Joe Jackson
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similarly stuck betwixt and between
haha yes, I think 'experience' is a very diplomatic way of putting it! 'Shopping' and 'selling' metaphors keep cropping up within discussions of contemporary self-mediation... I guess one of the most nefarious lived experien ... -
Grace Jones is a fantastic artist
Absolutely love Corporate Cannibal - incidentally, I first encountered the video through Shaviro's writings on the postcinematic. Can definitely see a) connections between the video's aesthetic and Raengo's work with liquid blackness journ ... -
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Edgar Allan Poe's short story William Wilson (1839) echoes Alice/Lola's unnerving and ultimately violent relationship with her doppelgänger. Really want to watch this film now- but am equally terrified to see what happens next... ... -
Lovely work, Dewey
Lovely work, Dewey. There are strong parallels between Personal Shopper, Cam and Unfriended wherein filmmaking styles from various horror genre manifestions (from 'slasher' tropes in teen terror to explorations of psychological instablity) are ... -
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I love that break-down moment in the video! When the shrill voice stops singing with discernable words, the text dissolves into glittery nothingness while the singer ecstatically warbles strange, alien sounds. Perhaps this points towards how elements of S ... -
I second Andrea's comment
I second Andrea's comment! As we analyse and immerse ourselves in contemporary audiovisual artefacts, it is imperative that we remember the media archaeology which surrounds and contextualises the methods and aesthetics of today's artists / crea ... -
great work, Jenny
great work, Jenny- there is something darkly funny and a little unnerving about a spiritualistic medium misleading and miscommunicating through digital media. is Maureen being manipulated by mysterious external forces, or is the protagonist deceiving hers ...