Heavy title, I know, but I hope that by the end of this post, you’ll find it justified. In this blog, I’ll guide you through my...
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Digitalization: the end of boredom?
My Love to Polaroid: How a Dead Artform Resurfaced
I have been introduced to Polaroid cameras thanks to a game called Life is Strange. The main character, Max Caulfield, is an instant photographer who ends...
Continue reading...The Ascension of Video Art
On a bright April day earlier this year, I traveled all the way to Liege to visit Bill Viola’s retrospective in Musée de la Boverie. It...
Continue reading...Will the Medium Lose the Message?
While exploring one of the internet services offering a range of tools to discover your roots, I became engaged in AI modification of historical images. What...
Continue reading...Your Loved Ones are Ruining Your Online Privacy
“Never share the view outside your window on the internet, or else creepy people will be able to find you”. Some of you may have heard...
Continue reading...Otome game: Empowerment or Reinforcement
In the film her, released in 2013, Theodore falls in love with the AI in his phone. However, he cannot declare his love to the world...
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Introduction Any attempt to answer the question “what analog[ue] technologies […] are part of/at the roots of [(ALL)] digital technology” will, for certain, raise a number...
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Digitization and Retribalisation
When thinking of a topic to write about this week on digital media, my mind wandered immediately back to a book I read some time ago,...
Continue reading...A Day in the Life of a Doomscroller
I’ve been seriously procrastinating writing this blog post… Right now, my open tab on ‘Social media’s implications for everyday life’ is sandwiched between online shopping, Top...
Continue reading...A mobile game made me feel old
After I just finished reading some mandatory literature in the university library, I walked down to the cafeteria to eat my lunch. As I start eating...
Continue reading...A digital journey to ‘Empresses in the Palace’
“Empresses in the Palace” (Chinese: Zhen Huan Zhuan) is a Chinese historical drama series adapted from the novel of the same name by the author Liu...
Continue reading...The Perfect Point of View
On the 3rd of September, I was able for the very first time to attend the live show of Cornelius in Paradiso Amsterdam. Since I had...
Continue reading...The digital positives and negatives
There are many ways to engage with the digital world. For example it can be used to connect with people, to entertain yourself and others, to...
Continue reading...Main Character Syndrome in Comment Sections
Picture this: you’re scrolling through your TikTok feed when you stumble across a video about a new game coming out. You watch the video all the...
Continue reading...My First Memory of the Digital
My younger brother Szymon turned thirteen this year. As an older sister who grew up in a time when access to the digital world was incomparably...
Continue reading...Healthy or toxic? Who decides what your relationship with the digital will be?
Writing about spending a day in the digital world doesn’t feel particularly challenging – I suppose the reason for that is the fact that I can’t...
Continue reading...A Week After the Apple Event: Who is it For?
So, past Monday Apple had its annual Apple Event showcasing some of their upcoming products, from revealing a new Apple Watch, software updates to the AirPods...
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