27 November 2006
26 November 2006
media teacher's home page, lots of resouces, links pages
"news and journalism, film, TV, media policy, media reform activism, philosophy and social theory, urban history, contemporary American politics--\perspective informed by media history, political economy and social and cultural theory."
22 November 2006
ArtLex on New Media
entry in big art site has many links and hypertext connections to trace out; useful
DIGITALSOULS.COM - new media art | philosophy | culture
"one of the longest continuously running online galleries and e-zines dedicated to new media art, digital culture and philosophy; contributions by international artists and writers including Brian Eno, Yoko Ono, John Berger, Sean Cubitt, Susan Sontag..."
20 November 2006
Theories of Internet Culture and Internet Textuality by Janez Strehovec, Ph.D.
useful and intriguingly designed website, with resources such as essays, links, keywords and definitions pages
19 November 2006
Cabinet Magazine Online -
a quarterly journal of art, design, culture; partly playful, some art, some scholarly essays; good mix of specific reviews and overviews
18 November 2006
16 November 2006
Visual Studies Fine Arts Videos 2002-2003
advanced students' video projects online, from Univ of Toronto
14 November 2006
Word Circuits
"This is a place for poetry and fiction born to pixels rather than the page--writing that's digital down to its bones." An excellent resource with both online poetry, often Flash poetry, and other links.
Low Probability of Racoons - Hypertext and Flash animated poems
uses the duration of video to make kinetic poetry that has a narrative in the words and beyond them; nice example for students of simple form with complex effects
The Dead - Billy Collins Animated Poem
video by Juan Delcan; model for students about good uses of new form of production and exhibition
12 November 2006
'The Science Of Ghosts' - Derrida In 'Ghost Dance' (1983)
Derrida plays himself in 1983 film about concepts of memory; he says he is here a ghost in the art of ghosts, cinema. Many clips from this film found here
11 November 2006
ArtandCulture
information on the visual arts, performing arts, design, literature, music and film; short entries on major figures
benditonontze.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)
a fascinating narrative flash animation, perhaps a metaphor about war in our times
07 November 2006
SF Gate: Sex trafficking from South Korea to US
During their trip to South Korea, Chronicle reporter Meredith May and staff photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice found that while the public sex industry has slowed, parts of the business has gone underground and is still alive and well. Audio/slideshow in 4 p
06 November 2006
Multimedia - From Wagner to Virtual Reality
attractive web site dealing with concepts, pioneers, images, theory
Furtherfield Links
extensive set of links to digital art projects, grouped by themes and types
Cambridge in Colour - Digital Photography Tutorials
useful how-to information, broken down into phases
Photoethnography.com
links to courses compiled by Karen Nakamura, who notes that most courses in Visual Anthropology teach visual analysis and not visual production
Teaching Art in the Context of Everyday Life
a useful essay for all production teachers who want students to see the world around them anew

