John Wynberg
@johnwynberg.bsky.social
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„Sie suchten im andern sich selbst. Sie waren einander Spiegel für die Vorstellung vom andern Geschlecht. Sie konnten das Wesen des andern nicht fassen, spürten nur, was vom andern in Bewegung, ins Schwingen versetzt worden war. [+]
January 29, 2026 at 7:13 PM
„Sie suchten im andern sich selbst. Sie waren einander Spiegel für die Vorstellung vom andern Geschlecht. Sie konnten das Wesen des andern nicht fassen, spürten nur, was vom andern in Bewegung, ins Schwingen versetzt worden war. [+]
« Je suis une sorte d’intellectuel nerveux, au cerveau sans cesse en érection, au désir vite allumé, pris constamment entre des contradictions insolubles dont je me dis parfois, quand je l’ose, qu’elles font ma richesse. »
Henry Bauchau, Le boulevard périphérique, 2008.
Henry Bauchau, Le boulevard périphérique, 2008.
January 29, 2026 at 7:09 PM
« Je suis une sorte d’intellectuel nerveux, au cerveau sans cesse en érection, au désir vite allumé, pris constamment entre des contradictions insolubles dont je me dis parfois, quand je l’ose, qu’elles font ma richesse. »
Henry Bauchau, Le boulevard périphérique, 2008.
Henry Bauchau, Le boulevard périphérique, 2008.
🖼️ Topor, La gentil bossu, 1963.
January 29, 2026 at 7:05 PM
🖼️ Topor, La gentil bossu, 1963.
‘None of the great religions has done more than exclude, throw out a long range of prohibitions. But prohibitions create the desire they are intended to cure. We of this Cabal say: indulge but refine. [+]
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
‘None of the great religions has done more than exclude, throw out a long range of prohibitions. But prohibitions create the desire they are intended to cure. We of this Cabal say: indulge but refine. [+]
Tim Jonze, ‘From incel culture to the White House: American Psycho's dark hold on modern masculinity’:
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From incel culture to the White House: American Psycho’s dark hold on modern masculinity
As the musical version of Bret Easton Ellis’s notoriously gory book returns to the stage, its tale of 80s yuppie nihilism feels more relevant than ever in the era of Andrew Tate, Trump and tech bros
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January 29, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Tim Jonze, ‘From incel culture to the White House: American Psycho's dark hold on modern masculinity’:
www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...
Andrea Arnold, Bird, 2024.
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BIRD | Official Trailer | Now Streaming Exclusively
YouTube video by MUBI
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January 28, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Andrea Arnold, Bird, 2024.
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🖼️ Copley, Way Down East, 1965.
January 28, 2026 at 8:32 PM
🖼️ Copley, Way Down East, 1965.
« En vérité, les filles ne sont plus comme autrefois. Elles jouent aux gangstères, aujourd’hui, comme des garçons. Elles organisent des rakètes. Elles font des holdeupes et du karaté. Elles violent les adolescents sans défense. Elles portent des pantalons... [+]
January 28, 2026 at 8:29 PM
« En vérité, les filles ne sont plus comme autrefois. Elles jouent aux gangstères, aujourd’hui, comme des garçons. Elles organisent des rakètes. Elles font des holdeupes et du karaté. Elles violent les adolescents sans défense. Elles portent des pantalons... [+]
🖼️ Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Zwei badende Mädchen, 1911.
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
🖼️ Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Zwei badende Mädchen, 1911.
« Tous les romanciers et les romancières importants de l’Orbise étaient là, […]. Les filles les lisaient de préférence aux ouvrages techniques. Leur père les avait pourtant mises en garde contre les foutaises nihilistes des poètes et l’inutilité tragique de leurs fictions. [+]
January 28, 2026 at 7:42 PM
« Tous les romanciers et les romancières importants de l’Orbise étaient là, […]. Les filles les lisaient de préférence aux ouvrages techniques. Leur père les avait pourtant mises en garde contre les foutaises nihilistes des poètes et l’inutilité tragique de leurs fictions. [+]
"‘Ah,' said the librarian [...] ‘one girl is much like another, at this age. Their unformed minds, their unformed bodies, their little mistakes; [...]’
[...]
‘Few of them have any talent, anyway,’ the painting counselor said. ‘In any of the progressive schools this sort of thing –’ [1/3]
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‘Few of them have any talent, anyway,’ the painting counselor said. ‘In any of the progressive schools this sort of thing –’ [1/3]
January 28, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"‘Ah,' said the librarian [...] ‘one girl is much like another, at this age. Their unformed minds, their unformed bodies, their little mistakes; [...]’
[...]
‘Few of them have any talent, anyway,’ the painting counselor said. ‘In any of the progressive schools this sort of thing –’ [1/3]
[...]
‘Few of them have any talent, anyway,’ the painting counselor said. ‘In any of the progressive schools this sort of thing –’ [1/3]
🎶 Water Damage, 2 Songs, 2023.
waterdamage12xu.bandcamp.com/album/2-songs
waterdamage12xu.bandcamp.com/album/2-songs
2 Songs, by Water Damage
2 track album
waterdamage12xu.bandcamp.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:32 PM
🎶 Water Damage, 2 Songs, 2023.
waterdamage12xu.bandcamp.com/album/2-songs
waterdamage12xu.bandcamp.com/album/2-songs
„Das Gute an einer Tat ist, daß sie uns übersteigt.“
Clarice Lispector, Der Apfel im Dunkeln, 1961. [Übs. Curt Meyer-Clason, 1996]
Clarice Lispector, Der Apfel im Dunkeln, 1961. [Übs. Curt Meyer-Clason, 1996]
January 28, 2026 at 7:06 PM
„Das Gute an einer Tat ist, daß sie uns übersteigt.“
Clarice Lispector, Der Apfel im Dunkeln, 1961. [Übs. Curt Meyer-Clason, 1996]
Clarice Lispector, Der Apfel im Dunkeln, 1961. [Übs. Curt Meyer-Clason, 1996]
🎶 The Necks, Disquiet, 2025.
thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/disquiet
thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/disquiet
Disquiet, by The Necks
4 track album
thenecksau.bandcamp.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:24 PM
🎶 The Necks, Disquiet, 2025.
thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/disquiet
thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/disquiet
Ildikó Enyedi, Silent Friend [Stille Freundin], 2025.
