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Caroline Bergvall, Dante Variations

June 7, 2010 By Professor Arielle Saiber

caroline-bergvall-dante-variations“As of May, 2000 the British Library housed 48 different translations of Dante’s Inferno into English.

“Poet and sound artist Caroline Bergvall gathers the opening lines of each translation in her sound piece VIA (48 Dante Variations).

“Bergvall reads the opening of each translation then names the translator and the date of the publication. The result is powerful. The overarching monotony sprinkled with the subtlety of each translation and the hypnotic drone of Bergvall’s voice leaves the listener transfixed as they await the next rendering of Dante’s lines. The piece conveys the inherent complexity of the art of translation and illuminates the uniqueness of each translator’s work.”    –Michael Lieberman, Book Patrol, December 15, 2009

Read Bergvall’s piece at poetryfoundation.org.

Listen to the performance here.

Contributed by Patrick Molloy

Categories: Performing Arts
Tagged with: 2009, Dark Wood, Poetry, Sound, Translations, United Kingdom

Yinka Shonibare, Photographer

June 22, 2009 By Gretchen Williams '14

yinka-shonibare-photographer“In his Victorian house in the East End here Yinka Shonibare, the British-Nigerian conceptual artist, perched on an exercise ball at the wooden table in his book-crammed study, sipping peppermint tea and examining a shipment of faux oysters on the half shell.
A stationary hand cycle sat beside him, an electric wheelchair across from him. One of Bob and Roberta Smith’s slogan paintings, ‘Duchamp stinks like a homeless person,’ hung above him, and a tuna on toast prepared by his housekeeper was sandwiched between a vase of yellow tulips and a stack of Dante volumes: Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. . .
On that gray May day in the East End, Mr. Shonibare was trying to decompress after directing a weeklong photo shoot that involved 25 live snakes, 14 nude models, 6 pigs and 2 lamb’s heads. Inspired by Dante, Arthur Miller, Gustav Dore’ and the financial crisis, the shoot was a work in progress, ‘Willy Loman: The Rise and Fall,’ which seeks to depict what happens after the death of the salesman. (Hint: It’s hellish.)” [. . .]    –Deborah Sontag, The New York Times, June 17, 2009

Categories: Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: 2009, Nigeria, Photography, United Kingdom

“Dr. Who: The Impossible Planet & The Satan Pit” (2006)

December 24, 2008 By Professor Arielle Saiber

dr-who-the-impossible-planet-the-satan-pit-2006Second series of Doctor Who, Episodes 8 and 9: The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit

Categories: Performing Arts
Tagged with: 2006, Science Fiction, Television, United Kingdom

“Dante’s Inferno” by Alan Sherwood (2002)

September 15, 2006 By Professor Arielle Saiber

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Created with EA Designs

Categories: Image Mosaic, Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: 2002, Digital Arts, England, Inferno, Lincolnshire, Technology, United Kingdom

Bootleg of Joy Division’s 1979 Concert, “Dante’s Inferno”

September 15, 2006 By Professor Arielle Saiber

bootleg-of-joy-divisions-1979-concert-dantes-inferno

Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, November 2 1979

See more information at JoyDiv.

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 1979, Bournemouth, England, Inferno, Rock, United Kingdom

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