Tag: Uncanny

Paper Sculptures Encounter Otherworldly Happenings in This Uncanny Animated Brief Movie

A day like another takes an surprising flip for the paper characters of Shotaro Kitada and Hoji Tsuchiya’s…

In ‘The Junior Basic,’ Michael Ezzell Builds an Uncanny World from Classic Books

It’s not too typically {that a} highschool artwork challenge morphs right into a through-line in an artist’s skilled…

‘Stage Up’ by GAFFA Transports Us to an Uncanny Parking Storage

If you consider an orange security cone, you may think rows of the small reflective objects positioned round…

An Uncanny Postcard Match for the Period of Local weather Disaster

Relying on the day, you may look to the sky and see a sea of pale blue or…

Frank Kunert’s Uncanny Pictures Chronicle a Surreal Miniature World

It’s arduous to think about a welcome mat being rolled out on the entrance to a Secret Service…

In Mythic Work, Anna Ortiz Conjures the Uncanny of the Borderlands

For Anna Ortiz, the borderlands are a wealthy supply for the uncanny. The Mexican-American artist (beforehand) was raised…

Rooms and Buildings Have a Lifetime of Their Personal in Eamon Monaghan’s Uncanny Dioramas

Framed by metal I-beams, aluminum cladding, or flooring boards, Eamon Monaghan’s chaotic dioramas seem able to burst from…

From Remedios Varo to Laurie Simmons, a New Exhibition Forwards a Feminist View of the Uncanny

In a 1906 essay, psychiatrist Ernst Jentsch coined the time period “uncanny,” or unheimlich, that means “unhomely” or…

Uncanny Objects by Joyce Lin Blur Distinctions Between Actuality and the Fantastical

Whether or not enclosed in clear acrylic or seemingly sliced from a single tree, Joyce Lin’s sculptures study…

Hayden Williams’ Illustrations Imbue Cookie-Cutter Homes with Uncanny Personalities

You’ve most likely heard the time period “cookie-cutter” to explain rows of homes seemingly indistinguishable from each other,…

Lifelike Canines Lounge in Emily O’Leary Uncanny Hooked Rugs

Most canine spend at the least half of their day asleep—some getting z’s for upwards of 18 hours.…

Genesis Belanger Coaxes the Uncanny from Vignettes of Consumption and Gluttony

A comb with completely manicured tooth, a tote overflowing with groceries and a bitten chocolate cookie, and a…