On Technology and New Literacies, with science and technology journalist Clive Thompson

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a podcast about how the culture we produce shapes media and how that goes both ways.

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#WeMakeMedia Season 2: On New and Digital Literacies

Episode 1

In this episode I speak with science and technology journalist Clive Thompson about the affordances new technologies offer communicators, how science has been fighting to keep literacy visual since the advent of the Gutenberg press, and the importance of a formal K-12 education in all of it.

Clive Thompson is a journalist who writes about science and technology, a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and a monthly columnist for Wired magazine. He also write a periodic column about the history of technology for Smithsonian magazine.

He is the author of Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better and Coders: Who They Are, What They Think and How They Are Changing Our World. He is also a musician in the bluegrass group, The Delorean Sisters.

Clive on twitter : @pomeranian99

To learn more about Clive’s work: www.clivethompson.net


Show notes:

Written by Clive Thompson

Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better, Clive Thompson

Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World, Clive Thompson

On Gutenberg press - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press

Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon, by Robert Hooke - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrographia

Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereus_Nuncius

https://www.amazon.ca/Sidereus-Nuncius-Sidereal-Messenger-Galileo/dp/022632009X

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#WeMakeMedia - Season 1 - Trailer - On Making Art in the Age of the Internet
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#WeMakeMedia

a podcast about how the culture we produce shapes media and how that goes both ways.

In this first series, I talk with new media artists about the experiences making art in the age of the internet.

1. Digital Art and Social Media, with Lorie Berberian, Keiona Broderick, Fatma Jadoon and Abigail MacBean

2. Mashups, Media Platforms, and Live Audiences, with Mike Relm

3. Cosplay and Performing for Cameras, with Maya Ben David

4. GIF Making and Collaborations of all Kinds, with James Kerr

5. Afrofuturism and Monumentalizing Black Presence, with Quentin Vercetty

6. Kinetic Sculpture and Augmented Reality, Jenn E Norton

7. Art Apps and Capitalism, with SpekWork Studio and Tough Guy Mountain

8. New Media and Digital Economies, with Jeremy Bailey

Please note: these episodes are shown in reverse order on this page, to listen starting with episode one, scroll to the bottom of this page or listen on Spotify, Apple podcast or Google Play.

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New Media and Digital Economies, with Jeremy Bailey

#WeMakeMedia

a podcast about how the culture we produce shapes media and how that goes both ways.

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#WeMakeMedia Season 1: making art in the age of the internet

Episode 8

In this episode, I talk with famous new media artist Jeremy Bailey about what CEOs and artists have in common, using SEO hacks as a self-fulfilling prophecy for success and why your first solo show in a big art institution will probably conflict with your values.

Jeremy Bailey - jeremybailey.net/

Good Point podcast - goodpointpodcast.com

Jeremy on social media - @jeremybailey

Jeremy Bailey is a Toronto-based self-proclaimed “Famous New Media Artist” and Head of Experience at FreshBooks. Bailey believes that technology done right empowers us all to be famous. Bailey is represented by Pari Nadimi Gallery in Toronto.

Art Apps and Capitalism , with SpekWork Studio and Tough Guy Mountain

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#WeMakeMedia Season 1: making art in the age of the internet

Episode 7

In this episode, I talk with Jonathan Carroll and Cat Bluemke of SpekWork Studio along with their Tough Guy Mountain performance collective member Iain Soder. We talk about how and why to make apps for art going audiences, how precarious employment isn’t just for artists anymore and how capitalism killed the brand-potential of Art.

SpekWork - spek.work/

Tough Guy Mountain - toughguymountain.com/

SpekWork on Instagram - @spekwork

Tough Guy Mountain on Instagram - @toughguymountain

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SpekWork’s podcast art/work/play

SpekWork is a studio exploring new political narratives through game design. SpekWork is a collaborative effort of Cat Bluemke, Ben McCarthy, and Jonathan Carroll, post-secondary instructors teaching from the intersections of art, labour, and emerging technologies. SpekWork develops games as immersive critical commentary, taking fundamental research in perception to be the foundation of emergent ideology. Their work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as at venues such as Kunsternes Hus (Norway), the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale, and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago).

