Archive for December 2014
dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y
While you’re in the mood for a bleak look at Our Mediated Life, watch Johan Grimonprez’s dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y here.
Read MoreNo Maps for These Territories
I have the creeping suspicion that I should be doing something other than watching No Maps for These Territories on Christmas eve. The insertion of 2 members of U2 and the mention of the Oklahoma City bombing situates this documentary of William Gibson in the back of a limo in another era entirely. Made by…
Read MoreF for Fake
Watch Orson Welles’ film essay F for Fake here. A documentary of forgery, biography and a small monkey.
Read MoreBlade Runner UK print ad, 1982
Oscillate: Metamodernism & the Humanities
Did I mention that I had popped along to this great wee conference at the University of Strathclyde (16/09/14)? Interesting to hear perspectives from the creative writing sphere, papers by Emma Sullivan and Craig Pollard being the highlights for me. Here’s a Frieze Video: What is metamodernism? Philosophers Robin van den Akker and Timotheus Vermeulen talk about…
Read MoreChristina Ramberg
Retracing some steps this morning, I remembered a fantastic show of Christina Ramberg’s work at 42 Carlton Place – an occasional gallery run by Carol Rhodes & Merlin James. Perfectly augmented by a conversation between Nadia Hebson & Sophie Macpherson. Admire the lush colours and tense poses of Ramberg’s bodies below and read more about…
Read MoreBorn in Flames
Watch Lizzie Borden‘s 1983 fictional documentary Born in Flames. Feminist pirate radio and the unfulfilled promise of a peaceful socialist revolution – what’s not to like? It’s all on YouTube right here, so there’s no reason to put it off a moment longer. Whistles out and on yer bike.
Read MoreEmbassy X
Nipped in to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of Embassy in Edinburgh on Friday. Read a teeny bit more here. Listen to CHANNELS and Red Death.
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