This podcast and the letter are created by Christos and me through a fresh and bittersweet feeling: five days ago, together with our incredible students, we held the last session of the course on hauntology and opacity in the arts.
Here is a long Morley House conversation about the hauntological lens for the arts and some ideas that still linger on our minds after the course.
This dialogue can be useful for everyone feeling a sense of melancholy and lost future in their work and daily life. Listen to it and learn how to start using hauntological framework for your creative practice.
⚘ Timecodes:
00:00 - 00:58 - Intro
00:58 - 3:06 - How we discovered hauntology (Burial, Basinski, The Caretaker)
3:06 - 4:12 - Lost Futures
4:12 - 5:54 - Nostalgia vs hauntological lens - core difference
5:54 - 8:23 - Where is HOPE? Automation vs reclaiming your narrative
8:23 - 11:38 - No-time vs ‘living in the present moment’
11:38 - 17:28 - Aesthetisation of everything, ‘Perfection’ by V. Latronico
17:28 - 18:10 - Reflecting on our latest Hauntology course
18:10 - 18:55 - Why use family photos for art making?
18:55 - 20:25 - Interested in hauntology: where to start your exploration
20:25 - 22:08 - Importance of creating new things, misconceptions
22:08 - 24:10 - Music and moving image recommendations
24:10 - 25:19 - Afrofuturism in relation to hauntology
25:19 - 26:20 - Anselm Kiefer
26:20 - 28:18 - Your own style in relation to other artists
28:18 - 29:49 - Works by Hajar and Nadya from the course
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PS. The pink make-up on me in this podcast cover is by Christos 💖
A 3-step poem by Hajar:
A video piece by Nadya Sidorko:
