Is Super Mario Brothers A Surrealist Masterpiece?
YouTube
- Creator
- PBS Idea Channel (Channel)
- Watched
- 2017-07-21
- Published
- 2017-07-21
- Category
- Education
- Duration
- 12m 59s
- Link
- Watch on YouTube ↗
- Tags
- andre breton art art history art theory fascism hiroki azuma history mario mario brothers mike rugnetta nintendo pbsdigitalstudios pbsds pbsideachannel salvdor dali shigeru miyamoto super mario brothers surrealism video games
Description
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea It’sa me… the unexpected combination of visual elements We can look at Mario, and his 30+ year series of ultra-beloved games and then also look at surrealist visual art and say…hmmm… these things share some similarities! But what if we go a little deeper? And ask if there are any characteristics that go beyond the purely cosmetic–from history, to context, to impact–that might make Mario more, or a different kind of, surrealist masterpiece? Lets’a go! Watch the original, first ever IC episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2bAN9pPeiE -- Find Mike at: @mikerugnetta on twitter and IG youtube.com/rheumatictangle @reasonablysnd on twitter and IG soundcloud.com/reasonably-sound IC merch! http://bit.ly/1U8fS1B Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook IC subreddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc — THAT VAPORWAVE TRACK; YOU KNOW THE ONE — MACINTOSH PLUS - リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU8HrO7XuiE — VISUAL ART — 1. The Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali 2. Golconda - Rene Magritte 3. African Sonata - Vladimir Kush 4. Son of Man - Renee Magritte 5. The Harlequins Carnival - Joan Miro 6. The Elephant Celebes - Max Ernst 7. Diary of Discoveries - Vladimir Kush 8. Metaphysical Interior With Biscuits - Giorgio de Chirico 9. Atmospheric Skull Sodomizing a Grand Piano - Salvador Dali 10. Cat and I - Wanda Wulz 11. Fair Captive - Rene Magritte 12. The Fools Rule The World - Gyuri Lohmuller 13. Unknown-Salvador Dali 14. Innocence - Rafal Olbinski 15. Sunrise By The Ocean - Vladimir Kush 16. La Poupee - Hans Bellmer 17. Luncheon in Fur - Merret Oppenheim 18. Departure of the Winged Ship - Vladimir Kush 19. Birthday Painting - Dorothea Tanner 20. Lobster Telephone - Salvador Dali 21. Metamorphosis of Narcissus - Salvador Dali — MORE TEXTUAL SOURCES -- Idea Channel Footnotes Entries: http://bit.ly/2uNtYiD Q&A: 'Mario' creator Shigeru Miyamoto - https://usat.ly/2uNOcsI Super Mario Bros. Instruction Booklet - http://bit.ly/2uNPFPF Where did 'Bowser's' name come from? - http://bit.ly/2uNLwv7 --COMMENT RESPONSES TO LAST WEEK’S EPISODE-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSmcsduAdFk -------------------------------------------------------------------- Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)