October 2006
lecturelinks of Mary Klages
by jlesage
extensive lecture notes on major cultural figures and critical concepts for course Modern Critical Thought
syllabus05: Visual Studies and Visual Culture
by jlesage
follow up on the links to his slide shows, with images from history of art; also links to online materials of interest
Sleepy City | urban photography
by jlesage & 1 other
photographically deconstructing the urban environment
TDR: "'You are here': the DNA of Performance"
by jlesage
essay by Diana Taylor about how traumatic events may be represented and possibly transmitted to those who did not experience them
graphic illustration of data about US
by jlesage & 2 others
I learned new search terms for visualization: infosthetics or infoviz.
architechtural, music, media blog
by jlesage & 2 others
well written; of use to media people, especially for mise en scene, ways of attending to space
Audio slide show: Bluegrass music's man of steel
by jlesage
example of how to incorporate personal history, music, and slides in portrait of dobro player and singer; also shows effectiveness of short, under three minute, audio slide show documentaries.
screenonline
by jlesage & 1 other
"Screen" is the British Film Institute's major journal; here look at film and television headings for many short articles and resources about UK film/tv
Haraway_CyborgManifesto.html
by jlesage & 1 other
full text of famous essay in feminist Internet theory
critcrim.org
by jlesage
Essay summarizing differences between modernist and postmodernist thought, useful for grad students, those who want to catch up quickly.
Memory in Science: Index & Bibliography - John Sutton
by jlesage
2001, will be updated. Many links in the "social memory" section to memory and film
The Kitchen - Essays
by jlesage
"SELECTION OF ESSAYS AND PUBLICATIONS RELEVANT TO ART, CRAFT AND POLITICS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF VIDEO"
A Rape in Cyberspace By Julian Dibbell
by jlesage
1993, complete text of essay delineating important event in Internet history
September 2006
IDEA Photographic | After Modernism
by jlesage
a useful and attractive comparison of modernist and postmodernist photography, with explanations and thematic organizations
August 2006
Mute magazine - Culture and politics after the net
by jlesage
interesting left theory online journal--"exploring culture and politics after the net"
July 2006
Local Projects
by jlesage
designers of the installations for many important storytelling projects, most notably the StoryCorps booth; "an award-winning design studio that seeks to tell stories in public spaces, museums, and over the internet, often simultaneously."
Home-Maker // Jeanie Finlay
by jlesage
The housebound talk about artefacts collected over a lifetime that represent memories. The panoramic format echoes their enclosed worlds.
