When I started as a photographer, there was magic. A moment after putting the piece of paper in the dish and gently agitating the clear liquid over its surface an image gradually appeared. If all went well, the blacks deepened while the whites remained clear and the greys neatly spaces out between. If not I …
Author Archives: praxis
A new apparatus
So, now my upgrade is behind me, I can unveil the latest olympic arcades scopic apparatus, here. As you probably know by now, my practice-research is built around imagining, creating and using there ‘scopic apparatuses’ that work with, against or outside the jpeg protocol. This latest one is designed to work with jpeg, in fact …
So what…
So what… What critical value does an object-oriented philosophy add to our understanding of media, the Internet and contemporary relations of power? I am arguing that an object-oriented approach allows us to see software, imaging and networks in a new and useful way, a way focused on objects not wider fields of power, relationality, potentiality …
Tweets for the week :: 2011-06-19
The Internationale Daily is out! ▸ Top stories today via @shaviro @berrydm # Just read Alan Bennett's Uncommon Reader. Thanks Bird. Treat yourself. http://t.co/YC3cowX # The #birkbeckmedia Daily is out! ▸ Top stories today via @toros46 # One for you @juspar “Insect emotions: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/06/honeybee-pessimism”/ /via @shaviro # RT @GuidoFawkes: “Guardian Media Group CEO admits could …
Belay: 18 June 2011 (upgrade)
For those of you not in the PhD industry, a bit of explanation. When you register for a PhD programme it is normal to be registered as an MPhil student and then half way through your supposedly three year programme, your supervisors conduct a sort of mini-viva exam where they decide whether a) you’ve been …
Tweets for the week :: 2011-06-12
The Internationale Daily is out! ▸ Top stories today via @internationale # Beautiful interface magic http://on.mash.to/lQyltZ # http://on.mash.to/mfSqI6 gonna be a world of flat screen TVs and ereaders. 1 zettabyte's worth #birkbeckmedia # Software scopic regimes? Reading the book but extract here #birkbeckmedia # The #birkbeckmedia Daily is out! # The Internationale Daily is out! …