tanya krzywinska

‘Strange Folk’ brings together nine artists all of whom are based in Cornwall. The exhibition works with themes of Folk Horror across a range of media and different platforms and broadly seeks to make the familiar seem strange.  We acknowledge the importance of sound in creating the right kind of ‘folk horror’ ambience, or as…

Tanya Krzywinska This paper was printed originally in Robert Fish (ed)Cinematic Countrysides. MUP, 2004. JWF Turner Stonehenge 1825 Jagged monoliths, eroded earthworks, stone circles, hillside chalk figures: the enigmatic remnants of pre-historical landscapes in the British countryside have fired the imagination of artists, writers, historians, archaeologists and filmmakers. From folklore to feature films, the ‘pagan’…

Given that the book I wrote back in 2000 – A Skin for Dancing In: Possession, Witchcraft and Voodoo in Film – is now very hard to find, I’ve scanned it and you can access the PDF of the book here. book-scan

Tanya Krzywinska, Falmouth University Abstract Videogames may rely on the highly logical nature of computing technology, but that does not mean they are immune to the dark touch of Gothic; far from it. Gothic themes, characters, stories, and environments can be found across a wide range of videogames, from puzzle games to multiplayer online games…

Dangerous Agencies Dangerous Agencies: Norns, Games and Aesthetics of Emergence. Tanya Krzywinska   Þaðan koma meyjar margs vitandi þrjár ór þeim sæ, er und þolli stendr; Urð hétu eina, aðra Verðandi, – skáru á skíði, – Skuld ina þriðju; þær lög lögðu, þær líf kuru alda börnum, örlög seggja. 20. Thence come the maidens mighty…