After the highs of Amsterdam and the exhibition last Saturday, I naturally feel a little low.
While we are on the lowlands, here’s the soundtrack of this week’s update:
For the last two weeks, I’ve only posted photologs as updates. I’ll cover minor happenings in this week’s update, so there’ll be some small fragments.
What have I been watching and reading lately?
- A friend recommended Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh (Cadáver Exquisito) to me. It was a short book, so I finished it in two sittings. However short it is, it’s not something easily digestible. It might be the most harrowing thing I’ve ever read. It tells a story where all animals in the world are exterminated after the discovery of a deadly virus and humanity decides to breed human beings as a source of protein. If you want to be disgusted by everything, this is the book.
- I’ve finished reading Todd McGowan’s Embracing Alienation: Why We Shouldn’t Try to Find Ourselves and published a short review.
- We finished watching Archive 81. It was probably the best ghost story I’ve ever seen. Even though the ending was a bit awkward, it captivated my attention throughout all 8 episodes. At first I was thinking this was a hauntological story where the spectre-of-what-never-was haunts the present, but then the haunting materialized and became bidirectional. If you’re looking for a miniseries, I strongly recommend Archive 81.
- We watched two movies: The Roses (2025) and Persona (1967). The Roses was meh but enjoyable if you want to watch a chill movie (but beware, it’s not a feel-good movie). Persona was very interesting. This is the first time I’ve watched Ingmar Bergman, and now I want to watch all his works.
- After the spectacular season 4 of Traitors US, we watched season 3. It was much more chaotic and from time to time frustrating to the point where watching was unbearable, but nevertheless we enjoyed it. My only problem with Traitors is that it’s so addictive it’s never a casual watch.
- Finally, we started watching the miniseries The Haunting of Hill House.
Writing this feels a little cringe, but lately I feel accepted, appreciated and loved.
After a slow summer season, there’s a rejuvenated energy in our political organization. Now, I have many more responsibilities than before. I wish myself luck.
Next week I’ll have my own turntable at home for making sculptures. I’m really excited about it because I’ll be able to sculpt at home and work on something whenever I feel like it. I’m planning to make a female figure wearing a long dress, twirling, with the dress flying around her. I want to capture the movement of her body and the dress. If I can make it as I imagined, I want to cast it in bronze.