#comteporary

[tryingtimi]

Books of 2024 (2023 or close to it)

Thank you for the tag @barbex it sounds like a fun one hehe. 9 books should be listed that were read in the last 12 months (or alternatively liked when you read it) if I'm right. And when I read the rules I had the same reaction: mind went blank on if I ever read a single book lol. Luckily I keep track of my reading because I like watching them back.

No pressure tagging: @aninkwellofnectar, @bloodlessheirbyjacques, @the-void-writes, @circa-specturgia, @aalinaaaaaa, @dyrewrites, @italiangothicwriteblr, @cherrybombfangirlwrites, @blind-the-winds and anyone who wants to join.

All of the listed were read last year and which I liked especially.

When The Stars Alight by Camilla Andrew (@aninkwellofnectar). Bi MC, gaslamp fantasy, gothic, court intrigue, delicious spice

You've already seen this many times on my page, because I really enjoyed this book and it was a window to many things I didn't know I'd enjoy in a story. So many beautiful description, beautifully emotional and sexy sex, rarely seen complex character dynamics and so much mouth watering food.

Éjféli Iskolák (Midnight Schools) by Attila Veres. lovecraftian horror set in Budapest

It's a horror short story collection by a hungarian author who I got recommended by a collegue. Attila Veres has a talent to capture that melancholic, sometimes surrelistic feeling living in Budapest which makes his work so authentic. But also very Big Ew for all the horroristic shit he created (in the best way.) My favourite one was the 'Porn After Midnight'.

Yumi and The Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanders. M/F romance focus, sci-fi/fantasy, anime-esque

You all know I'm a Sanderson trash. And the fact I, the slowest reader on the earth, read this book in two days, proved that very much lol. It felt like watching an anime, I swear to god. There's magic, time travel kinda thing, pretty innocent humour, loads of painting in it.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickenes. christmas nostalgia, historical fiction?

We all know this, but I'm very behind on classics book-wise so I began to catch up last year. Espceially because I love the animated movie so much. It was a lovely and educative read.

Y/N by Esther Yi. litfic, kpop fandom and industry satire basically, comteporary

It was one of my favourites from last year tbh, because I couldn't put down the damn e-reader. A very strange little read, 100% unhinged, but made me realise I might enjoy litfic, so I'll read more this year. Also, the story is not "summarizable" but the fact that this is the first two review on GoodReads tells a lot I think: reading this feels like that one night when i accidentally smoked weed for the first time I sort of feel like I just hallucinated this entire thing Yeah.

Even Though I Knew The End by C. L. Polk. F/F romance, fantasy, novella

Lesbian magical detective. Done, sold. I wanted to read this a while now, and it did not disappoint. It gave exactly what it promised. Fast paced little adventure with some humour and a lovely couple. Not a life-chaning read but as I mentioned, it gave what it promised. I enjoyed it anyway.

Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice. M/M romance kinda, supernatural, philosophical

Finally started to read the books my all time favourite movies are made of. Loved every bits of this, though sometimes it got way too wordy or I don't even know what. Overall though, it got me. Full of contemplation about human nature, God (though I could do a bit less without that) and death, plus the iconic vampire husbands and their arguments. It's just a real long broody monologue of Louis tbh. I'm fine with that it seems, though.

Legend & Lattes by Travis Baldree. F/F romance (not focus), cosy fantasy

Read pretty fast too. It's very much what it promises also. Cosy, and relaxing, and endearing. Love the concept of how a stoic warrior woman can settle finally and do something other than fighting. It was cute.

Tress of The Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. M/F romance (not that important i think), cosy fantasy, Princess Bride-vibes

Yes, I got all the secret project, because of course I would. This one was also something like Legends & Lattes imo. In Sanderson style tho. I'm also loving when the narrator is a third person telling the story. Those are always fun. Oh and the story had many cuteness, humour and Our Flag Means Death kinda pirates.

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the top 25 works of comteporary age by nytimes is so good, you don't really know what garbage is until you realize how rooted it is in your life. not trying to sound snarky here, it really did a effect on me

[reflections-in-a-critical-eye]

Dear Reflections,

I've been thinking about something that maybe you'll find interesting to discuss (or not!). The BTS fans who absolutely love JK's hot mess of an album & performances (SNTY) seem to be the same people who dislike the more subtle work of Jimin and other artists. I've even seen blogs saying they wish they'd do JK's dances. What do you think? Is there a dichotomy here?

