Giving the importance to a perfect balance and the idea of “beautiful” Susan was a mastermind in creating remarkable fine art photography series. Whether the concepts were still life or portraits, the key element for Susan’s work was the perfect ambient and manipulated order to achieve the final composition. Either these concepts are heavily environment-dependent by an abstract approach grounded in metaphors, introspection and emotion…
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Using the idioms and phrases, she altered the perception of observing, I’d say deliberately disturbing the cultural norms and corporation establishment at the time when nobody really cares about or grasp the idea that beauty could be an effective social control device. Ahead of her time, she taught us the way we fight against logocentrism and set the rules in drawing attention to dichotomies in society through art and creational work…
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Marshall Arisman is an American painter and illustrator, well known for his expressionistic works of disturbing images and figures, sometimes washed in violence and tortured postures. His work is mainly dark, I’d say quite obsessive and compulsively driven towards the subject or focal point…
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Tarkovsky handled the issue by making the long takes, forcing the audience to catch up with all of the details and atmospheric balance around. His cuts are the most perceptible imageries ever seen in cinematography, hence the duration needed for making the whole picture makes a scene look dreamlike, metaphysical, disturbing…
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Designed by Paul Kepple and Max Vandenberg, this book is nothing short of a pictorial, spiritual and addictive trip into the underbelly of Twin Peaks. Many pages are packed with typewritten information and bright red notes in the margin, but what could have easily felt overwhelming was a breeze to read through thanks to a fantastic layout – and that’s exactly what you need when you’re putting in long hours of detective work…
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Music has proven to have one of the most powerful effects on our memory and often evokes vivid images and sensations from the past. One only needs to read up on the wealth of research that has been done on Alzheimer’s and the effect music can have on patients even with severely deteriorated mental states to understand that melodies and compositions from the past can be our greatest healers…
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While music is obviously the most important part of the vinyl experience, one mustn’t forget about the many hours spent studying the respective album cover’s art and design. It is a part of the ritual, one that spurs on a deeper relationship with, and a new perspective on the music that inspired the art. The album art is every bit a reflection on the cultural narrative as the music itself, not just in terms of style but depiction. Looking back at iconic record covers spanning from the late sixties to the early noughties, one witnesses the evolution of fashion, the gender binary, socio-political climates and design preferences
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For hundreds of years, writers and playwrights tried to summarize the human experience and preserve the memory of love, hate, betrayal, failure or success. In the early twentieth century, filmmakers were strongly influenced by classical storytelling techniques frequently used in classic literature and theater, but the new medium demanded new ways of narration, simply because it imposed its own limitations
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The art of captivating an audience with a two-and-a-half-minute scene of a man sweeping the floors of the Roadhouse – and making it memorable – is what real cinematography is all about, and it’s one Lynch has mastered following his own gaze and spiritual callings. As over the top or downplayed as his eclectic mix of characters often are, he insists on the viewer’s investment – sometimes even by poking fun at them with a sense of humour only he fully understands
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While north American publishing industry appreciates bold typography, vibrant colors and straightforward message for their target audience, Scandinavian’s approach leans towards subtle solution with light typography, often hued and saturated, almost dreamlike minimal and certainly wrapped in a mysterious kind of feel.
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