Clandestine Rhythms of Latin America
Manu Chao might be European, but his music reveals the society that modern Latin America is.
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Shirley Manson, Noir Ain’t Good for You!
January 28, 2009
Music industry is riddled with issues of commercialization, popular culture and monetizing on these trends seen in popular cultures. Are record companies only interested in the number of records sold?
A Dissection Of Morbid Fantasies
January 28, 2009
What is it that makes people be attracted to the dark and the scary? Is it thanatos or are we basically dark creatures?
The Bone Lady Creates Art Life From Death
January 27, 2009
In many tribes, wearing bones signify your win over someone belonging to an enemy tribe. It proves to others your worth in fighting, symbolises your strength and warns against any ideas someone may have of stealing your women. Folklore is rife with stories of gravediggers and witches who chant incantations over the skull of a [...]
Star Wars: A Tale of Domination
January 27, 2009
Was Star Wars really a fight between the evil or good? Or did the evil and the good overlap each other? Perhaps, is Star Wars a representation of the desire for a unipolar world?
Yuri Toroptsov Revisits Baba Yaga’s House
January 26, 2009
Baba Yaga, known for devouring children, lived in an equally ghoulish house surrounded skulls and skeletons. Photographer Yury Toroptsov, based in Paris, sees an image of Baba Yaga's cottage in his ancestral house.
Negritude, Black Power, and Dalits of India
January 25, 2009
While slavery and oppression against Africans is long gone, Indian dalits with a similar condition have been languishing for nearly 2000 years. Now they seem to have found their voice in postmodernism and other literary movements in west.
Werner Herzog II :Encounters with Extraordinary Human Minds and Unexplored Wilderness
January 25, 2009
An insight into Herzog's vision of the precarious relationship between mankind, animals and wilderness, as represented in his documentaries.
Saadat Hassan Manto: A Forgotten Literary Voice from a Troubled Subcontinent
January 24, 2009
Manto chose to look at the uglier side of humanity and the violence within human souls.
Bianca Runge’s Water and Fish Collage
January 23, 2009
A look at Bianca Runge's Water and Fish Collection reminds one of the immensity of water bodies, which could be an allegory for the Universe.
PJ Harvey and John Parish Announce Track Details, Second Show in Paris
January 23, 2009
Track names of PJ Harvey's next album with John Parish, ‘A Woman A Man Walked By’ revealed and a second show in Paris on demand.
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