Samuel Delany (previously) is one of science fiction’s titans, a pioneer who was the first openly gay writer in the field, as well as one of the first Black science fiction writers to attain prominence.
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Tag: film theory
Hacker puppets explain how camera angles shape our perception
Gus the hacker puppeteer (previously) writes, “Since The Media Show began, people have been asking us, ‘What do hacking, digital literacy, and media literacy have to do with each other? I don’t see the connection.'”
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Everything Tarantino is a remix
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In the vein of Everything is a Remix, this short film catalogs a non-exhaustive list of Tarantino’s easter eggs/film-nerd love-notes/homages in his films.
Robot gaze: what are the aesthetics of computer vision systems?
Timo’s video “Robot readable world” is made up of stitched-together found footage from computer vision systems, “exploring the aesthetics of the robot eye.” It was inspired by Matt Jones’s essay The Robot-Readable World, and it reminds me Laura Mulvey’s idea of the Male Gaze.