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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.EPISODE NOTES:Tangled and edits - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIwVeRNK7tAfrozen 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_ProjectsPom Film festival - pomegranatefilmfestival.com#drawinyourstyle -https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/drawinyourstyle/?hl=enArt request - https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/artrequests/?hl=en Stylus at Dollartree - https://www.torontoyouthshorts.ca/Ibis paint - https://ibispaint.com/?lang=en-USMovie Clips - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spoonart.movieclip&hl=en_USFlip 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/FinchwingAngie Nasca -https://miraculousladybug.fandom.com/wiki/Angie_NascaZag 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/340282366841710300949128228673305326028Lorie - Lorie Berberbian - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0aWFsfJGCEiDmPlvU1GxQA

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.EPISODE NOTES:Webby awards - https://www.webbyawards.com/Mike Performs live at Webby’s- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk170vq2FwsYoutube live- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_LiveFred on youtube- https://www.youtube.com/user/FredChocolate Rain (Tay Zonday) - https://www.youtube.com/user/TayZondayLionsgate mashup - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbCWasYXus4Charlie bit my finger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8cW1CdPd3oMetallica 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-xFRT1azEColdcut - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColdcutLMFAO Party Rock - https://youtu.be/eVMt7psNNPQParasite [a Mike Relm Remix] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77NUAwsJj8ERipping software makemkv.com - https://www.makemkv.com/Serato DJ Pro- https://serato.comAbleton Live - https://g.co/kgs/zkcXi5Comedian - 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

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.EPISODE NOTES:Air Canada Gal - video link -https://youtu.be/eE3dkesbvusWalter Saches anthropomorphic airplanes -https://www.deviantart.com/maverickhunterfox/favourites/50864243/walter-sacheSnake Girl’s Hyperbolic Time ChamberNuit Blanche: Snake Girl’s Hyperbolic Time Chamber | Maya Ben DavidBackyard WrestlingBackyard Wrestling Wiki | FandomLive Action Role Play (aka LARP)Maya’s Vimeo ChanelLefttubehttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lefttubeMBD vs Jon Rafman | Maya Ben DavidJon RafmanTea Strazicic (flufflord) and Marta Strazicic (pirate_sheep)https://www.instagram.com/flufflord/https://www.instagram.com/pirate_sheep/https://flufflord.tumblr.com/post/143220406536NOSTALGIA…Cant live with it, can’t live without it!Maya on Instagram - @thebropercentInstagram makes number of Likes Invisible -https://www.narcity.com/news/ca/instagram-removed-the-number-of-likes-displayed-in-canada-and-not-everybody-likes-itInstagram quietly brings back "likes" for Canadian users today | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly

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 in 2012EPISODE NOTES:Giotto di Bondone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GiottoLibrary 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-limitedScorpion 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-newThe 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-bookBureau 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-110919Artivive https://artivive.com/Gucci #24HourAce | James Kerr - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpxe9wFmW0New York Times- TECH GOLIATHS ACT LIKE DAVIDS - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/technology/big-tech-underdogs.htmlNew York Times- To Tweet is Human, To Delete is Divinehttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/sunday/to-tweet-is-human-to-delete-divine.htmlGIPHY.com - https://giphy.com/explore/scorpion-dagger

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.EPISODE 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-yogaArtivism - KRS1 - monologues / education /April 9, 2017https://artivist.co.nz/subrosa/2017/4/9/krs1-monologues-educationIconoclast: Dave Chappelle + Maya Angelou [Full Episode] - https://youtu.be/okc6COsgzoEWinston 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_CornwallisJon 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 pagehttps://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/ThanosAvengers: Endgame - trailer - https://youtu.be/TcMBFSGVi1cMonument Lab Transnational Fellows - https://monumentlab.com/bulletin/announcing-the-2020-monument-lab-transnational-fellowsMathieu Da Costahttps://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mathieu-da-costahttps://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/the-first-person-of-african-heritage-to-arrive-in-canadaRastafarian term “grounding” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari#GroundingSaint Mathieu Street in Montreal - https://imtl.org/montreal/rue_montreal.php?rue=Saint-MathieuJoshua Glover - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_GloverRequest 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_ExpresswayMarie-Joseph Angélique - https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marie-joseph-angeliqueUnreal 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 artSketchfab - 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=1W.E.B. Dubois’ Afrofuturistic short story ‘The Comet’ withstands the test of time -https://blackgirlnerds.com/web-dubois-afrofuturistic-the-comet-withstands-time/

