Art and Therapy (Alain de Botton, John Armstrong, 2014)
Art as Therapy by Alain de Botton and John Armstrong had been on my list from the moment I saw it online. With my research...
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Tag: Art
Book review: Contemporary art and time (2016)
March 14, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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Towards the end of my PhD research, I noticed that quite a few interesting works in my area have been published by Presses Universitaires de...
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Slow Cinema and Cultural Memory
November 18, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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In a previous post I mentioned my own personal experience with slow films in the context of post-traumatic stress disorder. Given the comments I had...
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Passions of the will to boredom
February 29, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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I have taken today's post title from Julian Jason Haladyn's wonderful book Boredom and Art: Passions of the Will To Boredom (2015), which I have read...
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Review: On Slowness – Lutz Koepnick (2014)
December 18, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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The contemporary hype around slowness in all its forms has filled shelves in bookstores for several years now. Most of these books are a kind...
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Interview with Lav Diaz (Extracts, Part III)
August 22, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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This is the third and last installment of my interview with Lav Diaz. Parts I and II can be found here and here. I have...
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Journey to the West – Tsai Ming-liang (2013)
March 23, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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A lucky accident brought me to an online screener of Tsai Ming-liang's new and highly acclaimed film Journey to the West. It had its premiere at...
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Death in the Land of Encantos – Lav Diaz (2007)
March 5, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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I believe that I keep mentioning this film, but I have never really made a proper (blog) case out of it. So let's go into...
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Slow Art Day 2014
February 24, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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I would like to remind all readers of my blog of this year’s Slow Art Day, which will take place on 12 April. The idea...
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Slow Cinema and Chinese Painting I
January 8, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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The results of research into this area will come in parts over the next two or three weeks as it would otherwise be too long...
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