Mass Culture Vol. 4

From Automord: Mieze, Mar '12

Mass Culture Vol. 4 is now available for purchase.

This issue has the theme of "lust-murder in history," with an emphasis on Jack the Ripper and various incidents of Weimar lustmord (and sexual repression leading to such).

It is also the first issue of Mass Culture to be printed in color.

Guest contributors: Martin Bladh, Paul Kerin, A. Koroleva, and Eric Rodriguez-Docé.

Also featuring several self-portraits in which I portray both killer and victim (see above) and a great deal of original collage work and photography on my part, which entailed a certain amount of stabbing, burning, slicing, and bleeding. If you like that sort of thing. Again: decidedly not for children and do take care when reading at church functions or on public transit.

As far as back issues: Vol. 1 has been sold out since November, but I have a (very) limited quantity of Vol. 2 and a fair amount of Vol. 3 left.

$10 each plus $3 shipping (US) or $5 shipping (International). Paypal lcvonhessen [at] gmail [dot] com.

Mass Culture Vol. 4 - Back Cover

Back cover of Mass Culture Vol. 4. Image: from Automord: Dark Annie, Mar '12.

Purgatory Noir

Stills from Purgatory, a film I made in autumn/winter '07, modified in Dec '11. Appears on p. 19 of Mass Culture Vol. 3.

That is, in fact, a self-portrait, and I was actually quite hungover at the time it was shot. In case you might like to know . . .

Aftermath

"Aftermath" #1 and 2, spring '04 (combined in September '10). On p. 13 of Mass Culture Vol. 2.

No relation to the 1994 short film of the same title . . .