Video and Cinema

  • Ben Ridgway

    Ben Ridgway

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    Ben Ridgway is currently an Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California, USA. He has 15 years of professional experience as both a 3D artist in the video game industry and as a Professor. While in the games industry he helped to create games for Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft console systems.…

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  • Get Out, Atlanta, Sorry to Bother You, and The Afro-Surrealist Film Movement

    Get Out, Atlanta, Sorry to Bother You, and The Afro-Surrealist Film Movement

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    Add “Sorry To Bother You” to the mix and there appears to be an Afro-Surrealism resurgence in Black cinema. Surrealism is the 20-century avant-garde artistic and literary movement that sought to stir the creative potential of the unconscious mind position seemingly irrational imagery adjacent to one another. Artist Salvador Dali is among the most respect…

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  • Introduction to Surrealism Videos

    Introduction to Surrealism Videos

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    Exploring Surrealism with Peter Capaldi | Unlock Art Need some help getting to grips with Surrealism? The Doctor will see you now. Peter Capaldi, a former art student, and the latest actor to play Doctor Who settles down on Freud’s couch to deliver his wry take on the Surrealist movement. The Case for Surrealism |…

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  • Bonobo’s surrealist music video for ‘No Reason’

    Bonobo’s surrealist music video for ‘No Reason’

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    With stunning cinematography (and no CGI), director Oscar Hudson pays homage to Japan’s social phenomenon of ‘Hikikomori’. A dreamy, disconnected electronic beat plays as a Japanese teenager wakes up in his bedroom, visibly troubled at the thought of facing the day ahead of him. But there are tricks at play, as he walks through the…

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