Monatsarchive: November 2018

Primo Levi was imprisoned here before being deported to Auschwitz.

What to confess? What frameworks for sin? For what might I turn to a priest? What does it mean for a place to be „sacred“? What makes it sacred? Is its sacredness binary? Scalar? Vector? Can it lose its sacred … Weiterlesen →

St. Peter’s is horizon center Arches Severiane

Arch of Constantine center

Vesuvius beneath the clouds In the tunnels beneath the amphitheater is an exhibit on the 1971 filming of Live at Pompeii as well as Chit Chat With Oysters and recording Dark Side of the Moon. Nostalgia for 1971 reminds me … Weiterlesen →

Giacomo Zaganelli has an interesting trio of short films showing people experiencing the Uffizi via their handheld devices. I saw a lot of this as well. People often seem to take photos of works of art without particularly looking at … Weiterlesen →

From Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

St. Peter’s from Castel Sant’Angelo