Surrealism lurks in the city – resting, hiding, waiting to be noticed, observed, called forth into recognition. Steve Latham These are times of the signs, random suggestions, inviting us to enter the serendipity of found significances, a conceptual equivalent of ‘found art’. To locate the oddness, even amidst […]
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England, Tory leadership and the economic crisis
The immense growth in food banks, homelessness and the sense of despair that have forced the government to appoint a minister for suicide prevention. Those are just some of the consequences after almost ten years of Tory leadership. Regarding this topic, an event will take place on July the 17th. […]
Unethical journalism
Theoretically, modern journalism has five objectives: informing, interpreting, entertaining, educating and giving opinions. Nevertheless, in reality, their objectives are: manipulating, lying, distorting, persecuting and generating business for those who are able to pay for their services. Patricio Mery Bell* Journalism generates feelings far removed from reality, for example, […]
Women, immigrants and “undocumented”… A powerful story
On the street corners of Brooklyn, men and women from other countries wait for hours in the hope of finding a job. They’ll do anything. Up to and including putting up with the exploitative conditions that unscrupulous impresarios, knowing they don’t have ‘papers’, that they’re ‘illegal’, will subject them to. Division Ave grasps and reproduces this reality.
My daughter explains things to me
Finally, the shoe is on the other foot, as a generational shift takes place. Instead of me taking time to teach my daughter, she is assuming the role of teacher. Steve Latham It’s a reversal of Rebecca Solnit’s ironic essay, “Men explain things to me”, exposing men’s practice […]