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| - | [[Image:Jahsonic.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]] | + | [[Image:Theatre from Ars Memoriae by Robert Fludd.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Theatrum Orbi]]'' engraving by [[Theodor de Bry]] from the chapter on ars memoriae in ''Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica'' by Robert Fludd]] |
| - | [[Image:Theatre from Ars Memoriae by Robert Fludd.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Ars Memoriae]]'': The [[Theatre]] ([[1619]]) - [[Robert Fludd]] | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| - | “In the [[illusion|illusory]] [[babel]]s of language, an [[artist]] might [[avant-garde|advance]] specifically to get [[lost]], and to [[drugs|intoxicate]] himself in dizzying syntaxes, seeking odd [[intersection]]s of [[meaning]], [[strange]] corridors of history, [[unexpected]] echoes, [[unknown]] humors, or [[void]]s of [[knowledge…]] but this quest is [[risky]], full of bottomless [[fiction]]s and endless architectures and [[counter]]-architectures… at the end, if there is an end, are perhaps only [[meaningless]] reverberations.” --[[Robert Smithson]]]] | + | Seeking [[connection]]s, [[bridge]]s and [[intersection]]s between [[high culture]], [[pulp]] and [[avant-garde]], or, towards a [[:Category:canon|postmodern canon]]. |
| - | [[Image:Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica by Gustave Doré..jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Ruggiero]] rescuing [[Angelica]] in ''[[Orlando Furioso]],'' [[engraving]] by [[Gustave Doré]].]] | + | <hr> |
| - | {{Template:New template}} | + | “In the [[illusion|illusory]] [[babel]]s of language, an [[artist]] might [[avant-garde|advance]] specifically to get [[lost]].”--[[Robert Smithson]] |
| - | *[[ {{CURRENTYEAR}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}|Diary]] | + | |} |
| - | *[[User:Jahsonic/Diary]] | + | [[Image:Mona Lisa Smoking a Pipe.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Mona Lisa Smoking a Pipe]]'' by Eugène Bataille]] |
| - | == Jahsonic in Google books == | + | {{Template}} |
| - | *http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=jahsonic&btnG=Google+Search | + | |
| - | *http://books.google.com/books?q=jahsonic&btnG=Search+Books | + | |
| + | '''Jahsonic''' is the online persona of encyclopedist [[Jan-Willem Geerinck]]. | ||
| - | == Music introduction == | + | Jahsonic's first web presence was [https://web.archive.org/web/19991004110303/http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1392/ here] from (1996-2001) and then '''Jahsonic.com'''[http://jahsonic.com/] (2002-today). Jahsonic.com is is still his main URL. |
| - | In 1996, when I first gained access to the internet, I found an online playlist of dance music from New York from the period 1975 - 1985. It represented the roots of house music, a genre I had been interested in since its inception. I copied the document, started to buy the vinyl involved, and [[Jahsonic.com]] was born. | + | |
| - | Although I have omnivorous tastes in music, the music section of jahsonic.com mainly focused on maligned genres of the late twentieth century pop canon: [[dance music]], [[black music]], [[disco]], [[reggae]], [[dub]], [[house music]], early [[hip hop]], [[gay music]], [[electronic music]] and [[techno]]. The focus is on artists that are lesser known but who have proven to be influential within the music community. The history of the club [[DJ]] is documented extensively in this section, along with the development of the [[twelve inch]] recording. If you'd like more in-depth information on this last subject, I recommend ''[[Last Night a DJ Saved My Life]]'' (Brewster and Broughton, 1999) and ''[[Love Saves the Day]]'' ([[Tim Lawrence]], 2004) | + | He is a necrologist at http://blog.jahsonic.com |
| - | Some of my favourite artists (I tend to focus on individuals rather than bands) are [[Lee Perry]], [[Arthur Russell]], [[Neil Young]], [[Fela Kuti]], [[Roy Ayers]], [[Derrick May]], [[Bill Laswell]], [[Kraftwerk]], [[Frank Zappa]], [[Pharoah Sanders]], [[George Clinton]], [[Moodymann]], [[Larry Levan]], [[Walter Gibbons]] and [[Serge Gainsbourg]]. | + | He is curator at http://jahsonic.tumblr.com |
