confronting heroes can be bittersweet,
corporate lecture halls and irritating ringtones
aren’t exactly what dreams are made of...
unfortunately I didn't make it to alain badiou's public lecture. it co-incided with the opening of an exhibition I was organising, hence the predominance of early-arriving well-wishers glowing with the anticipation of encountering a bona-fide french philosopher in our antipodean arena.
artist and curator and gallery guide and writer emil dryburgh penned the above portrait of the man himself as well as a thoughtful reflection on the enfant terrible of the online auckland art-writing entity #500 words.
an ever-energised and positive presence in both the institutional realm of the aag as well as artist run spaces (dryburgh is part of F U Z Z Y V I B E S) over the past year he has written perspicacious and tender reflections on many a topic, some favourites of which I have listed below. what they all share is an all too rare generosity, thoughtfulness, humour and charm.
image: portrait of alain badiou by emil dryburgh.