Tough Guy Mountain is a Toronto-based art collective making interactive performance art about unpaid internships. Working together since 2012, they have created video games, musical theatre, and gallery exhibits in which audiences explore a fantasy world of corporate serfdom. The collective has exhibited their work and performed across Canada and the United States.

They can be contacted at toughguymountain (at) gmail.com

Collaborators and contributors

Chris Walker

Carmen Winther
Claire Wright

Lido Pimienta

Stacie Ant

Mohammad Rezaei

Katie Switzer

Franco Arcieri

Theresa Hopkins

Devin O’Brien 

Jean-Luc Lindsay

Maddy Matthews

Michelle Cieloszczyk

Joy Xiang

Halloway Jones

Thomas Kim

Iain Soder

Jonathan Carroll

Cat Bluemke

Sam Roberts

Cale Weir 

Atleigh Homma 

Jessica Brown

William Kasurak

Liz Johnston

Alisson Escobar

Inez Genereux

Sabine Spare

Chloe Sullivan

Ben McCarthy

Sophia Katz

Rory MacLellan


Show notes:

I have failed to complete my show notes mission for this episode :( Will complete them once vortex in time opens up providing me the time to do so! Apologies !

Kinetic Sculpture and Augmented Reality, with Jenn E Norton

#WeMakeMedia

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Episode 6

In this episode, I talk with Jenn E Norton about kinetic sculpture, how the least experienced creators shape emerging technologies and how the artworld feels about moms.

Jenn E Norton - www.jennenorton.com

Jenn on Instagram - @jenn_e_norton

Jenn E Norton is an interdisciplinary artist whose installation work explores the blurring boundaries of virtual and physical realms. Norton’s recent multimedia installations and augmented reality apps have drawn upon the works of inventive women whose scientific and cultural contributions were overlooked or misattributed to their male colleagues. She currently resides in Guelph, Ontario, and is pursuing a PhD at York University.


SHOW NOTES:

https://kwag.ca/content/jenn-e-norton-slipstream-0

https://novavision.com/stereoscopic-vision-how-does-it-work/

3D Stereoscopic Photography -https://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Stereoscopic-Photography/

Tesseracts - https://www.jennenorton.com/tesseract

Optoma 3D Projector - https://www.optoma.com/us/projector-technology/3d/#

Las Meninas painting - https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_meninas

VR Installation of Crossing U.S.-Mexico Border Comes to Nation’s Capital - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/virtual-reality-experience-crossing-us-mexico-border-opens-washington-dc-180968610/

Steve mann blockig things with AR - Augmented Reality wand built by Steve Mann in the 1970s - http://wearcam.org/surveillancestudy-36exposures/

Siphonophora - https://www.jennenorton.com/siphonophora

A Very Nervous System - http://www.davidrokeby.com/vns.html

The Ethics of Realism in Virtual and Augmented Reality - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2020.00001/full

Real Virtuality: A Code of Ethical Conduct. Recommendations for Good Scientific Practice and the Consumers of VR-Technology - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2016.00003/full

Critical Role of the Artist in Advancing Augmented Reality - https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/articles/the-critical-role-of-artists-in-advancing-augmented-reality/

Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics by Jennifer Ouellette - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/276057.Black_Bodies_and_Quantum_Cats

Lean Touch - https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/input-management/lean-touch-30111

Unity software - https://unity.com/

How Virtual Reality Is Changing the Way the UN Thinks - https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/ez53ee/virtual-reality-unvr-refugees

Jerri Ellsworth of Tilt5 on The AR Show podcast - https://www.thearshow.com/podcast/076a-jeri-ellsworth-part-1

Afrofuturism and Monumentalizing Black Presence, with Quentin VerCetty

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Episode 5

In this episode, I talk with Afrofuturist Quentin VerCetty about making techno-fossils and augmented reality monuments that mark the presence of Black people across the Canadian landscape as well as space and time.

