
‘Berberian Sound Studio’: a soundscape bridging reality and fiction
☛ Berberian Sound Studio by Peter Strickland, United Kingdom, 2012 (IMDb). Still @ 01h 20m. In his Prolegomena (Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik, die als Wissenschaft wird auftreten können, 1783), Kant wrote of analogies: Such a cognition is one of analogy, and does not signify (as is commonly understood) an imperfect similarity of two […]

‘Medium Cool’ by Haskell Wexler, 1969
☛ Medium Cool by Haskell Wexler, United-States, 1969, @ 1:39:41. IMDb. In the feature film Medium Cool, the line “Look out Haskell, it’s real!” is yelled by a character which does not appear onscreen as law enforcement agents shoot a tear gas canister directly at the camera. At that moment, the forth wall which traditionally […]

“R.U. a Cyberpunk?” ‘Mondo 2000’ magazine, no. 10, 1993
☛ gwire’s photostream on Flickr: “R.U. a Cyberpunk” from Mondo 2000 magazine, no. 10, 1993, p. 30. Uploaded online on January 7, 2012. Mondo 2000 was a cyberpunk magazine which published 17 issues between 1984 and 1998. It was first edited by R. U. Sirius (Ken Goffman) who was later joined by editors Queen Moo […]

“Sci-fi v Literary Fiction” by Tom Gauld, March 2011
☛ Tom Gauld photostream on Flickr: “Sci-fi v Literary Fiction”, no. 240, cartoon for the Guardian (Saturday Review letters page). Original drawing, ballpen and whiteout on paper, appr. 8 x 13 cm. Uploaded on March 3, 2011. © Tom Gauld, 2012. Here’s an excerpt from a recent interview he did with Rob Fred Parker for […]