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okay lige for bare at komme af med det
er egentlig ret glad for de først 50 sekunder af 'tænker ikke på andre' og så kommer suspekt og fuldstændig smadrer flowet
downer man ... emil det er ik god stil, det ødelægger hele nummeret det der
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In a podcast interview with The Art Newspaper, Michael Elmgreen told a great story of meeting Felix Gonzalez-Torres for dinner in Copenhagen. Poking around, it turns out they were in the same artist billboard group show. And seeing what Felix included makes me wonder if it directly inspired a later work by Elmgreen & Dragset.
image: felix gonzalez-torres, "untitled", 1992, billboard installed in copenhagen for paradise europe, image: bizart via fg-t fndn
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Variety
January 22, 2024 2:30am PT
‘A Different Man’ Review: Is Sebastian Stan the Right Person to Play This Part? You Decide in Daring A24 Drama
Featuring boundary-defying performances from both Stan and 'Under the Skin' actor Adam Pearson, director Aaron Schimberg’s dizzyingly rich think-piece raises bold questions about representation.
By Peter Debruge
Here we are, three weeks into January, and the Sundance Film Festival has delivered what promises to be the year’s most uncomfortable date movie: a grubby New York-set fable about a facially distinctive actor (modeled on Adam Pearson) who undergoes an experimental procedure that leaves him looking like Sebastian Stan — presumably an improvement, until he realizes that under the skin, he’s still the same miserable loser.
The kind of oddball satire only indie studio A24 would dare to produce, Aaron Schimberg’s “A Different Man” asks what it means to be “normal,” and whether, if we could wave a magic wand and “correct” those same aberrant qualities which set us apart, that’s really something we’d want. “Twilight Zone”-level weird at times, “A Different Man” suggests the bizart-house version of a Woody Allen movie, wherein traditional jokes have been axed in favor of long, cringe-inducing scenes between a nervous shlub named Edward (Stan, disguised to the point of unrecognizability) and the out-of-his-league neighbor on whom he has a crush (Renate Reinsve of “The Worst Person in the World”).
If you’ve seen Schimberg’s previous feature, “Chained for Life,” or Jonathan Glazer’s out-there “Under the Skin,” then you’re already familiar with Pearson, a British actor whose unique appearance — the result of a condition called neurofibromatosis, incorrectly associated for years with “Elephant Man” Joseph Merrick — made him just right for a handful of incredibly specific film roles.
Now comes Edward, the character Pearson was born to play. Except Schimberg casts Stan instead, hiding him behind an elaborate mask for much of the film. Makeup pro Mike Marino’s mostly convincing prosthetics replicate many of Pearson’s signature features — the asymmetrical brow, swollen lips and loose jowls — which inevitably invites the question why Schimberg didn’t simply ask Pearson to play Edward.
“Exactly!” the writer-director would surely reply, pleased to see that his thought-provoking project has audiences engaging with the kind of issues the looks-conscious film industry is still trying to wrap its head around. Here’s one, straight out of Schimberg’s script: “Do you cast someone with a condition even though it’s not the right fit?” And who gets to tell such stories anyway? (Schimberg, for the record, was born with a cleft palate and focuses much of his work on shifting cultural views of such conditions. To his credit, he imbues even the smallest supporting characters with the sense that their lives continue off-screen.)
With “A Different Man,” Schimberg attempts — and mostly succeeds, with deliciously awkward results — to cram a lifetime of thoughts about beauty and ugliness, attraction and disgust, identity and performance into a postmodern meta-film mold that few (apart from Charlie Kaufman, perhaps) have managed to make tolerable. Add to that Schimberg’s Brechtian way of cueing audiences to interrogate his choices as they go (the makeup is deliberately imperfect, the script brazenly self-conscious), and you get an exercise more appealing to film critics and academics than to an amusement-seeking public.
Embodying an aspiring playwright and not-especially-good actor, respectively, Reinsve and Stan could be two sides of the self-loathing character Nicolas Cage plays in “Adaptation”: artist and muse, splintered into separate personae, both struggling to find the appropriate/ethical/respectful way to communicate the experience of someone with a conspicuous physical deformity. Expecting the pair to also be romantic partners is asking a lot of a movie that crams a seminar’s worth of representation issues into two hours (which can feel like years, the way Schimberg draws out the discomfort).
“A Different Man” shares how it feels to be ogled and avoided by strangers as Edward rides the subway home, relying on Umberto Smerilli’s score to amplify our uneasy sense of identification. He startles Ingrid (Reinsve) the first time she sees him, moving in next door to his filthy apartment (there’s a disgusting black leak in his living room ceiling). But she shows no sign of unease when she stops by later that day to borrow detergent, which Edward isn’t sure how to interpret. Stan’s body language — stooped shoulders, hesitant gestures, ducked head — positions Edward as a pitiful character, which in turn is how Ingrid depicts him in a play written expressly for him to play the lead.
But before she can finish, Edward agrees to participate in a medical study that could potentially reverse his condition. (In reality, there’s no known cure for neurofibromatosis, and it’s a smart move on Schimberg’s part to keep the science/sci-fi to a minimum.) Soon enough, Edward’s face starts to peel — a gory process that involves stripping away Stan’s makeup to reveal the conventionally attractive mug underneath.
Suddenly, Edward has no trouble picking up women. He tells people that Edward died and invents a new name, Guy, landing a lucrative job in a real estate office. When he learns that Ingrid finished her play, he shows up to audition, bringing a mold of his old face and wearing it as a mask. The lead role was literally written for him, but he’s no longer right for the part. And then Pearson shows up, playing an upbeat, outgoing guy named Oswald who is the opposite of “Guy” in every way except one: He has the same face that Edward did, only more expressive.
“A Different Man” could have ended there, but Schimberg digs deeper, embracing the increasingly unhinged, high-concept absurdity that follows. Judging by the one screen credit pre-transformation Edward had to his name — a sensitivity-training video about working alongside people with facial differences — acting is not this guy’s calling. The audition finds this movie-star-handsome man going out for the same role that people with unconventional features seem ideally suited to play.
Whereas the cultural conversation can be suffocatingly one-sided on these issues, Schimberg invites all perspectives in a movie that risks offending so-called political correctness. “A Different Man” finds room for both Stan and Pearson to play characters with the same physiognomy, and it takes the bold route of making both men insufferable in different ways. Oswald is charming and charismatic to a fault, insinuating himself into the stage role Guy hoped to play.
Meanwhile, Reinsve delivers on the promise of her “Worst Person” performance, playing another casually seductive young woman with a capacity to hurt the things she loves. Shortly after meeting Guy, Ingrid throws herself at the actor (who’s the same person he was before in all but the most superficial sense). Once she gets him in bed, Ingrid asks Guy to put on the mask, adding still more layers to the film’s most vulnerable scene. Things get a bit more confused as “A Different Man” enters its final stretch, effectively testing the limits of Stan’s acting ability — whereas no one but Pearson could have played the doppelganger smiling him in the face.
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'...A Different Man
Aaron Schimberg’s thought-provoking fable asks what it means to be “normal,” as an actor with facial deformities (modeled on Adam Pearson) undergoes an experimental procedure that leaves him looking like Sebastian Stan. The kind of oddball satire only A24 would dare to produce, it suggests the bizart-house version of a Woody Allen movie, wherein traditional jokes have been axed in favor of deliciously cringe-inducing scenes between this guy and the playwright next door (Renate Reinsve), who writes him a role he’s no longer right for. Born with a cleft palate himself, Schimberg attempts — and mostly succeeds, with deliciously awkward results — to cram a lifetime of thoughts about beauty and ugliness, attraction and disgust, identity and performance into a sly, Charlie Kaufman-esque project. The postmodern meta-film finds room for both Stan and Pearson to play characters with the same physiognomy, and it takes the bold route of making both men insufferable in different ways...'
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Zum Tod von Uwe Hollweg
Mit großer Trauer nehmen wir Abschied von Uwe Hollweg, der am 9. Dezember 2024 verstorben ist. Mit ihm ist ein unvergleichlicher Mäzen des Kunstvereins in Bremen und der Kunsthalle von uns gegangen. Für die langjährige, großzügige Unterstützung sind wir ihm in höchstem Maße dankbar! Unser Mitgefühl gilt seiner Familie, der wir in diesen Zeiten Kraft und Zusammenhalt wünschen.

