Actually, It’s Mister Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein is a terrible father, a tech bro, and not a doctor.
“On Creating Your Own Aesthetic”
“Filmmakers Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman discuss honoring and following your instincts, changing mediums, and overcoming massive obstacles” creating the AfroFuturist musical Neptune Frost (Rwanda/USA, 2021). Read it here.
Spectral Transmissions
Listen to Spectral Transmissions right now for free at the Nightstream Festival. “Inspired by the golden age of Weird Tales and radio ghost stories, acclaimed directors Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher present an audio program of writers and filmmakers that explores memory, technology, and how the past and […]
The Many Faces of Ra.One
Mainstream Hindi cinema doesn’t particularly gravitate towards making superhero films. It hardly needs to, given what physical feats the average film hero can pull off anyway. But like many parts of the world, Indian audiences certainly have a taste for American-style superhero films, so home-grown characters pop up, […]
“Susan Kare, Icon of Icons”
Priceonomics has an interview with Susan Kare, who has spent her career designing icons for graphic computer interfaces and the first proportionally spaced font for Apple. “For many, Susan Kare’s icons were a first taste of human-computer interaction: they were approachable, friendly, and simple, much like the designer […]
“When Robots Are An Instrument Of Male Desire”
At The Establishment, Katherine Cross writes about robots, gender and Tay the chatbot. “We are being primed by many tech giants to see AI not as a future lifeform, but as an endlessly compliant and pliable, often female, form of free labor, available for sex and for guilt-free […]
The Cultural Gutter 