”The masks have fallen” Photo-Episode B, pt.1
It was one of those spring days where nature itself seemed to conspire for your happiness. Rosalia woke up quite early that morning, she is one of those people who enjoy their routine and find relief in the eternal repetition of their movements. So she made her favorite drink, black tea with two spoons of […]
Overthinking my overthinking
Overthinking. A rather imaginative term to describe excessive thinking. Or perhaps even better I would say, overanalyzing. Over everything. You are considering and calculating every parameter in a way that probably stresses-confuses-harms you rather than leads you to a conclusion. And the truth is that I can confirm that. You see, I consider myself one […]
Interview with Akis Kapranos from Midnight Express: Redefining the light in our lives
Looking back on the main event of TEDxAUTH for 2022, those of us who were lucky enough to participate in it in some way, have a bittersweet feeling, on one side the feeling of bliss, on the other nostalgia. Iris left and took the rainbow with her, leaving the hazy sky in shades of gray. […]
The Answer
Who likes mysteries? Riddles? Puzzles? We like even the most incomprehensible phenomena. And whoever says that I sound like Sherlock, I will say “Yes”. You’re right. Although I do not identify with the same -special- love of the devilish detective for the element of the macabre surrounding his cases, I certainly have the same spirit […]
Activism and Social Media: A love-hate relationship
#PrayForUkraine, #BlackLivesMatter, #StopAsianHate, #MeToo… Someone, somewhere, once made a post or a story on Instagram that contained at least one of these hashtags. And right after that, this specific person put aside his cellphone and continued to live in a carefree way. If we wanted to put a label on this “phenomenon”, this would be […]
“I wish you were here” the stages of grief to our conciliation with bereavement
“Certainly not; it cannot be happening to me…I do not believe it… it is unfair… if I had… maybe things would be different…”, phrases that we have thought, we have shouted, we have sung “Wish You Were Here” (Pink Floyd) for those that are no longer with us, for those who we unbearably miss, for […]
The Curious Case of Reality Shows
“Camera roll, Action!“ Somebody says those words and a new episode begins filming. What is it that they’re filming you ask? Why, a reality show. It is a curious case to examine. It has the word “reality“ in its name and still nothing about it is real. There are scripts or guidelines to each and […]
To see and be seen; the gaze in cinematic narratives
“When you look at somebody they’re also always looking at you. . . Of course, it’s political but it’s also about cinema.”* While I was in the Netherlands as an Erasmus exchange student, I enrolled in some gender studies courses, trying to dig deeper into feminist theory and history. ��Sexuality in contemporary media culture” definitely […]
