How To Go Viral

Richard Clay, art historian and expert on semiotics and iconoclasm and the interplay between new technology and shifts in meaning, compares and contrasts cultural symbols from across the centuries, unpicking iconic images, music, and other cultural outputs to explain where ‘stickiness’ comes from.

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New Nightmare

New Nightmare

1994

The Glass Canvas

The Glass Canvas

2023

Rapid Eye Movements

Rapid Eye Movements

1977

Negative Two

Negative Two

2019

Struwwelerror

Struwwelerror

2020

Anteojito and Antifaz, A Thousand Attempts and One Invention

Anteojito and Antifaz, A Thousand Attempts and One Invention

1972

Invention of Trust

Invention of Trust

2016

The Goddamn George Liquor Program

The Goddamn George Liquor Program

1997

Circus Kane

Circus Kane

2017

For You

2023

Confessions of an Action Star

Confessions of an Action Star

2005

Flesh Dream

Flesh Dream

2019

Love Stalk

Love Stalk

2016

Cam2Cam

Cam2Cam

2014

Blue Crush Angels

Blue Crush Angels

2024

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

The Seat Filler

The Seat Filler

2004

Noriko's Dinner Table

Noriko's Dinner Table

2005

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

1985

iDiots

iDiots

2013