The basis for democracy is human contact, not calculating what will get votes. The way a hippie-style commune was turned into a fascist prison camp is a metaphor for modern society: “I want people to be alert and understand how oppressive powers work”. Graham Douglas He comes from […]
Culture
Marcos Zimmermann: Diversity enriches, monochrome doesn’t
An example of this is in the Patagonian province of Chabut, where the Mapuche and Tehuelche continue to exchange culture with the Welsh. These British descendants “feel Argentinean and continue to respect the Welsh traditions.” The Prisma’s Memoirs. September 2015 Juanjo Andres Cuervo “Since their arrival, the Welsh […]
Renato Rocha: accelerating understanding of diversity
He is the Director of ‘Acelere’ the production by Circolombia now in London: a different way of using art as a means of social integration. The Prisma’s Memoirs. May 2015 Interview: Juanjo Andrés Cuervo Born in Brazil, Renato Rocha has spent many years working in London. His main […]
Words to remember Clarice Lispector
Writing, says Lispector, is not knowing what’s coming next. To find out, we throw another word out, as bait: which words will take the bait, if indeed any? Or will nothing follow but a void? Carlos Skliar* If it’s true that the world started with a yes, wrote […]
Ventura Pons and Ignasi M: “Films are what directors are”
The Catalonian director took a gamble on a documentary about the true-life story and difficulties of the life of a famous gay HIV-positive museum curator. Virginia Moreno Molina The idea of the documentary “Ignasi M” emerged by chance while Ventura Pons was trying to picture a “silly” North […]