Uwe Hollweg engagierte sich von 1989 bis 2013 als ehrenamtliches Mitglied im Vorstand des Kunstvereins in Bremen und sucht mit 24 Jahren aktiver Mitarbeit seinesgleichen in Bremen.
Die von ihm und seiner Ehefrau im Jahre 1996 gegründete Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung ist die wichtigste private Förderinstitution für Kultur in Bremen und über die Region hinaus. Die durch die Stiftung geförderten Projekte sind seit vielen Jahren entscheidend für die kulturelle Strahlkraft der Hansestadt Bremen. Besonders die Kunsthalle Bremen wäre ohne deren unermüdlichen und großzügigen Einsatz nicht so prominent auf der kulturellen Landkarte Deutschlands vertreten.
Uwe Hollweg war ein begeisterter Sammler moderner und zeitgenössischer Kunst. „Wir sammeln alles, was nicht älter ist als wir selber,“ war Ausdruck von Augenzwinkern und Pragmatismus gleichzeitig. Daneben war er ein Menschenfreund und unprätentiöser Gönner – keiner, der sich lange bitten lässt. Einmal Dankeschön war ihm genug, überschwängliche Würdigung eher unangenehm. „Mit ihm verlieren wir einen kunstbegeisterten Unterstützer, einen einfach angenehmen Menschen und einen guten Freund“, würdigen Nicole Lamotte, Vorsitzerin des Kunstvereins in Bremen und Christoph Grunenberg, Direktor der Kunsthalle Bremen Uwe Hollweg.

