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File Under: Slime
What is slime?
We are well acquainted with its qualities in conjunction with certain things from which we tend to recoil but to which we are also at times fervently attracted. Despite being everywhere, slime is a surprisingly unexamined cultural phenomenon. File Under: Slime collates a cultural history of “slime” and “sliminess,” with particular emphasis on precedents in pop-culture, contemporary art, ecology, science fiction, literature, critical theory, and cinema.
The appearance of slime in such films as The Blob , Ghostbusters , and Poltergeist are diligently and humorously analyzed, commercial and graphic design precedents are incorporated, and the work of such artists as Lynda Benglis, Cindy Sherman, Robert Smithson, Sterling Ruby, and Jason Rhoades are connected within a broad mesh of corollary examples emphasizing the dynamic and elastic visual signification of slime. Alongside a multitude of visual references, File Under: Slime is supplemented with literary and theoretical references from such writers as Jean Paul Sartre, Julia Kristeva, Mike Kelley, Rosalind Krauss, Laura Mulvey, Georges Bataille, and others.
We are well acquainted with its qualities in conjunction with certain things from which we tend to recoil but to which we are also at times fervently attracted. Despite being everywhere, slime is a surprisingly unexamined cultural phenomenon. File Under: Slime collates a cultural history of “slime” and “sliminess,” with particular emphasis on precedents in pop-culture, contemporary art, ecology, science fiction, literature, critical theory, and cinema.
The appearance of slime in such films as The Blob , Ghostbusters , and Poltergeist are diligently and humorously analyzed, commercial and graphic design precedents are incorporated, and the work of such artists as Lynda Benglis, Cindy Sherman, Robert Smithson, Sterling Ruby, and Jason Rhoades are connected within a broad mesh of corollary examples emphasizing the dynamic and elastic visual signification of slime. Alongside a multitude of visual references, File Under: Slime is supplemented with literary and theoretical references from such writers as Jean Paul Sartre, Julia Kristeva, Mike Kelley, Rosalind Krauss, Laura Mulvey, Georges Bataille, and others.
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260 pages, Paperback
Published March 14, 2023
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August 15, 2024
I love slime, and I loved this book. Felt like a theoretical analysis (albeit a surprisingly dark one) of many of my favorite pieces of culture.
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May 11, 2023Feels like a museum contained to a book: an intellectual, artful history of Slime and what it says about society. As a co-host of a podcast called Slimehouse, you can imagine my surprise and excitement to find a book dedicated to the study of the matter. A breezy read with lots of pictures, and great conversation starter. Look forward to tracking this guy down and interviewing him at some point for the show
October 28, 2024
Not for me. Too academic. It's a beautiful book though, well laid out and with photos and illustrations in mostly black and white with some green. I just got bored by the academic style writing. It just reads like a dissertation.
January 4, 2025
Bought this book because the cover looked cool. What a mistake. This should not have been a book, but a tumblr post. The author hides the complete lack of depth or interconnectivity behind a smear of academic mumbo jumbo.
January 31, 2024
I do not like slime at all... but I love mini essays on cultural trends! yay
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