The Matterhorn with Dr. Kathleen Waller

The All-Around Reduced Personality – Redupers Helke Sander 1978, West Germany   The Matterhorn on Substack: https://thematterhorn.substack.com/about     https://www.umass.edu/defa/film/6511 https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC29folder/RedupersKatzman.html https://mubi.com/films/the-all-around-reduced-personality https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1532413/     Get full access to The Matterhorn...

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Today, I’m speaking with Terry Freedman about Oulipo and experimentation with writing, which are both part of a new thread on Terry’s Substack publication called Eclecticism: Reflections on literature and life. He will also be offering a workshop on this topic next month.   Terry has spent his career in education, first as a teacher of Economics, then as a teacher of Computing, followed by spells...

Babel, 2001, Cildo Meireles  Currently showing at the Tate, London   The Matterhorn on Substack: https://thematterhorn.substack.com/about   Cildo Meireles: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/cildo-meireles-6633/cildo-meireles-interactive-art Babel, 2001: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/meireles-babel-t14041/audio-description-babel   Bruegel painting : https://www.khm.at/en/objectdb/detail/32...

How the act of writing can expand our present.   “Who wants to live forever? / Forever is our today.” Brian May of Queen wrote these lines for the iconic song of 1986’s’ Highlander film, a strange story featuring immortals who can only be killed if their heads are cut off (just a spin on vampires and zombies, I guess). ...    The Matterhorn on Substack: https://thematterhorn.substack.com/about   h...

Today I’m speaking with Jacqueline Leung about what it means to be an artist. Jacqueline is an award-winning pianist based in Hong Kong. She has performed and taught on four continents and as a passionate chamber musician, she is a founding member of the Phoenix Quartet. Jacqueline has a particular interest in unearthing and presenting lesser-known works, in particular, compositions by women compo...

This is one of my Short Takes where I talk about texts I’ve encountered recently. Today I'm talking about Berberian Sound Studio, 2012 Written and directed by auteur Peter Strickland  Starring Toby Jones   Subscribe for free to The Matterhorn: https://thematterhorn.substack.com/about     Links:  https://mubi.com/films/berberian-sound-studio https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/how-peter-strickland-disc...

"Born in Ukraine" at Kunstmuseum & Wayne Thiebaud at Fondation Beyeler    I've been dying to see these shows and finally got to this week. Here's my 10 minute take on the shows.    The Matterhorn on Substack: https://thematterhorn.substack.com/about       Wayne Thiebaud at Fondation Beyeler https://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en/exhibitions/wayne-thiebaud Born in Ukraine: The Kyiv National Art Gallery...

Why I love the Academy Award winning film.       Links:  Everything Everywhere All at Once RogerEbert.com article about Michelle Yeoh Chinese Laundry film  Shaolin Soccer film  Get full access to The Matterhorn: truth in fiction at thematterhorn.substack.com/subscribe

I’ll be recording voiceovers of a few favorite articles on my Substack publication on the request of several readers. Please keep in mind that the originals linked here on the podcast page include links for references and extra information.     Today, I’m reading The Phone Call (Everyday Performances) from November 2022. It’s one of my personal favorites, possibly because of the Keislowski film I...

Do you want to amp up your reading practice? Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by all that reading out there? What if I told you choosing to read less but better could paradoxically help you to read and learn more? Listen to learn how I made this discovery as well as practical applications of a curated and cultivated reading practice.    This is a voiceover recording of an article I published in 2...

An introduction to the new show with Dr. Kathleen Waller, author of The Matterhorn on Substack - https://thematterhorn.substack.com/     Building a community of truth-seekers who have fun with texts & ideas. This podcast investigates the intersections of arts, culture, and writing that tell us more about ourselves and our world.    Get in touch! kathleenw6@gmail.com     Instagram: https://www.inst...