FYE: Frank Bidart

One day, Professor Donald E. Morse gave me an article on Bidart from The Times Literary Supplement. He said that I might be interested. You never really are. Sometimes you feel that the world would be a better place if there was a finite amount of poets. And a finite amount of poems that you can actually read. And then you read the article, and you think it’s OK, but you are not that impressed. Yeah, that line there and that another line were good, but you google him just in case. And then you read some more and you frown some more. And then you read some more for some reason and you find yourself interested. And then you read some more. And then.

SONG

You know that it is there, lair
where the bear ceases
for a time even to exist.

Crawl in. You have at last killed
enough and eaten enough to be fat
enough to cease for a time to exist.

Crawl in. It takes talent to live at night, and scorning
others you had that talent, but now you sniff
the season when you must cease to exist.

Crawl in. Whatever for good or ill
grows within you needs
you for a time to cease to exist.

It is not raining inside
tonight. You know that it is there. Crawl in.

 

RIO

I am here to fix the door.

Use has almost destroyed it. Disuse
would have had the same effect.

No, you’re not confused, you didn’t
call. If you call you still have hope.

Now you think you have
lived past the necessity for doors.

Carmen Miranda
is on the TV, inviting you to Rio.

Go to sleep while I fix the door.

 

AS YOU CRAVE SOUL

but find flesh
till flesh

almost seems sufficient

when the as-yet-unwritten
poem within you

demands existence

all you can offer it are words. Words
are flesh. Words

are flesh

craving to become idea, idea
dreaming it has found, this time, a body

obdurate as stone.

To carve the body of the world
and out of flesh make flesh

obdurate as stone.

Looking down into the casket-crib
of your love, embittered by

soul you crave to become stone.

You mourn not
what is not, but what never could have been.

What could not ever find a body

because what you wanted, he
wanted but did not want.

Ordinary divided unsimple heart.

What you dream is that, by eating
the flesh of words, what you make

makes mind and body

one. When, after a reading, you are asked
to describe your aesthetics,

you reply, An aesthetics of embodiment.

 

 

TO THE REPUBLIC

I dreamt I saw the caravan of the dead
start out again from Gettysburg.

Close-packed upright in rows on railcar flat-
beds in the sun, they soon will stink.

Victor and vanquished shoved together, dirt
had bleached the blue and gray one color.

Risen again from Gettysburg, as if
the state were shelter crawled to through

blood, risen disconsolate that we
now ruin the great work of time,

they roll in outrage across America

You betray us is blazoned across each chest.
To each eye as they pass: You betray us.

Assaulted by the impotent dead, I say it’s
their misfortune and none of my own.

I dreamt I saw the caravan of the dead
move on wheels touching rails without sound.

To each eye as they pass: You betray us.

IEAS Photos: Kormány Eszter

What does Síkfőkút mean?

It’s the feeling of friendship, unity and SAME. All those who decided to join the trip experienced the feeling of being part of a  great community. We have left the place with positive memories: cooking together, enjoying the beautiful scenery, showing off our improv skills and more! Síkfőkút is simply the best!

 

 

IEAS FilmClub Presents: Teaser for mother!

Join us tomorrow for the screening of mother! at Modem Modern and Contemporary Arts Centre !  (March 13 18.00)!

A couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

Discussion of the film will be moderated by Feldmann Fanni.

You can listen to Bodnár Péter and Feldmann Fanni’s teaser conversation below.

See you tomorrow!

IEAS Pets: Aranka

The annual IEAS trip to Síkfőkút is finally here, but of course, it’s also Friday – therefore, we should have some pets dancing around here. You may have encountered this cute picture before, but to quote our third-year BA student Roland Polonkai: “Milyen kellemes ez a kutya*.” She is Aranka, and maybe we will have the chance to meet her again this year.

Look, she posed for the picture.

 

*”How pleasant this dog is.”

Your Playlist for Today

We’ve prepared an awesome playlist for you to listen to.

It’s full of empowering songs by women, for women. We collected old songs and new songs, hip hop tracks, pop-rock anthems, r&b to dance around, heavy metal to bang your head to–all kinds of songs are in there. And all kinds of women.

Happy International Women’s Day!