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.EPISODE NOTES:https://kwag.ca/content/jenn-e-norton-slipstream-0https://novavision.com/stereoscopic-vision-how-does-it-work/3D Stereoscopic Photography -https://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Stereoscopic-Photography/Tesseracts - https://www.jennenorton.com/tesseractOptoma 3D Projector - https://www.optoma.com/us/projector-technology/3d/#Las Meninas painting - https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_meninasVR 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/siphonophoraA Very Nervous System - http://www.davidrokeby.com/vns.htmlThe Ethics of Realism in Virtual and Augmented Reality - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2020.00001/fullReal 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/fullCritical 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_CatsLean Touch - https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/input-management/lean-touch-30111Unity 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-refugeesJerri Ellsworth of Tilt5 on The AR Show podcast - https://www.thearshow.com/podcast/076a-jeri-ellsworth-part-1

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.

In this episode, I talk with Famous New media Artist Jeremy Bailey about what CEOs and artists have in common, using SEO hacks as self fulfilling prophecy for success and why your first solo show in a big art institution will probably conflict with your values.EPISODE NOTES:David Rokeby - http://www.davidrokeby.com/ Colin Campbell, Video Artist - http://www.colincampbellvideoartist.com/biography.php Jeremy Bailey on Youtube - Petra Cortright - https://www.petracortright.com/ The Good Point podcast - http://www.goodpointpodcast.com/ https://anthology.rhizome.org/ethira Amalia Ulman Rizem’s Net Art Anthology - rizem.org - https://anthology.rhizome.org/ Snapchat - https://www.snapchat.com/ Famous New media Artist google search - https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=famous+new+media+artist William Wegman - https://williamwegman.com/ The You Museum - https://www.jeremybailey.net/collections/frontpage Retargeting - https://retargeter.com/what-is-retargeting-and-how-does-it-work / kinect camera - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect http://www.coryarcangel.com/ Ways of Seeing, by John Berger, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ways_of_Seeing On Fluxus ArtTate Museum - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/fluxus What is Fluxus, artsy.net - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/fluxus Sony Portapak - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portapa k How Canada is Fighting the War on Patent Trolls Lean artists - https://www.leanartist.org/ Digital Economies Lab - http://www.artengine.ca/programming/2019/DEL/index-en.php Digital Strategies Fund, Canada Council for the Arts - https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/strategic-funds/digital-strategy-fund

In this first series, I talk with new media artists about the experiences making art in the age of the internet.On this season:Lorie Berberian, Keiona Broderick, Fatma Jadoonand Abigail MacBean - Friday, May 29th, 2020Mike Relm - Saturday, May 30, 2020Maya Ben David - Friday, June 5, 2020James Kerr - Saturday, June 6, 2020Quentin Vercetty - Friday, June 12, 2020Jenn E Norton - Saturday, June 13, 2020SpekWork Studio - Friday, June 19, 2020Jeremy Bailey - Saturday, June 20, 2020

In this episode I speak with author Clive Thompson about the new literacies that technology and the internet present us with, speaking to an authentic audience and the importance of a formal K-12 education in all of it.EPISODE 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

