Samuel Beckett's 1965 short play, Come and Go, is hypnotic in its space.
“[The women] assert a strength through their interdependence which makes this play one of the most perfect theatrical ensembles ever devised.” -Anthony Roche
Tuesday 14 September 2010
Saturday 11 September 2010
Haiku by Hisajo Sugita
O flower garment!
When I take it off,
Many strings coil around me.
Flowers of morning glory.
The sky above this street
Begins to overcast.
In a day of chrysanthemums
I shake and comb my wet hair
Letting the drops fall.
Hardly a word spoken
The man and his wife part -
Autumn nightfall
Chasing a butterfly
Deep into the spring woods
I am lost
Friday 10 September 2010
Olivia Arthur (Magnum Women No. 2)
'When I am asked about my work, one of the questions that often comes up is 'How much difference does it make that I am a woman?' And I have to agree that it does make a huge difference, that plenty of the situations I have been in would not have been accessible to a man, or if a man had been present the atmosphere would have been very different.' -Olivia Arthur
Born: 1980, UK
Magnum nominee: 2008
Fatima says her midday prayers. A poster of her uncle, who is a wedding-dj, on the wall
(Iran: Beyond the Veil)
A young married couple in a migrant-worker community on the edge of Tehran
(Iran: Beyond the Veil)
(In the Name of God)
(In the Name of God)
Koran School for Girls. Faith, Turkey
(The Middle Distance)
Getting ready for a wedding party. Istanbul, Turkey
(The Middle Distance)
Thursday 9 September 2010
Disrespect to women has got to be through
Thank heavens for Kathleen Hanna's blog for resurrecting the Beastie Boys' MTV award acceptance speech. Ad-Rock's words are especially pertinent today after this year's Latitude and T-in-the-Park festivals.
As he says in the song Sure Shot:
'I want to say a little something that's long overdue
The disrespect to women has got to be through
To all the Mothers and Sisters and the Wives and Friends
I want to offer my love and respect to the end'
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