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Comment on Where everyone’s seen a Godard film by Linda

Linda — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:14:09 +0000

I met the owners years ago when I was organising the Westgarth Film Festival. They still own the building, while Palace runs the cinema.

I’m not interested in ethnic cinema, per se. I like collages and the idea of grabbing various strands (bits of home movies/found footage) to see what combined effect they might produce or what, hitherto unseen, connections they might reveal.

Y’know that ‘beating of butterfly wings in one corner of the earth can create a hurricane in another part’ scenario? Somehow mapping infinitesimal information, images, social context might reveal something. Then again, it might not!

Comment on Where everyone’s seen a Godard film by Brad

Brad — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:26:05 +0000

I know you know the Westgarth, but if you end up following this road any further (diasporas etc.) it might be worth tracking down the previous owners too – IIRC it was owned for many years by an older Greek couple.

Anyway, this is interesting.

What is the thinking here – to mirror the way “culture” spreads out with the “maps” being created?

Comment on Mining the Home Movie by Brad

Brad — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:35:27 +0000

It’s really interesting to see the evolution of how we think about “history” over the last twenty or thirty years – from a vocation that concerned itself, supposedly, with only “facts,” to one that is now, as Hayden White argues, admittedly an “imaginative” act. By choosing (or ignoring) our own vantage points and by choosing what to include and exclude from the narrative, we are “creating” a historical document, not just recording “history”.

I think the recognition of amateur film as a valid form of historical document goes some way to redressing these inherent biases (though certainly we should still proceed with caution).

History-in-print-form is still in the midst of this debate, I think (Keith Windschuttle and the “black armband” stuff re Australian aboriginals is what immediately springs to mind), but it’s almost as film theory has gone beyond this point. This welcoming of amateur film into the realm of “real” history and anthropology is a definite step out from the mire IMO.

(Or is this still very much on the fringes? I guess I’m way out of touch with media/film theory these days.)

Comment on Digerati – the information elite and lovink it! by Linda

Linda — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:02:21 +0000

Cool! That would be great.

Ta muchly…

Comment on Digerati – the information elite and lovink it! by Geert Lovink

Geert Lovink — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:11:57 +0000

Hi, if you mail me your postal address I can send you some of the publication of my institute.

Comment on Snack culture by Digerati - the information elite « connective tissue

Digerati - the information elite « connective tissue — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:52:28 +0000

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Comment on Prometeus – The Media Revolution by Linda’s vid: predictions of the media future… « non sequitur

Linda’s vid: predictions of the media future… « non sequitur — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:19:45 +0000

[...] 13, 2008 Linda has found a youtube video which talks about a lot of the things we discuss in Transient Spaces. It’s interesting and [...]

Comment on Prometeus – The Media Revolution by Jess

Jess — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:10:44 +0000

Interesting and… daunting at the same time. I’ve been thinking for a while; What happens to us as (aspiring) professionals when everyone is a prosumer? Perhaps we chose the wrong field!!!

Just wanted to stop by and thank you for your advice, I really really appreciate the time you took to give me such considered feedback. I blogged a response http://nons3quitur.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/feedback/

See you Thurs.
JNT