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Manuel DeLanda

Manuel DeLanda is a Mexican-American writer, artist and philosopher who has lived in New York since 1975. He is a lecturer in architecture at the Princeton University School of Architecture and the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, where he teaches courses on the philosophy of urban history and the dynamics of cities as historical actors with an emphasis on the importance of self-organi…

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Fractured LandscapesFractured Landscapes · 2016
Fractured Landscapes
2016
Movie
Using multiple layers of the same shot and animating masks on each produces a wide variety of effects that fracture and distort the shot. These were used here for NYC buildings, to create a dissonant urban symphony. The music is classical piano pieces played backwards.
Twisted FleshTwisted Flesh · 2017
Twisted Flesh
2017
Movie
A battle between special effects and porno, Will porno always win? If you think the effects are winning just squint.
Raw Nerves: A Lacanian ThrillerRaw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller · 1980
Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller
1980
MovieCrimeThriller
A noir mostly set in a bathroom stall and stairwell. A private dick trapped in a tight spot. A narrator searching for a way out of the story.
Atomic FleshAtomic Flesh · 2018
Atomic Flesh
★ 4.02018
Movie
The next chapter in the battle of effects versus porno.
Ism IsmIsm Ism · 1979
Ism Ism
★ 5.01979
Movie
Once thought lost, but recently found and restored by Anthology Film Archives, artist/philosopher Manuel De Landa’s Super 8 Ism Ism captures his truly inspired collage mutations of New York City subway ads during the mid-to-late 70s. Slicing and dicing the perfect faces of models into deviant ghouls, Ism Ism turns the homogenate into the ripening rot of nightmares.
Joan Does DynastyJoan Does Dynasty · 1986
Joan Does Dynasty
★ 2.11986
MovieDocumentary
Joan Braderman talks about and appears in front of a projected version of the soap opera Dynasty.
Electric ArthropodsElectric Arthropods · 2017
Electric Arthropods
2017
Movie
From the 1970s urban interventions on billboards, Ism Ism (1970), to his recent digital manipulation of digital footage, Manuel DeLanda keeps testing the rough edges of perception.
Incontinence: A Diarrhetic Flow of MismatchesIncontinence: A Diarrhetic Flow of Mismatches · 1978
Incontinence: A Diarrhetic Flow of Mismatches
1978
Movie
The editing strategies parallel the personal relationships depicted, and a mismatched cut is literally only the other side of a mismatched couple. Rarely have sound, image and the spatio-temporal coordinates of narrative illusion been buffeted about so vigorously.

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