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SILENT FRIEND - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Films Boutique
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January 27, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Ildikó Enyedi, Silent Friend [Stille Freundin], 2025.
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📷 Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild, 2016.[WVZ 946-3] [Öl auf Leinwand] [Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin]
January 27, 2026 at 7:10 PM
📷 Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild, 2016.[WVZ 946-3] [Öl auf Leinwand] [Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin]
“God wasn’t dead, epiphany was. The Internet had bestowed the thumbnail-transcendent Epiphany Channel; giddy passion plays of two-minute portable pop-cult fairytales ruled, with their hyperlinks of fall and rise/rise and FAIL/rise & rise mythos, appiphanies the new opiate of the people.”
January 27, 2026 at 7:08 PM
“God wasn’t dead, epiphany was. The Internet had bestowed the thumbnail-transcendent Epiphany Channel; giddy passion plays of two-minute portable pop-cult fairytales ruled, with their hyperlinks of fall and rise/rise and FAIL/rise & rise mythos, appiphanies the new opiate of the people.”
“Denial is now an art, a social grace, a survival tool, as is apathy which has become a sign of refinement.”
Joy Williams, Harrow, 2025.
Joy Williams, Harrow, 2025.
January 27, 2026 at 7:06 PM
“Denial is now an art, a social grace, a survival tool, as is apathy which has become a sign of refinement.”
Joy Williams, Harrow, 2025.
Joy Williams, Harrow, 2025.
🖼️ Max Beckmann, Hunde im Abendwind, 1921.
January 27, 2026 at 7:05 PM
🖼️ Max Beckmann, Hunde im Abendwind, 1921.
“People dressed in a certain kind of clothing are never wrong. Also they never fart. What Mary Whitney used to say was, If there’s farting in a room where they are, you may be sure you done it yourself. [+]
January 26, 2026 at 9:26 PM
“People dressed in a certain kind of clothing are never wrong. Also they never fart. What Mary Whitney used to say was, If there’s farting in a room where they are, you may be sure you done it yourself. [+]
🖼️ Neo Rauch, Orden, 2020.
January 26, 2026 at 9:23 PM
🖼️ Neo Rauch, Orden, 2020.
HERMANN: Your attitude reminds me of my teacher, and of… That complacency and arrogance professional people have. People who can have whatever they want… like to have opinions on art, on what is art, and what isn’t. [+]
📷 Hermann Simon (Henry Arnold) and Gerold Gattinger (Manfred Andrae)
📷 Hermann Simon (Henry Arnold) and Gerold Gattinger (Manfred Andrae)
January 26, 2026 at 6:16 PM
HERMANN: Your attitude reminds me of my teacher, and of… That complacency and arrogance professional people have. People who can have whatever they want… like to have opinions on art, on what is art, and what isn’t. [+]
📷 Hermann Simon (Henry Arnold) and Gerold Gattinger (Manfred Andrae)
📷 Hermann Simon (Henry Arnold) and Gerold Gattinger (Manfred Andrae)
HERMANN: Wissen Sie, Ihre Haltung erinnert mich an was. Sie erinnert mich an meine Lehrer! Das erinnert mich an diese selbstgefällige Arroganz, wie sie Apothekerfamilien zum Beispiel gerne haben. Da sehe ich rot, bei so was. [1/3]
📷 Hermann Simon (Henry Arnold) und Gerold Gattinger (Manfred Andrae)
📷 Hermann Simon (Henry Arnold) und Gerold Gattinger (Manfred Andrae)
January 26, 2026 at 6:13 PM
HERMANN: Wissen Sie, Ihre Haltung erinnert mich an was. Sie erinnert mich an meine Lehrer! Das erinnert mich an diese selbstgefällige Arroganz, wie sie Apothekerfamilien zum Beispiel gerne haben. Da sehe ich rot, bei so was. [1/3]
📷 Hermann Simon (Henry Arnold) und Gerold Gattinger (Manfred Andrae)
📷 Hermann Simon (Henry Arnold) und Gerold Gattinger (Manfred Andrae)
🎶 SUNN O))), Flight Of The Behemoth, 2002.
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sunn.bandcamp.com/album/3-flig...
3: Flight Of The Behemoth, by SUNN O)))
7 track album
sunn.bandcamp.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🎶 SUNN O))), Flight Of The Behemoth, 2002.
sunn.bandcamp.com/album/3-flig...
sunn.bandcamp.com/album/3-flig...
BBC COMMENTATOR (v.o.): After a ruthless campaign of mass terror, brownshirt brutality, and outright assassination, the white supremacist armies won public sympathy to their cause by evoking the holy names of God and his only Son, claiming their actions were for the overall “White Christian good.”
January 25, 2026 at 7:49 PM
BBC COMMENTATOR (v.o.): After a ruthless campaign of mass terror, brownshirt brutality, and outright assassination, the white supremacist armies won public sympathy to their cause by evoking the holy names of God and his only Son, claiming their actions were for the overall “White Christian good.”