Luis Soares's Blog, page 246
August 17, 2017
Guim Tió - Unreal Spaces
Born on 21 March 1987, Guim Tió Zarraluki is a Spanish artist from Barcelona and he loves olives. Please, for any enquiry send him an email at imnot@guimtio.com
An Evening With Nico Muhly
From September 2013:
Opera audiences are well acquainted with all manners of intrigue — whether political, romantic or psychological. The exciting American composer Nico Muhly is updating that paradigm to the 21st century with his opera Two Boys.
This work, commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, is loosely based on a true story from the 1990s, just at the birth of online culture. It delves into a curious and still very timely tale: a detective's investigation into the stabbing of one teena...
August 16, 2017
Dylan Thomas - In My Craft or Sullen Art
In my craft or sullen art
Exercised in the still night
When only the moon rages
And the lovers lie abed
With all their griefs in their arms,
I labor by singing light
Not for ambition or bread
Or the strut and trade of charms
On the ivory stages
But for the common wages
Of their most secret heart.
Not for the proud man apart
From the raging moon I write
On these spindrift pages
Nor for the towering dead
With their nightingales and psalms
But for the lovers, their arms
Round the griefs of the ages,
Who pay no...
Anna Caterina Antonacci sings the Habanera
The Habanera is the aria Carmen sings when she first appears on stage. It is also known as 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle'.
Carmen was based on a popular novella of the same name by Prosper Mérimée, which enticed French readers with exotic tales of Spain. Its heady combination of passion, sensuality and violence initially proved too much for the stage and Georges Bizet's opera was a critical failure on its premiere in 1875. Bizet died shortly after, never learning of the spectacular success...
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
From writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, and Alicia Silverstone.
Rineke Dijkstra
Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 23, 1992
Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 26, 1992
De Panne, Belgium, August 7, 1992
Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, May 8, 1994
James, Tate Modern, London, 10 December, 1999
Vendas Novas, Portugal, 21-5-2000
Olivier, The French Foreign Legion, Camp Raffalli, Calvi, Corsica, June 18, 2001
Rineke Dijkstra (born 2 June 1959) is a Dutch photographer. She lives and works in Amsterdam. Dijkstra has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Soc...
Angry and sad, frustrated and scared.
On Saturday hundreds of white nationalists, alt-righters, and neo-Nazis traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia to participate in the “Unite the Right” rally. By Saturday evening three people were dead – one protester, and two police officers – and many more injured.
“VICE News Tonight” correspondent Elle Reeve went behind the scenes with white nationalist leaders, including Christopher Cantwell, Robert Ray, David Duke, and Matthew Heimbach — as well as counter-protesters. VICE News Tonight...
World Leader Pretend
Watch the official video for "World Leader Pretend" from R.E.M. "Tourfilm"
August 14, 2017
Downtown's Lights
Kevin Morby “Downtown’s Lights," from his album, 'City Music', out now on Dead Oceans.
