Omniloft 2020
Read my short story in a genre I call Academic Fiction, or Speculative Ethnography. Here is the opening: On Friday, November 13 2020, a large group of Omniloft employees got…
The Simon Variations
https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/31384231 The Simon Variations takes the classic game by Ralph Baer to new heights. With small tweaks of the logic of gameplay, the player is now faced with a variety…
Beyond Engagement
A bubbly and cheerful presenter, Dr. Bonk describes the instructor as entertainer and learning as audience-centered reception activity. This view, however, conceals the complexity of the interaction between the “keeper”…
Painting with EQ
Project description: Painting with EQ can be considered an example of what Rick Altman calls the “point of audition” of the “invisible observer.” As the visual perspective changes, the acoustic…
Quebec’s creative industries and the pandemic
The key takeaway of this survey is that the vast majority of participants expressed curiously dissonant combinations of hope and uncertainty, wavering between optimism and sombre expectations for the impending “new normal.”
Restoration as performance: live dubbing for the silver screen
Update: re-recording classic soundtracks of the Burmese screen has been temporarily put on ice due to the political instability of the region. It is, however, critical to recognize that the…