WYRD WORDS: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF HORROR (PART VIII) — GRANDFATHER HU
CRADLING EXISTENTIAL DREAD IN SONG Hush little baby, don’t say a word. And so begins the well-known lullaby “Hush Little Baby” that goes on to say a great many words. As a lullaby,…...
The Poodle and the Christ Child— Jean Frémon
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY JOHN TAYLOR Has it ever been noticed how much Titian loved dogs? I know nothing of his personal sentiments for his pets, nor whether he hunted wild game and fowl,…...
Like a Pearl Necklace: For Sabrina Mezzaqui— Franca Mancinelli
TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY JOHN TAYLOR I have never worn a necklace. Any ornament weighs down on me, perhaps because I sense the one made of the bones entrusted to us. A whole skeleton…...
Wyrd Words: Personal Reflections On The Art Of Horror (Part VII) — Grandfather Hu
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE SO SERIOUS My childhood was destroyed by all those cats. There were hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats. They were tumbling and tearing…...
The Virgin’s Tears— Jean Frémon
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY JOHN TAYLOR If it were proven that the depth of an oeuvre can be measured by the extent of the paradoxes embodying it, then Rogier’s work would be…...
WYRD WORDS: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF HORROR (PART VI) — GRANDFATHER HU
ASPIRATIONAL ORIGINS In his Introduction to The Evolution of Horror in the Twenty-First Century, published in 2023, scholar Simon Bacon almost playfully identifies a handful of contemporary films as exemplary of a…...
WYRD WORDS: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF HORROR (PART V)— GRANDFATHER HU
SKIN IN THE GAME Image Used For Representation There is always a privileging of some sort that gives definition to every Art form, and for the Horror Genre this translates into physical peril…...
Photographing / Writing: A testimony and a reflection— Liliana Grueff
TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY BRENDA PORSTER Convinced as I am that we achieve complexity by basing ourselves on our own personal experience, in considering this theme I’ve tried to start with…...
Wyrd Words: Personal Reflections On The Art Of Horror (Part IV)— Grandfather Hu
BODY HORROR (UNCOMFORTABLE IN OUR OWN SKINS) Image Used for Representation Translation comes naturally to us. You’re doing it right now. No, I’m not talking about that wondrous act of reading,…...