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We Make Media

by karen darricades

A podcast about how the culture we produce shapes media, and how that goes both ways.

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Episodes

  1. Female Gaze and Immersive Storytelling, with XR creator and filmmaker Adriana Vecchioli

    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...

  2. #WeMakeMedia - Season 2 Trailer - On New and Digital Literacies

    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…

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  3. Sonic Media and Ways of Hearing, with Milena Droumeva from SFU

    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...

  4. Deep Fakes and Social Media, with technology researcher Carl Miller

    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...

  5. Memes and Social Justice Movements, with author An Xiao Mina

    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.…

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  6. Algorithmic Literacy, with Barabra Fister from Project Information Literacy

    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...

  7. Media Co-creation, with Katerina Cizek from MIT's Open Documentary Lab

    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 -...

  8. Game-based Learning, with educator Paul Darvasi

    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 -...

  9. On Technology and New Literacies, with science and technology journalist Clive Thompson

    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…

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  10. #WeMakeMedia - Season 1 - Trailer - On Making Art in the Age of the Internet

    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 Jadoon and Abigail MacBean - Friday, May 29th, 2020 Mike Relm - Saturday, May 30, 2020 Maya Ben David - Friday, June 5, 2020...

  11. New Media and Digital Economies, with Jeremy Bailey

    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 -...

  12. Art Apps and Capitalism , with SpekWork Studio and Tough Guy Mountain

    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…

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  13. Kinetic Sculpture and Augmented Reality, with Jenn E Norton

    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-0 https://novavision.com/stereoscopic-vision-how-does-it-work/…

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  14. GIF Making and Collaborations of all Kinds, with James Kerr

    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 2012 EPISODE NOTES: Giotto di Bondone...

  15. Cosplay and Performing for Cameras, with Maya Ben David

    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/eE3dkesbvus Walter Saches...

  16. Mashups, Media Platforms, and Live Audiences, with Mike Relm

    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-...

  17. Digital Art and Social Media, with KeionaBroderick, LorieBerberian, FatmaJadoon, AbigailMacBean

    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=pIwVeRNK7tA frozen edits https://www.instagram.com/fvozen/ Fan art -...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A podcast about how the culture we produce shapes media, and how that goes both ways.

HOSTED BY

karen darricades

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A podcast about how the culture we produce shapes media, and how that goes both ways.

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