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The dream of the fisherman’s wife in times of isolationism

16 apr 2020

From Kino-e-no-komatsu Collection, 1826. Translation of the inscription by: James Heaton and Toyoshima Mizuho. Published in the Kyoto Journal, No. 18, 1992 STORY. Japan closed its borders to the world for 250 years, between 1603 and 1853. No one, foreign or Japanese, could enter or leave Japan under pain of death. All European foreigners were expelled from Japan.

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The Scream: Sean Bonney’s Our death

POETRY. Sean Bonney’s poems do, in the end, express a great belief in poetry. In one poem, Bonney contemplates ‘loneliness’, an effect that grows in power to encompass ‘Syria’ and ‘Templehof’, an effect that ‘destroys private property’, says Johannes Göransson in this essay.

Alfonsina Storni: ”I’m going to sleep too”

LIFE. On October, Saturday 22nd, 1938, a 46-year-old woman wanders in Buenos

In the footsteps of Christian Louboutin

ART. L’Exibition(niste) – is a play of words with the English word

Might-Have-Been

1 dec 2019

Culture·English·Kultur

IDEAS. Has it ever happened to you that you came across a product, an invention, or service and realized that it was your idea? How did it make you feel? As we know, only a small % of ideas turn into something that works. Why does it happen?

Satiric artist shown at the Swedish Institute in Paris

29 nov 2019

Culture·English·Kultur

SATIRE. Peter Johansson, a controversial contemporary artist, together with Ewa Kumlin, the Swedish Institute’s director, presented this winter’s exhibition, called ‘National Therapy’, to an amazed French public.

Becoming a superhero

26 nov 2019

Culture·English·Kultur

SUPERHEROES. What’s so special about them? Let’s take Batman, who is commonly discussed for not really possessing any unique superpowers. At first glance, it looks as if he is a regular person who somehow also belongs with other superheroes for his accomplishments in their line of work.