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personal canon

things that have shaped me, for better or for worse. had one too many realizations lately that I keep coming back to the same themes, the same throughlines, and here they all are.

Swan series
Hilma af Klint

Modern Art

Open Wound
Mire Lee

Contemporary Art

The Uncanny Valley
Perturbator

Music

Shelter
Porter Robinson & Madeon

Music

Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Salman Rushdie

Fiction

Babel
Cildo Mireles

Contemporary Art

Reabracadabra
Eduardo Kac

Digital Art

Bloodborne
From Software

Video Game

P.T.
Hideo Kojima & Guillermo del Toro

Video Game

Pacific Rim
Guillermo del Toro

Movie

Portal 2
Valve

Video Game

Crimson Peak
Guillermo del Toro

Movie

Beyond Black Mesa
Brian Curtin

Short Film

Recursion
Blake Crouch

Fiction

The Beginner's Guide
Davey Wreden

Video Game

Nurture
Porter Robinson

Music

Take Me Back to Eden
Sleep Token

Music

Ukumaki
Junji Ito

Fiction

The Enigma of Amigara Fault
Junji Ito

Fiction

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Hideo Kojima

Video Game

IGOR
Tyler, the Creator

Music

Emergence
Sleep Token

Music

Sundowning
Sleep Token

Music

Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
Bill Kroyer

Movie

Call Me If You Get Lost
Tyler, the Creator

Music

The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho

Fiction

Piranesi
Susanna Clarke

Fiction

ULTRAKILL
Hakita

Video Game