I am currently reading an excellent book by the Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges called Labyrinths. It’s a collection of some of his short stories and fictional essays. When I say short, I mean very short, most of them are less than ten pages, some of them are only a few lines. Many of them [...]
Last week I went to an exhibition in London by the artist Bill Viola called: “LOVE/DEATH: The Tristan Project”, which was fantastic.
I had not heard of the artist before, but apparently he is pretty famous in the video art world. His exhibition is a collection of videos, most around ten minutes in length, relating to [...]
I am always amazed at the effect the weather can have on people’s moods. This spring/summer time of the year can often bring out the best in people, especially when there has been lots of sunshine (as I have had here recently).
It makes me realise just how many things that we probably don’t even realise [...]
A Scanner Darkly (the Richard Linklater adaptation of a Philip K Dick Novel) is released in the US at the end of this week. Whilst looking around at lots of the reviews and previews online I found this article on slate.com. Joshua Glenn (who also writes an excellent column at the Boston Globe) has really [...]