FYE: Agnes Cecile

Silvia Pelissero, or Agnes Cecile by nome d’arte,  born in 1991, is an artist from Rome, creating mesmerizing paintings and sped up videos about the painting process. She is one of the most famous contemporary Italian painters. She works with watercolor, acrylic, and ink, and her work is centered around portraits, to which she frequently adds some surreal or unrealistic elements. Check out more of her work on the following pages:

https://www.facebook.com/agnescecile/

https://www.youtube.com/user/agnescecile

http://agnes-cecile.tumblr.com/

https://www.instagram.com/agnes_cecile/

https://agnes-cecile.deviantart.com/

 

All media used for illustrative purposes only.

And the Oscar goes to…

Péter Bodnár is reporting from, well, not from next to the Red Carpet, but he does have a red carpet in his living room.

(Source: digitalspy.com)

Last night in Los Angeles, the 90th Academy Awards Ceremony took place. There were winners and losers, but pity the losers not, they were present in the greater number, so they had more compassion going for them. If you run through the list of winners, it paints a quite dull picture of the event, as mostly the expected nominations won, with little to no surprises. Especially so, if you take into considerations that no death was reported from the scene, considering the Dothraki standards, of course. Without further ado, let’s dive into the winners. Not all of them, but the meaningful ones. For those of you, who hunger for the complete list of categories, their nominations and its winners, check out the official webpage of the Awards at oscar.go.com.

Best Picture: Shape of Water
Aaaaaaand I’m already counteracting myself. The first category we check, probably the most important one is somewhat of a suprise. Not that big though, Shape of Water was the expected film to earn the greatest amount of statuettes this year, but still. The film shared this category with the likes of Dunkirk, Darkest Hour and Lady Bird, for all of which good arguments could be made. Also, where is the Three Billboards from this category? Although I did not see all of the films (Shape of Water is still something I have to consume), in my eyes it is a monumental task to make a better film than Three Billboards. With that one missing its entry, Shape of Water seems as good as the next one to win this.

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Actress in a Leading Role: Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Okay, I admit, I cheated. Most of the times (all the time) the Best Picture is followed by the Best Actor in a Leading Role. But why not put women ahead? So we’re doing it. Three Billboards’ leading actress McDormand deserved this one, she did a hell of a job for the film. This category this year was not that strong, I feel like the other contenders are great actresses, but in their nominated role they just could not get anywhere near McDormand.

(Source: nytimes.com)

Actor in a Leading Role: Gary Oldman – The Darkest Hour
So the dear and deeply respected comittee of the Academy decided to kill the memes of these last couple of years and giving out Oscars for people, whose names the audiences around the globe has screamed for years now. After Leo getting his own, Oldman gets one as well. Well deserved, not just as Churchill this year (but definetly for Churchill as well), but for being such a great actor for decades now.

(Source: digitalspy.com)

Actress in a Supporting Role: Allison Janney – I, Tonya
I have not seen this one yet, but from the list of names in this category, the nominations were quite.. average. Not to take any credit away from the nominees, but this category seemed.. honestly?.. meh.

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Actor in a Leading Role: Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Another well deserved one. Sam Rockwell lives in the mind of most as ‘the guy from those movies’. Everyone knows his face, but not his name. Hopefully this changes with this years Academy Awards, as he acted phenomenally in Three Billboards. Although the competition does not seem the harshest, it does not diminish the value of his acting.

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The other categories went on mostly as expected, but it was definitely good to see Bladerunner win 2 statuettes, and very disheartening to see that the Hungarian nominee did not win its deserved award for political/pr reasons, while it was put as the undisputed best in its category by critics. But at the end of the day, it’s the Oscars… Where politics and public opinions matter quite a lot.

(Source: timegoesby.blog.hu)

After this short review of the Oscars (for more, visit the web page of the Academy, or you know.. just google it, for weeks this will be all over the search engine’s pages) if you did not have your fill of films and cinematography, join us tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. in Studio 111 of the Institute, where we’ll screen The Darkest Hour, and hail an ode to Gary Oldman after the screening, in appreciation of his long awaited statuette.

IEAS Pets: Winston

Together, our second-year PhD student Fanni Feldmann and our second-year MA student Péter Bodnár raise this “savage cutie-pie” named Winston – but he also goes by the name of Cicex. 

IEAS Music: Minya Andrea

Minya Andrea is our BA student. She started singing at the age of 15, and had been a member of two bands, including Manőver, and has been writing originals songs. Her inspirations include: Selah Sue, Lianne La Havas and Andreya Triana. Her dream is to be a professional singer one day. Check out her songs and covers here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/ManoverTV