web01.fireside.fm Sat, 30 May 2026 04:58:50 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Visual Art” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/visual%20art Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:30:00 -0500 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 164: Towards a Weird Materialism: On Expressionism in Cinema https://www.weirdstudies.com/164 fa746885-25d6-45a9-aa0a-6e657f8d6a6c Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:30:00 -0500 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 164 Towards a Weird Materialism: On Expressionism in Cinema full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel JF and Phil discuss the expressionist sensibility in the history of film. 1:29:15 yes <p>What is expressionism? A school? A movement? A philosophy? At the end of this episode, Phil and JF agree that it is, above all, a <em>sensibility</em>, one that surfaces periodically in history, punctuating it with occasional bursts of frenetic colour and eruptions of light and shadow. Whenever it appears, expressionism challenges our tendency to divide the world up into neat quadrants: mind and matter, subject and object lose their legitimacy as they start to bleed into one another. Prior to recording, your hosts agreed to focus on two pieces of writing: Victoria Nelson's <em>The Secret Life of Puppets</em> and a recent Internet post on eighties and nineties American films entitled "Neo-Expressionism: The Forgotten Studio Style." Though focused on a number of films, the conversation includes forays into the world of the visual arts, literature, and music. </p> <p>Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Patreon</a>.<br> Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">1</a> and <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">2</a>, on Pierre-Yves Martel's <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bandcamp</a> page.<br> Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, <em><a href="https://cosmophonia.podbean.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cosmophonia</a></em>.<br> Visit the Weird Studies <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bookshop</a><br> Find us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord</a><br> Get the T-shirt design from <a href="https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cotton Bureau</a>!</p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p> <p>comrade_yui, <a href="https://letterboxd.com/comrade_yui/list/neo-expressionism-the-forgotten-studio-style/#:%7E:text=many%20neo%2Dexpressionist%20films%20are,visual%20grammar%20of%20those%20works." target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“neo-expressionism: the forgotten studio style”</a> <br> Victoria Nelson, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780674012448" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Secret Life of Puppets</a></em> <br> Francis Ford Coppola, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bram Stoker’s Dracula</a></em> <br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/161" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 161 on ‘From Hell’</a> <br> Bram Stoker, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780141439846" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dracula</a></em> <br> E. H. Gombrich, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780714832470" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Story of Art</a></em> <br> Jean-Francois Millet, <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/gleaners/GgHsT2RumWxbtw?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Gleaners”</a> <br> Kathe Kollwitz, <a href="https://www.kollwitz.de/en/sheet-1-need" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Need”</a> <br> Robert Weine, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010323/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari</a></em> <br> Arnold Schoneberg, <em><a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/315809/hfva" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pierrot Lunaire</a></em> <br> Gilles Deleuze, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780816614004" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cinema 1</a></em> <br> Peter Yates (dir.), <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085811/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Krull</a></em> <br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Worringer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Wilhelm Worringer,</a> German art historian <br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/136" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 136 on ‘The Evil Dead’</a> <br> <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/136" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">In Camera The Naive Visual Effects of Dracula</a> <br> Kenneth Gross, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780226005508" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Puppet: An Essay on Uncanny Life</a></em> <br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/121" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 121 ‘Mandwagon’</a> </p> expressionism, neo-expressionism, film, eighties, analysis, weird studies, Victoria nelson, horror What is expressionism? A school? A movement? A philosophy? At the end of this episode, Phil and JF agree that it is, above all, a sensibility, one that surfaces periodically in history, punctuating it with occasional bursts of frenetic colour and eruptions of light and shadow. Whenever it appears, expressionism challenges our tendency to divide the world up into neat quadrants: mind and matter, subject and object lose their legitimacy as they start to bleed into one another. Prior to recording, your hosts agreed to focus on two pieces of writing: Victoria Nelson's The Secret Life of Puppets and a recent Internet post on eighties and nineties American films entitled "Neo-Expressionism: The Forgotten Studio Style." Though focused on a number of films, the conversation includes forays into the world of the visual arts, literature, and music.

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REFERENCES

comrade_yui, “neo-expressionism: the forgotten studio style”
Victoria Nelson, The Secret Life of Puppets
Francis Ford Coppola, Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Weird Studies, Episode 161 on ‘From Hell’
Bram Stoker, Dracula
E. H. Gombrich, The Story of Art
Jean-Francois Millet, “Gleaners”
Kathe Kollwitz, “Need”
Robert Weine, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Arnold Schoneberg, Pierrot Lunaire
Gilles Deleuze, Cinema 1
Peter Yates (dir.), Krull
Wilhelm Worringer, German art historian
Weird Studies, Episode 136 on ‘The Evil Dead’
In Camera The Naive Visual Effects of Dracula
Kenneth Gross, Puppet: An Essay on Uncanny Life
Weird Studies, Episode 121 ‘Mandwagon’

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Support us on Patreon.
Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 and 2, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page.
Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia.
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop
Find us on Discord
Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!

REFERENCES

comrade_yui, “neo-expressionism: the forgotten studio style”
Victoria Nelson, The Secret Life of Puppets
Francis Ford Coppola, Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Weird Studies, Episode 161 on ‘From Hell’
Bram Stoker, Dracula
E. H. Gombrich, The Story of Art
Jean-Francois Millet, “Gleaners”
Kathe Kollwitz, “Need”
Robert Weine, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Arnold Schoneberg, Pierrot Lunaire
Gilles Deleuze, Cinema 1
Peter Yates (dir.), Krull
Wilhelm Worringer, German art historian
Weird Studies, Episode 136 on ‘The Evil Dead’
In Camera The Naive Visual Effects of Dracula
Kenneth Gross, Puppet: An Essay on Uncanny Life
Weird Studies, Episode 121 ‘Mandwagon’

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