On witnessing the bestowing of decoration

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" The writing of, say, Racine or Malherbe, perpendicular, diamanté, is pitted, is it not, and sprigged with sparkles; the flints and pebbles are there, no end of humble tags and commonplaces[...] they give you the phrase, the sparkle, the precious margaret. Perhaps only the French can do it. Perhaps only the French language can give you the thing you want."

Or benevolent photography, then, muses Sam Renseiw, capturing on-the-go-footage of decorative bestowments at the local French dependance together with Yi-hua. View the roughed, tinted footage of Lars S'' knighthood, complete with buffet and city centre by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 648, 03'06'', 28MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video feature a slow restoration of an older ferry scene ( Lum # 165 " the conservator", 00'59'', 4.9MB, Quikctime/mov )

On drthsmth and warholswig

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"Modernity for Baudelaire is not simply a form of relationship to the present; it is also a mode of relationship that has to be established with oneself. The deliberate attitude of modernity is tied to an indispensable asceticism. To be modern is not to accept oneself as one is in the flux of the passing moments; it is to take oneself as object of a complex and difficult elaboration: what Baudelaire, in the vocabulary of his day, calls dandyism..."

Pondering -obliquely- once again, on the subject of enlightenment and post-post-post modernity, Sam Renseiw recently scrutinised the delicate, etheric and yet sharp photographic work(s) of Dorothee Smith. View the -on the spot- moving portrait of drth and Anaïs Boudot at AnnexOne.org by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 643, 01'29'', 8,1MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features other girls [Lum # 161, "rickshaw photo-op " , 01'00'', 4.8MB, Quicktime/mov)