Very happy I was able to see a small but precious exhibition of some of the 'pierres figurées' collected by Roger Caillois. At the École des Arts Joailliers in Paris.

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A short film I’ve made ended its festival tour, so I’ll share it here. This is what it’s about:

"French writer Roger Caillois was surprised by the Second World War in Argentina and was forced to stay there. He visited Patagonia in 1942 where he began to develop a passion for the mineral world."

https://vimeo.com/642889252

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Caillois also interestingly values, describes war as being both divine (it creates the tales of heroes) and an absolute miserable tragedy (because of destruction).

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And I finished Caillois' "Man and the sacred". It was interesting to read for the parts on festival, darker parts on the sacred, war, transgression, and to learn on "primitive" societies too. I liked learning the author's outlook, opinions on things as well.

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I'm reading Caillois' essay "War and the sacred", it's at the end of his "Man and the sacred". I'm encouraging you all to read it. 🙂 He elaborates on his thesis of war as the sacred Festival, analysing various aspects of war and how the whole state and society changes, to suit the war effort. In that and how the war veterans are treated he sees the extension of festivals of native tribes, similar with transgressions being allowed.

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Caillois interestingly describes Festival as a time of excess and paroxism, where everything is spent, instead of accumulated.

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Oh, right, I remember reading that in one tribe when king dies then a festival-like period is initiated and its members start killings, fire and rape across the tribe. For this reason king's death was tried to be kept a secret. During some festivals, I think especially the ones during rites of passage, the incest taboo was also broken. Caillois writes here about various sexual excesses during festivals, what reminds me of Bataille's "Tears of Eros".

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