Author Archives: jolanta

A Look into Las Misiones Antiquas Tia Blassingame   Cover image from Edward Vernon, Las Misiones Antiquas: The Spanish Missions of Baja California, University of New Mexico Press, 2003.   While a number of books have been written about and a myriad bus tours organized around the twenty-one California missions, Las Misiones Antiquas serves to […]

Am Ab-Ort der Bilder: Filme von Evgenij Jufit im Filmmuseum M�nchen Barbara Wurm    “Das h�lzerne Zimmer”     Vermutlich ist es den vielen ‘Posts’ zu verdanken, Poststalinismus, -kommunismus, -perestrojka und schließlich auch der Postmoderne, dass – nachdem die Gegenwart im russischen Kino endlich erreicht schien – im Venedig des Nordens Filme gemacht werden, die […]

Am Ab-Ort der Bilder: Filme von Evgenij Jufit im Filmmuseum M�nchen Barbara Wurm    “Das h�lzerne Zimmer” Vermutlich ist es den vielen ‘Posts’ zu verdanken, Poststalinismus, -kommunismus, -perestrojka und schließlich auch der Postmoderne, dass – nachdem die Gegenwart im russischen Kino endlich erreicht schien – im Venedig des Nordens Filme gemacht werden, die weniger mit […]

The Story of “Decasia” Catherine Wayland  Park City, Utah. Photos by Lily Hatchett. Photomontage of Sundance Film Festival by Lily Hatchett.   Much has been said about Bill Morrison’s “Decasia” – haunting, hallucinatory, relentless. I was unable to find the words, and I consider myself a wordsmith by trade. I can tell you that as […]

Sundance Film Festival 2004 Lily Hatchett     Greetings from the top of the Wasatch Mountains! Park City is a small silver mining village that still shows its Wild West underpinnings as a new town built around the old town, now home to impassioned skiers and snowboarders from all four corners of the world. Once […]

Talking about KRUMPED: An Interview with David LaChappelle Rita Michel David LaChappelle, still from �KRUMPED�.   David LaChappelle was recipient of the 1996 VH1 fashion award for photographer of the year. He received the International Centre of Photography’s Infinity Award in 1997. The infamous photographer known for his colorful prints has published two books of […]

Business Relations, Father/Son Relations, and Genuine Love Kirse Junge-Stevnsborg Jesper Just, A Fine Romance, 2004, DVD, Ed. 5. Three fascinating stories form the new solo show by the young artist Jesper Just at the Gallery Christina Wilson in Copenhagen. "A fine Romance" is the overall title of the three video works: "No Man is an […]

Spatial Proximity of the city Kirse Junge-Stevnsborg The focal point of Trine Boesen’s new exhibition, “Flowers Crack Concrete”, at the leisure club MOGADISHNI in Copenhagen is the city. Webs of everyday commodities encircled by buildings, houses, tents, and huts symbolizing at one hand our private sphere and at the other hand that we are never […]

Crescite Stefania Carrozzini   Roy Andrew Beyer, Insulinde, 1992, family portrait, 82x82cm, series 2/6.     Quando parliamo di crescite che cosa intendiamo? Crescita vuol dite partire da un punto A e con un percorso lineare arrivare ad un punto B. Ma nella storia dell’arte questa evoluzione non è così poi semplice e lineare. La […]

Now on DVD Tony Zaza  cover of Umberto D (HomeVision)   Thisstartling transfer to DVD preserves the essential mastery of Vittorio De Sicain its presentation of his deep-focus black and white cinematography that madeuse of actual locations using a portable camera and natural light. To haveachieved this exquisite deep composition with available light is simply […]