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Trains: an introspection on art as discourse

Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Café Lumière begins with a title card stating it to be a tribute to the centennial of Yasujiro Ozu’s birth. Even without any contextual knowledge about…

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Shintaro Kago at Gallery Nucleus

Since his 1988 debut in Comic Box magazine, Shintaro Kago has gradually gained a significant and unique position in the world of contemporary ero guro. With a distinct…

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Together | Part 3: Carole & Tuesday

the space between us is who we are. A hot wind, a white sea, a film. The very last word in The White Girl’s closing monologue (see part…

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Together | Part 2: The White Girl

The scene between the SDF terrorist and Nono near the end of Planetes (see part 1) presents a clash between a postcolonial contra postmodern perspective on national subjectivity.…

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Together | Part 1: Planetes

Minor spoilers for Planetes (2003) Young man, you try too hard to put everything into clear-cut categories said the old sailor to Yuri. A non-answer to his many…

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The work of art in the age of memetic simulacra

Walter Benjamin’s classic essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” somehow never ceases to be relevant. Despite being very much a reflection of its…

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Sarah Sze’s image-objects

I’m really interested in this kind of pendulum swing; this kind of desire to be able to feel and touch and smell materials – and then the other…

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The multilayered body of Alita

Bodies are not treated with much grace in the world of Alita: Battle Angel. As much in the film as in the manga and OVA that it is based on,…

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The phenomenological metaphysics of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

In bunraku, the most recent and most developed edition to the history of Japanese puppet theater, the puppets at play come to life through the cooperation of a…

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