In this episode I speak with PHD and high school educator Paul Darvasi about game-based-education, how augmented can be used to animate urban spaces for learning and the role of artificial intelligence in revolutionizing metrics for evaluating student success.EPISODE NOTES:On Blind Protocol - DowDown the Rabbit Hole: How To Turn Your Class into an Alternate Reality Game, By Paul Darvasihttp://www.ludiclearning.org/2015/08/19/down-the-rabbit-hole-how-to-turn-your-class-into-an-alternate-reality-game/The Ward Gamehttp://www.ludiclearning.org/Ratched show IMDB listing https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7423538/Netflix Link - https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80213445Gone Home (video game about coming home and clues) https://store.steampowered.com/app/232430/Gone_Home/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_HomeWhat Remains of Edith Finchhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/501300/What_Remains_of_Edith_Finch/ Her Storyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/Her_Story/ Grand Theft Auto V - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V Paul’s Doctorate paper - Under the Hood: An (Auto) Ethnographic Study of How White Adolescent Males Critically Engage with Race in Grand Theft Auto V, https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/37454https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/271590/ 1979 Revolution: Black Friday - https://www.gamesforchange.org/game/1979-revolution-black-friday/ Serious games - https://www.game-learn.com/what-is-a-serious-game/ Is augmented reality (AR) the next level of gaming?, a report by Ericsson - https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/consumerlab/reports/ready-steady-gameUnderstanding the Pokemon GO phenomenon, Jessica Webb, https://blinkux.com/ideas/understanding-pokemon-go-phenomenon The Guardian - Urban gamification: can Pokémon Go transform our public spaces?, Francesca Perry - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jul/22/urban-gamification-pokemon-go-transform-public-spaces 3 AR Ganes to Try During Pandemic, Ryan Anderson - https://arpost.co/2020/05/07/3-ar-games-try-during-pandemic/ Spinning and Winning: How Peloton is revolutionizing fitness, technology, and everything in between , Charlotte Alumni, Digital Initiative - https://digital.hbs.edu/platform-rctom/submission/spinning-and-winning-how-peloton-is-revolutionizing-fitness-technology-and-everything-in-between/Peloton - incentivizing exercise Dear White People - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5707802/ Artificial Intelligence in Education - 5 Main Roles Of Artificial Intelligence In Education , by Lisa Plitnichenko, eLearning Industry - https://elearningindustry.com/5-main-roles-artificial-intelligence-in-education

Emmy-award winning ⁦web documentarian Katerina Cizek and I discuss co-creation in media, human/nonhuman intelligence and media literacy as an antidote to deep fakes.EPISODE NOTES:High Rise (Out My Window) web documentary - http://highrise.nfb.ca/ MIT Open Documentary Lab - http://opendoclab.mit.edu/ Co-creation Studio at MIT - https://cocreationstudio.mit.edu/ Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media within Communities, across Disciplines and with Algorithms - https://cmsw.mit.edu/collective-wisdom-co-creating-media-within-communities-across-disciplines-and-with-algorithms/ Petroglyphs in Gobustan - Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, UNESCO, https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1076/ Detroit Narrative Agency - Allied Media Conference, https://alliedmedia.org/projects/detroit-narrative-agency Grace Lee Boggs - Rest in Power Grace Lee Boggs, American Revolutionary Film, https://americanrevolutionaryfilm.com/ Google Sidewalk Labs - https://www.sidewalklabs.com/ Jason E. Lewis - https://jasonlewis.org More on Jason E.Lewis’ work in Part 6: Media Co-Creation with Non-Human Systems - https://wip.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/collective-wisdom-part-6/release/1?source=post_page--------------------------- Blackfoot philosopher Leroy Little Bear - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Little_Bear Witness: see it. film it. change it. - witness.org Open Doc Lab MIT Co creation lab every Tuesday webinars - https://www.glunis.com/XX/Unknown/545983178790726/MIT-Open-Documentary-Lab

