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Folk Horror New Global Pathways
No full textSINCE AT LEAST 2010, critics have been working to define folk horror, understand its appeal, and establish its key texts, including the films that have become the central triumvirate of the folk horror canon – Witchfinder
General (Michael Reeves, 1968), The Blood on Satan’s Claw (Piers Haggard, 1971) and The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973). While the 1960s and 1970s witnessed what has been called the ‘first-wave’ of folk horror – in film, fiction and television – critics have also begun to uncover a rich prehistory, looking back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and finding a different canonical triad in the fiction of Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen and M. R. James. At the same time, directors and novelists
in the twenty-first century have been re-inventing the genre: both creators and critics are, then, collectively enlarging and enriching what ‘folk horror’ means. Folk Horror: New Global Pathways explores and expands the canons
that have been built around folk horror, reaching for a greater historical and global inclusivity. After all, folk horror derives from folklore – from the roots of community and communal fears. And as such, one would assume that it has to be global, composed of variegated regional formations
Un bon voyage sonore:
Get PDFThis article interrogates claims made in the emerging discourse of immersive audio documentary that spatial sound is more real, allowing the listener to step into another space, and understand the world better. However my analysis shows makers are failing to make good on these claims. Use of the technical affordances of spatial audio is limited and producers enrol concepts of the real and of transportation in a colonial discourse of exploration and adventure, reproducing a disengaged mode of listening, while avoiding discomfort at all costs
Untitled book review of A BOOK OF DAYS, PATTI SMITH (2022) London: Bloomsbury, 400pp., ISBN: 978-1526650986, h/bk, £25 and SURRENDER: 40 SONGS, ONE STORY, BONO (2022) London: Hutchinson Heinemann, 576pp., ISBN: 978-1529151787, h/bk, £25
Get PDFBook review of Bono's autobiography and Patti Smith's autobiographical book of photos, considering the artist's public persona and construction of self
The Secret Life of a Winter Angel + Provisional Psalm
Get PDFTwo poems published in Amethyst Review: New Writing Engaging with the Sacre
‘A Picture of Health’ Connecting Art and Science at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London.
No full text‘A Picture of Health’ is an art-science collaboration project led by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS), Imperial College London.
The MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences is a vibrant research environment where scientists, clinicians and patients collaborate to advance the understanding of biology and its application to medicine.
About the Project
‘A Picture of Health’ evokes different images, ideas, thoughts and emotions. It is this richness of imagery and perceptions that inspires the Picture of Health project at the Medical Research Council’s London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS). The Institute is based at Hammersmith Hospital, adjacent to Imperial College’s White City campus in West London. The opening of a bespoke new building, where clinicians, and scientists collaborate to advance human health, provides the setting for the launch of the project.
Aims
• To select and curate 100 pieces inspired by the phrase ‘A Picture of Health’.
• To invite contributions from a diverse range of communities across society.
• To explore and document public perception of ‘A Picture of Health’.
• To celebrate science, medical research and the London Institute of Medical Sciences.
Outputs
• A curated, exhibition-style book of 100 pieces, with a brief narrative on each.
• Workshops with scientists, patient groups, local community and schools.
• Visual display of selected contributions during the launch of our new building – within the reception space (ground floor) and café/social space (top floor).
• A programme of events to celebrate the launch of the new building (inc. panel discussions on selected themes).
• A website showcasing the 100 contributions.
Outcomes
• Audience engagement with medical and health research and societal impacts.
• Resource development for additional engagement activities and programming e.g. debate packs, educational/conversation tools
• Enhanced knowledge of the research activity of the MRC and of the LMS.
Target Audience
The target audiences for this project are the public, key stakeholders in the development of the new LMS building - including funders, government, policy makers, and the local council and community including schools, patient groups and community organisations.
We invited contributions from journalists, sports people, historians, scientists, musicians, artists, poets, chefs, writers, photographers and NGOs, alongside local community key workers, including nurses, delivery drivers, tube/bus drivers, gardeners, cleaners, civil servants, healthcare professionals, patients, politicians, teachers, makers, engineers, social media influencers, religious leaders, the military and more
