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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
Ben Samuel
Apr 28, 202210 min read


Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981)
The films of pioneering filmmaker Lotte Reiniger
Ben Samuel
Apr 12, 20222 min read


Francisco Goya's Black Paintings (Pinturas negras)
Francisco Goya's Black Paintings
Ben Samuel
Apr 5, 20222 min read


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.
Ben Samuel
Mar 28, 20221 min read


Wax anatomical models by Clemente Susini
Clemente Susini's (1754–1814) vividly accurate but macabre wax models, both beautiful and disturbing.
Ben Samuel
Mar 21, 20221 min read


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
Ben Samuel
Mar 3, 20221 min read


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..."
Ben Samuel
Mar 3, 20221 min read


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..."
Ben Samuel
Mar 3, 20221 min read


Friedrich Nietzsche's Mental Breakdown
Jan 1889, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) is said to have witnessed a cab driver viciously whipping a horse.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


"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 Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


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
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


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.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


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.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


Georgia O'Keeffe's fascination with Synesthesia
Georgia O'Keeffe's fascination with Synesthesia led her to create these paintings.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


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
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


Artwork by Eugene Von Bruenchenhein
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was a self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who created thousands of paintings...
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


Interview with Titanic survivor Frank Prentice
Titanic survivor Frank Prentice worked in the pursers office on the Titanic, he was 18.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


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.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


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.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


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.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20223 min read


Walking cities - collages by Ron Herron
In the 1960s architect Ron Herron (1930 - 1994) designed collages of his concept of Walking Cities.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


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.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


Eadweard Muybridge photography
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) photography. Most famous for his studies in locomotion and it's influence on the invention of cinema
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read


Motopia "a utopia for motorists" (1959)
Motopia was a proposed 'City of the Future' designed by architect Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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