Quentin Vercetty - www.vercetty.com

Quentin on Instagram - @keepgrowingq

Currently based in Quebec, Canada, Quentin VerCetty is an award winning visual storyteller, art educator and graduate of OCAD University. His work uses speculative narratives like Afrofuturism to address issues of representation, immigration, decolonization, and the lack of (what he calls) PDAA (Public display of Appreciation for Africa(ns). Quentin has featured work on every continent in places like Mexico, Haiti, Peru, Australia, United Arab Empire and Germany to name a few. His passion for artivism, using art as a tool for social change, lead to starting the Canadian chapter of the Black Speculative Arts Movement (BSAMCanada) in Toronto, 2016 and has since then continue to spread it across the nation. Through his work he hopes to engage minds and inspire hearts to help to make the world a better place not only for today but for many tomorrows to come.


SHOW NOTES:

Quentin Vercetty - https://www.vercetty.com/

What is Afrofuturism and how can it change the world? By Sadof Alexander - https://www.one.org/us/blog/afrofuturism-change-the-world/

What is Kimetic Yoga - https://www.kemeticyoga.com/what-is-kemetic-yoga

Artivism - KRS1 - monologues / education /April 9, 2017

https://artivist.co.nz/subrosa/2017/4/9/krs1-monologues-education

Iconoclast: Dave Chappelle + Maya Angelou [Full Episode] - https://youtu.be/okc6COsgzoE

Winston Churchill - Churchill Stirs Controversy in Toronto https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/churchill-bulletin/bulletin-073-jul-2014/churchill-statue-controversy-toronto/

Cornwallis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Edward_Cornwallis

Jon A McDonald - John A. Macdonald statue removed from Victoria City Hall to cheers and jeers - https://globalnews.ca/news/4382987/john-a-macdonald-statue-victoria/

Thanos - wikipedia page

https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Thanos

Avengers: Endgame - trailer - https://youtu.be/TcMBFSGVi1c

Monument Lab Transnational Fellows - https://monumentlab.com/bulletin/announcing-the-2020-monument-lab-transnational-fellows

Mathieu Da Costa

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mathieu-da-costa

https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/the-first-person-of-african-heritage-to-arrive-in-canada

Rastafarian term “grounding” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari#Grounding

Saint Mathieu Street in Montreal - https://imtl.org/montreal/rue_montreal.php?rue=Saint-Mathieu

Joshua Glover - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Glover

Request for Proposals: Memorial to Joshua Glover Permanent Public Art, City of Toronto - https://akimbo.ca/listings/request-for-proposals-memorial-to-joshua-glover-permanent-public-art-city-of-toronto/

The Honourable Jean Augustine, P.C., C.M., O.Ont, C.B.E.

http://www.jeanaugustine.ca/jean-augustine-bio/

New Monuments for New Cities Public Art Tour with Sally Han – June 18 - An ongoing series of onsite tours exploring selected works in the public art exhibition, New Monuments for New Cities - https://www.thebentway.ca/event/monuments-for-new-cities-public-art-tour-june-18/

History of the Gadner express way and Frederick Gardner - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardiner_Expressway

Marie-Joseph Angélique - https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marie-joseph-angelique

Unreal Engine software - https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/

Cinema 4D - https://www.maxon.net/en-us/products/cinema-4d/overview/

Z-brush - https://zbrushcore.com/

3D scanning structure sensor - https://structure.io/

linda.com - https://www.lynda.com/

PPI vs. DPI: what’s the difference?

Pixels per inch vs dot per inch - https://99designs.ca/blog/tips/ppi-vs-dpi-whats-the-difference/

Deviant art

Sketchfab - https://sketchfab.com/

Sun Ra- http://www.sunraarkestra.com/

German Influence on the Scholarship of W. E. B. DuBois - https://www.jstor.org/stable/273098?seq=1

W.E.B. Dubois’ Afrofuturistic short story ‘The Comet’ withstands the test of time -

https://blackgirlnerds.com/web-dubois-afrofuturistic-the-comet-withstands-time/

GIF Making and Collaborations of all Kinds, with James Kerr

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Episode 4

In this episode, I talk with animator James Kerr about getting the most out of your personal archives, how to use social media to collaborate with your favourite artists and the GIF-Renaissance happening around the time of his Scorpion Dagger project.

