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  • I thought 5 KM far away enough: A Review of Carlos Marques-Marcet’s 10,000 KM

    I thought 5 KM far away enough: A Review of Carlos Marques-Marcet’s 10,000 KM

    April 6, 2015
    by Film, Isadora Goudsblom, Reviews

      The opening shot of this minimalist gem is an amazingly controlled and choreographed twenty-something minute record of intimacy, shot inside a Barcelona apartment in which a couple – photographer Alex (Natalia Tena, Harry Potter’s Nymphadora Tonks) and student Sergi (David Verdaguer, a smouldering Devendra Banhart type) are making love, after which they go about…

    Read more: I thought 5 KM far away enough: A Review of Carlos Marques-Marcet’s 10,000 KM
  • Interview: On Fictional Languages and They Should Pay Us For This

    April 2, 2015
    by Academia, Interview, Literature, Tessel Rijneveldshoek

    “Valar morghulis.” This phrase may be familiar to you, if you have watched a season or four of the television series Game of Thrones or read a book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. It is a phrase from a language called ‘High Valyrian’, and it is translated as “all men must…

    Read more: Interview: On Fictional Languages and They Should Pay Us For This
  • The Problem With Using Philosophy For Self-Help

    March 30, 2015
    by Phoebe Eccles, WB Column

    This morning I awoke from an elongated stupor to find myself hunched in a dark corner of the library, surrounded by Nietzsche books and empty budget-coffee cups. Nearby undergrads eyed me up warily. I dimly recalled having thrown a dictionary at them earlier because they were eating fruit too loudly. Looking down at my hands,…

    Read more: The Problem With Using Philosophy For Self-Help
  • Seasonal Songs

    Seasonal Songs

    March 26, 2015
    by Jules Schlicher, Music, Playlist, Reviews, WB Column

    We can all rejoice once more, as youngster Spring is slowly taking over from old man Winter. A change in temperature, hours of sunlight, scenery, smells and spirit lies in our immediate future. Each season is distinct in a number of things, including the list I just mentioned. What in particular I want to draw…

    Read more: Seasonal Songs
  • Stiftgedicht: Imagine a Kiss

    March 23, 2015
    by Erasure Poem, Isabel Harlaar, Stiftgedicht, WB Column

    Click the image to view full screen. Page 366 from “What I loved” by Siri Hustvedt (2003).

    Read more: Stiftgedicht: Imagine a Kiss
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