Monthly Archives: September 2011

On not getting started, again

Dordrecht, September 15. Above me on the wall in green faux handwriting a long quote from Francis Bacon’s “Of Gardens”. It begins GOD Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures… This has been … Continue reading

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The Film Forum Duisburg

There are, I should say, eight fabulous Anselm Kiefers here. Pocket Spaces Q. Where are the nice bars?A. In Dusseldorf Q. What about Innenhafen?A. It’s made by computers Spaces in between are pockets of resistance,Fight escalated prairies of market perfectionBy … Continue reading

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Bonn

Kulturkampf Gott und die Staat features in the neat bookshop window frieze Suggesting that Bonn has not lost all of its politics With the reunifying right hand shift back to Berlin. Because old-school Marxist analysis never said seize The day … Continue reading

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