labyrinths were first built at the time when the gods withdrew from human beings. they are, of course, images of the convolutions of the brain, in which the thinker can get lost.
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Based on his pioneering work in the recent book High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies, author and podcaster Erik Davis will explore the phenomenon of occult revivals, comparing and contrasting some of the factors that made the early 1970s and the late 2010s hotbeds of occultism, witchcraft, and visionary experience. Featuring films by visual artists Dustin Wong and Amanda Siegel.
youtube: High Weirdness Then and Now: The Occult Revival in the ’70s and Today
The Politics of High Weirdness: a Litquake talk with Erik Davis and RU Sirius
For Litquake 2019, Erik Davis spoke with RU Sirius about the politics of high weirdness, then and now.
High Weirdness By Mail by Ivan Stang
This hysterical hobbyist’s guide belongs in every hip library. Coot cat Reverend Ivan Stang, high holy of the Church of the SubGenius, has compiled a bestiary of American creeps and crazies so that you can write to them and receive mail that is weird, horrible, wonderfully absurd, or a combination of all three.
1392 – Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019 documentary)
Memory: The Origins of Alien is a 2019 documentary film that traces the origin of Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise. Directed and written by Alexandre O. Philippe, it focuses on the idea that film is “a collective art form – not just the wider circle of writers, performers and technicians beyond the director, but in the case of the truly great films, serendipitous access to a deeper collective unconscious …”, tracing the connections from H. P. Lovecraft to Francis Bacon to the Greek Furies. (wiki) / imdb / rt
30 Alien Poster Designs / Poster Posse Project / alternativemovieposters.com/portfolio
1390 – The Universe of Keith Haring (2008 documentary)
“The Universe of Keith Haring“, one of the most popular and significant artists of the 20th century, whose mantra was “Art is for everyone!” features interviews and archival footage of Fab 5 Freddy, Jeffrey Deitch, Kim Hastreiter, Grace Jones, Madonna, Yoko Ono, David LaChapelle, Kenny Scharf, Carlo McCormick, Andy Warhol, Ann Magnuson, Tony Shafrazi, and Junior Vasquez. Audio excerpts from original interviews with Keith Haring were conducted by Haring’s biographer John Gruen. (rt)
The Universe of Keith Haring is a 2008 documentary by the filmmaker Christina Clausen.
TimeSpace Warps 