All Outputs (50)

Documentary in the contemporary mediascape (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper looked at teaching documentary production as an integrated process of practice, theory and pedagogy within the context of the contemporary media landscape. The starting point of the paper was to address the purpose and motivation of the fi... Read More about Documentary in the contemporary mediascape.

Rethinking archives: History, media, memory (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A series of four interdisciplinary workshops held at Arnolfini, Bristol for participants selected from relevant institutions and invited members of Arnolfini’s audience. These workshops set out to bridge archival theory and practice, and looked in pa... Read More about Rethinking archives: History, media, memory.

Holy hiatus (2008)
Exhibition / Performance

Holy Hiatus featured a series of temporary public art projects and events curated by Ruth Jones and took place in Cardigan between 21st and 31st May 2008. The project focused on social ritual and identity, community and public places. Holy Hiatus ref... Read More about Holy hiatus.

10 Years of CelAction (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Initiated and co-organized a public round-table discussion and screening investigating the impact of CelAction software on the UK animation industry. Co-organisers: Paul Wells (Director, Animation Academy, Loughborough University) and Gareth Howell (... Read More about 10 Years of CelAction.

Film is digital (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation of practice research project on the impact of digital technologies on feature film production

Little jesuses and fuck-off robots: On aesthetics, cybernetics, and not being very good at Lego Star Wars (2008)
Book Chapter

Simulating the public sphere (2008)
Book Chapter

In this chapter I argue that formatted reality television game shows like Big Brother (Channel 4 2000 - ) and popular TV documentary formats like Wife Swap (Channel Four 2002 -) and Faking It (Channel Four 1999 -) might be best understood as simula... Read More about Simulating the public sphere.

The Outsider: Anthony Simmons (2008)
Journal Article

This interview with veteran British Film director Anthony Simmons gives an account of Simmons’ career in the context of a declining industry in the 1970s. It offers previously unknown production background to films such as Black Joy and The Optimists... Read More about The Outsider: Anthony Simmons.

Wargaming and computer games: Fun with the future (2008)
Book Chapter

An essay exploring the historical influence of wargaming on contemporary computer gaming and the philosophical implications of this.

Digital futures: Digital decay (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Lecture to the MA Screen Studies unit in Specialised Cinema Exhibition on the impact of digital technology on feature film exhibition and distribution.

Music city - do it, dare it, chance it (2008)
Exhibition / Performance

The exhibition presents selected works from the Song Archive Project in Europe, Iran and the USA from the past six years. The exhibition provided a method to explore significant themes relevant to each location, creating a series of autonomous projec... Read More about Music city - do it, dare it, chance it.

Death; A minor annoyance or an invitation to play? (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Games involve a lot of death, it’s hard to play games without encountering death in some format. But what does death mean in the context of games? This paper seeks to explore death firstly as a concept internally in games and also use various phenome... Read More about Death; A minor annoyance or an invitation to play?.

Horror and Aesthetics (2008)
Book

DVD review: Rene Laloux's Fantastic Planet (2008)
Journal Article

A review of the DVD release of Rene Laloux’s SF animated feature. Considers the nature of animation as a distinct cinematic form.

Living signs: Theory and materiality in the work of Otto Neurath (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Using the work of Otto Neurath, this paper considers theory as a material social practice. Some scholars see in Neurath’s work a ‘naïve’ belief in the possibility of the clear, unambiguous, transmission of facts untainted by their material support. Y... Read More about Living signs: Theory and materiality in the work of Otto Neurath.

As we might watch: what might arise from reconsidering the concept of interactive film? (2008)
Journal Article

Interactive film form has been conceived of in terms of branching; multi-linear narratives predominantly drawing on the mechanics of the computer games industry. Interactive engagements produced within this framework have failed to revolutionise eith... Read More about As we might watch: what might arise from reconsidering the concept of interactive film?.

Book review: Hafez, K. The myth of media globalization (2008)
Journal Article

This is a book review of a book about globalization in relation to media.

The (mal)content generation: media practice in the digital environment (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In my role as Practice Section chair of MeCCSA I organised and chaired this panel bringing practice researchers and teachers together to discuss the impact of digital "content" on the field of media practice teaching and research.

Teaching documentary to the digital generation (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reflected upon the particular benefits of teaching documentary production to the (mal)content generation, ultimately suggesting that this genre still provides ample opportunity for students to engage with a wide range of social, ethical an... Read More about Teaching documentary to the digital generation.

Blueboard: Story of a creative media residency project: 4 companies / 11 schools (2008)
Book

This publication offers an introduction to some ways in which partnership work between creative media practitioners and schools, can enhance the learning opportunties of children and young people. The Blueboard publication aims to share the key lear... Read More about Blueboard: Story of a creative media residency project: 4 companies / 11 schools.