Uwe Hollweg wurde 1937 in Bremen geboren. Er verließ die Waldorfschule nach der Mittleren Reife und absolvierte eine Ausbildung zum Großhandelskaufmann. Bereits mit 19 Jahren trat er als persönlich haftender Gesellschafter in den elterlichen Betrieb, den Sanitärgroßhandel Cordes & Graefe, ein, nachdem sein Vater überraschend verstorben war. Gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder Klaus baute er das Unternehmen zu einem der größten Sanitärhändler Deutschlands aus, bevor er die Geschäftsführung 1996 an die nächste Generation weitergab.
Die Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung förderte in der Vergangenheit und bis heute herausragende, mutige Projekte der Kunsthalle Bremen und stellte regelmäßig die finanzielle Basis der großen Sonderausstellungen sicher, darunter „Friedensreich Hundertwasser“ (2012/13), „Letztes Jahr in Marienbad“ (2015/16), „Max Liebermann“ (20216/17), „Max Beckmann“ (2017/18), „Hans Christian Andersen“ (2018/19), „Ikonen“ (2019/20), „Die Picasso-Connection“ (2021), „Manet und Astruc (2021/22), „Sunset“ (2023), „Geburtstagsgäste“ (2023/24) und auch die aktuelle Ausstellung „Kirchner. Holzschnitte“. Auch die Neuinszenierung der gesamten Sammlungspräsentation unter dem Titel „Remix“ (seit 2020) wäre in der realisierten ambitionierten Form nicht möglich gewesen.
Gemeinsam mit seiner Frau war Uwe Hollweg auch in verschiedenen Unterstützerkreisen des Kunstvereins aktiv, darunter im Förderkreis für Gegenwartskunst, im Stifterkreis für den Pauli-Preis und über das Familienunternehmen Cordes & Graefe im Unternehmenssalon.

Die Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung stellte die Mittel für einige der besonders spektakulären zeitgenössischen Hauptwerke der Sammlung der Kunsthalle zur Verfügung. Die permanenten Rauminstallationen Writing through the Essay 'On the Duty of Civil Disobedience' von John Cage (1985-1991, erworben 1998) und zuletzt Bizart Baz’art von Ben Vautier (2002-2004, erworben 2023) zum 200-jährigen Jubiläum des Kunstvereins gehörten dazu. Aber auch Maurizio Cattelans Stadtmusikanten-Skulpturen-Doppel Love Saves Life (1995) und Love Lasts Forever (1997, beide erworben für die Freie Hansestadt Bremen 1998), das dominierende Werk des Mittelsaals im 1. Obergeschoss und Jardim Botânico [Rio] von Sarah Morris (2013, erworben 2020), das Werk, das den gesamten Ersten Saal im Erdgeschoss einnimmt und zur Visitenkarte des Hauses geworden ist, wurden durch die Förderung Hollwegs ermöglicht. Damit bespielen die von der Hollweg Stiftung erworbenen und dem Kunstverein geschenkten Werke alle drei Hauptsäle der Kunsthalle auf allen drei Etagen.

2011 wurden mehr als 50 Werke der Roselius Sammlung erworben und damit für Bremen erhalten, darunter Werke von Emil Schumacher, Günter Fruhtrunk, K. R. H. Sonderborg, Heinz Mack und Günter Uecker. Zahlreiche weitere wichtige Installationen und Einzelwerke von Oskar Schlemmer, Morris Graves, Ilja Kabakov, Hanne Darboven, Olaf Metzel bis Diana Thater und Simon Starling unterstreichen die Bedeutung der Stiftung für die Sammlung.
Die Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung war außerdem maßgeblich am Erweiterungsbau der Kunsthalle 2011 beteiligt, deren Westflügel seither ihren Namen trägt. Damit erhielt das Museum ein substantiell erweitertes Zuhause, das geschickt alt und neu verbindet und den höchsten internationalen Anforderungen genügt.

