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PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags film & culture

20 November 2006

Notes on The Gaze

Daniel Chandler's overview of the use of an important concept in media theory

Welcome to Transparency

by 1 other
"interprets and critiques movies and television, news and political rhetoric, theme parks and advertising, computer games and the Internet, and other creations of contemporary culture"

Design Observer: writings about design & culture

by 1 other
very well written blog; as I have commented before, knowing about space and place is crucial for thoughtful mediamakers

Aesthetics and Visual Culture

extensive links page, from a philosophy disciplinary perspective; updated Aug. 06

MRQE - Movie Review Query Engine

by 1 other
perhaps an improvement over Rotten Tomatoes, also gives links to blogs that dealt with a given film; worth a try

19 November 2006

Code Z: Black Visual Culture Now

many categories, including fine art, design, fashion, film, architecture, publishing, digital media, public policy; attractively designed site, starting Aug. 06

18 November 2006

EServer.org: Accessible Writing

by 3 others
large collection of academic essays; "such diverse topics as art, architecture, race, Internet studies, sexuality, drama, design, multimedia, and current social issues. Also hypertext and streaming audio and video recordings."

Communication Studies Resources: The University of Iowa

one of the largest set of links, updated regularly, to all aspects of communication; many political themes; a wide range of disciplinary approaches included; highly recommended

Early Visual Media

by 1 other
pre-cinema, early photography, early film, early television; lots of visual examples and explanations

Dave Harris and Colleagues

large collection of work, lectures, course materials in media studies, leisure studies, sociology

16 November 2006

15 November 2006

Senses of Cinema

one of the best online film journals; exhaustive and regularly updated links page

Video History Project: Resources - Collections & Distribution Links

documents video art and community television, as it evolved in rural and urban New York State, and across the US

13 November 2006

cin-o-matic

by 2 others
in an easily scannable, filterable, and sortable format, users are quickly able to see what movies may interest them

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

Literary Theory. Literary Criticism

very large site, also contains links for art and film, among other things, lots of branching possiblities

Владимир Гвоздев и gvozdariki

by 1 other
check out witty animations from a Russian animator, simple, elegant

dream

tranquil animation with zen spirit; again, worth exploring narratives with a whole different time sense and way of making a point

Thich Nhat Hahn

many links to this philosopher's writings on the web

Newest Webcams

by 12 others
random live webcams from the net, a new kind of documentary media, mostly surveillance

ArtandCulture

information on the visual arts, performing arts, design, literature, music and film; short entries on major figures