Ben Samuel18 hours ago3 minWilliam Blake's Visionary headsThroughout his life William Blake claimed to have seen visions of people from the remote past, as well as deceased friends.
Ben SamuelMay 54 minJG Ballard "What I Believe"‘What I Believe’ is a prose poem originally published in French in Science Fiction #1 in January 1984.
Ben SamuelApr 2810 minBruno 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
Ben SamuelApr 52 minFrancisco Goya's Black Paintings (Pinturas negras)Francisco Goya's Black Paintings
Ben SamuelMar 281 minAkira Kurosawa describes the Great Kantō earthquake of (1923)Akira Kurosawa describes being shown the aftermath of the Kantō earthquake by his brother Heigo Kurosawa.
Ben SamuelMar 211 minWax anatomical models by Clemente SusiniClemente Susini's (1754–1814) vividly accurate but macabre wax models, both beautiful and disturbing.
Ben SamuelMar 31 minRare footage of Albert CamusRare footage of Albert Camus talking about the theatre with an extract of The Possessed written and directed by Albert Camus
Ben SamuelMar 31 minIsaiah 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..."
Ben SamuelMar 31 minAlbert 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..."
Ben SamuelMar 11 minFriedrich Nietzsche's Mental BreakdownJan 1889, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) is said to have witnessed a cab driver viciously whipping a horse.
Ben SamuelMar 11 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,
Ben SamuelMar 11 minSergei Parajanov discussing Shadows of Forgotten AncestorsInterview with Sergei Parajanov here he discusses how making Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) led to his imprisonment
Ben SamuelMar 11 minExperimental text collages by JG BallardFour Text Collages (Project for a New Novel), by J. G. Ballard. Experimental text collages by Ballard intended as a condensed novel.
Ben SamuelMar 11 minThrone of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General AssemblyThe lifework of James Hampton a janitor who secretly built a large assemblage of religious art.
Ben SamuelMar 11 minGeorgia O'Keeffe's fascination with SynesthesiaGeorgia O'Keeffe's fascination with Synesthesia led her to create these paintings.
Ben SamuelMar 11 minEadweard Muybridge's pioneering work on locomotionEadweard Muybridge (1830 – 1904) pioneering work on locomotion included many male and female nudes of himself and others
Ben SamuelMar 11 minArtwork by Eugene Von BruenchenheinEugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was a self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who created thousands of paintings...
Ben SamuelMar 11 minInterview with Titanic survivor Frank PrenticeTitanic survivor Frank Prentice worked in the pursers office on the Titanic, he was 18.
Ben SamuelMar 11 minPhilip K Dick's bizarre delusions and paranoid fantasiesWhile recovering from drugs administered due to an impacted wisdom tooth, Philip K Dick began to have bizarre delusions.
Ben SamuelMar 11 minPhilip K. Dick discussing science fictionPhilip K. Dick interview (1977). Here he discusses how science fiction is viewed on a bottom rung of genres.
Ben SamuelMar 13 minImaginary 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.
Ben SamuelMar 11 minWalking cities - collages by Ron HerronIn the 1960s architect Ron Herron (1930 - 1994) designed collages of his concept of Walking Cities.
Ben SamuelMar 11 minAn Impossible Balancing Feat (1902) Dir Georges MélièsWonderful trick film from Georges Méliès where he balances copies of himself on his head and hands.