James on Instagram @scorpiondagger

Scorpion Dagger


SHOW NOTES:

Giotto di Bondone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giotto

Library of congress - https://www.loc.gov/free-to-use/

Pixabay - https://pixabay.com/

Do You Like Relaxing? - https://www.anteism.com/shop/scorpion-dagger-do-you-like-relaxing-limited

Scorpion Dagger on Tumblr - https://scorpiondagger.tumblr.com/

Fine art museum in Montreal - (AR catalogues guides) - https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/

Ante-ism - https://www.anteism.com/about-new

The Verge - Our favorite remixed Renaissance paintings are now a book of animated GIFs

https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/11/6135467/james-kerr-scorpion-dagger-animations-now-an-augmented-reality-book

Bureau Borsche and James Kerr give the Bavarian State Opera a new look (and it’s wild) https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/bureau-borsche-james-kerr-bavarian-state-opera-graphic-design-110919

Artivive https://artivive.com/

Gucci #24HourAce | James Kerr - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpxe9wFmW0

New York Times- TECH GOLIATHS ACT LIKE DAVIDS

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/technology/big-tech-underdogs.html

New York Times- To Tweet is Human, To Delete is Divine

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/sunday/to-tweet-is-human-to-delete-divine.html

GIPHY.com - https://giphy.com/explore/scorpion-dagger

Cosplay and Performing for Cameras, with Maya Ben David

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Episode 3

In this episode I talk with performance, video and cosplay artist Maya Ben David about anthropomorphic airplanes, the many subcultures of fandom, and how content licensing prices artists out of production.

mayabendavid.net

Youtube channel - Maya Ben David

Maya Ben David (MBD) is a Toronto-based Jewish-Iranian Anthropomorphic Airplane. Working in video, installation and performance, she creates worlds and characters that aid her ongoing exploration of anthropomorphism, cosplay and performative personas. Ben David presents the origin stories of her characters in the form of video and performance, and expands on them via her online presence. They often inhabit alternate universes accompanied by nostalgia, such as the worlds of Pokémon and Spiderman. In addition, Ben David also plays a character called MBD who is known for having multiple feuds with her many alter egos as well as the art world. Most infamously, MBD has ignited online feuds with artists such as Jon Rafman and Ajay Kurian.

Next step in changing tradition.

SHOW NOTES:

Air Canada Gal - video link -

https://youtu.be/eE3dkesbvus

Walter Saches anthropomorphic airplanes -

https://www.deviantart.com/maverickhunterfox/favourites/50864243/walter-sache

Snake Girl’s Hyperbolic Time Chamber

Nuit Blanche: Snake Girl’s Hyperbolic Time Chamber | Maya Ben David

Backyard Wrestling

Backyard Wrestling Wiki | Fandom

Live Action Role Play (aka LARP)

Maya’s Vimeo Chanel

Lefttube

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lefttube

MBD vs Jon Rafman | Maya Ben David

Jon Rafman

Tea Strazicic (flufflord) and Marta Strazicic (pirate_sheep)

https://www.instagram.com/flufflord/

https://www.instagram.com/pirate_sheep/

https://flufflord.tumblr.com/post/143220406536

NOSTALGIA…Cant live with it, can’t live without it!

