R.I.P
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Monday, 6 December 2010
Thursday, 2 December 2010
My Father is a Certain Kind of Man, December 2010 (Israel)
My father is a certain kind of man.
A few years ago we were in Greece together. He sat on a bench with another man. And they understood each other.
Their Language was their cigarettes,
Their ears grown large with age,
Their noses red from good times and bad times,
What a life we’ve had
Their hands ingrained with dirt from long ago
My father’s a certain kind of man.
And I sometimes wish I was too
(accompanying music: Mrs McGrath: The Sergeant Said)
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
marxism today: Phil Collins
marxism today
Phil Collins
Phil Collins’ work in film, video and photography often provides a platform for the overlooked or the disenfranchised. Shining a light on what is generally perceived as the losing side in the political and social upheavals of the past two decades, ‘marxism today’ is an ongoing project that began by following the fortunes of former teachers of Marxism-Leninism in Communist East Germany. Collins’ short film ‘marxism today (prologue)’ (2010) mixes contemporary interviews with the ex-teachers alongside archive material, to form the centrepiece of this exhibition, which also includes a new video in which a number of concepts central to Marxist economic analysis are introduced to a new generation of students. Relocating from the start of this school year to Manchester, where Engels wrote ‘The Condition of the Working Class in England’, Collins’ project prompts a wider reflection on the city’s formative place in the history of radical thinking. Initiating a series of interactions with nearby schools and the local public, it also enquires into the continuing relevance of Marxist ideas in the present day.
‘marxism today’ is co-commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella, Cornerhouse, Abandon Normal Devices, Berliner Künstlerprogramm/DAAD, Berlin Biennale and Shady Lane Productions.
SEEKING FORMER
TEACHERS OF
MARXISM
Did you teach Marxist-Leninist philosophy at school or university before 1989?TEACHERS OF
MARXISM
How did your life and career change as a result of perestroika?
Did you have to give up your profession forever?
Find a new subject to teach?
Or find a new career?
Documentary filmmaker Phil Collins is looking for people willing to share their story.
Get in touch with us by email
info@shadylaneproductions.co.uk
Or leave your name and contact information HERE.
Confidentiality guaranteed.
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
IDF recruitment
Lately a new campaign was launched in Israel against people who shirk of their military service.
A video commercial was diffused in the main TV channels to declare that "a real Israeli doesn't evade from the military service.
oyacov | 10 February 2008 | 40 likes, 19 dislikes
לגירסה בעברית: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=woXH80E...
"A true Israeli goes to the army", they've been telling us in an aggressive campaign against draft evasion, which expects us to accept the notion that those who don't go to the army, are not as worthy. this massive campaign was endorsed on billboards, buses and ads in TV.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jDHW1H6...
several of us have decided to come up with an alternative ad using less models and more sane criticism. please pass on this alternative version to show that the militaristic approach is not the only way to go. you can post this on your website, or anywhere else.
for download: http://corky.net/~eran/yossi/TrueIsra
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