IDEAS, ARTISTS, ISSUES

Catherine Lupton Interview

August 22nd, 2007 by Johanna Linsley

Conversation with Catherine Lupton, author of the comprehensive and indispensable Chris Marker: Memories of the Future. Interview by Johanna Linsley with Jesse Shapins

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DVBlog

June 16th, 2007 by Johanna Linsley

Really nice posting from the great site DVBlog about some short animations we made on a Whiteboard a while back. They write: “Hmm..this might be controversial but it strikes me that Union Docs, an NYC based documentary arts collaborative, are flirting with something one might...

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Tape

April 5th, 2007 by Johanna Linsley

Just to include in the ‘thoughts on documents’ folder: a really good audio recording of Beckett‘s Krapp’s Last Tape. A super emotional performance full of a bitter and complicated, even defensive, hope. If the impulse to leave a mark can be a trap, it can also lead to...

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Philosophy Blogging

March 23rd, 2007 by Jesse Shapins

In a conversation last night with Christopher, we posed the question, “who are the major philosophers today?” Somehow, I feel, this has always been a question of mine, as it seems that despite the passing of large chunks of time the main figures in discussion remain the same. In...

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Mediology

March 1st, 2007 by Jesse Shapins

In beginning preliminary research into a possible critical companion to the “I v US” project currently in the works, I found the website of Martin Irvine. Irvine is the Founding Director of the Communication, Culture and Technology Program at Georgetown and appears to be developing...

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