“Uncanny Media” Conference

Uncanny Media is “An International Conference on the Gothic Shadows of Mediation” being held next month on Aug 7-9, 2008 in Utrecht, Netherlands. With keynote speakers like Fred Botting (author of Gothic) and guest authors like Patrick McGrath (author of Trauma and The Grotesque), in addition to numerous academic panels, performances, and various gothic lifestyle… Continue reading “Uncanny Media” Conference

The Return of the Gaze in THE RING

On: “Looking For The Quintessential Scary Moment: Hughes’ Tiger, The Uncanny Valley and the Eye of Yamamura Sadako” by Adrian Bott (aka “Cavalorn”). 03/28/2004 The very first concrete thing I wanted to do with this weblog is call attention to one of my favorite weblogs — Stephanie Gray’s wonderful doctoral research project, “Exploring the Uncanny… Continue reading The Return of the Gaze in THE RING

Post of the Living Dead

This blog will someday end, whether by choice, by ennui, by hacker attacks, or by the author’s demise. In anticipation of its death, I begin with this first post.  A post of the living dead. And the zombie hoard is only rising: “Dead Blogs” (Times Daily, June 2007) “Millions of Dead Blogs Won’t Stop Blogging”… Continue reading Post of the Living Dead