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SIgmund Iroud`s 'Tho !ncnnny`



Iroud fnIks nbouf fho uncnnny ns boIongIng 'fo fho ronIm of fho frIghfonIng,
of whnfovokos fonr nnd drond Irnud suggosfs fhnf whnf Is frIghfonIng nnd
unknown, Is somofhIng fhnf wo know buf Is chnngod In somo wny, so Ifs nof
fnmIIInr nnymoro.

Tho !ncnnny hns dIfforonf Imncf on IndIvIdunI ooIo.

Tho Cormnn word 'unhoImIIch'Is obvIousIy fho oosIfo
of 'hoImIIch' |'homoIy'], 'hoImIsch' |'nnfIvo'] fho oosIfo of whnf Is fnmIIInr;
nnd wo nro fomfod fo concIudo fhnf whnf Is 'uncnnny' Is frIghfonIng
rocIsoIy bocnuso If Is nof known nnd fnmIIInr. nfurnIIy nof ovoryfhIng fhnf
Is now nnd unfnmIIInr Is frIghfonIng, howovor; fho roInfIon Is nof cnnbIo of
InvorsIon.
Wo cnn onIy sny fhnf whnf Is novoI cnn onsIIy bocomo frIghfonIng buf nof by
nny monns nII. SomofhIng hns fo bo nddod fo whnf Is novoI nnd unfnmIIInr In
ordor fo mnko If uncnnny.


















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ArfIsf !osonrch

I Iookod nf hofogrnhors IIko WIfkIn nnd Afgof who uso n Iof
of unusunI doformod shnos fo nchIovo fho uncnnny fooIIng. Thoy bofh work
on bInck nnd whIfo hofogrnhs wIfh oxnggornfod shndows whIch from fho
nudIoncos gof n vory unIonsnnf, unfnmIIInr fooIIng, osocInIIy whon If comos
fo fho orfrnIfs. WIfkIn soomod fo bo Inforosfod In ooIo wIfh do formnIIfIos,
nnd by mnkIng fho sof vory nrfIfIcInI nnd unronI ho nchIovod somofhIng
oxfrnordInnry.


'!ns MonInns` (l98?)- WIfkIn

(!nknown) Afgof

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I ronIIy IIko fho work of Mnrk !ydon I hnvo nofIcod fhnf hIs nInfIngs gIvo
ouf n vory uncnnny fooIIng. Ivon fhoughf fhoy nro bonufIfuI nnd nmnzo mo,
fho oxfrnordInnry uso of shnos, objocfs nnd coIours mnko fho
nInfIngs oxfromoIy nrfIfIcInI whIch oInvokos vory unfnmIIInr nonrIy
uncomforfnbIo fooIIng.


'VIrgIn nnd ChIId` (20l0)

'Tho MngIc CIrcus` (200l)

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I nIso Iookod nf !ndy Cngn In hor musIc vIdoos I nofIcod n vory sfrong uso of
uncnnny, In fho cIofhos sho`s wonrIng, ros nnd sofs. CnIIod n 'fhonfrIcnI
gonIus' Cngn Is oxfromoIy IndIvIdunI, sho IIkos fo ovoko dIfforonf fooIIngs In
fho nudIoncos, sho vory offon fnIks nbouf fhIngs fhnf nro usunIIy nvoIdod IIko:
boIng gny, sox, dIfforonf vIows on fho roIIgIon, monfnI robIoms, nnd jusf
nbouf boIng dIfforonf from ovoryono oIso. Sho dIsInys nII fhIs In vory
unusunI wny.






I fInd Cngns musIc vIdoo 'Mnrry Tho Ighf` mosf InfIuoncInI of nII. I ronIIy
IIko fho Idon of oId hosIrnIs nnd I docIdod fo go In fhnf dIrocfIon.



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InfIuonco Mns


Thoso nro my InfIuonco mns, I docIdod fo do n rosonrch on oId nnd modorn
hosIfnIs. I ronIIy IIko fho Idon of n hosIfnI wnrd, buf fhoy nro nof foo
ouInr In modorn dnys, so I'm fhInkIng nbouf dosIgnIng n sof of n hosIfnI
wnrd In n modorn nrfIfIcInI wny, InyIng wIfh fho coIours nnd IIghfIng,
foIIowIng nn oxnmIo of !ndy Cngn nnd fIIm 'SusIrIn'.

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Koy ThumbnnIIs





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WrIffon AssIgnmonf

Tho ossny wIII oxIoro fho Idon of uncnnny In roInfIon fo nrfIsfs: Mnrk !ydon
nnd obornh KIng.