Non classé
Preserving Monuments or Preserving Meaning? : Buddhism Beyond the Temple Walls
Myanmar The sound of temple bells, the scent of incense filling temple halls, and the sight of people meditating may be among the first images that come to mind when we think of Buddhist culture. Across Asia, where Buddhism has had a profound cultural influence, these scenes represent more than a mere expression of religious Read more
The Bechdel Test : Three Questions to Examine Representation in Film
Is it really that uncommon to see two women having a conversation on screen ? In 1985, American cartoonist Alison Bechdel highlighted a paradox in film : women may be present in real life, yet they remain a minority, or confined to certain roles, in the stories told on screen. From this observation came the Read more
Netflix and the Big Screen: The Economics of Keeping Cinema at Home
Back in 2020, David Fincher released Mank, a black-and-white film about the screenwriter behind Citizen Kane. At a time when Marvel movies were dominating the bow-office, it was the kind of project that Hollywood had increasingly become reluctant to finance: expensive, unconventional… Read more
Fog Sculpture: How Fujiko Nakaya Redefines What a Sculpture Can Be
Try to picture a sculpture. You are probably imagining bronze, marble or steel — something solid, permanent, made to outlast the hand that shaped it. Now imagine a sculpture that dissolves while you are still looking at it. That is the paradox at the heart of the work of Fujiko Nakaya, the Japanese artist who Read more
From beauty to emotion: how art has changed its face
From beauty to emotion: how art has changed its face Art history is often seen as a succession of aesthetic movements. However, if we examine this evolution of art from a sociological and economic perspective, we realise that it represents a genuine transformation of its very function within society. Once the benchmark of beauty and Read more
Paramount – Warner : The danger of consolidation in Cultural Industries
In 2022, Elon Musk spent $44 billion to acquire Twitter. For some, it was nothing more than a high-profile business transaction. For others, it was a warning sign. A single billionaire had acquired one of the world’s most influential communication platforms and gained the ability to reshape its rules, its algorithms and, inevitably, part of the public opinion. In 2022, Elon Read more
From Objects to Narratives : The Political Power of Museums
The museums, between procedees, tools and places of power, who gets to tell History ? Are museums really just places of culture? When you think of museums, what comes to your mind? Most of the time, we generally imagine a place dedicated to preserving and transmitting culture. Whatever the nature of the objects on Read more
Understanding art and emotion: does understanding art explain away its magic?
What do you feel when you look at this painting? Anxiety? Melancholy? Admiration? These feelings can come out of nowhere as if a single brushstroke could transport us without explaining anything. This whole chemical cocktail can kick in before we understand that the painting probably evokes the passage from life to death. Our first emotion therefore arrives Read more
Art in the Face of War: The Example of Gaza
In the modern world, social media no longer merely connects people: it shapes public debate.In the context of Gaza, long kept at a distance from major international newsrooms, these platforms have played a key role. A video goes viral, a photograph circulates, a testimony moves people—and suddenly, the world is watching. But in times of Read more
Vald’s renewal : how does artistic freedom pushes the boundaries of French rap ?
Whether you liked it or not, 2025 was definitely a productive year for Vald. Between ‘Pandemonium’, its hardcore techno reloaded version, and ‘Magnificat’, a mixtape compiling pop, techno and rock tracks, the French rapper never stopped to surprise his fans, for the better or for the worse. Today, we’re going to analyse this project and Read more