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Printed on IBM computer paper, this poster was designed in protest of Nixon’s order to bomb Cambodia amid the Vietnam War. This reimagining of Goya’s infamous ‘Saturn Devouring His Son’ by Jay Belloli was one of many anti-war posters strewn across campus at UC Berkeley around 1970. Open to interpretation, Belloli urges the viewer to question American government at large and its interest in foreign conflict. Watch a 10 minute interview with Belloli on YouTube

Made with a budget of about $3k, Take Out follows a day in the life of Ming Ding, a take-out delivery worker and Chinese immigrant who has til the end of the day to pay off his smuggling debt. Filmed on a Sony PD150 DV (a glorified camcorder), the palpable desperation of dreary New York cityscapes and hazy neon lights come to life with the film's lo-fi quality. Watch 'Take-Out' now via YouTube.

Sandy (Alex g) - Walk Away & Crime Paris Point Ephémère 2020 from user agadsa via YouTube. Alex plays a compelling live version of "Walk Away" offering lyrics to the song that are currently not transcribed anywhere on the internet.

Breathe In by Frou Frou Official Music Video via Internet Archive.

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"Grouper’s Liz Harris Explains the Art of the Paradox and the Beauty of Mistakes" for Pitchfork by Ben Ratliff (2018). Portrait by JJ Harris.

In Tokyo, a string of mysterious suicides and a website that seems to link all of them sets the scene for this Japanese horror masterpiece. Kurosawa challenges the viewer's perception of connection, death, and isolation in the age of the internet. Watch this existentialist cyber-horror classic via Internet Archive.

Interview with Doug Dulgarian of They Are Gutting A Body Of Water via the Pittsburgh City Paper on the alternative scene in Philadelphia, running a record label and turning his back on the crowd (2023).

DPGraph: Dynamic Photorealistic 3D Graphing Software (1997).

Interview with director Lila Avilés on her Oscar-nominated film Tótem via Screen Slate. A very personal tale, Tótem follows the young daughter of a Mexican family on the day of a very important birthday party. A culturally nuanced view on grief, adolescence and connection, Tótem offers key perspective on the Mexican family.

Adrover's continuous commentary on America from the runway speaks for itself in this 2012 show, view the full show via firstVIEW.

The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot (1922). A dystopian vision of a world in ruins post-WW1, this haunting and at times seemingly prophetic poem has, for better or worse, aged gracefully. Read the full poem alongside a poem guide via the Poetry Foundation.

Kierkegaard's Christian Existentialism, a lecture by Dr. Michael Surgue.

The Decline of Western Civilization, Penelope Spheeris, 1981. Documenting the punk scene in 1980s Los Angeles, this film features live performances and interviews from the likes of Black Flag, Germs and the Circle Jerks. Watch the full documentary for free via Internet Archive.

 The web's first runway fashion site and database, firstVIEW. Updated regularly with photo and video coverage of the latest runways.

Partying with Courtney Love, stealing drugs and finding God on the west coast. Through Closed Doors, Death to the World Issue No.8.

Anselm Kiefer, Sulamith, 1983. Read the poem "Death Fugue" by Jewish poet Paul Celan, about the holocaust, that inspired this work from Kiefer, a German artist.