In this episode I speak with librarian Barbara Fister about the growing role of algorithms in our daily lives, why the architects of these systems matter, and how the move to online learning in expanding student awareness of surveillance culture. Project Information Literacy (PIL) is a nonprofit research institute that conducts ongoing, national studies on what it is like being a student in the digital age. In the past decade,EPISODE NOTES:Information Literacy in the Age of Algorithms: Student Experiences with News and Information, and the Need for Change, Head, Alison J.; Fister, Barbara; MacMillan, Margy, Project Information Literacy - https://projectinfolit.org/publications/algorithm-study/ Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal Was software responsible for the financial crisis? - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/oct/16/computing-software-financial-crisis Subprime Attention Crisis, Tim Hwang - https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374538651 Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Shoshana Zuboff - - https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/shoshana-zuboff/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/9781610395694/ Software that monitors students during tests perpetuates inequality and violates their privacy, Shea Swauger - https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/07/1006132/software-algorithms-proctoring-online-tests-ai-ethics/ Google and advertising: digital capitalism in the context of Post-Fordism, the reification of language, and the rise of fake news - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-017-0021-4 The History of Google Ads 20 Years in the Making (Infographic)https://instapage.com/blog/google-adwords-infographic How Bezos built his data machine, Leo Kelion, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/CLQYZENMBI/amazon-data Automating InequalityHow High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor, Virginia Eubanks - https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250074317 Machine Bias: There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks, by Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu and Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica - https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Noble - http://algorithmsofoppression.com/ Edward Snowden NSA FILES: DECODED, By EWEN MACASKILL and GABRIEL DANCE - https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded The Fiduciary Model of Privacy, Jack M. Balkin, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3700087 VPN Usage Surges During COVID-19 Crisis [Infographic], Niall McCarthy- https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/03/17/vpn-usage-surges-during-covid-19-crisis-infographic/?sh=7ac8e6ab7d79 Failure to Disrupt, By Justin Reich - https://failuretodisrupt.com/ CONspirituality: A weekly study of converging right-wing conspiracy theories and faux-progressive wellness utopianism - https://conspirituality.net/about/

In this episode I speak with An Xiao Mina, author of Memes to Movements: How the Worlds Most Viral Media is Changing Social Protest and Power. We talk about the "chaos magic" created by meme wars, the need for CONTEXT creation online and how we have been making cat-GIFs for thousands of years.SHOW NOTES;Memes to Movemeents: How the Worlds Most Viral Media is Changing Social Protest and Power, By An Xiao Mina Richard Dawkins on the internet's hijacking of the word ‘meme' - https://www.wired.co.uk/article/richard-dawkins-memes Amanda Brennan - https://memelibrarian.com / Meme librarian is a real job — and it’s the best one on the Internet - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/21/tumblrs-meme-librarian-has-the-best-job-on-the-internet/ Limor Shifman, Memes in Digital Culture , MIT Press - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/memes-digital-culture Culture Jamming: Hacking, Slashing, and Sniping in the Empire of Signs, By Mark Dery - https://www.markdery.com/books/culture-jamming-hacking-slashing-and-sniping-in-the-empire-of-signs-2/ Cave Paintings in Lascaux France - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux Hall of Cats cave paintings -images - https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/268738302751070366/ The Bawdy Graffiti of Pompeii and Herculaneum - https://kashgar.com.au/blogs/history/the-bawdy-graffiti-of-pompeii-and-herculaneu Ancient Romans of Pompeii Loved Street Art Too, By Henri Neuendorf - https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-romans-of-pompeii-loved-street-art-too-195643 Art as Activist: Revolutionary Posters from Central and Eastern Europe, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service - https://books.google.ca/books/about/Art_as_Activist.html?id=U_CCAAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y China's river crab and grass-mud horse, Tactile Technology Collective - https://www.informationactivism.org/en/chinas-river-crab-and-grass-mud-horse.html Old Spice viral campaign - The Man Your Man Could Smell Like - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Your_Man_Could_Smell_Like K-pop fans are taking over 'White Lives Matter' and other anti-Black hashtags with memes and fancams of their favorite stars, By Alicia Lee, CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/us/kpop-bts-blackpink-fans-black-lives-matter-trnd/index.html 30 Cutest Celebrity Cats - Emerald Catron Move over, A-listers: these celebrity cats are the real stars of the show. - https://bestlifeonline.com/cutest-celebrity-cats/ Coronavirus spawns viral TikTok dance about washing your hands, By Ben Cost - https://nypost.com/2020/03/04/coronavirus-spawns-viral-tiktok-dance-about-washing-your-hands/ Learning the Politics of “Digital Dissensus”, By An Xiao Mina - https://civichall.org/civicist/learning-the-politics-of-digital-dissensus/

