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Tag Archives: surrealism
Saturday Matinee: Gloria’s Call
Source: GloriasCall.com From the cafés of Paris to the mountaintops of Samiland, a scholar’s life is foreverchanged through her friendships with the women artists of Surrealism. In 1971, graduate student Gloria Orenstein received a call from Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington that sparked … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Two for Tuesday, Video
Tagged Cheri Gaulke, Documentary, Feminism, Gloria Orenstein, Gloria's Call, Leonora Carrington, Meret Elisabeth Oppenheim, surrealism
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Invisible Architecture III: The Psychogeography of Hyperspace
By Rococo Modem Basilisk Source: Modern Mythology Ordinarily, when we discuss psychogeography, we operate at the scale of a city: we discuss how people are drawn through a walkable space, at a speed in which they can be affected by … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, media, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Facebook, hollywood, Hyperspace, Invisible Architecture, Lettrists, Philosophy, Psychogeography, surrealism, Twitter
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Saturday Matinee: Un Chien Andalou and L’Age d’Or
Two Vintage Films by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel: Un Chien Andalou and L’Age d’Or By Colin Marshall Source: Open Culture While studying at the University of Madrid in the late 1910s, a young Luis Buñuel befriended an even younger Salvador Dalí. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, History, Saturday Matinee, society, Video
Tagged L’Age d’Or, Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, surrealism, Surrealist Film, Un Chien Andalou
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Saturday Matinee: Dreams That Money Can Buy
“Dreams That Money Can Buy” (1947) is a surrealist film produced, and directed by artist and dada film-theorist Hans Richter with contributions from Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, Darius Milhaud, John Cage and Fernand Léger. Joe is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Calder, Art Film, Dada, Darius Milhaud, Dreams That Money Can Buy, Fernand Léger, Hans Richter, John Cage, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, surrealism
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Saturday Matinee: La Antena
In “La Antena” (2007), a surreal Argentine parable written and directed by Esteban Sapir, the population of an unknown city is kept under the complete control of Mr. TV through his monopolization of the broadcast system and food supply. Everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Art, consciousness, culture, Film, media, Saturday Matinee, Social Control, society, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Argentine film, Corporate Monopoly, Dark City, Esteban Sapir, La Antena, Pan's Labyrinth, silent film, surrealism
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Desultory Heroics 