I'd say it's a shame they don't fully embrace the choreographies that best show Jimin's ability, versatility and most importantly, his comteporary dance background. He himself has been focusing on that lately with snipets of dances on Instagram, but also through some of the tiktok challenges he was part of, which were quite a few. Not many stand the test of time, but I mostly recall his presence in NewJeans' ETA and Taemin's Guilty. The latter in particular helped rise to the surface a side of Jimin which was doormant for a while.

By comparison, I find the choreos for Jungkook's singles to be quite generic, in a way that don't show particularities that make them stand out, hence the one who dances can execute them really well, but without anything that can turn memorable or in today's age, "viral" for 24 hours.

Would I like to see Jimin and Jungkook dancing together? Yes. Do I feel any particular need of seeing them together for SNTY? Not really because apart from their mere presence on screen, it wouldn't bring something truly amazing or at least cool to the forefront. The choreo's aggresive element reminds me of Run BTS, then mixed with Michael Jackson-inspired movements, all of which we've seen both of them do.

I choose to enjoy "content" that shows Jimin's true strengths and so far I'm glad to see that he himself is focusing on that, instead of wishing for something that for me wouldn't mean that much from an artistic perspective. In turn, how about we'd wish more for Jungkook to do the LC choreo? Now that's a challenge I'd like to see simply because I know Jungkook could pull it off and do it really well.

[defrancescoart1]

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[essentiallydance]

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[f0xd13-blog]

Babes snoop is already doing chikano stuff but like comteporary because you know you know the classic chikano styke is a classic but chikanos also leave in 2023 and do new clothing ...

[katenaria]

"I wish my existence were as simple as being set on fire and exploding in the sky.

Adam Silvera, More Happy Than Not

[househunting]

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[jinisjewellery]

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[hydralisk98]

Some quick stances

Stance on LGBTQ+ things: Totally am part of it and as such I am enjoying each and every wholesome thing that occurs in this wide community for as far as I am aware of. Still humane enough to debate reasonably each side of the arguments and go towards a better future for the many sapients inhabiting existence.

Stance on spirituality: I like it much as I explore new possibilities of what can be, still balance to be made between the two mindset models (rationality and esoterism) as they are NOT mutually exclusive AND even rather complementary. But most comteporary issues come from the Cartesians, Zealots and Radicals. Enjoying my ride into subliminals!

Stance on Libre software and everything FOSS: Totally worth it, there are ofc good things that can come from other profiteering models but I put emphasis more onto Libre for a quite a few reasons both my own and for overall culture. I don't mind purchasing, donating and contributing to everything libre or public domain, it is a tougher sell to do much for the privatized proprietary corpos though ngl because of how anti-competition they often are.

Portfolio of creative projects I finished: UPCOMING.

Where do you see yourself in five years?: Writing technical documentation, blogging & illustrating and composing multimedia work, printing and collaging media for promotional content, crafting public domain assets and script component libraries, graphic design & video editing of edutaining content, animating explainers, programming explorable explanations, research old technologies for posterity and lively use recycling, maintain a local technological history museum, produce accurate & original analog media materials for films games and books, write modular stories that can be edited around like software toys, record document and update older (computing, operating or whatever workflow) systems for longevity and experimentations...

IDEAS for the portfolio: video rental store full stack project, social history simulations project, CC0 creative editing asset bank project, CC0 recent history of Mascouche as a analog book documentation project, alternate history multilingual technological workflow stack project...

[lifeofafemalebibliophile]

Book Review: "Stand Up, Yumi Chung" by Jessica Kim

Book Review: “Stand Up, Yumi Chung” by Jessica Kim

“Stand Up, Yumi Chung” by Jessica Kim (2020) Genre: Middle Grade, Fiction, Comteporary Page Length: 320 pages (paperback edition) Synopsis: On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her Yu-MEAT because she smells like her family’s Korean barbecue restaurant. On the inside, Yumi is ready for her Netflix stand-up special. Her notebook is…

[vishwahandicrafts]

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Ajrakh block printed modal silk saree. Ajrakh  modal silk saree. Ajrakh mean keep it today. According to meaning it now comteporary design spread in entire globe. Ajrakh block printed saree  has passes through sixteen types of process and make it unique in the world. The ajrakh saree displays the different patterns and designs by ajrakh wooden hand stamping work. Wooden block hand stamping work needs craftsmanship and patience than best matchless designs come out.Mostly ajrakh block printed dying is from natural vegetable and fruits dye used.

