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modernist garden: flowers of evil

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Dave

In retracing the steps of Charles Baudelaire’s Paris, Walter Benjamin also arrived at a similar conclusion with respect to modernism’s influence on society. The flaneur, the urban dweller; this persona lead Benjamin to remark that the prostitute is the only … Continue reading →

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stimulus: I’m just waiting for the man

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Dave

As he shuffled through life, Charleston artist William Aiken Walker must have been inspired by card games, for he is known for his Poker Game Aboard a Mississippi Riverboat as well as making a Confederate deck of cards during the … Continue reading →

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revolution is a trademark

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Dave

Revolution is a registered trademark of Adidas. Revolution is a brand. The love beads, the Afro, it reproduces itself in new contexts continuously reinventing itself; the P.R. machine working on heavy rotation to secure the minds and souls of the … Continue reading →

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the syrian bridesmaid revisited

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Dave

What if you shave off the rhetorical baggage and ideology from the individual? What is left after sifting through the debris of myth and stereotype and generalization while hoping to eye a few shards; archaeological artifacts of the real? What … Continue reading →

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pirates of penitence: country on the bounty

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Dave

Perhaps its all about confused notions of moral superiority. A convenient enough illusion to shackle democracy in Africa or the Middle East that uses Islamic extremism as a wedge. Would democracy imperil the imperial project? In the West’s attack on … Continue reading →

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will the real terrorists please stand up

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Dave

Is this the 1960′s redux? Is the West entering a political phase similar to Europe of the nineteenth-century? Again. A world of social conflict and possible political upheaval and at least fragmentation. Are we willing to look into the dark … Continue reading →