Judson Church is ringing in
Harlem (Made to Measure),
2012 from 20 Looks or Paris is Burning
@ the Judson
Church Series – Paula Court
Please Le Monde, Les Inrocks
and any other publications (Radio Nova, L’Obs, Le HuffPost, Cheek mag) that Matthieu Pigasse “sponsor”, feel free to rephrase / rape this
piece!
Breakfast
preview today @ Barbican for Trajal
Harrell: Hoochie Koochie.
We
were lucky today to witness Trajal
Harrell’s work in the Barbican Art
Gallery. I have a few fav: Antigone,
The Conspiracy of Performance (highly
inspired by Jean Baudrillard’s Conspiracy of Art) and The Return of La Argentina, but of
course you will see Caen Amour and
other performances. You can buy a ticket for a specific day and you will be
able to go and leave as you please.
Performing in Trajal Harrell: Hoochie Koochie are an ensemble of dancers, including
Titilayo Adebayo, Jonathon Luke Baker, Camille Durif Bonis, Antonio Branco,
Jia-Yu Corti, Rob Fordeyn, Thibault Lac, Christopher Matthews, Perle Palombe,
Davon Rainey, Owen Ridley-Demonick, Carlos Maria Romero, Jayson Patterson, Alma
Toaspen, Songhay Ismael Toldon, Christina Vassiliou, Ondrej Vidlar.
Every
Thursday to Sunday; 20 – 23 July; 27 – 30 July; 3 – 6 Aug; 10 – 13 Aug 2017
Thurs
& Fri: 2pm – 9pm; Sat & Sun: 12pm – 6pm
TALKS
Trajal Harrell in Conversation: The Historical
Imagination
Wednesday 2 August, 7pm, Frobisher Auditorium 2
A
rare opportunity to hear Trajal Harrell
in conversation with writer and critic Francesca
Gavin for an insightful introduction
to his work, life experiences and inspiration. Tickets £10
Other
exhibitions in London =
Sorry Barbican, I’ll hopefully complete this
piece more seriously but due to plagiarism / competition from French
publications, I am getting really tired.
Here is an
explanation:
Here is a statement:
Recently, I
was surprised to read my article on Grenfell Tower fire in the
respectable Le Monde newspaper (21 June 2017).
However, the
article was signed by a young man Florian Reynaud. I say ‘young man’ not as
opposed to ‘old lady’, but to stress (French) media attention to youth and male
reporters / journalists.
Am
I not more legitimate to write on Grenfell than this young man? Could my gender
and age be a real issue?
On 10 July, I
watched vidéo de Prenons La Une (posted in March 2016) where Luc Bronner is invited to talk
about women’s position in the [FR] media. He admits that equality is still a
work in progress, adding that expert women on specific topics are rare. They
are more commonly seen in the news as victims. In his honest view, I wonder
in what field is Florian Reynaud an
expert? How could he be an expert on Grenfell if he seems to copy-paste (BBC, The
Guardian, my blog), translate?
Are
women over 45 years old more tolerated and welcome if they hold a ‘glam’ work
position? Are women taken more seriously in order to cover up male editors who
fall ‘victims’ of their sexism? Passed 45 years old, can an unemployed female
journalist hope to be published in a mainstream media?
[These questions
are also valid for people who are disabled, non white or LGBTI]
Le Monde is not
the only one to pillage my blog (their silence leaves an open door to
discomfort).
Matthieu
Pigasse owns also Les Inrocks who have
helped themselves on my ideas / articles on the London cultural city since I’ve
started to e-publish myself… covering same topics, visiting same galleries /
museums (London has so many of them). As if the English capital was a small
town where little was happening!
Worse thing is
young journalists copy a woman who could be their mother... I am therefore
rejuvenating their weekly paper’s image! If only they could focus on Paris...
Surely, there must be some happenings there?
Shame Luc
Bronner has been ignoring my emails! Shame he seems to protect himself on the
sexism issue by RT / follow (young) women since my emails!
Elitism luxury,
media power should also give courage to communicate, reassure... preventing
from provoking distress! Courage is not about simply worshipping Simone
Veil or Virginie Despentes. It should also be about
imitating these women / taking a stance... Courage shouldn’t be about using
women as a shield against its guilty conscience! Hello Luc Bronner /
Jérôme Fenoglio and anybody at Les Inrocks!
Sybille Castelain