Maya on Instagram - @thebropercent

Instagram makes number of Likes Invisible -

https://www.narcity.com/news/ca/instagram-removed-the-number-of-likes-displayed-in-canada-and-not-everybody-likes-it

Instagram quietly brings back "likes" for Canadian users today | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly

Mashups, Media Platforms, and Live Audiences, with Mike Relm

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Episode 2

In this episode I talk with mashup artist, VJ and director Mike Relm about the poison of social media, why he still loves youtube the most and how audience analytics can help new media artists work smarter.

www.mikerelm.com

Youtube channel - relmvision

MIKE RELM is best known for his music/video mash-ups, live concerts, and broadcast work. Part director, part Hip Hop producer, Relm has introduced the world to a style that truly echoes the fever-pitched pace of modern entertainment while paying homage to classic filmmakers and musicians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Relm


SHOW NOTES:

Webby awards - https://www.webbyawards.com/

Mike Performs live at Webby’s- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk170vq2Fws

Youtube live- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_Live

Fred on youtube- https://www.youtube.com/user/Fred

Chocolate Rain (Tay Zonday) - https://www.youtube.com/user/TayZonday

Lionsgate mashup - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbCWasYXus4

Charlie bit my finger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8cW1CdPd3o

Metallica vs Napster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_v._Napster,_Inc.

First Results of Radiohead’s “Pay What You Want” Experiment - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-results-of-radioheads-pay-what-you-want-experiment-are-in/

Old Spice Remix - https://youtu.be/Xd-xFRT1azE

Coldcut - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldcut

LMFAO Party Rock - https://youtu.be/eVMt7psNNPQ

Parasite [a Mike Relm Remix] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77NUAwsJj8E

Ripping software makemkv.com - https://www.makemkv.com/

Serato DJ Pro- https://serato.com

Ableton Live - https://g.co/kgs/zkcXi5

Comedian - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328962/

Youtube calculator - Influencer Marketing Hub https://influencermarketinghub.com/youtube-money-calculator/

Monotization systems explained - https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9269689?hl=en

Digital Art and Social Media, with KeionaBroderick, LorieBerberian, FatmaJadoon, AbigailMacBean

#WeMakeMedia

a podcast about how the culture we produce shapes media and how that goes both ways.

#WeMakeMedia, Season 1 - making art in the age of the internet

Episode 1

In this episode I talk with 4 teen-aged artists about changing the world with youtube, dollar store stylus pens, and their shared disdain for TikTok. Artists featured below (left to right) Lorie Berberian, Keiona Broderick, Fatma Jadoon and Abigail MacBean

Keiona Broderick -@keiarts._ (formerly @keikei_the_artist)

Lorie Berberian - https://youtu.be/po4OTNcItDE

Fatma Jadoon

Abigail MacBean - @abidrawsthings


SHOW NOTES

Tangled and edits - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIwVeRNK7tA
frozen edits https://www.instagram.com/fvozen/
Fan art - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_art
Multi Animator Project - https://mapanimators.fandom.com/wiki/Multi_Animator_Project s
Pom Film festival - pomegranatefilmfestival.com
#drawinyourstyle -https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/drawinyourstyle/?hl=en
Art request - https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/artrequests/?hl=en
Stylus at Dollartree - https://www.torontoyouthshorts.ca/
Ibis paint - https://ibispaint.com/?lang=en-US
Movie Clips - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spoonart.movieclip&hl=en_US
Flip a Clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AiEsiEoBq8
Wacom - https://www.wacom.com/en-ca
Amino app - https://aminoapps.com/
Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/en/
On TikTok and giving credit - The Original Renegades - https://twitter.com/NeverGalReady/status/1229160992942305280
Finchwing - https://www.youtube.com/user/Finchwing
Angie Nasca -https://miraculousladybug.fandom.com/wiki/Angie_Nasca
Zag Animation Studios - https://zagtoon.fandom.com/wiki/ZAG_Animation_Studios
Miraculous Shorts - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh_vphyGbpSKE13280fcL-6lUwUmZO7qa
Love2DrawManga - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChIHYCXYpUsHY6Wjk03C_uQ
Alight Motion (editing app)- https://alightcreative.com/
@abidrawsthings - https://www.instagram.com/p/B_p_A-MDwrM/
@keikei_the_artist. - https://www.instagram.com/direct/t/340282366841710300949128228673305326028
Lorie - Lorie Berberbian - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0aWFsfJGCEiDmPlvU1GxQA

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