“Saila” film review
The feature length film “Saila” by Julia Ostertag situates in the industrial ruins of East Berlin a visceral enactment of
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Reviews
Datacide ten – record reviews
all record reviews published in the latest issue from autumn 2008
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Battlenoise! – On the Ideology of “Martial Industrial” Music
A review article about the book Battlenoise! and the ideology of Martial Industrial music from Datacide 10 (2008).
Read More“SITUATIONISM ON WHEELS: SKATEBORED IS NOT SKATEBOARD”
Corollary to “In Skatebored We Noize” by dj Balli (+ Bel.04) For decades now Situationism has been subsumed by the
Read MoreEverybody talks about the weather…We don’t:
The writings of Ulrike Meinhof edited by Karin Bauer, afterward by Bettina Röhl. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2008. $19.95/£9.99
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François Genoud – The Life of a Swiss Banker and Fascist Anti-Imperialist
François Genoud was born in 1915 in Lausanne, in the french-speaking part of Switzerland. In his teens he became an admirer of Adolf Hitler, met the future “Führer” in person in 1932, and remained a staunch National-Socialist until his death in 1996. His career included publishing the Goebbels diaries, acting as a banker for the Algerian FLN, funding the legal defence Barbie and Carlos, supporting the PFLP and much more.
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‘If you ask for my life, I will stab you in the heart’ 1. Four black and white camera angles
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Peter Whitehead and the Sixties
Peter Whitehead, a filmmaker and enigmatic figure, captured key moments of the 1960s counterculture with his documentaries “Wholly Communion” and “Benefit of the Doubt.” Despite lacking formal filmmaking skills, Whitehead documented major cultural events like Allen Ginsberg’s poetry readings and Pink Floyd performances. His spontaneous, raw filming style, immortalized these moments in British countercultural history, especially *Wholly Communion*. Review of the BFI’s DVD release by Stewart Home in Datacide 10 (2008).
Read MoreUnfinished Dissertation,
or an “obviously private, elementary photographic experience” Found object in a trash receptacle: tattered and smudged finished dissertation Appropriationist: Boris
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