The following is my paper at the excellent Uncanny Media conference, in Utrecht.
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In 1995, David Bowie released an album titled 1. Outside returning for the first time since 1976 to collaborate with Brian Eno, which in itself was cause for interest, since Eno had worked with […]
I’ve just had my paper accepted for the conference Uncanny Media in Utrecht, August 7-9. Below is the abstract, so I guess I’ll be posting more on music, gothic and hauntology at some point.
David Bowie’s now-defunct rock-opera trilogy’s first installment 1. Outside is filled with uncanny mediations of rock music’s chameleon. The inner sleeve booklet […]
Employing the device of the alien has become a favoured tactic of many, but in 1972 it was an unusual move when semi-unknown musician David Bowie did it. Creating a concept album focussing on an alien visitor known as Ziggy Stardust, Bowie also took on the persona of this Ziggy Stardust conflating any sense of […]
My name is Steen Christiansen, and I'm an assistant professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. I'm working on transgressive aesthetics and the fields of cultural studies, film and science fiction.
I'm also interested in things that aren't, such as ghosts, dust, shadows, holes and so forth.
My posts at America Adrift
