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Netflix and Chills: Digital Distraction and the Global Quarantine
June 10, 2020 1 Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

Netflix and Chills: Digital Distraction and the Global Quarantine

A video essay about the height of the Covid 19 lockdown in NYC, 2020. Words by Dominic Pettman Edited by […]

Pretty Boy
June 10, 2020 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

Pretty Boy

Music clip for Randy Newman’s song Pretty Boy.

Peak Libido – a talk by Professor Dominic Pettman
November 20, 2019 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

Peak Libido – a talk by Professor Dominic Pettman

The Thoughts
May 10, 2019 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

The Thoughts

This short film traces the origin of what is so often mistaken to be “our” thoughts, back to the beginning […]

voices of capital
November 24, 2017 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

voices of capital

This is the excerpt for another post.

the sky is falling
November 23, 2017 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

the sky is falling

Since humans had the capacity to stare at the heavens in wonder, they also began to speculate whether it might […]

riding boy
November 15, 2017 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

riding boy

Melancholy ballad from Bart to his sister Lisa.

the hawk
November 15, 2017 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

the hawk

This short film captures a sublime and surreal moment; an encounter between a hawk and a steam vent on the […]

project in process – pronto moshi moshi
November 14, 2017 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

project in process – pronto moshi moshi

New project exploring the red thread stitched, woven and tangled throughout Italian and Japanese culture. In various shorts I weave […]

the solitude of ravens
November 13, 2017 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

the solitude of ravens

An homage to extraordinary Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase, who spent his time haunting the streets and surrounds of Hokkaido, taking […]

hüzün – a portrait of istanbul
November 13, 2017 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

hüzün – a portrait of istanbul

Hüzün is the Turkish word for melancholy. In his book Istanbul, Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk notes that “The hüzün […]

cosmopolis
November 13, 2017 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

cosmopolis

A short film inspired by Dominic Pettman’s ‘In Divisible Cities: A Phanto-Cartographical Missive’.

hüzün – a portrait of istanbul
November 4, 2017 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

hüzün – a portrait of istanbul

Hüzün is the Turkish word for melancholy. In his book Istanbul, Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk notes that “The hüzün […]

the solitude of ravens
November 4, 2017 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

the solitude of ravens

An homage to extraordinary Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase, who spent his time haunting the streets and surrounds of Hokkaido, taking […]

laocoön
November 4, 2017 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

laocoön

Explores the Zigzag as the virtual and universal “totem of movement” (Aby Warburg). Companion piece to Dominic Pettman’s book ‘Look […]

the sky is falling
November 1, 2017 Leave a Comment by merrittsymes Uncategorized

the sky is falling

This is the excerpt for a featured post.

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