Cold Pieces
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February 12, 2023By
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Plaque above the entrance in Rue Cortot Nr. 6, in Montmartre Listen to my new podcast about Erik Satie, cold rooms and warm languages, the benefit of a schedule, and the joy of amateur piano playing. See the scr…
Read moreVocabulary of Love
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December 16, 2022By
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Drawing of Susanne Valadon by Erik Satie, 1983 Veux and voeux . This new episode on piano, The Vocabulary of Love , is all about wants and wishes. From chocolat , Liebesfrühling , to the romance of t…
Read moreWalter Benjamin & Georges Simenon & Josephine Baker
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July 28, 2022By
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Leafing once more through Walter Benjamin. A Critical Life I come upon Benjamin's daily routine while he was living in Ibiza in the summer of 1932. I was surprised to see that he finished his days by…
Read moreKabberdoeskje
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June 18, 2022By
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This week I discovered that René Magritte was a funny guy. Here a few examples that of his wit in his Écrits Complets , his collected writings: “Do you think much about death?” the interviewer asked …
Read moreHitomi Usui
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May 02, 2022By
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There is a surprise in the artist book that Hitomi Usui sends me from Japan. She has included the goodbye poem that I wrote for her, my then neighbour at the HIAP residency in Helsinki. To be more precise…
Read moreSAD SELLS
Last week I had to compensate for A having a good time in New York City, full of excitement and VIPs. So I watched The Andy Warhol Diaries on Netflix. For inspiration, as I myself have been planning a p…
Read moreThree Pieces of Pear
I have by now a proper library on Erik Satie. My latest purchases are the books by Ornella Volta: “Satie Seen Through His Letters”, “Satie / Cocteau. Eine Verständigung in Mißverständnissen” and “Erik Sat…
Read moreThis & That
In the local coffee shop Pausini I have a chat with the barista. Turns out she was born in Alt-Tempelhof, went to school here, left the neighbourhood only shortly for a stay in Pankow and some work in Pre…
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