The Prague Museum of Communism
At Teleport City, The Gutter‘s own Keith Allison continues to share his adventures in Prague. This time, he visits the Prague Museum of Communism.
RIP, Stuart Hall
Sociologist and Cultural Theorist Stuart Hall has died. The Guardian and Art Review have obituaries. At Flavorwire, Brie Hiramina writes, “Why Stuart Hall’s Groundbreaking Work On Culture And Identity Still Matters.” There is an interview with Hall at Radical Philosophy. You can watch a documentary about Stuart Hall, […]
“An Alternate History of Flappy Bird”
At Radiator Design Blog, Robert Yang writes about the indie game Flappy Bird and the harassment of its designer, Dong Ngyuen. “I suspect that if Nguyen were a white American, this would’ve been the story of a scrappy indie who managed to best Zynga with his loving homage […]
True Detective’s Six-Minute Tracking Shot
At MTV, Cary Fukunaga shares the story of his 6-minute long, single tracking shot in an episode of True Detective. “Having used the technique in both of his feature films, Sin Nombre and Jane Eyre, Fukunaga signed onto True Detective knowing that he wanted to include a long […]
African Fractals
Ethno-Mathematician Ron Eglash gives a TED talk on fractals in African design.
Art, Guilt and Intellectual Insecurity
Jennifer Szalai and Adam Sternbergh argue for removing the guilt from “guilty pleasures.” And in reading Eleanor Catton’s recent essay about the perception of literary elitism, Laura Miller considers intellectual insecurity in the literary world: “You can find it among fans of easy-to-read commercial fiction who insist (on […]
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