Let’s celebrate David Cronenberg’s birthday by immersing ourselves in the uncanny, gruesome, and occasionally dreamlike psychological horror universe of Dead…
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Louise Bourgeois viewed art as an alternative form of psychoanalysis, an unravelling of the psyche, as it is based on…
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Photography | Photography Reviews
Signe Pierce: a vibrant, hyperreal, holographic spectacle with vaporwave vibes
New York-based contemporary multimedia artist Signe Pierce self-identifies as a reality artist, exploring the blurred lines between art and technology,…
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Photography | Photography Reviews
Alex Prager’s uncanny film stills: vivid, glamorous depictions of alienation
Fascinated by the mysterious quality of the colour photographs of William Eggleston, a 20 year-old Alex Prager decided to buy…
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Gregory Crewdson’s dark, atmospheric, cinematic photographs capture perfectly framed frozen moments incorporating disconnected figures which seem to reflect the domestic…
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After the success of his intense directorial debut, Ex Machina, Alex Garland creates a cinematic adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s first book…
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Film | Film Reviews
Nosferatu: subverting the myth of the romanticised vampire and embodying the human desire for the uncanny
There are two cinematic masterpieces depicting Nosferatu: Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922), a German expressionist film adaptation of Dracula,…
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Marie-poupée (1976), dir. by Joël Séria, is a problematic, subversive French psychosexual drama with horror undertones, tackling the lurid, uncomfortable…
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Film Reviews
Psychological horror films set in the fashion world: The Neon Demon (2016) and Helter Skelter (2012)
The Neon Demon (2016), directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, is a surreal hyper-stylised psychological horror film unveiling a dark satire of…
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Film Reviews
Melancholia (2011) – the visually striking overture, an eerie dreamscape & an exquisite cinematic symphony of death
The opening sequence of Melancholia (2011, Lars von Trier), a collection of gloomy, surreal, painting-resembling, slow-motion shots, is an insidious introduction to…
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