Tag Archives: Peter Greenaway

The Night Shift

A misunderstood picture? … The figures in the picture are awarded varying degrees of prominence. The fact that some of them had all but disappeared, obscured through coats of yellowed varnish and layers of dirt, helped give rise to the … Continue reading

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dead to the world: and the hoax was on

…Look closely at this corpse. It’s trying to tell you something. … Popular as it was, daguerreotypy was only one among many methods then being developed for making fixed images in the camera. Once Daguerre’s method was publicized, inventor’s of … Continue reading

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Oscar and the academy specter of death: just drink it like socrates

Its a metaphor for orgasm. Sex and death. The French term it “le petite mort” or the little death, where sex and death are linked from the spiritual release that comes with orgasm. As the Oscars get handed out, are … Continue reading

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