Course Site for Future Cinema 1 (and sometimes Future Cinema 2: Applied Theory) at York University, Canada
Hi all,
I really appreciated all the careful comments and questions. I echo Lee’s statement that critique doesn’t necessarily mean pessimism or a lack of enthusiasm. These technologies are not going to go away, and I think a critical engagement, while also being giddy about their potentials, is essential.
Looking forward to this week’s class! Here are [...]
Tue, October 16 2018 » Future Cinema, Web 2.0, scary, software, surveillance » No Comments
Wed, December 6 2017 » assignments, augmented reality, emerging technologies, games, narrative, scary, student work, surveillance » No Comments
From Excommunication: Three Inquiries in Media and Mediation (2013) by Alexander R. Galloway, Eugene Thacker, and McKenzie Wark…
Whereas haunted media expressed the mediation of the supernatural in positive terms, with weird media mediation only indicates a gulf or abyss between two ontological orders. Sometimes the supernatural is present but not apparent (e.g., an invisible creature [...]
Wed, November 29 2017 » books, scary » No Comments
I thought that this might be of interest to the class. Highly recommended! For a sample of his work, check out his Jawa video The Game.
Necropolis is an immersive video and new media installation. It realizes the translation of over a decade of ethereal video experiments and theorizations into a real world, tactile audience [...]
Tue, February 7 2012 » digital cinema, scary, screen technologies » 2 Comments
Geoff’s feducial doll made me think about the tenancy for artists to create animal/human hybrid forms. Geoff said that his doll was to be calming, and I tend to agree with (I think it was) Caitlin who said that it left a sort of unsettled feeling. Please follow the following link to see dolls created [...]
Tue, March 11 2008 » Future Cinema 2, scary » No Comments
Just something interesting to kick off reading week… BBC NEWS | Technology | Holographic displays step closer
Sun, February 10 2008 » articles of interest, augmented reality, emerging technologies, projects, scary, screen technologies, virtual reality » No Comments
The screen I was interested in manufacturing would attempt to facilitate a controlled sensory deprivation for the viewer and promote an internalized screening process. The immediate surroundings of the viewer would be a coffin like structure or a water tank filled with either sand or water [...]
Sun, January 20 2008 » Future Cinema 2, art+science labs, assignments, augmented reality, emerging technologies, scary, screen assignment, synaesthesia » 1 Comment