Art Cures, our new series, offers a themed list of music, films, books, events and other cool stuff in hopes of supplying you with a sufficient art fix, as well as the cures you didn’t know you needed. So whether you’re reeling from a recent break-up, seeking inspiration for your creative block, or just needing a change of scenery, these lists will help raise your spirits and remedy your ills.
MOOD
Nostalgia
WATCH
I suggest you challenge your reality, it’s being challenged as we speak.
TV
The Twilight Zone: Season 1, Episode 21 “Mirror Image”
FILM
The Double Life of Veronique dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski 1991
Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy dir. Gregg Araki 1993-1997
Climax dir. Gaspar Noe 2018
Blow-Up dir. Michelangelo Antonioni 1966
On Chesil Beach dir. Dominic Cooke 2017
DOCUMENTARY
“Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present” dir. Tyler Hubby 2016
I would *not* recommend “Room 237” (just saving you some time)
INTERVIEW
Genesis P-Orridge on control, fear, unity, love
STREAM
Kanopy for Criterion Collection (free with a library card)
LISTEN
When the outside world starts to feel weird, the best thing to do is make it weirder by listening to Art Bell on a late night drive to the middle of nowhere.
RADIO
Art Bell – COAST TO COAST AM
“Shadow People”
PODCAST
Russell Brand’s Under the Skin
BBC RADIO 4’s In Our Time: Philosophy
Switchblade Sisters
SCORE
*for concentration*
Jackie by Mica Levi
PLAYLIST
READ
Stranger thoughts for your bedroom psychosis.
BOOKS
“No Exit” Jean Paul Sartre
“Tropic of Cancer” Henry Miller
“The Genius and the Goddess” Aldous Huxley
“Lynch on Lynch” or your favorite director by Chris Rodley
“Massive Pissed Love” Richard Hell
“Picnic Comma Lightning” Laurence Scott
https://www.skylightbooks.com/
SCREENS
Too much connection is bad news. Try turning off and see what happens.
