If you ever wish to escape the colonizing power of visual images (or need proof of its reality) — go to the Alhambra. I promise it will be a liberating experience, a revelation of sorts — even among the scores of tourists.
The architecture is stunning. Marvelous. So beautiful it brings tears to my eyes. (more…)
Memory is performative. To remember is to repeat.
Not every memory gets performed and repeated. Some memories are so horrific that we censor their re-presentation. Perpetrator memories of the Holocaust as sexual extravaganza belong to this category.
Liliana Cavani’s controversial 1974 movie The Night Porter has been labeled “Nazi chic” (Roger Ebert). For some critics the film [...]
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