Happy to share a new @Convergence_NMT article with @caitmurphyfilm on DALL-E Mini & tied to my @IrishResearch Laureate project. It’s open access here: https://t.co/63eCuSmnab
Some key points from it below. ⤵️
I’ve just launched a SURVEY on the teaching of extended reality & synthetic media in Higher Education screen media programmes. You can access it and view more details here:
https://t.co/oNONiQlZWl
Please consider participating or sharing with colleagues!
“AI companies love the narrative of AI as an arms race — it justifies their rush to market,” @SigalSamuel writes. But “there’s power in telling ourselves a different story: that AI is a potential tragedy of the commons...and we have the power to avert it.” https://t.co/yQkM93guzr
I'm recruiting a post-doctoral Research Fellow in Screen Studies, with a focus on Synthetic Media as part of my IRC Laureate project. It's a full-time post @tcddublin w/ expected duration of 16 months. Details linked below. Please share with colleagues!
https://t.co/E7R5bwawsZ
#OPENCALL: Submit your thought-provoking ideas that reveal innovative perspectives on working in Expanded Animation for the Synaesthetic Syntax Symposium!
📅 Deadline: May 26, 2023
👉 More info: https://t.co/8yaYj0AtaC
It was an early, unexpected Christmas gift to read Milena Droumeva's (@natuaural) very generous and perceptive review of Women's Voices in Digital Media (@UTexasPress) in @FilmQuarterly. I hope it helps the book reach a wider audience!
https://t.co/UPjW8RQiFt
Looking forward to giving a talk on DALL-E Mini creations as surrealist body horror @TLRHub on Nov 7th. Part of my broader @IrishResearch Laureate project on the hyperreal and deceptive media. Also ties into the @HumanPlusTCD programme.
Details here: https://t.co/7cgMozBh9J
1 Nov, 1 pm!🗓️
Speakers: #CorporateGovernance expert, Dr Blanaid Clarke; AI ethics academic, @dave_e_lewis; @kendpmckenzie from @Accenture_Irl Human Sciences Studio; @merzbauer, #standards expert at
@isostandards; & Human+ fellow, @nico__palladino
Sign up https://t.co/g5lsGMbtvY
This is special. Thanks for recognising us as one of the 100 hottest startups in Europe, @WiredUK! 🤓
If you haven’t already, download Volu to capture your own volograms and bring them to #AR, #VR and #Metaverse.
https://t.co/Z3GSYrmwMn
Congrats to @BostonJoan, @EmilyDreyfuss & Brian Freidberg on the publication of their essential new book “Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America”! https://t.co/Z3DraIjhOO
The @mediahistorydl has a new website!
We've added over 1,000 Hollywood pressbooks, tripled the amount of non-English language content, enhanced the interface, and eliminated the delay between digitization to user access. Still free, and always will be. https://t.co/oYZKpAHv27
Always a good day when a new @NECSUS_ejms issue comes out. And delighted to see my PhD student Cáit Murphy's (@TrinityFilm1) article 'The Filmmaker as Instagram Auteur: A Case Study on Claire Denis' in the mix. Well worth a read! https://t.co/Otr6oFMF6f
Happy to share details of a PhD studentship on my Irish Research Council funded project at Trinity College Dublin: 'From Cinematic Realism to Augmented Reality: Reformulating Screen Studies at the Precipe of Hyperreality'. Deadline 24 June, details here: https://t.co/f1xuJSE3sN
We are pleased to be hiring a new Assistant Prof. in Film (Digital Arts), with a 0.6 FTE contract. More details at the below link, please share with colleagues who may be interested! https://t.co/L1k4Pfa7S5
Introducing LIVING CANVAS; a cultural initiative by @IPUT_plc - designed and produced by Algorithm. Launches at Wilton Park and Tropical Fruit Warehouse on the 12th of November.
The work #Kaleidoscope by Gerhard Funk is a digital hommage to the magical optical instrument. Players leave marks on the floor and create their personal colorful pattern. #DeepSpace8K#CooperativeAesthetics https://t.co/W80GLmqejo
HUMAN+ is now recruiting experienced Arts & Humanities / Computer Science & Engineering researchers for a 2 year fully funded inter- and transdisciplinary fellowship programme. Find out more at https://t.co/5wEjKmuOJL
My book has a cover and is available for pre-order! The designers @UTexasPress did a great job with this purposefully pixated close-up of Rita Hayworth in Gilda from YouTube, part of a study on the revision of vocal histories via digital platforms. https://t.co/StHhJkn2W5