“My relationship to JG Ballard had begun […] with our mutual interest in the work of the US artist Robert…
Room 237
“Room 237: In King’s novel, the haunted room is numbered 217. In the movie, it’s 237. Why? “Because the average…
The Colour of Nothing: Contemporary Video Art, SF and the Postmodern Sublime
Now let us do an imaginary jump cut to an all-encompassing whiteness.
Nature’s divinely instituted grand scheme
“The Voyage of Life was “modern” in its own way: in particular, that it had enough in common with cinema…
Infinitely extending lines
“For mathematicians, the parallel is defined by lines extending to infinity without intersecting. Gursky invites us to imagine that his…
The rule of exceptions #2
The world has changed significantly since you were first published in the eighties. How does the current “real world” play…
Polychronic Collage
“Found-footage sf ought to be a contradiction in terms. It brings together a typically avant-garde or underground experimental cinematic practice…
Metaphorical and analogous forms
Mike Nelson, 24a Orwell Street, installation detail, 2002. Biennale of Sydney. When you’re planning a piece, does it evolve out…
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