Consumed – David Cronenberg

Thinking about my work this week, I realise that Cronenberg’s Consumed (2014), his first novel, is actually kinda pivotal. Two lovers connecting via Skype, the cannibalism of a French philosopher, gadget (camera) obsession, 3D printer recreation of the body via email instructions, Kim Jong-un. See what I mean? No wonder I’m making Screen Used. Sure, you could call it sub-Ballardian, but it’s…

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Waves! Whitby! 2011!

An old film made again. But weren’t you meant to be matching research framework wheel codes onto blog posts this afternoon Topping? Yes. Yes I was.

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Society of the Spectacle 1973

And now I am cramming, erm watching, this film Guy Debord made of his 1967 book. The image/subtitle quality is pretty poor here, so unless tu peux parler français, je recommande keeping the book next to you (comme moi). Prendre plaisir! Society of the Spectacle 1973 (Part 1)

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Joyce Wieland

Here she is on UbuWeb. Gerbils at a Canadian Cherry Festival in Rat Life and Diet in North America (1968)!

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Paul Sharits

On a Structuralist Film bent this am. Here are a few links, never to the films I want to see in particular of course: Paul Sharits and on UbuWeb here. T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G

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Touch Screen Technicolour & Buzz

Once more adhering to my habit of making something when I should be writing something, here are a couple of super-short films I made in bed this morning. Think of them as screen savers (to come).

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Keren Cytter

Onto Keren’s Vimeo Channel this am to watch Video Art Manual (2011) and Corrections (2013), but of course I took a glance at Catbye too. Keren’s work is here. A random review here.

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