From International Women’s Day to Celebration of All
Dear Readers, I hope you had a wonderful weekend! My weekend started off with precious moments that I never planned. The moments unfolded within my serendipitous learning practices that I will always remember. On Friday night, I met with friend Jo-Anne McArthur, who is an award-winning photojournalist and author. I was finally able to attend readings of her book We Animals (http://www.weanimals.org/) at University of Western Ontario in London. Jo-Anne’s work has been featured in Liz Marshall’s award-winning documentary The Ghosts in Our Machine...
Read MoreBare and Bear? Body and Nudity in Daniel Ploeger’s Lecture and the Screen Actors Guild Awards
Dear Readers, In fame, the body is often seen as an object and plays a role in shifting attention from our free creative spirit. Reading the body as a text is a common practice in celebrity culture and in everyday life. The body often plays a significant role in voyeurism and spectator gratification. This thought occurred to me when I reviewed Dr Daniel Ploeger’s latest lecture and performance titled ‘Thinking Critical / Looking Sexy.’ Daniel Ploeger is an academic and artist based in London and Berlin. On February 8, 2013, he presented his unclothed body to explore how nudity is often...
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