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"Am I allowed to tell everyone the truth now?"

John Harrigan — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:11:01 +0000

"Am I allowed to tell everyone the truth now?" - Hettie

STRONHEIM - NR 2 EMERGENCY SUB-FREQ978

John Harrigan — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:19:31 +0000

Strange Factories - artefACTS unveiled - The Society of Vandals - 7:30pm - 3/2/12

John Harrigan — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:21:36 +0000

Today the Guilds artefACTS are unveiled. Kilto Take http://www.kiltotake.com Three musical catalysts collide by chance, like some audio-laboratory experiment gone wrong. After the smoke has cleared, what's left is a volatile compound of commanding guitars and regimented percussion. Sally Rushbrook...

>>> >>> URGENT PUBLIC STATEMENT. READ NOW. <<< <<<

Rachael Blyth — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:31:51 +0000

>>>> THE DREAM MUST BE FREE TO HAUNT THE WORLD <<<< This invitation confirms that We, the Society of Vandals, have begun the process of fully cataloguing and assessing. On Friday 3rd February, our Great Founder and Leader - Arlec...

Hyperreality II: Sex, Death & The Cinema of Attractions

Rachael Blyth — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:56:34 +0000

In the previous article, which you may have mistaken for some sort of crumpled pamphlet which I dug out of the corner of the pocket of a pair of straight leg black jeans stolen sometime in the 1990s and regurgitated...

A Seasonal Message

Rachael Blyth — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:45:31 +0000

As the Winter Solstice marks the beginning of a period of rebirth and renewal, FoolishPeople would like to take this opportunity to thank all who have supported us over the course of 2011. From the announcement of Strange Factories to...

Hyperreality I: The Inertial Destiny of the Saturated World

Rachael Blyth — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:45:17 +0000

This article forms part of the series Rapture & Decay: The New Eschatological Cinema. Read the Introduction here. ...modern mankind found itself in the midst of a great absence and emptiness of values and yet, at the same time, a...

Radiogram - VII - FULL MOON RISING

John Harrigan — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:55:21 +0000

"There's only a few who remain, who truly understand the chain of events that Marlowe's death set in motion" - Anonymous Radiogram VII is broadcast upon the full moon.

Rapture & Decay: The New Eschatological Cinema, An Introduction.

Rachael Blyth — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:46:13 +0000

Upon the purchase of Lars Von Trier’s recently released end-of-the-world movie Melancholia, Boris Kit, the head of Magnolia Pictures, commented, “as the 2012 apocalypse is upon us, it is time to prepare for a cinematic last supper”. Subtitled by Von...

Calling All Graphic Designers & Web Designers!

Rachael Blyth — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:21:27 +0000

FoolishPeople are currently seeking astonishingly talented graphic designers and website designers to join the Strange Factories post-production team. Strange Factories is an immersive feature film which will be toured internationally as a live show. You can read more about this...

Adam Curtis: On Dreams (Dream On)

Rachael Blyth — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:11:23 +0000

"Fourier had no truck with the idea of changing people. All the different things inside their heads was just what they were like - and you worked with that extraordinary range of human nature and channelled it to create societies...

Radiogram VI has been broadcast...

John Harrigan — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:54:36 +0000

A full moon hangs high in the sky. Radiogram VI is now live. Join the settlement.

Modern Mythology Fundraiser for 2012

John Harrigan — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:52:26 +0000

Modern Mythology are seeking to crowdsource funding through IndieGoGo in order to keep publishing thought-provoking pieces on pop culture philosophy and social commentary, and to keep expanding our audience. There are tons of old, dead philosophers with books enshrined in...

Visions of the Future

Rachael Blyth — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:53:28 +0100

"the young actors built communal buildings, a small hotel, stables, cowsheds, barns. Each actor built his own house which then became his own property, while everyone took part in communal tasks. It was a Tolstoyan existence. It was to prove...

Cinema @ The Settlement

Rachael Blyth — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:28:04 +0100

Last night the Strange Factories technical whizz kids (Mr Punch and Yiannis to be exact...Punch insists on a credit...) once again proved their versatility by providing entertainment for the masses; setting up an outdoor cinema at Stronheim's settlement and beaming...

Wish You Were Here

Rachael Blyth — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:47:32 +0100

Ahoy! Greetings from Stronheim's settlement. We have now been eating, sleeping and filming in the depths of the haunted Czech countryside for a week. On day one our manifestations proved so potent as to explode the internet across three villages....

Winter returns to Deep England

John Harrigan — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:03:27 +0100

Winter has returned to Deep England and FoolishPeople leave for Prague in 5 hours. A strange mixture of emotions are floating within my mind, currents connected to new truths and old memories. Life is a constant presentation of choices that...

Muybridge's Revolver @ The Horse Hospital

Rachael Blyth — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:47:45 +0100

On October 17th 1874, Kingston born photographer Eadweard Muybridge shot dead the drama critic of The San Francisco Post, Harry Larkyns, with a single bullet from a Smith and Wesson No 2 revolver. A jury, convinced by lawyers under the...

The Path Less Travelled

Rachael Blyth — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:29:29 +0100

"One of the reasons that the same fables are repeated and that new tales don’t come into being more often is that there’s always a price to be paid to the current of the story you are communicating with. The...

A Man Who Dreams...

Rachael Blyth — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:23:41 +0100

"It was intensely real, far more so than everyday life....This confirms my belief that a man who dreams is sometimes a far more gifted artist than the man who is awake. Words cannot express the length of time passed in...