In today’s media landscape, digital technologies have propelled us into a completely new age of media production, distribution and consumption. We now have incredible levels of access to a broad range of new mediums and technologies which in many ways have made the processes of media production and consumption far more accessible, convenient, reliable and efficient. With the ongoing development…
“photographs capture & contain memories”
Keightley and Pickering suggest that photography (particularly analogue) has long been thought of as simple “recorded fact” (2014). Due to the camera’s ability to freeze, capture and preserve specific moments in time, the photographic process has long been championed as a highly truthful and authentic form of documentation. Over the years we have “relied on [photography] to describe places, to…
Home Video/Photo
My house before & after I was born. Thankfully it’s no longer that disgusting yellow colour.
Alternative Photographic Processes
Lumen Prints from our Alternative Photography Lecture/Workshop: It was really interesting to be shown a range of alternative/unconventional photographers (and their individual processes). I think the idea of homemade cameras and more experimental photography is really appealing, and now I’m way more interested in testing out some more alternative processes. There’s definitely a different feel to this kind of photography,…
relevant & awesome
this is very relevant & very awesome:
Audio Tape Recorders
An audio tape recorder is an analogue storage device which *generally* uses a magnetic tape as a recording stock. Magnetic tape originated around 1930 and before this, a wax coated tape was used. From what I can tell this wax tape operated on similar principles to a vinyl player – with a needle carving/following grooves in the wax. The first consumer tape…
the ARCHIVE
RMIT’s Library: The RMIT library is somewhat of a hybrid archive structure. It provides a broad spectrum of research material across BOTH physical (traditional) and digital collections. The physical library has remained relatively unchanged, and we can still conduct our research just as students of previous generations would have. However we can also take advantage of today’s online/digital archives to collect…
10 Facts about Crafts found in Melbourne: You won’t believe number 4.
RAILWAY TRACK: 1. The track on a railway line is also known as a Permanent Way. 2. The earliest rails were wooden. Since their initial implementation in 17th Century mines, railway technology has been continuously explored and improved upon. 3. Railway tracks can be designed to be portable. This form of moveable track was often used during the construction of…
back at RMIT:
no more 15 minute walks to uni.
be Right Back
Spending a quick semester abroad in Toronto. I’ll be posting over on aidantj.com while I’m gone.