In this episode I speak with pioneering technology researcher Carl Miller about deep fakes, information warfare, and how synthetic media environments are changing democracy and disrupting power systems.Carl Miller is the co-founder and Research Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos, the first UK think tank institute dedicated to studying the digital world. He combines data and analysis with immersive, first-hand reporting. His first book, The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab, was published in 2018 by Penguin RandomHouse.SHOW NOTES:DEMOS - https://demos.co.uk/ A Gentle Introduction to Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) - https://machinelearningmastery.com/what-are-generative-adversarial-networks-gans/ This cat does note exist - https://thiscatdoesnotexist.com/ This person does not exist - https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ Beirut explosion: How conspiracy theories spread on social media, By Marianna Spring - https://www.bbc.com/news/53669029 The Rumor Bomb: On Convergence Culture and Politics
Jayson Harsin / American University of Paris - https://www.flowjournal.org/2008/12/the-rumor-bomb-on-convergence-culture-and-politics-jayson-harsin-american-university-of-paris/?print=print [Proto-Post-truth] The Rumour Bomb: Theorizing the Convergence of New and Old Trends in Mediated US Politics, By Jayson Harsin - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322785090_Proto-Post-truth_The_Rumour_Bomb_Theorizing_the_Convergence_of_New_and_Old_Trends_in_Mediated_US_Politics Bots in the Twittersphere: An estimated two-thirds of tweeted links to popular websites are posted by automated accounts – not human beings, By Stefan Wojcik, Solomon Messing, Aaron Smith, Lee Rainie and Paul Hitlin - https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/04/09/bots-in-the-twittersphere/ Carl Miller speaks on ‘Policing and Justice for a digital age’ at the (UK) Police Foundation’s annual conference — https://youtu.be/zxO-YH8VWVA Sir Robert Peel’s Nine Principles of Policing, The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/16/nyregion/sir-robert-peels-nine-principles-of-policing.html Peelian Principles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles Crossing Divides: How a social network could save democracy from deadlock, By Carl Miller - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50127713 Taiwan is making democracy work again. It's time we paid attention - By Carl Miller - https://www.wired.co.uk/article/taiwan-democracy-social-media Carl Miller on liquid democracy, TEDTALKS - https://youtu.be/FNL22RvFwn0 DEFcon Hacking Conference - https://www.defcon.org/ 10 years on, the Arab spring's explosive rage and dashed dreams: The extraordinary shock of people power gave way to a bitter backlash. So where to now?, by Martin Chulov - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/14/10-years-on-the-arab-springs-explosive-rage-and-dashed-dreams

In this very short podcast extra, Carl Miller and I discuss Blockchain technology and it's potential to combat deep fakes by authenticating and time-stamping media iterations.SHOW NOTES:Podcast EXTRA - Blockchain Technology and Deep Fakes Authentication - SHOW NOTESBitcoin Units and Divisibility - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Units_and_divisibility What the Heck is Bitcoin Anyways - https://kabirpost.com/heck-bitcoin-anyway/ Blockchain Explained - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blockchain.asp Blackchain. What is Blockchain Technology? How Does it Work? - https://builtin.com/blockchain On Cryptocoins: I think I know why Satoshi Nakamoto Hides, Tech Power UP - https://www.techpowerup.com/234971/on-cryptocoins-i-think-i-know-why-satoshi-nakamoto-hides

