Laura writes

What is the journey that it takes you on from the moment of encounter to the moment of disengagement?   Philipp Glass – Metamorphsis Two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa3CIMEYdXo   Ich habe das Stück „Metamorphosis Two“ von Philip Glass zufällig mit 16 im Internet entdeckt. Leider konnte ich das Stück noch nicht live hören. Wenn ich das Stück höre, erinnere ich mich als erstes an mein Zimmer und an mich selbst mit 16. Teilweise erscheint mir meine Erinnerung an mich selbst in diesem Alter schon sehr verblasst – jetzt fast 10 Jahre später. Ich denke daran, wie mein Gesicht wohl aussah. Ich denke viele künstlerische Arbeiten, die wir immer wieder hören/ lesen/ sehen möchten, erinnern uns an uns selbst. An uns, als wir das Musikstück zum ersten Mal oder am häufigsten oder in einer bestimmten Situation hörten. Sie sind der Zugang, um einen bestimmten Moment oder ein bestimmtes Gefühl wieder zu fühlen. Filme, Musik, Bücher und Kunst transportieren.   Sand und Fluss   Da...

Personal ad   Laura Aylin Arda is an art historian living in Berlin, originally from Frankfurt (Main). She researches on the topics of identity, belonging and migration. Drawing from Post-colonial and feminist theory she focuses on late modern and contemporary art.   The short bio   Laura Aylin Arda was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Growing up in a suburban town close to Frankfurt her she had little representation in the people around leaving her feeling different not mostly “culturally” but through class. At the time she loved doing photoshooting, making a creative concept for them, also involving multiple people and styling them.   She began studying art history and studio art in Frankfurt when the Post-colonial Studies caught her attention. She studied one year in Istanbul and came back very much changed. The process of reflection on her own upbringing and the worldview that came with it, is on the most valuable things she learned and is still benefitting from....

Writing – Friday   Why do I write, why do I not write?   I write to fix ideas on paper.   Thoughts can move through the brain like through a sieve.   Also, through writing I can give my thoughts a structure that would not appear naturally.   I write to become smarter, to understand myself and the world around me better – also to understand the way in which my and other peoples thoughts flow.   I think writings are thoughts but very condensed. Or that is what I think of academic writing. Why do I feel obliged to write, but I am looking for instructions?   When I write papers for university it feels like I am having a fight with myself in a productive way – in the best case but in the worst case, I am dragging myself down because I think my thoughts and observations are not that original and  ~ do not change anything~ .   To be honest, I think I am struggling with writing because I think my subject – art history – is very much elitist. I am act...