Michael Frazer
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Very interesting post,
Very interesting post, Laurel! It's definitely fascinating that the absence of the artist in the video still becomes a looming presence that serves as a precariously absent center for the content. I appreciate especially what you point out in the iro ... -
Genre/Message
I really enjoy the discussion here on occult imagery as inherently subversive. Hanging on my wall, I have indie pop band of Montreal's album False Priest. It features a fish-headed man with a gas mask in presumably religious garb, all surrounded by i ... -
Very insightful discussion of
Very insightful discussion of feminine spaces as depicted in this film. It's interesting that this depiction goes hand-in-hand with some of Butler's "Contingent Foundations." She notes especially the stereotypical/sexist dynamic underl ... -
That’s an interesting point
That's an interesting point about spectacle. It's almost a Catch-22, isn't it? It reminds me a bit of Charles Russell's "The Context of the Concept," in which he argues that there really is no escape from context. We are alwa ... -
I definitely think that Karin
I definitely think that Karin Dreijer Andersson is playing with the "occulting process," so to speak. At some point in the video, there's a man looking from the house and watching the ritual (2:59). There's the juxtaposition of domesti ... -
Technology and the Occult
I'm really interested in the technological approach to the occult. It reminds me of the accidental summoning of demonic presences in The Evil Dead through a tape recording of The Book of the Dead. There seems to be little difference between mediation ... -
Fragmented Self
Interesting discussion, Dylan. This reminds me very much of texts like Frankenstein and Patchwork Girl in which the parts do not equal a truly unified totality, where the sum of the parts composes only a simulated whole. Similarly, Locke's demonstrat ... -
Interesting. Certainly the
Interesting. Certainly the parts in this episode are evil in themselves. The episode ends with Shake being lobotomized and forced to eat the sundried tomatoes, which send him to the purgatorial space. Meatwad eats one at some point with the same result, w ... -
Thanks, Dewey. There is
Thanks, Dewey. There is definitely a sense of the purgatorial in their neighbourhood. The repeated deaths, the excessive violence, &c. are all cyclical. When a character dies, he is back in the next episode. I think your use of "in-between" ... -
Ella, I enjoy the discussion
Ella, I enjoy the discussion you pose of the mundane. It's interesting that comedy arises out of the daily tasks. One that stood out in your discussion was the pile of dishes. It's interesting to note that something so subtle possesses both come ...