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Poetry Reading: Secrets and Confessions

Our next Poetry Reading session will focus on Secrets and Confessions. We will read 4 poems related to the theme and discuss them with the group.

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Pleasure & Pain, a Duet of Emotions

The interplay between pleasure and pain encapsulated within the artistic expressions often creates magnetic images that draw audiences and immerse them in strong emotional content.

ProjectIdentity Events, Past events, Subculture Events

A History of Queer Women’s Hairstyles

In this lecture, we’ll look at historic painting and illustrations, as well as modern photographs. We’ll read the words of queer women from the past and the present who found significance in their hair, as well as archival newspapers, biographies, and even modern-day Tumblr posts. A history of queer’s women’s hairstyles is as varied and diverse as the people whose heads are crowned by them.

ProjectCinematography, Past events

The Un(comfortableness) of the Point-of-View Shot in Cinema and Gaming

This session will consider the uncomfortableness of the subjective point-of-view shot and direct address in narrative cinema, and how it presents an awkward and uncomfortable space for the viewer to inhabit.

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Signs & Symbols in Art – ”The Raft of the Medusa” by Théodore Géricault

Let's have a closer look at an iconic creation of Théodore Géricault, a French Romantic artist from the 19th century and his masterpiece ”The Raft of the Medusa”. This is a seminal work of art that transcends its historical narrative, incorporating symbols that resonate deeply within the universal cultural and human experience.

ProjectJapanese Culture Events, Past events

Japanese Calligraphy – ‘pain’

Join our next online Japanese Calligraphy workshop. Explore views and attitudes towards pain in Japan and learn a new kanji.

ProjectCinematography, Past events, Philosophy and Spirituality Events

Pleasure and Pain in Cult Cinema – A Case Study in ‘The Wicker Man’

Drawing on footage shot for the upcoming documentary Children of The Wicker Man, this talk will consider the ways in which audiences and fans of the film have spent the past fifty years trying to understand every aspect of how this remarkable film came into being.