Chloe VennFor AnyuTraffic surges forward like a heavy stream, sending a breeze that flows through the Angsana trees, pushes fallen leaves down the boulevard…Jan 24, 20211Jan 24, 20211
Chloe Venn“Mayibuye!”: The Revival of African Tradition in Miriam Makeba’s Anti-Apartheid MusicThe word ‘mayibuye’, which exists in several languages, is difficult to translate. On one hand, the Zulu word means to “restore, resurrect…Jan 24, 2021Jan 24, 2021
Chloe VennA Brief Analysis of Charles Baudelaire’s ‘Be Drunk’Baudelaire’s poem, ‘Be Drunk’ focuses on the crucial and ever-changing conceptions of time. While other poems in Paris Spleen such as ‘The…Jan 24, 2021Jan 24, 2021
Chloe VennUrban Observations in Abu DhabiWhen the bus arrives, its automatic doors fling open with a loud exhale and we step inside. My brother and I hurry up the stairs to the…Jan 24, 2021Jan 24, 2021
Chloe VennBerlin as Lens of Time and Space: Wim Wender’s 1987 The Sky Over Berlin & Walter Ruttman’s 1927…The thriving metropolis of the Weimar Republic, the capital of the Third Reich, a battle-ground in ruins, “the most terrible place on…Jan 24, 2021Jan 24, 2021
Chloe VennThe Architecture of the Apocalypse: Fritz Lang’s 1927 Metropolis Film ReviewFritz Lang’s 1927 Metropolis is a frightening depiction of a future where social inequality is represented vertically: the intellectual…Jan 24, 2021Jan 24, 2021
Chloe VennThe masked girl approaches the small folding table stationed outside the grocery store.Jan 24, 2021Jan 24, 2021
Chloe VennWaiting For Bus 174Sunlight spills over the shelter and into our laps.Jan 24, 2021Jan 24, 2021