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Category: Dark Art
Interview : Ragnar Bragason, Director Of Metalhead (Málmhaus)
Films like Metalhead come along once in a blue moon...if that. This portrayal of an emotionally wounded young woman, who finds solace from her grief in heavy metal, is one of the strongest, most poignant films I've ever encountered. I feel exceptionally proud to feature this interview with the director of Metalhead, Ragnar Bragason. When… Continue reading Interview : Ragnar Bragason, Director Of Metalhead (Málmhaus)
Interview : Black Metal Project Bròn
I regularly find myself close to shutting down my Facebook account, and abandoning my timeline forever...but then I'll come across a project like Bròn, and decide against it, thinking 'what if I miss out on learning about other great bands?' I'm often scatterbrained when on Facebook, and my attention is spread far too thinly. But… Continue reading Interview : Black Metal Project Bròn
Inert Wolf
Nicholas Galanin combined two pre-taxidermied wolves to create this powerful piece. Apparently people who have seen it in the flesh have cried. I can't say I'm surprised.
Bedlam Supply Co
It's Halloween every day ay Bedlam Supply Co. This store sells unique, obscure, 'must have' knick knacks, from macabre note paper to grave dirt. I'm particularly taken with the 1692 Witch Trial Notice, the Krampus Christmas gift tags and the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark hand held mirror.
Dragan Goranov
All Hail Lucifer
Churches aren't a regular feature on Wyrd Words & Effigies...(except for when they feature ghosts in the pews) but I simply had to post this astonishing art installation of Lucifer by artist Paul Fryer. The surreal spectacle you see here was mounted in The Holy Trinity Church in London.
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Hair In My Throat
This will sound most bizarre (remember which site you're on) but when I look at this selection of work from Dutch artist Aline Eras, I feel as though I have a hair ball stuck in my throat, that keeps trying to make it's way up into my mouth, to wrap itself around my teeth. I've… Continue reading Hair In My Throat
All We Are
Gunther von Hagens
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 