Det barnløse livs historie
A history of the childless life and Antinatalism, from Diogenes to Thomas Ligotti. Article published in Danish newspaper Information.
Trine Riel
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14th August 2024
SNAP!
Text commisioned for the exhibition catalogue 'You and Me Both' (2024) by Sian Kristoffersen and Jon Stahn.
Trine Riel
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2nd December 2023
Den sidste Messias
Danish translation of Peter W. Zapffe's 'Den sidste Messias' (1933). Published with an afterword, 'Anxiety and Extinction', by Forlaget Senmund. Part of the book series Bibliotek for Antinatalism (Library of Antinatalism).
14th September 2023
Hot Tears (ENG)
Denton Welch, pain, pleasure. Essay written with Bror Brændholt Sørensen, published in The Travel Almanac, issue 22.
6th March 2022
Eternity for Men (ENG)
The circuitous path of asceticism, body fluids and death. Essay published by Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin. Commissioned for the exhibition On Ice by Tamsin Snow.
9th September 2022
Bad nerves and superb minestrone (ENG)
On Nietzsche's last sane year in Turin. Essay published in The Travel Almanac, anniversary edition.
8th January 2021
Det farlige begær
Basil Dearden's gay classic 'Victim' (1961), featuring Dirk Bogarde, helped pave the way for the 1967 Sexual Offences Act in Britain. Essay published in Danish newspaper Weekendavisen.
19th April 2023
The Wild Ones (ENG)
Natural death and soul-gardening in late Antiquity. Essay published by the Museum of Ancient Art and Archeology, Aarhus University. Commissioned for the exhibition Pleasure Garden.
14th December 2023
Siamese Dream
Essay on doubles and mortality, commissioned for the exhibition 'Mirror, Mirror' at Hvidovre Hovedbibliotek by Sian Kristoffersen.
16th February 2022
The Tragedy of Birth (ENG)
How to stop breeding and make this world end. A brief history of Antinatalism, published in The Travel Almanac, summer 2021.
12th January 2023
"I don't know how to live"
Best ever teen-novel: Denton Welch's desperate 'In Youth is Pleasure' (1945). Published in ATLAS Book Supplement (DK)
8th January 2021
Dark night of extinction
Hardcore philosophical pessimism in Nic Pizzolatto's 'True Detective'. Essay published in Danish newspaper Weekendavisen.
Trine Riel
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9th January 2021
Aborting the Human Race: An Antinatalist Manifesto (ENG)
Human life is an abomination – according to Norwegian philosopher Peter Wessel Zapffe. English translation of Zapffe's influential essay 'The Last Messiah' (1933), published with an introduction in After Us: Art, Science, Politics (UK).
Trine Riel
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8th January 2021
Lindsays lidelse
Lindsay Lohan recovery drama is a meek Greek tragedy. Review of OWN docuseries 'Lindsay' for Danish newspaper Politiken.
5th August 2022
Nietzsche Diæten
Learn how to live with Nietzsche. 31 lifestyle hacks for young persons. Pamphlet, NIL publishing 2021.
8th January 2021
Anal portal til en anden verden
Anal portal to another world. On William Burroughs' 'The Wild Boys'. ATLAS Book Supplement (DK).
12th January 2023
Kosmisk pessimisme
A pessimistic worldview is a sober worldview. Review of Eugene Thacker's 'Cosmic Pessimism'. Published in ATLAS (DK)
Trine Riel
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11th January 2021
Dobbelt flugt
Double review: Jaques Becker's restored masterpiece 'The Hole' (1960) + 'Escape at Dannemora' (Ben Stiller, 2018). Published in ATLAS (DK).
Trine Riel
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8th January 2021
Kødets uransagelige veje
The way of all flesh. Cannibalism, homoeroticism and body horror. Review of NBC's 'Hannibal' for Danish newspaper Information.
Trine Riel
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7th January 2021
Kærligheden er den første løgn
"Life is painful, nasty and short – in my case it has only been painful and nasty". On Djuna Barnes' 'Nightwood'. ATLAS Book Supplement (DK).
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