TST 1/26/23 - Skidamarink Skinamarink w. Robin Punsalan

A new movie called Skinamarink features two children who awaken trapped in a changing house with no parents. A mysterious voice soon begins speaking to Kevin and Kaylee, threatening them with demands that they commit acts of self-harm - such as stabbing their own eye. The movie itself is a metaphor for child abuse; missing guardians, a house that should be safe, and both physical and psychological harm. The title of the movie comes from the name of a seemingly random nursery rhyme about ‘love’. That song is called Skidamarink, a name that is essentially nonsense. The theme here is a reminder of Momo, a disturbing image and voice that would appear on social media telling young people to commit self harm, kill a pet, etc., or worse things would happen. It is also the basis of ‘7 Swans a Singin’, the tenth episode of the television show ‘Evil’. In that episode a girl named Malindaz makes a deal with the proverbial devil for followers on social media. In exchange He puts a background track into her ‘Malindaz Challenge’ video, wherein completion of the video is supposed to make one go insane. The song edited into the background is called ‘pudsy’s christmas’, a catchy toon about how Santa Clause got high. Deeper auditory analysis reveals, however, that in the background of that song, at only a frequency range audible to those younger than 16, is a distorted voice and message repeatedly telling kids to commit suicide: “across for attention, down for results.” Interestingly, the director of Skinamarink is named Kyle Ball, another synchro-mystical connection to Balenciaga, which not only used children in their torture/bondage/sex/drug/alcohol-infused advertising, but spelled their name BAALenciaga in one picture, likely a references to the demon Baal. Other disturbing images of cannibalism, child sacrifice, and bodily dismemberment were present in the promoted work of a fellow artist of Baalenciaga named Michaël Borremans. Now images are circulating the internet of Betsy Schneider’s work, whose nude child in a plastic bin, was a center piece of the celebrity Jamie Lee Curtis. And what about the Podesta’s obsession with child-themed art or Jeffrey Epstein? Why are so many powerful people interested in this particular theme and why does it seem to permeate everywhere? Professional artist, oil painter, and illustrator, Robin Punsalan, joins us for part of the conversation. TWITTER: @RPunsalanArtBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tst-radio--5328407/support.