<![CDATA[Stories by Steven Perdikis on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@steven.perdikis?source=rss-41956a055232------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/0*1YIdxz7wWCTKjYQX Stories by Steven Perdikis on Medium https://medium.com/@steven.perdikis?source=rss-41956a055232------2 Medium Tue, 19 May 2026 04:02:14 GMT <![CDATA[REVIEW: The Last Dinner Party emerges victorious “From The Pyre”]]>

A metal head reviews music that isn’t metal.

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A photographic artist muses on the loss and packing up an exhibition.

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Contemporary culture and visual art have produced an incredible volume of popular material that contains death as a central subject. From…

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Monuments are meant to last forever. They do not.

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How is Death represented as sleep throughout visual art?

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How do we deal with representations of death in Art? How do we come to terms with our end?

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Music. Do you hear it? It emerges from the poorly sealed doors of nightclubs. It reverberates in the doors of cars along highways the same…

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To say that you and I can have a shared experience is a misnomer. My eyes see things in a different way. I might be taller, you might be…

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]]> https://medium.com/@steven.perdikis/shared-experience-fd874318f165?source=rss-41956a055232------2 https://medium.com/p/fd874318f165 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 09:02:33 GMT 2025-10-12T09:02:33.003Z <![CDATA[Foreshadowing Myth]]>

An artist explores the anxiety of experiencing success.

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]]> https://medium.com/@steven.perdikis/foreshadowing-myth-b8915299d85b?source=rss-41956a055232------2 https://medium.com/p/b8915299d85b Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:15:35 GMT 2025-10-08T10:15:35.786Z <![CDATA[Future History]]>

Today, the sun blazed away in the sky, just like any other day. It tried to burn me, to coax sweat from my body, and to get me to…

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