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A man imitating a robot trying to dance. There's a Shrek amount of onion layers here!

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Clocks Tickin - Robot Dance (aka David S. Pumpkins) BRYAN VOLOZANIN

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Parkour!

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Return of the Primal/Animation of Movement

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Return of the Primal/Animation of Movement

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An attempt to recreate the sound of Neanderthal. May be unintentionally funny, but remember that laughter can also a response to fear.

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High-pitched voice theory - Neanderthal - BBC science

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Resurfaced Trauma, Primal in Civilized Setting

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Resurfaced Trauma, Primal in Civilized Setting

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The uncanny brings back childhood pain and reveals what drives characters, what actions they'll take to

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The Silence of the Lambs (9/12) Movie CLIP - Screaming Lambs (1991) HD

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SPOILERS FOR 2019 FILM, US.

Wonderful examples of the uncanny, all throughout the film!

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Us 2019 Movie Young Red Switch Adelaide HD

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His movement & the camera work also create unease throughout a wonderfully horrific scene.

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IT - Pennywise Dance and The Dead Lights

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Gollum & Sméagol fight for control of one body.

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LOTR The Two Towers - Gollum and Sméagol

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Return of the Primitive/Animation of Movement

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Return of the Primitive/Animation of Movement

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The uncanny doubling of primates.

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Planet of the Apes' Actors Get Movement Training | The New York Times

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Cole evokes some childhood trauma of his teacher in this scene from The Sixth Sense.

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Impressions & mimicry are uncanny, despite how funny or light-hearted they might be.

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When Someone Asks Where I'm From #shorts

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Where do you think I'm from? Don't forget to like and subscribe :) Follow me on TikTok, Instagram, & Twitter @mare_kell for more! Thanks for watching ❤️ ❤️ ⭐...

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Breaking the 4th wall is always uncanny. Here, DOUBLY so!

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Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World. Do you find this piece unsettling?

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Grant Wood's famous American Gothic. Look for the pitchfork motif & ask yourself, why is that repeated.

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The internet's favorite "uncanny" (beyond the valley) aesthetic.

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Anyone who has been alive long enough is likely wise to the fact that most of life is lived in shades of grey. In fact, for every black-or-white fact or situation, there is vastly more ambiguity or uncertainty to be found and experienced. Perhaps this truth is why liminal spaces have touched a nerve on collective society over time, but especially in recent years.

Not familiar with the term? "Liminal" comes from the Latin word limen, which means threshold.

Liminal spaces in the physical sense are those places that "occupy the spaces between," says Tara Ogle, director of architecture for Page & Turnbull. This can include boundary zones, she says, like the areas between indoor and outdoor, public and private, or even simply here and there. "They are transient spaces created for movement from one place to another - lobbies, hallways and thresholds at a building scale," she explains via email.

Liminal spaces can also refer to emotional "places" a person might experience during a transitional period, at the threshold of either side of a life experience. Such a liminal space can be individualistic in nature, like a woman who isn't sure whether or not she wants a divorce, or fully global, like the COVID-19 pandemic.

University of Missouri professor Dr. Timothy Carson, who teaches liminal studies, refers to the pandemic as an "involuntary social liminality, a time/space that was full of uncertainty and ambiguity, all the landmarks gone, the future undefined." During this and similar situations, "disorientation reigns," he says. It's an all-too familiar feeling for many people. "Most of the people I explain liminality to end up saying, 'Ah! That's what I've been in! I just didn't have words for it!'" Carson says.

However, the fluid definition of liminal spaces has expanded recently to include empty spots, like abandoned shopping malls, corridors and waiting rooms. "These are spaces that are liminal in a temporal way, that occupy a space between use and disuse, past and present, transitioning from one identity to another," Ogle explains. Although both definitions of the term are applicable, she says that the latter is "particularly salient" right now, as "we are standing on a threshold between how we lived previously and new ways of living, working and occupying space."

Actual, tangible liminal spaces are not difficult to find, since stairwells, doorways and hallways are pretty much everywhere. That's because, much like emotional liminal spaces, the physical ones are transitional areas. These physical spaces are usually functional and not aesthetically pleasing. Yet they may evoke emotions in us.

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Why Do Liminal Spaces Feel So Unsettling, Yet So Familiar?

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Liminal spaces, like empty corridors or abandoned malls, can seem eerie and mysterious, yet compelling. Why do they have that effect on us?

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Foreignness of One’s Own Body/Animation of Movement

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Foreignness of One’s Own Body/Animation of Movement

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This scene is a clear allusion/doubling of the Duck Soup scene posted below.

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Foreignness of One’s Own Body/Animation of Movement

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Foreignness of One’s Own Body/Animation of Movement

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This classic "mirror" scene touches on the importance of movement & puppetry to doubling and foreignness.

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The Mirror Scene - Duck Soup (7/10) Movie CLIP (1933) HD

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Yue Minjun - The Luncheon on the Grass, 1995

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See how visual artists have been using repetition for centuries!

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Repetition in Art - To Be Exactly the Same Over and Over Again | Widewalls

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Ever wondered why artists turn to repetition in art and what is hidden behind the constant, mesmerizing reoccurrence of elements in artworks? Read on.

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Here are my bulleted notes on the Uncanny.

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Here are the slides from my lecture.

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Here's a great breakdown of the uncanny for review!

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OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What is the Uncanny?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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The cake isn't a lie, everything else is.

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Cake: The Movie. Coming this Fall. #cake #serve #VibeZone #movie

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@danbanbam
Cake: The Movie. Coming this Fall. #cake #serve #VibeZone #movie
♬ original sound - danbanbam

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Uncanny movement of ghost (wait for it!)

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A robot that learns from its own performance.

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Utterance robot finally got the same voice as humans

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Nonsense syllables written to "resemble" the English language for an Italian audience. Does it slap? Is it a bop?

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The Nightly Rundown with Al Powers | AI Late Night Comedy

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CURSED HEIDI | AI-generated movie trailer