| - | Although there are few, certain genres do not agree with me. [[Heavy metal]] (exceptions notwithstanding (''[[Vertigo Mixed]]'', 2005, Andy Votel. The aesthetics of heavy metal feel wrong; and although the United Kingdom is my favourite music journalism country (they are the best trainspotters), I don't care much for their pop records nor certain recent trends in British dance music ([[acid jazz]], [[drum and bass]], [[grime]], ...). I also do not like the macho lyrics in contemporary hip hop. Although no longer actively so, I have been a [[Rolling Stones]] fan when I was younger, I guess their love of black music has something to do with that. I do not own [[Beatles]] tracks. | + | His references in print [https://www.google.com/search?num=50&tbm=bks&q=jahsonic+-wikipedia&oq=jahsonic+-wikipedia&gs_l=serp.3...15796.17598.0.17701.11.11.0.0.0.0.139.845.6j3.9.0....0...1c.1.58.serp..11.0.0.VlBtEpMsqf8]. |
| - | For additional reading apart from the books mentioned above, I wholeheartedly recommend ''[[Cut 'N' Mix]]'' (Dick Hebdige, 1987) and ''[[Ocean of Sound]]'' (David Toop, 1995). | + | One of his alter egos is [[Sholem Stein]]. |
| - | Welcome to my pages on film. My love for cinema started when I was young, fostered by my father. My omnivorous tastes in film are reflected on these pages, where you will find films considered as "high art" and films considered as "low art". Geographically the films are from Europe, the US and Japan. | + | |
| - | == Film introduction == | + | ==Notes== |
| - | I tend to follow the work of certain directors and actors. The first wave of directors whose work I started to appreciate — mainly influenced by the wonderful book ''[[Cult Movie Stars]]'', the Antwerp [[art house]] cinemas and television — were [[Roger Corman]], [[David Cronenberg]], [[Pedro Almodóvar]], [[Peter Bogdanovich]], [[Larry Cohen]], [[Peter Greenaway]], [[Jonathan Demme]], [[Roman Polanski]], [[Stanley Kubrick]], [[Patrice Leconte]], [[Nicolas Roeg]], [[John Sayles]], [[Jacques Tati]] and [[Alex van Warmerdam]]. | + | *[[Articles unique to this wiki]] |
| - | + | *[[Corona mixtape]] | |
| - | The second wave of directors and associated titles were discovered with the help of the internet and the Antwerp film museum. They include [[Catherine Breillat]], [[Georges Franju]], [[Michael Haneke]], [[Todd Haynes]], [[Juzo Itami]], [[David Lynch]], [[Radley Metzger]], [[François Ozon]], [[Lars von Trier]] and [[Michael Winterbottom]]. | + | *[[Jahsonic's canon]] |
| - | + | *[[Jahsonic's 1000]] | |
| - | You will find cross-referenced information on these directors and their films, as well as info on genres which are dear to me, but [[maligned]] in the mainstream. I refer to [[art film]]s, documentaries, [[erotic film]]s, [[horror]] and [[science fiction]], [[cult film]]s or the combination of the above. In academia referred to as [[paracinema]], they are perhaps overrepresented on this wiki. The reason for this is straightforward: there are numerous sites out there covering the films of canonized directors such as [[Scorsese]], [[Bresson]], [[Hitchcock]] and [[Tarantino]]; authors whose work I appreciate but who receive enough attention as it is. I try to find beauty in unexpected places and redress — what I perceive as — a ruling [[publication bias]]. | + | *[[Publication bias list of the Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia]] |
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| - | A word of thanks here to five books, ''[[Cult Movie Stars]]'' (1991), ''[[Incredibly Strange Films]]'' (1986), ''[[Midnight Movies]]'' (1983), ''[[Film as a Subversive Art]]'' (1974) and ''[[Immoral Tales]]'' (1994) which have fed my oppositional tastes. | + | {{GFDL}} |
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| - | [[Everyone I've personally known who committed suicide]] | + | |
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Seeking connections, bridges and intersections between high culture, pulp and avant-garde, or, towards a postmodern canon. “In the illusory babels of language, an artist might advance specifically to get lost.”--Robert Smithson |
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Jahsonic is the online persona of encyclopedist Jan-Willem Geerinck.
Jahsonic's first web presence was here from (1996-2001) and then Jahsonic.com[1] (2002-today). Jahsonic.com is is still his main URL.
He is a necrologist at http://blog.jahsonic.com
He is curator at http://jahsonic.tumblr.com
His references in print [2].
One of his alter egos is Sholem Stein.
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Notes
- Articles unique to this wiki
- Corona mixtape
- Jahsonic's canon
- Jahsonic's 1000
- Publication bias list of the Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
- Category:JWG
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