Fantasy Cartography

Monday, December 18, 2017 to Friday, December 22, 2017

Image via Flickr Creative Commons license by Jeff

Sound Mapping Imaginary Worlds

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Adventures in 8.5x11

By Michael Iantorno

Friday, December 15, 2017

1 comment

Navigating Emotional Landscapes through DIY Cartography in Stranger Things Season 2

By Mihaela Mihailova

Friday, December 15, 2017

1 comment

Giving Fans Latitude

By Sierra Laddusaw

Thursday, December 14, 2017

1 comment

Mapping Kanto Region Over a Town Near You: Pokémon Go and Fantasy in the Everyday

By Jamie Henthorn

Friday, December 15, 2017

1 comment

Contributors

Andrew Kemp

PhD Student, Moving Image StudiesGeorgia State University

Tanya Zuk

Ph.D. candidate, School of Film, Media & TheaterGeorgia State University

Michael Iantorno

Student - Media Studies (MA)Concordia University

Mihaela Mihailova

Postdoctoral Fellow in Film StudiesMichigan State University

Sierra Laddusaw

Map LibrarianTexas A&M University Libraries

Jamie Henthorn

Catawba College

Recent comments

Re: 'Faceshopping' (2018) with Sophie Xeon/SOPHIE

!!!

By Joseph Owen Jackson

Saturday, May 25, 2019 - 16:20

I love that break-down moment in the video! When the shrill voice stops singing with discernable words, the text dissolves into glittery nothingness while the singer ecstatically warbles strange, alien sounds. Perhaps this points towards...
Re: Nelson Sullivan's Selfie Videos

I second Andrea's comment

By Joseph Owen Jackson

Saturday, May 25, 2019 - 16:13

I second Andrea's comment! As we analyse and immerse ourselves in contemporary audiovisual artefacts, it is imperative that we remember the media archaeology which surrounds and contextualises the methods and aesthetics of today's artists...
Re: Unfriended: A Glitch in Self-Mediation

Skyping Selfie Death

By Joseph DeLeon

Saturday, May 25, 2019 - 01:34

Wow, it's remarkable how much the blog posts touched on dystopian or horror approaches to the self-image. I think Unfriended has much in common with Cam on the "liveness" front. Andrea's post evoked for me that liveness confers a...
Re: Cam and Fears of Online Identity Theft

Live-Streaming Body Horror

By Joseph DeLeon

Friday, May 24, 2019 - 19:15

Wow, that trailer was a ride! Building off of Jenny's comments, I also feel like the themes that Cam evokes relate to Artificial Intelligence and the cultural fears surrounding the uncanny valley. Echoing the spectral text dialogue in...
Re: Nelson Sullivan's Selfie Videos

Way to close the week!

By Jenny Gunn

Friday, May 24, 2019 - 19:11

Agreed, this is such a great way to close out our discussion. I think there are a lot of productive comparisons this suggests and absolutely agree that the historical precursors of self-mediation have to be considered, A few things that struck me: I...