{"id":42485,"date":"2017-04-19T16:44:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T15:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42485"},"modified":"2017-04-20T17:12:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T16:12:54","slug":"unnatural-3-artworks-were-revisiting-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42485","title":{"rendered":"[Un]Natural: 3 Artworks We\u2019re Revisiting This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, an actor friend subtly sent me a link to the showing of The Plague at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcolatheatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arcola<\/a>, with the caption, \u201clet&#8217;s go\u201d: I knew we had to cover this. One of my favourite plays at one of London\u2019s most reputable fringe theatres \u2013 we had to make a piece of this. So we have. I\u2019ve commandeered this month\u2019s theme \u2018Natural\u2019 so we can revisit some [Un]Natural work. Really it didn\u2019t take long to form a coherent article subject to present to my Editor. So, this is our reading\/watching list for the rest of the month. Expect a pop-quiz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/The-Plague-arcola_opt.jpg?resize=580%2C414\" alt=\"The Plague arcola_opt\" width=\"580\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/The-Plague-arcola_opt.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/The-Plague-arcola_opt.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/The-Plague-arcola_opt.jpg?resize=600%2C428&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/The-Plague-arcola_opt.jpg?resize=680%2C485&amp;ssl=1 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>The Plague &#8211; Actors left to right:<br \/>\nBilly Postlethwaite, Burt Caesar and Martin Turner.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcolatheatre.com\/event\/the-plague\/\" target=\"_blank\"> The Plague<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While almost everyone whose taken an English Lit class is familiar with Camus\u2019 most famous work \u2013 the Outsider \u2013 most people are generally unfamiliar with his equally important work: The Plague. During the Nazi occupation of Paris, Camus was a writer for the clandestine newspaper <em>Combat<\/em>, that functioned as the journalistic arm and voice of the Resistance. It was during this period that a still unknown Camus developed his philosophy of absurdism \u2013 man\u2019s intrinsic and eternal quest for inherent meaning in life and his continuing failure to find any. It is, then, of no surprise that in 1947 he published an allegory of the occupation. Set in the large Algerian city of Oran, the story is one of response to catastrophe, and man\u2019s attempt to find meaning and understanding within it. Although all efforts to alleviate the plague come to little or nothing, the story is essentially one of optimism and faith in human nature. Camus seems to suggest that, even though efforts to thwart the plague never come to fruition, the act of attempting to constitutes a noble struggle \u2013 one that we can find extrinsic meaning in.<\/p>\n<p>70 years on, the Arcola has rejuvenated the struggle. Multi-award-winning director and Olivier-award nominee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neil-bartlett.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Bartlett <\/a>retells the classic for our own unsure times. A frank and gripping new adaptation, Bartlett stages pure chaos and humanities actions to deal with it.<\/p>\n<p>The play runs from April 5th and finishes May 6th \u2013 get tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcolatheatre.com\/book\/?bookingId=01-2017%3A102&amp;eventId=22774&amp;season=0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nIf you enjoy the play, look out for <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/NoExit\/NoExit_djvu.txt\" target=\"_blank\">No Exit<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/ebookdig.biz\/ebook\/q\/pdf\/The-Flies-Jean-Paul-Sartre-Full-Text.html\" target=\"_blank\">Les Mouches <\/a>by John-Paul Sartre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/featured14_opt.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42540\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/featured14_opt.jpg?resize=580%2C802\" alt=\"featured14_opt\" width=\"580\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/featured14_opt.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/featured14_opt.jpg?resize=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1 216w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/featured14_opt.jpg?resize=600%2C829&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/featured14_opt.jpg?resize=680%2C940&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/featured14_opt.jpg?resize=300%2C414&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/1006527_elephant_man\" target=\"_blank\"> The Elephant Man<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/celebrity\/david_lynch\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Lynch<\/a> is possibly the most reputable name in American experimental film making. He\u2019s been called the most important director of his era and the Renaissance man of Modern American filmmaking. One of the most exciting names in American fiction, the late <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidfosterwallacebooks.com\/books.html\" target=\"_blank\">David Foster Wallace <\/a>writes of the conscious and subconscious influence of Lynch. The term \u2018Lynchian\u2019 itself, has slid into pop-culture just as \u2018Orwellian\u2019 or \u2018Kafkaesque\u2019 did before. His films focus on the horror and turmoil lurking within-and-under the pores of society.<\/p>\n<p>The Elephant Man is based on the real-life of John Merrick (1862 \u2013 1890) \u2013 Britain\u2019s most deformed man. Set in Victorian England, Sir Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) rescues Merrick from a circus freak show, where he is assumed to be retarded. The piece can be aptly named a tragedy of humanity, both in the sense of the vile injustice done onto Merrick, and the following moral dilemma concerning the morality of freeing Merrick into the same society which so cruelly demonized him. Few films can arise the mechanism of sympathy with such high completion rate, while maintaining such artistic character.<br \/>\nJohn Hurt receives an Oscar for Best Actor for his role as Merrick, while the film receives seven nominations including Best Picture and Best Film. If you want to catch The Elephant Man on screen, Close-Up Film Centre are showing it on April 21st as part of their David Lynch season.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy the film, also check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/blue_velvet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Velvet <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/mulholland_dr\" target=\"_blank\">Mulholland Drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/metamorphosis-kafka-cover_opt.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42542\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/metamorphosis-kafka-cover_opt.png?resize=580%2C892\" alt=\"metamorphosis kafka cover_opt\" width=\"580\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/metamorphosis-kafka-cover_opt.png?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/metamorphosis-kafka-cover_opt.png?resize=665%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 665w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/metamorphosis-kafka-cover_opt.png?resize=600%2C923&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/metamorphosis-kafka-cover_opt.png?resize=680%2C1046&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/metamorphosis-kafka-cover_opt.png?resize=300%2C461&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kafka-online.info\/the-metamorphosis.html\" target=\"_blank\">Metamorphosis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The name <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/franz-kafka-9359401#!\" target=\"_blank\">Franz Kafka<\/a> now resonates as one of the domineering pillars of twentieth-century literature, however, as an individual, Kafka\u2019s life was filled with disaster, anxiety, distress and, at times, chronic suicidality. His father was an ambitious and bullying shopkeeper who asserted a gravitational hold over him almost until the end of Kafka\u2019s life. His sensitive and shameful disposition resonates through his work, his miserable romantic life amply illustrated through what may be the most heart-breaking collection of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/2015\/02\/05\/kafka-love-letters\/\" target=\"_blank\"> love letters <\/a>in the history of the human heart. He eventually came to death after contracting TB. Unable to eat, he starved to death, but not before he implored his friend Max Brody to destroy his writings. Thankfully Brody defied his last will. Kafka, like Camus, falls under the family resemblance of Existentialism and had a similar attract to absurdity.<\/p>\n<p>Metamorphosis is the tale of Gregor Samsa, a travelling salesman. The opening line is one of the most repeated in literature and summarizes the plot starting point: \u201cAs Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin\u201d. Alienation, we can say, is the central theme here; the optimism and hope for humanity of the prior two artworks almost completely amiss.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy the story, check out the 1977 film version: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076389\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Metamorphosis Of Mr Samsa<\/a>. Further recommended reading in Kafka: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076389\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Trial <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/silverbirchpress.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/08\/the-castle-novel-by-franz-kafka-read-by-james-franco\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Castle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/The-Plague-Arcola-_opt.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42505\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/The-Plague-Arcola-_opt.jpg?resize=580%2C384\" alt=\"The Plague Arcola _opt\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/The-Plague-Arcola-_opt.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/The-Plague-Arcola-_opt.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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