Entries Tagged as ‘Aesthetics’

May 23, 2007

The Faun’s Labyrinth

A few friends of mine suggested that I should be blogging with more abandon, frequency. Here goes…
Last night I watched Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, on DVD though I wish I had seen it in theaters. Most striking about the film was the extent to which it brought back a nostalgia for those post-fascist Spanish [...]

October 22, 2006

Abe and the Beaver - On the aesthetics of drug campaigns

It is never too late to start blogging. A dear friend, josephkugelmass (wordpress blogger), recently convinced me of this. And, a blog must begin somewhere. This one begins in Philadelphia’s 30th street station.

The Indulgences of Fascism
In her 1975 essay, “Fascinating Fascism,” Susan Sontag cites as an example of the 1930s Art Deco-centered “fascist aesthetic” that [...]