On Jul 5, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Bernard Roddy wrote:
For example, I found myself thinking about the short story by Thomas Mann called "Death in Venice." I don't really remember much about it, but I think it's about a middle-aged man who admires a young boy on a beach. (There are actually quite a few such short stories. It's a common theme for the Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov.) There's even a feature film based on the Mann story: Morte a Venezia, 1971, d. Luchino Visconti And recently a video piece: Ming Wong: Life and Death in Venice April 12, 2013 to June 02, 2013 In conjunction with the fourth annual Cinema Pacific film festival, which this year focuses on the cinema of Singapore and Mexico, Singapore-artist Wong shows his 3-channel Life and Death in Venice. Entirely self-directed, produced and conceived during his presentation for the Singapore Pavilion during the 53rd Venice Biennale, the film was short in several locations identified and used in the book and film. Wong plays both Tadzio and the aging composer and provides the soundtrack of the Visconti film (Mahler’s Symphony No. 5) via a flawed performance on the piano. - See more at: http://jsma.uoregon.edu/mingwong#sthash.RdmLDwAk.dpuf Chuck Kleinhans
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