"after freud's exploration within the psyche it is now the outer world of reality which must be quantified & eroticized."
jg ballard
his world view was strange, not as rich & varied as philip k dick, but just a little bit off kilter. at his best, he definitely succeeded in quanifying & eroticizing the outer world of reality. the collision of our fleshy fantasies & fetishes w/the creations & objects of late modernity & the resulting incorporation of each by each opened an imaginative space of transgressive possibilities. his novel, crash, was made into one of the creepiest movies i've ever enjoyed. when i played it for ann, she reacted as if cronenberg & ballard had spent several hours insulting her in her own living room. i think she took a shower after the viewing.
here's a page that i found a few months ago. the memorials & tributes will be piling up fast.
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