Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Mami Wata, Borges, Orquesta Akokán & Our Anniversary Dinner at The Balcony!
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Plus Bamako*Chicago Sound System, Ashley Suszczynski, Angela Saini & Penny Siopis!
This Week’s Apéritif: Domaine Tselepos Amalia Rosé
Reading: Borges: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (translated by Andrew Hurley) & The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality by Angela Saini
Listening: Caracoles by Orquesta Akokán & Bamako*Chicago Sound System by Ballaké Sissoko and Nicole Mitchell
Looking: The Art of Ashley Suszczynski & The Art of Penny Siopis (from the current exhibition, Penny Siopis. For Dear Life. A Retrospective, at the National Museum of Contemporary Art [ΕΜΣΤ] in Athens, Greece)
Viewing: Mami Wata (2023) — written & directed by C.J. "Fiery" Obasi, produced by Oge Obasi, cinematography by Lílis Soares, music by Tunde Jegede, starring Evelyne Ily Juhen, Uzoamaka Aniunoh & Rita Edochie
Tasting: Wedding Anniversary Dinner at The Balcony Restaurant & Bar in Athens, Greece
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