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• In Media Res
  Re: "A Dream's End": Temporalities in Abounaddara's Emergency Cinema

  The politics of time

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  Remy Yi Siang Low University of Sydney

  Tuesday, February 9, 2016 — 11:30 pm

  Thanks for this post, Zainab, and for introducing the work of this film collective. I'm very interested in how innovative media forms can challenge the dominant representations of politics and events, and this clip along with your post has really got ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Earth in the Spin Cycle: The Myth of the Green Tech Industry

  Unveiling the fantasy of "green capitalism"

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  Remy Yi Siang Low University of Sydney

  Saturday, February 13, 2016 — 2:30 am

  Thanks for a great post, Jonathan. I agree with Zainab that the aesthetics of the video are so Apple. It really lends a certain utopian coolness to the "have your cake and eat it" logic of green capitalism, which you've unpicked really well ...
• In Media Res
  Re: You Can Make a Movie Now, But Some People Will Never be the Next Cate Blanchett: Continued Filmmaking Inequalities in a quote unquote Post-Colonial, Post-Gender Society.

  The double bind of access

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  Remy Yi Siang Low University of Sydney

  Wednesday, February 10, 2016 — 11:10 pm

  Thanks for this thoughtful post, Brandon. I like the way you tease out how the apparent "democratisation" of film making actually belies the structural inequalities built into the industry. It seems like the celebration of access to film making ...
• In Media Res
  Re: The Internet of Things: Having, being, or being had?

  Thanks Chris. I think you’ve

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  Remy Yi Siang Low University of Sydney

  Tuesday, October 27, 2015 — 8:38 pm

  Thanks Chris. I think you've picked up on the ideas in my post and put them to use more precisely than I have. Your examples are excellent illustrations of what I'm concerned about and I'll keep them in mind as I think through this further. ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Engineering Propaganda about the Internet of Things

  Good unpacking of the issues re: IoT

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  Remy Yi Siang Low University of Sydney

  Monday, October 26, 2015 — 9:41 am

  This post unpacks some of the concerns surrounding the IoT nicely, Phil. Well done! I agree that the IoT is marketed as "smart" in this way and that, but as you say, perhaps not always in the ways that we expect. I think you've also made a ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Get Smart: Television and Programmatic Advertising in the Internet of Things

  This is a good, careful

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  Remy Yi Siang Low University of Sydney

  Friday, October 30, 2015 — 10:31 pm

  This is a good, careful unpacking of the types of data that will be gleaned from our everyday lives via smart devices. It really raises questions not only of who gets the vital data from our past preferences, but also how they will then go on to shape tho ...
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  Re: From Francis Bacon to Francis Bacon: The Slice of Life

  Being towards death and decay

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  Remy Yi Siang Low University of Sydney

  Wednesday, February 5, 2014 — 4:26 am

  Thanks for your insightful and thought-provoking comments! @Nedda: Thanks for bringing that up! The sale of that Bacon work was one of the triggers that got me thinking about the allure of Bacon's paintings. Given Margaret Thatcher described him as “ ...