Die Erinnerung an Uwe Hollweg bleibt untrennbar verbunden mit dem Kunstverein in Bremen und der Sammlung der Kunsthalle Bremen. Der Kunstverein ist stolz, ihn einen der ihren nennen zu dürfen.
Abbildungen:
1) Uwe Hollweg 2017, Foto: Marcus Meyer Photography
2) Ben Vautier, Bizart Baz'art, 2002-2003, Kunsthalle Bremen – Der Kunstverein in Bremen. Geschenk der Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung zum 200-jährigen Jubiläum des Kunstvereins in Bremen 2023, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Foto: Marcus Meyer Photography
3) Maurizio Cattelan, Love Saves Life, 1995 und Love Lasts Forever, 1997, Kunsthalle Bremen – Der Kunstverein in Bremen. Erworben durch die Freie Hansestadt Bremen mit Hilfe der Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung 1998, © Maurizio Cattelan, Foto: Karen Blindow
4) John Cage, Writing through the Essay 'On the Duty of Civil Disobedience', 1985/91, Kunsthalle Bremen – Der Kunstverein in Bremen. Erworben mit Mitteln der Karin und Uwe Hollweg-Stiftung, Bremen 1998, © John Cage Trust, Foto: Marcus Meyer Photography
5) Sarah Morris, Jardim Botânico [Rio], 2013, Kunsthalle Bremen – Der Kunstverein in Bremen. Erworben mithilfe der Karin und Uwe Hollweg-Stiftung, Bremen 2020, © Sarah Morris, Foto: Karen Blindow
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The 2024 Dior Yule Log by Jean Imbert and Romuald Bizart
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The Paper Stage art journal is an online exhibition of sketchual encounters had by Canadian cluster fugue Ryan Lowrie. If you would like to support this art project you can lend your likeness, comment on the artwork here or at ryanlowrie.storenvy.com, or send an audio message of what you enjoy or don’t enjoy about my bizartful cartoon crusade. I reserve the right to edit any audio/visual correspondence into paper stage performances



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I dat brænder lysten i mig, og det er frustrerende. Lyst til intimiteten, lyst til varme. Lyst til at det er vådt og omsluttende. Og det er rart at mærke lyst.
Men i dag er der for meget. Jeg kan ikke tænke, jeg er bange for at skrive upassende til dem jeg kender, og måske har jeg endda allerede?
Jeg ved jeg ikke dyrker det vilde nok, og jeg ville ønske jeg kunne. Det slukker virkelig tørsten, og får hele mit system til at være stille og behageligt at være i.
Floggere, spanskrør, kæppe, piske, paddles... Måske mere med kæder eller læder bånd og manchetter. Mere der er bizart og perverst. Jeg kan godt skamme mig over alle mine lyster, og hvor voldsomt de kommer op i mig, men mine venner og partnere siger det er okay og det prøver jeg at tro på.
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Vi tog på eventyr
Og så sagde hun
Jens Jens
det her er for bizart til mig
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XMarishitenX performs in two weeks here in Paris at Bizart Cafe at 2000hrs (8pm) on Saturday, December 16th.
Prix Libre (Free admission).........
There will be some Ambient Communion cassettes available for 5 euros!
#experimentaldoommetal#ambientdoommetal#ambientcommunionartist#electronicdoomviolence#xmarishitenx#livemusic#experimentalmetal#paris#december#bizartcafé#doomdrone#blackeneddoommetal#xdoomedgex
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Ved et bizart tilfælde opdagede politiet en skunkproduktion torsdag morgen klokken 07.13 i Lundby. Et alarmselskab kontaktede politiet, fordi alarmoperatøren kunne se, at der var et indbrud i gang efter aktivering af tyverialarmen. En ukendt gerningsmand havde skaffet sig adgang til huset og gik forbi kameraet i kælderen. Politiets patrulje ankom kort efter til stedet og afsøgte huset, hvor indbrudstyven dog var sporløst forsvundet igen - men i stedet fandt betjentene et skjult skunk-væksthus i kælderen. Husets ejer, en 36-årig mand, blev sigtet for overtrædelse af lov om euforiserende stoffer, og samtlige planter og udstyr beslaglagt.
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Me, after binging three seasons of the og winx club after 10 years of not touching it: mhhhhhhhh I wonder how I can make this gayer
Me, after three days: canon after s4 does not exist, the winx club is a queerplatonic polycule, bloom/stella/brandon with platonic bloom/brandon is a thing, gay Queens and shit, roxy is amazing and baby, every planet of the magical dimension has actual alien features because ✨worldbuilding is fun✨
Bonus sketches under the cut
unfinished and messy but i like them, ft. Redesigned daphne too



#winx club#winx bloom#winx stella#bloom x stella#solarflare#Is that a ship name? Idk#Anyway yeah I redesigned them both too#Tho it's just sketches#Anyway I'm not immune to sparkly magical girls#And female friendship#So now I'm thinking about interplanetary fantasy politics#<3333#bizart#fuck i forgot to tag#winx daphne
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kanta
23.5 x 33 in.
acrylic on board
etsy.com/uk/shop/EddRoseArt
#artists on tumblr#artists on etsy#artists on deviantart#art#acrylic#abstract#abstract art#bizart#peculiart#weird#colourful#colorful
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just a doodle i love her a lot and i think she deserves to be w christine
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