[honyade]

白川昌生 × 住友文彦 × 高山明
「アートと社会の接続点」　アーツ前橋『表現の生態系』美術展開催＆コンセプトブック（左右社）刊行記念

現在、アーツ前橋にて、美術展「表現の生態系　世界との関係をつくりかえる」が開催されています（2020年1月13日まで）。

本展覧会は、市民運動、信仰、自然、ジェンダー、移民・難民、障害といったテーマを取り上げ、現代における境界や断絶を見つめ直そうとするものです。

いま「他者」と生きるとはどういうことなのか。 その問いに対してアートに何ができるのか。

31組アーティストの作品・プロジェクトを通して、アートに託された役割を探っていきます。

このたび本美術展開催と、コンセプトブック刊行（左右社）を記念して、トークイベントを行います。

ゲストは、白川昌生さん、高山明さん、住友文彦さん。

昨今のアートをめぐる状況は、その最前線に身を投じている３人の目にはどのように映っているのでしょうか？

・福祉・医療、政治、人権といった観点も含め、アートは社会とどのように接続していけるのか ・「表現の生態系」でも取り上げられた「あかつきの村」（精神疾患を患った難民の方を保護する施設）のこと ・アーツ前橋ほかの美術館、アーティストの取り組みについて ・あいちトリエンナーレを含め、アートにおける公共性とは ・表現の自由とは

上記のテーマをはじめ、ここでしか聞けない貴重なお話が展開されるはず。

来たる2020年に向けて、アートについて正面から考えみませんか？

【出演者プロフィール】 
白川昌生（しらかわ・よしお） 1948年北九州市戸畑生まれ。美術作家。 1981年国立デッセルドルフ美術大学卒業（マイスター）。 前橋市立工科大学非常勤講師。 国内国外で個展、美術展多数。 2014年アーツ前橋個展。 2016年愛知トリエンナーレ。 2019年愛知トリエンナーレ。 主な著書『日本のダダ 1920-1970』（1988）、『美術、市場、地域通貨をめぐって』（2000）、『美術館、動物園、精神科施設』（2010）、『贈与としての美術』（2014）、『芸術と労働』共著（2018）、『美術、神話、総合芸術』（2019）いずれも水声社。

住友文彦（すみとも・ふみひこ） アーツ前橋館長。 東京藝術大学大学院国際芸術創造研究科准教授。 これまで東京都現代美術館などに勤務。 オーストラリアでおこなわれた「Rapt!:20　comteporary artists from Japan」展（2006年）、中国を巡回した「美麗新世界」展（2007年）、メディアシティソウル2010（ソウル市美術館)、あいちトリエンナーレ2013などの共同キュレーターをつとめる。

高山明（たかやま・あきら） 1969年生まれ。 2002年、演劇ユニットPort B（ポルト・ビー）を結成。 実際の都市を使ったインスタレーション、ツアー・パフォーマンス、社会実験プロジェクトなど、現実の都市や社会に介入する活動を世界各地で展開している。 近年では、美術、観光、文学、建築、都市リサーチといった異分野とのコラボレーションに活動の領域を拡げ、演劇的発想・思考によって様々なジャンルでの可能性の開拓に取り組んでいる。

時間 _ 19:00～21:00 （18:30開場） 場所 _ 本屋B&B　東京都世田谷区北沢2-5-2 ビッグベンB1F ▼入場料 ■前売1500円＋ドリンク500円（ともに税別） ■当日2000円＋ドリンク500円（ともに税別）

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[f0xd13-blog]

People need to stop denying that it is an identity that got somehow crystalized... you can see that because if you don't dress traditionally it doesn't even look like an identity anymore but just a regular comteporary person doing flamenco.

I follow plenty of non romani flamencos and people that do flamenco and almost every wrestler nowdays ain't gypsy. To accuse me of being a gatekeeper is ridiculous. Try another one.

[theatrembti]

Hi, this is the person who asked the question about ingenues in straight plays before, and I was wondering if you knew any comteporary like 1900+ ones. Sorry I didn't specify before- the reason I am asking is because I have college auditions and i am generally ingenue characters, but my monologues have to be contemporary. Thank you again so much!!! 💕

A few of the plays I mentioned were definitely post-1900! Some other plays to check out are:

Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

In the Next Room (The Vibrator Play) by Sarah Ruhl

The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman

ELEEMOSYNARY by Lee Blessing

Antigone Now by Melissa Cooper 

All of the above have monologues that are fairly age appropriate for late teens, and ingenue-esque characters. If you’re looking into theatre in college, I would highly recommend taking this time to start reading new plays beyond this small list - it helps so much to have a basis, and you might just find a monologue that clicks within one of those. But the above might be a good place to start.

Best of luck.

- Rebecca