We Are Forced To Live In A System That Steals From Us Daily, Kill Snitch Culture.

We are forced to live in a system that steals from us daily, Kill snitch culture.

The Chauvet cave, France, the art of prehistory.

In 1994, three friends discovered in the south of France a cave with magnificent cave paintings, more than 30,000 years old.

Under the ground of the Ardèche region, an invaluable treasure is hidden for its antiquity, its conservation and the pictorial quality of the representations; one of the oldest and most splendid examples of Arieñaciense parietal art, dating approx. between 40,000 and 30,000 B.C.

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what I really like about all these vintage couple’s portraits is that there is a very certain romatic decorum kept up – certain themes and poses – which, while of course being the mainstream preferred view of couples repeated throughout many studios, are just… so nice to look at. 

this staged affection, a mix of theatricality and intimacy, the couple holding still for a couple of moments and now immortalised in a very set sequence of embraces and kisses. there is a charm to it even when I can’t tell whether this was a genuine couple portait or just actors hired by the photographer.

the kiss on the bare shoulder (eyes perfectly averted), the cheek caress, the piano and the violin, the interrupted embrace, the woman tilted back as in a half-stopped dance…

24th April – remembrance of the Armenian Genocide 

“Deportation of and excesses against peaceful Armenians is increasing and from harrowing reports of eye witnesses it appears that a campaign of race extermination is in progress under a pretext of reprisal against rebellion.” - AMBASSADOR MORGENTHAU, Constantinople, 16 July 1915 

Although the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23 has it’s beginnings further back in history, the 24th April is used as the marker and the day of remembrance. In 1915, under the rule of the Three Pashas (Talaat, Cemal and Enver Pasha), the Ottoman state began its systematic extermination of its Armenian population – the deportations of thousands, many of whom would die on these death marches before ever reaching designated areas, to outright massacres and other atrocities. Estimates put it to around 1.5 million deaths. The actions taken against the Armenians would later lead to the Greek and Assyrian genocides.

“Their existence must come to an end, however tragic the means may be; and no regard must be paid to either age or sex, or to conscientious scruples.” - TALAAT, 16 September 1915 

Today, Turkey (and other states) do not recognise the Armenian genocide and denialism still prevalent around the world. Denialism is spread through not just academic revisionist theories but also with the media (films/TV/social media) which depict the events as ambiguous of the intent or underplayed entirely (e.g. The Ottoman Lieutenant). Despite this, steps have been made in recent years for recognition and more states have begun to openly accept the term of genocide, including most recently the US (2019).

Images used: wiki + The Armenian Genocide Museum-institute (please be aware there is some extremely explicit content)

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