When I went to my grandmother’s house in Gelsenkirchen, I experienced an encounter similar to the one Deleuze describes when he says, “we first encounter the affect of a work of art.” But this time, there was no artwork in front of me. As children in Antep, we used to look forward to the summer […]
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (German Zeche Zollverein) is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, and mining activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986. For decades, starting in the late 1950s, the two parts
For me, our first house has always felt like a mother. I was born at home, not in a hospital. Maybe the people in the neighbourhood where I was born were like me, but as my life went on and I moved from place to place, I never met anyone else who was born at
For me, our first house has always felt like a mother. I was born at home, not in a hospital. Maybe the people in the neighbourhood where I was born were like me, but as my life went on and I moved from place to place, I never met anyone else who was born at
I am not a fan of computer games, yet there was one game I was obsessed with—Assassin’s Creed. The story of the game is inspired by the legend of Hassan-i Sabbah, who, according to myth, possessed the key to heaven’s door. It is said that Sabbah had a castle in the lands we now call
—Jorge Luis Borges (From Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings, ed. Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby) And the queen gave birth to a child who was called Asterion. —Apollodorus Bibliotecha III, I I know they accuse me of arrogance, and perhaps misanthropy, and perhaps of madness Such accusations (for which I shall exact punishment in
I think edges of life are filled with prophecies that the upper classes consume aesthetically, while the lower classes place at the center of their lives to make living bearable. I remember I used to do things much better when the moon appeared. Among friends, the moon was given to me. Maybe it was like
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