Once again, thank you Reshef

Egyptism - an update

This was in the U-Bahn a few days ago.

recently i was mentioning Wittgenstein in a discussion

and specifically his idea at the end of the Tractatus, according to which "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." Subi just showed me this video, and I really think it is not possible to say anything about it.

Egyptism

Egypt was always at the center of attention and an object of fascination for cultural orientalists. I'm sure there are many historical, mythological and imaginary reasons for that special occidental love, and I would leave it to the theoreticians to explain. I'm as usual fascinated with the fascination and the way it evolved into pop culture. So here are two amusing/disturbing 20th century performative moments that materialize this perversion:

Wilson Keppel and Betty doing their popular Sand Dance routine (c. 1933): And the gorgeous Kate Bush making her properly insane and absolutely not PC contribution to the discourse (1979):

File under: kids unhappy with new cars

Just like I always say: the greatest country on earth

My fav DYAC entry

damnyouautocorrect.com published their best 25 entries, to conclude it's 1st year. This one is by far my favorite. The Freudian association is screaming out of this so loud I need to cover my ears! Yet another amazing proof of the living unconscious of digital devices.

Black Friday craziness

So apparently there is a thing called "black friday", when stores offer amazing discounts. So amazing, that they spark spontaneous mega-choreographies I could only dream of producing. I love it! Thanx to my lovely wife for sharing these wonderful moments.

*note: I recommend watching the three of them simultaneously. bonapetit.

Performance (is not) Art, made in India

Jason Kottke twitted this video as "the craziest thing you'll ever see on the web". i'm not sure I agree (it depends on your definition of crazy), but I do think it's pretty amazing, and actually very cool if read through the prism of the performative context. It has elements of early classic 1970's performance work that focused on endurance and pain (Abramovic, Pane, Burden, Acconci, etc.), alongside a more contemporary dramaturgy we know from performance recent work, and the circus-like presentational strategy; And of course, we cannot look at it without at least a hint of orientalism. Anyway it's super entertaining. I especially like the Indian Paula Abdul and her reactions. Enjoy!

Bieber Meat

Sometimes I really am speechless. Found in the blog inspiringly titled Blame it on the voices

Hello from Tel Aviv

Arale just sent me this pic he took in the "Tikva" neighborhood in Tel Aviv, where most of the struggle against migrant workers takes place. It's one of the hot issues in Israel these days, as is it shelter to many immigrants and refugees from war zones in Africa. Recently, groups of Israelis started protesting around the country, calling to deport the foreigners. Alongside some official, state-paid Rabbis that not so long ago distributed a "psak halacha" (kind of a Jewish religious law) encouraging people not to rent or sell their houses to non-jews, and a series of incredibly-racist-nearly-fascist laws legislated by the government, it looks bad.

The graffiti in the pic reads "deport niggers"

This is not OK

Thank you Michal!

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