In this episode, I speak with Milena Droumeva, professor in Sound Studies at Simon Fraser University, about how our relationship with sound is shaped by culture, the audio in audio/visual media literacy and the role technology plays in mediating our acoustic environments.R. Murray Schafer, The Canadian Encyclopedia, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/r-murray-schafer-emc World Soundscape Project, Simon Fraser University - https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/r-murray-schafer-emc World Soundscape Project Archive, Toronto Niennial of Art - https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/r-murray-schafer-emc About Simond Fraser University’s Music and Sound programs - https://www.sfu.ca/sca/programs/music---sound.html Professor Barry Truax - https://www.sfu.ca/~truax/ Sound Ecology: A web documentary on noise pollution and our inability to endure silence, National Film Board of Canada - https://www.nfb.ca/interactive/sound_ecology/ Bringing Sound into Urban Public Place Design, McGill, Urban Sound Symposium - https://urban-sound-symposium.org/USS2019/slides/305_Christine_Kerrigan.pdf Listening as Intervention; Livable Soundscapes, Milena Droumeva - https://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio/currentprojects.html The media literacy movement’s debt to Marshall McLuhan - Alexandar Kuskis, University of Toronto - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298794462_The_media_literacy_movement%27s_debt_to_Marshall_McLuhan About Foley (Filmmaking) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_(filmmaking) Foley artist shows how sounds effects are made - youtube/E0pOLuklB4sHow to add sound to TikTok videos - Get Savvy with Social - https://getsavvywithsocial.com/how-to-add-sound-to-tiktok-videos/ Buzzfeed Listicles on sound - https://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/photos-you-can-here-just-by-looking-at-them The Social Dilemma, IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11464826/ Sound memes - https://www.memesoundboard.com The Social Dilemma, Milena Droumeva - Sounding out Sexism in Video Games -kjnhttps://www.ted.com/talks/milena_droumeva_sounding_out_sexism_in_video_games?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare New Wireless Noise-Canceling Tech Is Faster Than the Speed of Sound - https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/audiovideo/noisecanceling-techs-edge-is-faster-than-the-speed-of-sound Headphone transparency mode on AirPods, Bose, Sony and more: How and when to use it, CNET - https://www.cnet.com/how-to/headphone-transparency-mode-on-airpods-bose-sony-and-more-how-and-when-to-use-it/ The COVIDvoice Project Share your voice. Crush COVID. - https://covidvoice.net What is lithotripsy?, Hopkins Medicine - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/lithotripsy #MeToo Sonification Excerpts, Milena Droumeva - https://soundcloud.com/ambient-sonic/sets/metoo-sonification-excerpts Sounding Out Blog - https://soundstudiesblog.com Radio Aporee - sound archives https://aporee.org/

