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Class 5: Alternative microcosms
Watch: Synecdoche, New York (Kaufman, 2008) My next screening has less to do with technology and more to do with alternative realities and ties up my unit on simulated realities, and representations. I felt that during later parts of Synecdoche, New York (2008) the multitude of actors existing in the same space, but playing people that are in the same room was a good representation of the avatars created in Surrogates and A.I.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestOne email per week with the tracks worth your time. No spam, no Coldplay. -
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Merry Christmas from Little Boots
Read more . . . →Little Boots records a special merry christmas song. I love how she made a Christmas video specially for the Internet. Awww
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Class 4: Simulated Realities
While I personally feel that cyberpunk is a very interesting genre because of its depictions of humans interacting with virtual spaces, the only cyberpunk film that I included in my syllabus was the Spanish film Sleep Dealer (2009). ... Digitextuality is an amalgam of this concept, fused with the understanding that digital media is breaking off from traditional media, and new media is being constructed and used in different ways than traditional media was.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestWhat you missed this week, minus the corporate emo. -
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Class 3: Simulated People
5 Dec 2009. <http://www.ted.com/talks/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you.html>. **very cool 5 min clip** Continuing with the theme of simulation by technology I decided to show Spielberg’s A.I. ... While both readings appear in the same anthology, the Clarke reading does a good job of looking at the development of talking head machines, dating back as far as the 1830s.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict. -
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Best Mash-UP of 2009, Easily
Read more . . . →This has got to be the most amazing mashup of video and music, and poetry; total art. Remixed and Revived By: Phil RetroSpector - A Thousand Secrets Download the mp3 of this song free!.
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Class 2: Avatars and Simulacrum 2
My second week’s film is a recent sci-fi film that borrows many elements from classic science fiction films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). ... Henry Jenkins often writes about how films create worlds that can then be broken down and used by fans within fan culture or even borrowed by other filmmakers.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogIf you wear this and someone hugs you, that's a real friend. -
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Class 1: Avatars and Simulacrum 1
I felt that this might be an important study to read because it looks directly at the way technology is able to substitute for a first impressions via social media. ... While the material in the article doesn’t teach anything directly related to media studies I think it shows how other disciplines are taking note of the importance of these imaginary “cyber-social-spaces.”Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogLooks like Helvetica. Sounds like a closing argument. -
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Laser Synth!
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Paradigm Parlance: Breached Boundries and Twisted Metaphors
She uses this heart-wrenching and emotional moment as a springboard to explore greater questions such as the role of motherhood in a technologically mediated infancy and the relationship between mother-daughter once technology takes the role of mother for medical, or other purposes. ... I only need to point to the definition of cyborg on the post a little bit below to reiterate that a cyborg is one who has their "physical abilities extended beyond normal human limitations by mechanical elements built into the body."Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogWhat if your laundry was also a personality? -
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Ableton Live by 11 year old
Read more . . . →Having some problems hooking up your Ableton Live rig together? Take a lesson from this 11 year old who picked up his brothers Ableton rig and taught himself to do this in 30 minutes: This video just speaks to the easy concept within Ableton. It is not necessary to be a computer scientist to operate this software (although if you are . . Max for Live offers some wicked coding opportunities!). You can be a musician, and in fact the session view speaks to this side of the brain very intuitively. This kid was able to pick up his brothers...
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