In our Media + Materiality seminar this semester we started off by learning about our foil: theories of immateriality. We looked at work from physics,
Read moreVideos from the Non-Human Turn Conference
Several of you have expressed interest in object-oriented ontology, actor-network theory, post-human theory, and related theoretical models that ascribe agency to non-human actors. Right now
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Your final projects are due Monday, May 7. Please share the link to your project in the comments, below!
Read moreThe Final Pitch
Don Shows You How to do Pathos. Mad Men ´The Carousel´ from Emilio on Vimeo. We’re presenting our final projects on May 7 and May
Read moreComparative Modernisms, Medialities, Modernities Conference @ NYU, May 4-5
…ncluding a Saturday afternoon panel that’s likely of particular interest to us: 2:00 – 3:45 New Media and Literary Theory Lydia Liu (Columbia University) McKenzie
Read moreObjects of Affection Conference @ Princeton, May 4-6
OBJECTS OF AFFECTION: TOWARDS A MATERIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS May 4-6, 2012 Princeton University 219 Aaron Burr Hall In the first issue of the journal Veshch-Objet-Gegenstand, which
Read moreInstagram & the Photographic Object
…you take your pristine high-tech photo and damage it, messing up its tonal balance, vignetting it, discoloring it. Why would anyone want to do that?
Read moreReading the Invisible Text
via “The Case of the Blind Woman and Her Invisible Manuscript,” New York Times (April 15, 2012). When she went blind as a result of
Read moreUNBOUND: Speculations on the Future of the Book @ MIT, May 3-4
UNBOUND: Speculations on the Future of the Book MIT May 3-4, 2012 This symposium explores the future potential of the book by engaging practitioners and
Read moreSignificant [Vintage] Objects
[via Studio360] It all started with a broken coffee cup. “It was a totally meaningless thing,” remembers Rob Walker, “but it happened to be a
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