NERVO

the occasional reblog - silent excitement and anticipation for film and the arts

[wxmatija]

[garadinervi]

Edward W. Said, November 1, 1935 / 2023

Image: Edward W. Said, 1983 [photograph: © Jean Mohr]

[heritageposts]

I'm reading about how Israel, in the immediate aftermath of the 1948 Nakba, deliberately replaced olive trees and other indigenous flora with European plants. This ecological disaster, which is now proudly hailed under the banner of 'making the desert bloom,' was done to 'de-Arabize' the landscape, and to cover up - often with fast-growing European pine trees -the ruins of Palestinian villages that were destroyed by Zionists forces.

And I just need everyone to read this passage from Pappé, because the symbolism of what happened to those European pine trees in the desert speaks for itself:

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappé (2006, p. 227-228.)

[polonyichris]

[aridante]

the three theban plays: antigone; oedipus the king; oedipus at colonus, robert fagles // the blind assassin, margaret atwood // wolf in white van, john darnielle // the iliad, homer // certain magical acts, alice notley // lake mungo, dir. joel anderson (2008) // snow and dirty rain, richard siken // i’m thinking of ending things, dir. charlie kaufman (2020).

[wxmatija]

[huariqueje]

Vanitas      -    Carmen Alvar

Spanish, b. 1989-

Grafit on paper , 70 x 90 cm.

[zegalba]

Will Connel: Hands (1937)

[finalthought]

FINAL THOUGHT

[garadinervi]

Yusaku Kamekura, with Akira Yokoyama (illustration), Burning Butterflies, Hiroshima Appeals, 1983 [Japan Graphic Designers Association, JAGDA, Tokyo]

[garadinervi]

Cy Twombly. Sculpture, (poster), Gagosian, London, September 30 – December 21, 2019

Art: Cy Twombly, Untitled (Humpty Dumpty), (bronze), 2004 [© Cy Twombly Foundation, New York, NY]

/ l'Altissimo /

[garadinervi]

Dick Higgins, Intermedia Chart, Original sketch, 1995, Reprint, 1998, Eric Andersen's update, (printed cardboard), June 2020 [Fondazione Bonotto, Molvena (VI). © Dick Higgins, Eric Andersen]

[aura-eden]

ANDY GOLDSWORTHY, Ice Star, 1987

[dailyoverview]

Sea ice surrounding Antarctica ebbs and flows with the season, growing in winter and receding in summer. In 2023, however, sea ice growth has been greatly suppressed, reaching a record low. At the end of June, 4.5 million square miles (11.7 million sq. km) of sea ice surrounded the continent — nearly one million square miles less than average.

Source imagery: Maxar

[pairs-studio]

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[garadinervi]

Nam June Paik, Untitled (John Cage), 1996 [SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA. © Estate of Nam June Paik]