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Image Description: The video shows white human feet balancing on a log in the forest, followed by shots of a muscular human being in black clothing and with curly hair swinging from tree to tree, climbing a hill, resting in branches, on the log, in a shelter made from branches. A beautiful strong black and […]

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Image Description: The video shows white human feet balancing on a log in the forest, followed by shots of a muscular human being in black clothing and with curly hair swinging from tree to tree, climbing a hill, resting in branches, on the log, in a shelter made from branches. A beautiful strong black and

a story that doesn’t have to do with me

a story that doesn’t have to do with me, dir. Kym McDaniel Format: Super 8, Video Length: 7:03min Finished: 2021 Film Synopsis: As I seek to connect with my partner about their research in bioarchaeology, a conversation emerges about survival and what is left behind after death. tw: death, memory recall More information: https://www.kymmcdaniel.com/a-story-that-doesnt-have-to-do-with-me Image

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a story that doesn’t have to do with me, dir. Kym McDaniel Format: Super 8, Video Length: 7:03min Finished: 2021 Film Synopsis: As I seek to connect with my partner about their research in bioarchaeology, a conversation emerges about survival and what is left behind after death. tw: death, memory recall More information: https://www.kymmcdaniel.com/a-story-that-doesnt-have-to-do-with-me Image

History as Art: Luke Fowler’s All Divided Selves

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by Nicholas Johnson

Things are merging. New ideas and new art forms are arising out of the combination of elements. Video, sound, the past the present, documentary, biography, history, truth, opinion … In a time when so much more happens than one can possibly keep up with, an increasing number of artists are obsessed with looking back for something that we missed, records and documents of formative events that we missed out on.

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by Nicholas Johnson

Things are merging. New ideas and new art forms are arising out of the combination of elements. Video, sound, the past the present, documentary, biography, history, truth, opinion … In a time when so much more happens than one can possibly keep up with, an increasing number of artists are obsessed with looking back for something that we missed, records and documents of formative events that we missed out on.

Activating Images: On Saskia Olde Wolbers’s “Pareidolia”

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by Nicholas Johnson

Pareidolia refers to the tendency of human perception to discover meaning in random structures where meaning does not exist. It is the perception of an image in a cloud or a pattern on the surface of the moon. It can also refer to an experience of the spiritual. London based artist Saskia Olde Wolbers’ film Pareidolia explores this phenomena through fantastical imagery and a fable that tells of a miscommunication between a professor and a Zen master.

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by Nicholas Johnson

Pareidolia refers to the tendency of human perception to discover meaning in random structures where meaning does not exist. It is the perception of an image in a cloud or a pattern on the surface of the moon. It can also refer to an experience of the spiritual. London based artist Saskia Olde Wolbers’ film Pareidolia explores this phenomena through fantastical imagery and a fable that tells of a miscommunication between a professor and a Zen master.

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