#J.G. Ballard

[nousrose]

Civilized life is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.

The Benign Catastrophist

J.G. Ballard

#quote #j.g. ballard #philosophy

[portraitofadumbassonfire]

Crash (1996) dir. David Cronenberg ~ based on the novel of the same name by J.G. Ballard.

#david cronenberg #crash #crash 1996 #films #filmedit #cronenbergedit #james spader #holly hunter #movies #movieedit #j.g. ballard #90s movies #elias koteas

[davidhudson]

J. G. Ballard, November 15, 1930 – April 19, 2009.

#j. g. ballard #j.g. ballard #literature

[phantastische-illustrationen]

J.G. Ballard - The Terminal Beach (Horacio Salinas Blanch)

#Horacio Salinas Blanch #J.G. Ballard #science fiction #bookcover

[columbosunday]

excerpt from "fucking in the wreckage: after postmeodernism" by johndan johnson-eilola

#archive #david cronenberg #j.g. ballard #crash

[basse-fosse]

Lincoln

#art #painting #lincoln continental #car #mechanophilia #j.g. ballard #crash #crash 1996 #artists on tumblr

[lisamarie-vee]

#j.g. ballard #the disaster area #book cover #1960s #skulls

[fuckyeahtrolleyed]

#shopping trolley #abandoned #shopping cart #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #street photography #j.g. ballard #series #urban photography #shopping carts

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“A car crash harnesses elements of eroticism, aggression, desire, speed, drama, kinesthetic factors, the stylizing of motion, consumer goods, status — all these in one event. I myself see the car crash as a tremendous sexual event really: a liberation of human and machine libido (if there is such a thing).” — JG Ballard

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“I think the key image of the 20th century is the man in the motor car. It sums up everything: the elements of speed, drama, aggression, the junction of advertising and consumer goods with the technological landscape.The sense of violence and desire, power and energy; the shared experience of moving together through an elaborately signalled landscape.We spend a substantial part of our lives in the motor car, and the experience of driving condenses many of the experiences of being a human being in the 1970s, the marriage of the physical aspects of ourselves with the imaginative and technological aspects of our lives. I think the 20th century reaches its highest expression on the highway.

Everything is there: the speed and violence of our age; the strange love affair with the machine, with its own death.”

—J.G Ballard, Crash

[Poetic Outlaws]

#cars #car crash #J.G. Ballard #Crash #quotes #Poetic Outlaws

[rjdent]

#J G Ballard #J.G. Ballard #Ballard quote

[eithernich]

p.s., dennis cooper / crash, j.g. ballard

#was at a loss for what to call the dennis cooper thing. it's from the ps/replies section on his bill wurtz blog entry #dennis cooper #j.g. ballard #crash 1973

[dare-g]

Crash! (1971)

#crash! #crash #j.g. ballard #jg ballard #gabrielle drake #harley cokeliss #talks

[wiregrrrl]

Some of the illustrations from Thomas Moynihan's Spinal Catastrophism.

#thomas moynihan #spinal catastrophism #philosophy #psychology #biology #geology #nietzsche #j.g. ballard #georges bataille #daniel barker #elaine morgan #urbanomic #william burroughs

[auburngods]

Nightmare Angel is a 1986 short avant-garde film based on J.G. Ballard's novel "Crash" starring Bill Moseley as what basically is the equivalent of Vaughan's character. It's a very good and sexy adaptation but I was disappointed by the lack of gay sex so I HAD TO FIX IT. I love Ballard's obsession with Vaughan in the book, I think it's one of the best depiction of homoerotic desire. Anyway, you can watch the short on Vimeo, it's sooo good if you're into experimental cinema.

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#bill moseley #nightmare angel #nightmare angel 1986 #crash #crash book #j.g. ballard #crash 1996 #my art #fan art #the texas chainsaw massacre #the texas chainsaw massacre 2 #chop top sawyer #otis b driftwood #otis driftwood #ballard x vaughan

[ophthalmotropy]

Their pain is only briefly alluded to—even psychic wounds are blunted by the sheer force of the absurdity of modern life. The characters are never depressed, anxious, spiteful or grieving; alienation is the dominant mode. This isn’t a case of neglectful characterization, as Ballard has instead fully developed their single-minded obsessions. Ballard never needed to write about androids or extraterrestrials to get his message across; human beings are alien enough on this planet.

Ballard in the Rear View, Joanne McNeil

#l33chsp34k #j.g. ballard

[basse-fosse]

#art #painting #crash #car crash #crash 1996 #david cronenberg #j.g. ballard #abasiophilia #acrotomophilia #leg brace #car #surreal #surreal art #surreal painting #artists on instagram