In this episode, I speak with Professor Vyvyan Evans, author of The Emoji Code: The Linguistics Behind Smiley Faces and Scaredy Cats, about how emoji makes us better communicators and what linguistic and literacy traditionalists are misunderstanding about its power.Using more emoji does not mean you’ll have more sex >:-( , by Caitlin Dewey - https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/02/04/using-more-emoji-does-not-mean-youll-have-more-sex/%3foutputType=ampSingles in America: Match Releases Its Fifth Annual Comprehensive Study on the Single Population - match.mediaroom.com › singlesina...News Releases | Match.comWhere Does the 'Thumbs-Up' Gesture Really Come From?, by Merrill Fabry - https://www.google.ca/amp/s/time.com/4984728/thumbs-up-thumbs-down-history/%3famp=trueBABY SIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY - https://www.babysignlanguage.com/dictionary/Emote project - http://www.emote-project.eu/Bris Abused Emojis - https://showcasesweden.com/bris-abused-emojisThese Emoji Make It Easier for Kids to 'Talk' About Abuse, wired.com - https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.wired.com/2015/06/abused-emoji/ampThe Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year is an emoji, by Lizzie Plaugic - https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2015/11/16/9746650/word-of-the-year-emoji-oed-dictionaryThe Rebus principle - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RebusCoronavirus Emojis, by Vyv Evans - https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/language-in-the-mind/202007/coronavirus-emojis%3fampShigetaka Kurita: The man who invented emoji, CNN style - https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cnn.com/style/amp/emoji-shigetaka-kurita-standards-manual/index.htmlThe WIRED Guide to Emoji, a complete history - https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.wired.com/story/guide-emoji/ampOtto Neurath and the Untold History of the Infographic, nebo - www.neboagency.comManga iconography - en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › Manga...Web resultsManga iconography - WikipediaInbox: The Original Emoji, by Shigetaka Kurita - https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3639Meet Scott Fahlman, the Guy Who Created the First Emoticon, culture trip - https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/pennsylvania/articles/meet-scott-fahlman-the-guy-who-created-the-first-emoticon/?amp=1Bayeux Tapestry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayeux_TapestryUnderstanding Comics: The Invisible Art, Understanding Comics: The Invisible ArtThis is Finland, finland.fi › EmojiWeb resultsKalsarikännit - thisisFINLANDUnicode, unicode.org - What is Unicode?Facebook Reactions, the Totally Redesigned Like Button, Is Here - https://www.wired.com/2016/02/facebook-reactions-totally-redesigned-like-button/Like it or not, the Attention Economy is Adding Emotion, techonomy.com💙 Facebook Reactions: How They Work, What They Are, And How The 🤗 Care Reaction Button Is Changing The Game 💜Finnish town considers 'Emoji Street' proposal, BBC news - http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38065216New York has a new emoji index for its subway system, so we made you an emoji tube map - City MonitorPattern of Visual Dominance Behavior in Humans, authors John F. DovidioSteve L. Ellyson - Pattern of Visual Dominance Behavior in Humans | SpringerLinkWhy emojified Shakespeare is a must-read - https://foreverbookish.com/2016/01/18/why-emojified-shakespeare-is-a-must-read/Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better, Clive Thompson

In this second series of the #WeMakeMedia Podcast, I speak with authors, educators and technologists about new and digital literacies in classrooms and community-engaged arts settings.January 1 - On Technology and New Literacies, with science and technology writer Clive Thompson author of Smarter Than You Think and CodersJanuary 2 - On Game-Based Learning, with educator Paul DarvasiJanuary 8 - On Co-creation, with Katerina Cizek from the MIT Open Documentary LabJanuary 9 - On Algorithmic Literacy, with Barabara Fister from Project Information LiteracyJanuary 15 - On Memes and Social Movements, with author An Xioa MinaJanuary 16 - On Deep Fakes and Social Media, with technology researcher Carl Miller January 29 - On Ways of Hearing, with sound and technology researcher Milena DroumevaJanuary 30 - On Emoji and Linguistics, with author Vyvyan Evans

Adriana Vecchioli is a French-Italian actress, filmmaker and XR designer, living in Los Angeles. She has co-founded an XR design studio, Velvet Unicorn, in L.A. Formerly a software engineer, she left Twitter to follow her passion for filmmaking. Blending software magic with artistry, Adriana designed immersive experiences for the likes of: Warner Bros., Viacom, The Hunger Games, NBA, Coachella and Snapchat.Please support her kickstarter campaign, ending July 23, 2021, by visiting the COMIN’ IN HOT page.UX Design for XR applications and Immersive Storytelling, Circuit Stream Workshop, 2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR6wZ3hme9g The Displaced - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecavbpCuvkI How Virtual Reality is Changing Storytelling Forevermedium.com - https://medium.com/the-mission/how-virtual-reality-is-changing-storytelling-forever-3a9836c5300c New York Times, 360 videos - https://www.nytimes.com/video/360-videoMad Max Ferry Road - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/ Game of Thrones - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/ Dear White People, Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80095698 The Fall of the House of Usher- https://poestories.com/read/houseofusherAdriana on twitter: @AdrianaVeccAdriana on Instagram: @AdrianaVeccAdriana’s website:  www.adrianavecchioli.comCOMIN’ IN HOT on Twitter: COMIN’ IN HOTCOMIN’ IN HOT Campaign: kickstarter