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    William Blake's Visionary heads
    Ben Samuel
    • 18 hours ago
    • 3 min

    William Blake's Visionary heads

    Throughout his life William Blake claimed to have seen visions of people from the remote past, as well as deceased friends.
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    JG Ballard "What I Believe"
    Ben Samuel
    • May 5
    • 4 min

    JG Ballard "What I Believe"

    ‘What I Believe’ is a prose poem originally published in French in Science Fiction #1 in January 1984.
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    Bruno Schulz "trying to occur"
    Ben Samuel
    • Apr 28
    • 10 min

    Bruno Schulz "trying to occur"

    The life and imagination of Bruno Schulz including drawings, a film of the mural discovery and a newly discovered short story by Schulz
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    Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981)
    Ben Samuel
    • Apr 12
    • 2 min

    Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981)

    The films of pioneering filmmaker Lotte Reiniger
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    Francisco Goya's Black Paintings (Pinturas negras)
    Ben Samuel
    • Apr 5
    • 2 min

    Francisco Goya's Black Paintings (Pinturas negras)

    Francisco Goya's Black Paintings
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    Akira Kurosawa describes the Great Kantō earthquake of (1923)
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 28
    • 1 min

    Akira Kurosawa describes the Great Kantō earthquake of (1923)

    Akira Kurosawa describes being shown the aftermath of the Kantō earthquake by his brother Heigo Kurosawa.
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    Wax anatomical models by Clemente Susini
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 21
    • 1 min

    Wax anatomical models by Clemente Susini

    Clemente Susini's (1754–1814) vividly accurate but macabre wax models, both beautiful and disturbing.
    39 views0 comments
    Rare footage of Albert Camus
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 3
    • 1 min

    Rare footage of Albert Camus

    Rare footage of Albert Camus talking about the theatre with an extract of The Possessed written and directed by Albert Camus
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    Isaiah Berlin on the power of ideas
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 3
    • 1 min

    Isaiah Berlin on the power of ideas

    "Over a hundred years ago, the German poet Heine warned the French not to underestimate the power of ideas..."
    16 views0 comments
    Albert Camus Quote from The Plague
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 3
    • 1 min

    Albert Camus Quote from The Plague

    “He knew what those jubilant crowds did not know but could have learned from books: that the plague bacillus never dies or disappears..."
    17 views0 comments
    Friedrich Nietzsche's Mental Breakdown
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    Friedrich Nietzsche's Mental Breakdown

    Jan 1889, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) is said to have witnessed a cab driver viciously whipping a horse.
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    "Advertisements" by J.G Ballard
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    "Advertisements" by J.G Ballard

    "I created a series of advertisements which I placed in various publications..Of course I was advertising my own conceptual ideas,
    57 views0 comments
    Sergei Parajanov discussing Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    Sergei Parajanov discussing Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

    Interview with Sergei Parajanov here he discusses how making Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) led to his imprisonment
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    Experimental text collages by JG Ballard
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    Experimental text collages by JG Ballard

    Four Text Collages (Project for a New Novel), by J. G. Ballard. Experimental text collages by Ballard intended as a condensed novel.
    7 views0 comments
    Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly

    The lifework of James Hampton a janitor who secretly built a large assemblage of religious art.
    5 views0 comments
    Georgia O'Keeffe's fascination with Synesthesia
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    Georgia O'Keeffe's fascination with Synesthesia

    Georgia O'Keeffe's fascination with Synesthesia led her to create these paintings.
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    Eadweard Muybridge's pioneering work on locomotion
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    Eadweard Muybridge's pioneering work on locomotion

    Eadweard Muybridge (1830 – 1904) pioneering work on locomotion included many male and female nudes of himself and others
    23 views0 comments
    Artwork by Eugene Von Bruenchenhein
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    Artwork by Eugene Von Bruenchenhein

    Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was a self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who created thousands of paintings...
    10 views0 comments
    Interview with Titanic survivor Frank Prentice
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    Interview with Titanic survivor Frank Prentice

    Titanic survivor Frank Prentice worked in the pursers office on the Titanic, he was 18.
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    Philip K Dick's bizarre delusions and paranoid fantasies
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    Philip K Dick's bizarre delusions and paranoid fantasies

    While recovering from drugs administered due to an impacted wisdom tooth, Philip K Dick began to have bizarre delusions.
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    Philip K. Dick discussing science fiction
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    Philip K. Dick discussing science fiction

    Philip K. Dick interview (1977). Here he discusses how science fiction is viewed on a bottom rung of genres.
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    Imaginary Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Le Carceri d'Invenzione)
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 3 min

    Imaginary Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Le Carceri d'Invenzione)

    An influential series of prints started in 1745. 16 imaginary subterranean prisons with winding stairs strange architecture.
    29 views0 comments
    Walking cities - collages by Ron Herron
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    Walking cities - collages by Ron Herron

    In the 1960s architect Ron Herron (1930 - 1994) designed collages of his concept of Walking Cities.
    11 views0 comments
    An Impossible Balancing Feat (1902) Dir Georges Méliès
    Ben Samuel
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    An Impossible Balancing Feat (1902) Dir Georges Méliès

    Wonderful trick film from Georges Méliès where he balances copies of himself on his head and hands.
    8 views0 comments
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