 2022)

"Editorial: Black Rave" by madison moore and McKenzie Wark (December 2022)

"Pasolini and the Queer Revolution in Beirut" by Raed Rafei (Journal Issue #126, April 2022)

"Inappropriate Gestures: Vogue in Three Acts of Appropriation" by Sabel Gavaldon (Journal Issue #122, November 2021)

"Taking the Fiction Out of Science Fiction: A Conversation about Indigenous Futurisms" by Grace Dillon and Pedro Neves Marques (Journal Issue #120, September 2021)

"The Cis Gaze and Its Others (for Shola)" by McKenzie Wark (Journal Issue #117, April 2021)

"Post-genitalist Fantasies / Temporalities of Latin American Trans Art" by Kira Xonorika (Journal Issue #117, April 2021)

"S/pacific Islands: Some Reflections on Identity and Art in Contemporary Oceania" by Greg Dvorak (Journal Issue #112, October 2020)

"Capitalocene, Waste, Race, and Gender" by Françoise Vergès (Journal Issue #100, May 2019)

#ecology #tidalectics #abolition #for pridemonth i guess idk

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harrisonarchive · 7 months

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Footage from interviews for The Beatles Anthology EPKs, and Today Tonight (Australia), 1995. Courtesy of YouTube. “It’s just some little magic that… you know, when you get certain people together, it produces — you know, it makes fire.” - George Harrison, EPK interview Q: “One of the songs, ‘Free As A Bird,’ that John recorded on mono. He’s playing the piano. How difficult was it melding the three surviving Beatles with John?” George: “Yeah. It was… it just took a little time, really. It was pretty tricky, because what we did was, at first, we took his cassette… because it was only a demo, and it was unfinished, it kind of — he was just plodding along and in some places he’d go quicken up a bit, and some places he’d slow down. And we put all the backing in, did all the singing, and Paul and I wrote some words to the middle part that John had never finished. And we did the totally new record, in fact. And then we just took his voice, and we dropped it in, every line where we needed it, until we built up, you know, the lead vocal part.”Q: “Sean Lennon said it was spooky having a dead guy as lead singer. Did you find it spooky?” George: “It’s not, it’s not spooky, but… if, I don’t know if this has ever happened to you — if you think that, you know, we all, when we’re alive, when you hear our music, you hear our voices, but the moment somebody dies, it’s suddenly eerie, you know. Whether it’s John Lennon or Ayrton Senna. You know, just the idea, when you hear him speak, it suddenly is… is very emotional.” - Today Tonight, 1995 “One of the things that’s a little bit heartbreaking is that the player at the end, the ukulele player, banjo, whatever you want to call it. George wanted to play that part and I resisted, saying that if I put him in I’d have to put some of the other Beatles in. I didn’t think we wanted to see contemporary Beatles in the piece. So I said, ‘No, no, no,’ and he said, ‘Okay.’ Thinking they had sampled an archival piece of music, and it turns out that George had actually performed that on the song. Had I known that, I would have let him do it because you only see him from the back anyway. But I’m heart — actually heartbroken about not letting him do that piece, especially now more than ever.” - Joe Pytka (director of the “Free As A Bird” video), The Beatles Anthology special features (x)

#George Harrison #Ringo Starr #Paul McCartney #John Lennon #quote #quotes about George #quotes by George #Joe Pytka #1990s #1995 #The Beatles #The Beatles Anthology #George and Ringo #George and John #George and Paul #missing George all the more these days #Free As A Bird #Real Love #Now And Then

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ebookporn · 7 months

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‘No one else is saving it’: the fight to protect a historic music collection

The ARChive of Contemporary Music, which houses more than 90m songs and is supported by names such as Martin Scorsese, is in need of a new home

by David Smith

It all started in a loft in Tribeca, New York, long before it was a trendy neighbourhood. “I had 47,000 records and nobody wanted them,” recalls Bob George, who had just published a discography of punk and new wave music. “That led a lot of people coming to me and saying you have to save this stuff; no one else is saving it. That got the ball rolling in my loft in what is now fashionable Tribeca, which was an incredibly unfashionable war zone in 1974 when I was first there.”

George turned his record collection into the ARChive of Contemporary Music (Arc) in 1985 with co-founder David Wheeler. The non-profit music library and research centre now contains more than 3m sound recordings or over 90m songs, making it one of the biggest popular music collections in the world. Donors and board members have included David Bowie, Jonathan Demme, Lou Reed, Martin Scorsese and Paul Simon.

The Arc is not open to the public but has been a vital resource for film-makers, writers and researchers ranging from Ken Burns looking for a song for his series Baseball to the new Grammy Hall of Fame and Museum in Los Angeles needing cover art for its inducted recordings. Now, however, this unique treasure trove is under existential threat.