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
Music clip for Randy Newman’s song Pretty Boy.
Peak Libido – a talk by Professor Dominic Pettman
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
This is the excerpt for another post.
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
Melancholy ballad from Bart to his sister Lisa.
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
New project exploring the red thread stitched, woven and tangled throughout Italian and Japanese culture. In various shorts I weave […]
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
Hüzün is the Turkish word for melancholy. In his book Istanbul, Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk notes that “The hüzün […]
cosmopolis
A short film inspired by Dominic Pettman’s ‘In Divisible Cities: A Phanto-Cartographical Missive’.
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
An homage to extraordinary Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase, who spent his time haunting the streets and surrounds of Hokkaido, taking […]
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
This is the excerpt for a featured post.
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