It started with reading Edgar Allen Poe’s The Man That Was Used Up, mentioned in last week’s lecture on cyborgs. The short story tells of a general...
Continue reading...Is Instagram Over?
If we are to believe recent public opinion, the once-reigning social media platform is dead – or at least on its way there. Its evolution from...
Continue reading...Cinema vs. books and real life (podcast)
Cinema Vs Books in Real Life (Podcast)
In Defence of the Deep-Fried Meme
Hi! This week I have another video, this time on Hito Steyerl’s essay ‘In Defense of the Poor Image’. The video is in 540p quality not...
Continue reading...What happened to Google Glass?
Every couple of years, a “revolutionary” product just seems to appear out of nowhere. The company behind it is marketing it as “the next big thing”,...
Continue reading...Boerhaave museum visits
The Boerhaave museum is one of the best museums in Leiden, in which you can find many amazing information, visuals, and a nice tour that worth...
Continue reading...Extra Episode: LIVING HELL!🔥
Episode 4: I Call Upon You, Deities of the Virtual Gaming World!
Unnamed Podcast Episode 8: Tactical Social Media, and The Culture of Jamming
Hello and welcome to the eight podcast episode made by Ceiba Dick-Read, Max Alexandre and Gijs Mesman. In this episode, Ceiba is host and continues the...
Continue reading...Now you see me, now you don’t – the privacy of content creators.
Trigger warning: domestic violence. There are only few of us who cannot relate to any fanbases or groups supporting online creators and artists. With all the...
Continue reading...RPGs and virtual economies – the curious case of Dabloontok
epic video about TikTok and how they created an RPG using the algorithm of the app. also money
Continue reading...Pixel art on r/Place
Wokeness in Disney – Disney Hears its Audience!! But still doesn’t get it…
Virtual Framing: 360° Virtual Museum Tours!
Hi! In this podcast episode, my friend Abril Cisneros and I (Anouk) will give you our unsolicited opinion on museums (or other art institutions’) successful and...
Continue reading...New Game, now with Extra Glitches
Maybe you have heard of the new Pokémon game release, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. The game seems like any other in the franchise, but it has...
Continue reading...The junk heap is where heroes are created
With modern times come modern tropes in media. The explosion of development in the area of digital technology has spawned many new themes for artists to...
Continue reading...“Altered States” or between the analogue and the digital
A few weeks ago, I attended a festival in Den Haag called Altered States which left a big impression on me. On one side as a...
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