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Comment by Julie Warburton on October 31, 2011 at 10:27pm

'House of Leaves' on the radio -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01694p2/Friday_Play_Recording...

Comment by Julie Warburton on July 30, 2011 at 7:42pm

Couldn't decide whether to put this on space or rubbish, but as this is the site advertising the threshold films event, it has ended up here

http://www.movingimagearchivenews.org/bill-morrison-revivifies-deca...

Decasia - a symphony in decay

http://www.decasia.com/

And here are another couple of references for Terri and anyone else interested in domestic ruins. The film is advertised more in terms of the study of a daughter/mother relationship, but the decay of the space is more or less inseparable from them and their eccentric way of life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Gardens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mumWYU5aHBU

Comment by Tony Venezia on January 24, 2011 at 10:35am

This may be of interest, it's a podcast interview with Chris Ware, speaking with his more laid back contemporary comics artist and sometime Chicago-ite Daniel Clowes.

"The fact that TGI Fridays have made it to the UK is chilling to me."

Panel Borders: the deconstructed American male

Continuing Panel Borders’ month long look at depictions of Masculinity in American Comics, Alex Fitch talks to award winning graphic novelists Chris Ware and Daniel Clowes who both publish their work first as chapters, in periodicals Acme Novelty Library and Eightball respectively. Ware’s graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, won the Guardian First Book Award in 2001, while Clowes’ Art School Confidential and Ghost World have both been adapted as American Independent films, the latter seeing the author nominated for his Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2002 Academy Awards…

Please note: following the regular audio podcast of this episode at www.panelborders.wordpress.com, a video podcast will follow, this weekend, at www.youtube.com/panelborders

5pm, 20/01/11, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com

Comment by Zara Dinnen on November 30, 2010 at 11:25am

Digital Is...

(Reflections on literary, performance, and visual cultural practices in the digital era)


A one-off chance to hear from four esteemed practitioners of the digital arts:

Joahnnes Birringer (Director, DAP-Lab at Brunel; Artistic Director, AlienNation Co.); Kate Pullinger (Author; Reader in Creative Writing and New Media at DeMontfort); Thomson & Craighead (Artists; Lecturers at Goldsmiths, Slade School of Fine Art); and Tim Wright (Digital Writer; Cross-platform Producer).

For one night only the Contemporary Fiction Seminar (in collaboration with the Birkbeck School of Arts Graduate Lecture Series) brings these speakers together to discuss their creative digital practices and the critical issues that surround their work.

The event will be chaired by Dr Nick Lambert (Lecturer in Digital Art at Birkbeck).

Details:

Thursday 9th December 2010
7.30 - 9pm (followed by wine reception)
Rm 538, main Birkbeck Building, Malet St., WC1 (map)

All are welcome.

If you have any further questions please contact Zara Dinnen or Tony Venezia (co-ordinators of the Contemporary Fiction Seminar).

Hope to see you all there!