Anna Aizman
Articles by Anna Aizman:
How Many Empires Do You See?: Trophy Films in the Soviet Union
in Issue 60 | See America (Jan 2016)the industry that once produced Eisenstein and Vertov - four Tarzan films appeared on Soviet screens - dying of consumption and consumerism - were they emancipated or not? - American films, American jazz, cigarettes, and fashion - they had invented their own United States - the market crashed just months later
The Second Mouse, or the Other Half
in Issue 40 | Hold or Be Held (May 2014)the special type of salvation reserved for mice - unworthy of being ritually sacrificed - it evokes other rests - The Mouse people would become a revolutionary body - the narrator buries her prematurely in « the eternal history of our people. » - Perhaps he is no mouse at all
Crowd Theory
in Issue 33 | No Number in Nature (Oct 2013)mass punishment for public disorder - when it releases (« discharges ») people - encyclopedia of crowd horrors - a network of horizontal stings - If the people are the leaders body - they realize they have committed mass suicide - the theater is building events