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Duras film: Nuit noire, Calcutta

Extract from Nuit noire, Calcutta, a film written by Marguerite Duras and directed by Marin Karmitz in 1964 Wasting one’s time, one’s youth. Naive expressions she must be using. I wanted to talk about...

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Duras film: Moderato Cantabile

Extract from Moderato cantabile, a film written by Marguerite Duras and directed by Peter Brook in 1960 — I should not have drunk so much wine. — Since yesterday evening, you see, I have been thinking...

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Working for the quiet people.

One of the reasons why our culture is flooded with loud banality is that the people who enjoy silence and integrity are, in fact, silent. They do not talk. They do not participate in the collective...

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Inspiration overload.

When I look at the collection of reference material for Bientôt l’été, I can’t help but feel inspired. Not the nice and practical “I know what to do” kind of inspiration. But the depressing and...

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Ah, to be understood.

Imagine making art for people of equal intelligence as you, with similar interests and similar backgrounds! They would understand your references and your little jokes. They would appreciate your...

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Art and not art.

I’m very excited about the projects we will work on after Bientôt l’été. But they also make me realise how special this one is. In at least one of our future projects, we will attempt to make something...

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Message in a body.

I have said it before. Bientôt l’été is the last work of art I made. On the one hand because I have more or less dealt with what I wanted to deal with. On the other because I don’t see the point any...

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Art for the innocent.

For all my love for Bientôt l’été, I’m not sure if it is the most effective approach. It is possible that I have overestimated the potential audience for my work. If so, this is a mistake I need to...

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Simple mysteries.

For all my talk about Bientôt l’été being my last work of art, it actually already contains the seed of how I want to proceed next. Which makes it both the piece that explored the furthest and the one...

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It is done.

Three years after our previous release, two years after acquiring production funding, 15 months after the reference collecting began, a year after starting the actual work and 2 months after the...

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