Luis Soares's Blog, page 31

Bhanu Kapil - Text to Complete a Text

Sex is always monstrous. Blood appears in the air next to the body but nobody asks a question about the body. “Please touch me there. More. Oh god.” For a hitchhiker, the problem of the boudoir is transferred to a makeshift, itchy, unsafe space on the verge of a New Mexico highway. It is often the sex of another era, in which the socks and dress shirt/blouse are not necessarily removed.

I hitchhiked in the beginning because it seemed glamorous to me, ultra-American, like a Christian with an entre...

The Most Beautiful Boy In The World

In 1971at the world premiere of Death in Venice in London, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed Björn Andrésen, the teen star of his latest film, "The most beautiful boy in the world.” This is the story of a boy who was thrust to international stardom for his iconic looks and lived a life of glamour. 50 years later, Björn looks back.

Variation on a theme of Frank Bridge

Orchestra of the Swan - Benjamin Britten's Variation on a theme of Frank Bridge, op.10

Orchestra of the Swan performs the work that catapulted Britten onto the international music scene. Live recording at Kings Place, London on 16 July 2016.

Dearest Alfred (MyJoy)

Khruangbin - Dearest Alfred (MyJoy) – Knxwledge Remix

Alys Tomlinson - Dead Time

Dead Time

I was on a road trip in the USA years ago, staying in cheap motels and surviving on those great big American breakfasts of waffles and pancakes. Arriving at dusk at Big Sur, California, I checked into a place nestled between the ocean and a dense forest. As night closed in, the motel took on a different, more sinister feel. An open-air swimming pool stood alone, surrounded by the shadows of a picket fence. Steam rose from the water in the crisp, night air. It evoked a feeling o...

Bhanu Kapil - Wish (2)

   1 But I was thinking today about our conversation earlier in the summer. Exhausted, you lay your head on the kitchen table and said: “But what’s the difference between a monster and a cyborg? I need something to eat. Do you have any chocolate?” Opening the fridge, I said quietly and perhaps too seriously, trying to impress you: “The monster is that being who refuses to adapt to her circumstances.” Her fate. Her body. Great Britain. You said: “So, is Laloo English or British?” I said: “She’s f...

Na Lua

A 4 hour orbit of the moon in real time by Seán Doran. Source is denoised, repaired, graded & retimed for this film. Based on JAXA / NHK Kaguya Orbiter archive

Lo Vas A Olvidar

Billie Eilish, ROSALÍA - Lo Vas A Olvidar

Director - Nabil
Producer - Tara Razavi
Production Company - Happy Place
HP Line Producer - Jared Fassler
Cinematographer - Diego Rosenblatt
Production Designer -  Miranda Lorenz
Editor - Sebastian Zotoff
Colorist - Brandon Chavez
VFX - The Kroot

Pyramid Song

Orchestra of the Swan's cover of Radiohead's 'Pyramid Song' arr. by David Le Page featuring Bruce O'Neil and Graham Instrall, featuring on the Timelapse album, released on 22/01/21. AVAILABLE TO BUY: http://smarturl.it/OotSTimelapse

The Timelapse album creates a space where sounds of the past and present collide to form a unique musical landscape. Although the pieces were written, in some cases, centuries apart and in culturally disparate eras, it is striking how much these contrasting works in...

Miley does Mazzy (and other stuff)

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.

Miley Cyrus has always understood that music is theater. So it's no surprise that, visiting the imaginative space that is the Tiny Desk, she transforms it into something both fantastical and true to her topsy-turvy Mileyness.

Cyrus r...