Past Events

Film: "Die Farbe" (2010) H.P. Lovecraft’s influence on the genres of horror and weird fiction cannot be understated – if anything, his work has subverted various literary, film and musical genres. But what about philosophy? How might the man who penned tales of ancient creatures, “monstrosities of geometric law” and “the most grotesque extremes of sinister bizarrerie” reach outside of popular culture and into philosophical texts and discussion?

University of Guelph Chamber Ensemble Concert with Conductor Henry Janzen.  Free concert.  All are welcome.  www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/events

University of Guelph CME (Contemporary/Creative) Concert with Conductor Ben Grossman.  All are welcome.  Donations welcome.  Doors open at 12:15pm.  www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/events

University of Guelph Choirs present This Thirsty Land: A World Premiere with Conductor Marta McCarthy.  All are welcome.  General admission $15, students/seniors $10 at the door.  Doors open at 7:15pm.  www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/events

University of Guelph Concert Winds Ensemble present Shadow and Light with Conductor John Goddard.  All are welcome.  General admission $10, students/seniors $5 at the door.  Doors open at 7:15pm.  www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/events

University of Guelph Jazz Ensemble with Conductor Ted Warren perform jazz standards.  All are welcome.  www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/events

ALL ARE WELCOME

So far in Philosophy in the Dark, we’ve explored several themes: the monstrous deforming of the subject, cosmic pessimism, the Puritanical control of sex and fear of the unknown wilderness, the upending of ordered worlds, the horrors of environmental thought and even traversed the Internet in search of uncomfortable visions and sounds. As we shift into the latest pair of sessions – titled “Fear & Flesh / Horror of the Body”, we will draw on some of these themes again as we explore various approaches (in film and philosophy) to body horror.