Özden Turhan
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Özden Turhan
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· Jun 27
Reading Virginia Woolf with Pärt or Debussy?
Roger Fry, Alpes Maritimes from St. Tropez, 1915. “The sun had not yet risen. The sea was indistinguishable from the sky, except that the sea was slightly creased as if a cloth had wrinkles in it.”…
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· Jun 23
Becoming oneself amidst stereotypes: Sara Coleridge
“Past, present, future dappled her with a strange light.” Virginia Woolf Imagine a lady living in the XIXth century where nearly ‘women’ are considered ‘nothing’; yet is it really the case? Does th…
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· Jun 20
The birth of the stream of consciousness: “The Man At the Gate”…
“Once again, sweet Willow, wave thee! Why stays my Love? Bend, and in yon streamlet – lave thee! Why stays my Love? Oft have I at evening straying, Stood, thy branches long surveying, Graceful in t…
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· Jun 16
Rethinking the question of gentrification: history invented, or history recovered?
Giorgio de Chirico, Mystère et mélancolie d’une rue, 1914. It has been so long that the question of gentrification involves urban sociology by emphasizing “the desire to revive the spirit of histor…
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· Jun 13
A Multiplicity of Lenses…
Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry at Studland, 1911.[1] Contemplating Roger Fry’s enthusiasm among the wreckages – crumbles of society… This shot taken by Vanessa Bell illustrates how ‘look is so subjective …
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· Jun 11
Dancing with the verses: ‘A Letter To A Young Poet’
Dora Carrington, The Mill at Tdmarsh, 1918. “Science, they say, has made poetry impossible; there is no poetry in motor cars and wireless. And we have no religion. All is tumultuous and transitiona…
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· May 26
Parce que rien n’est invariable : “Modern Fiction”
Katrien De Blauwer, Couleur Pâle 17, 2014. « La Littérature s’apparente à l’épique de l’ère abandonnée par les dieux » rédigée sous la plume de Heidegger pour mettre en exergue « Le …
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· May 21
Viva la Vida! : Night and Day…
Duncan Grant, Still Life with Flowers, 1923. ‘Le temps perdu’ mettait en exergue Proust comme si l’auteur avait déjà prévu l’avenir… Que disait Marguerite Duras dans La Maladie de la Mort… Voilà, l…
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· May 14
« La maladie mentale est ainsi ‘inventée’ » aurait dit Mrs. Dalloway…
Remedios Varo, Ladies’ Suit, 1957. “Fear no more the heat o’ the sun Nor the furious winter’s rages.” Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway Les vestiges de la Première Guerre mondiale ne laissent apparaîtr…
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