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In fact Beckett said somewhere that he didn’t care what a text said as long as it was constructed beautifully, or something like that—all of meaning, all of beauty is in the construction.
— Lydia Davis to Francine Prose, http://bombsite.com/issues/60 (via bookoflead)
found fragments...
2011/08/03
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Breath (2001)
Directed by Damien Hirst, from Beckett on Film, 1 minute, 21 seconds
Synopsis:
Breath was written in 1969 in response to Kenneth Tynan’s request for a piece for his show Oh, Calcutta, which featured a series of risqué sketches. It lasts less than a minute. On a set full of rubbish, a person cries out, then breathes in again.
‘Faint brief cry and immediately inspiration and slow increase of light together reaching maximum together in about ten seconds. Silence and hold about five seconds.’ – Breath
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
— Samuel Beckett (via chantalrens)
— Samuel Beckett (via chantalrens)
2011/08/02
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Ana Mendieta - Selected Film Works (1972-1981)
Titles Include:
Black Ixchell Candle Ixchell
Blood Sign #2
Chicken Piece
Figura Gunpowder en los cracks
Figura que parece Egypta
Filmworks Rocas y humo
Grass Breathing
Labyrinth Blood Imprint
Volcan Arena y Explosion
Woman candle Silueta #2
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Deeply I go down into myself. My god is Dark and like a webbing made of a hundred roots that drink in silence.
— Rainer Maria Rilke (via hoodoothatvoodoo)
— Rainer Maria Rilke (via hoodoothatvoodoo)
(via thiagomattar)
