Acid Horizon

Mark Fisher's 'The Weird and the Eerie' Revisited with Matt Colquhoun

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Oct 31, 2020
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INSIGHT

The Weird

  • The weird is what doesn't belong, an alienating aesthetic category.
  • It exposes capitalism's failures to maintain its illusion of a perfect sphere.
INSIGHT

The Eerie

  • The eerie and the weird both relate to presence.
  • Capital, though conjured from nothing, exerts a heavy, eerie influence.
ANECDOTE

Inland Empire

  • Craig Epplin discusses being in David Lynch's Inland Empire.
  • Seeing Mulholland Drive inspired him to move to LA, leading to this role.
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