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Semiotic Ghosts

from Pareidolia by Chris Harris

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Inspired by William Gibson's 1981 short story, The Gernsback Continuum which features a photographer who specialises in capturing photographs of things which do not exist. When he starts researching 1930s art deco futurism, he take a step over the edge...

The director Tim Leandro's first short film "Tomorrow Calling" is based on the story, relocating it from Los Angeles to Blackpool (which shouldn't work, but it does). Colin Salmon plays Bill, the photographer. Toyah Willcox and Don Henderson pop up as well. You can find the whole thing on YouTube.

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They say the camera never lies
You need to pay attention
if he's coming to your town
If he's around, you're in for a surprise
Strange things
are definitely going to go down

Things that his camera sees
Things that will never be

Saucers, bigfoot, nordics, Nessie
he's seen them all, but he doesn't like to boast
Sasquatch, greys, Elvis, yeti
He's been photographing semiotic ghosts

He says the trick is never asking why
phantoms flock
to pose for his photographs
He's never tried to quantify
What's the attraction
beyond doing this for laughs

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from Pareidolia, released October 6, 2022

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Chris Harris Bristol, UK

I'm still trying to get the music I record to sound like the version I can hear in my head. To do this I've ended up playing every instrument I can get my hands on. These days, I'm closer to "That Sound" than I used to be, but the journey continues.

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