#104: Juan Fontcuberta and the “paper-hankie picture”
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss “The Eye of God”, chapter 2 of Juan Fontcuberta’s book, Pandora’s Camera. They reflect upon the impacts that the shift from analogue to digital photography and c...
17 Okt 202552min
#103: Fontcuberta - Pandora's Camera
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Juan Fontcuberta’s “Pandora’s Camera” (2014). They discuss his take on Barthes and Kracauer’s theories about the relations between photography, philosophy, mode...
3 Okt 202555min
Andre Bazin - Ontology of the Photographic Image
In the “Ontology of the Photographic Image,” Andre Bazin makes the provocative claim that the invention of photography is "clearly the most important event in the history of the plastic arts." At the ...
19 Sep 202552min
#101: Heidegger - The Thing, pt. 2
This is the second of two discussions of Martin Heideger’s essay “The Thing.” Please see episode #100 for the first installment, which set the table (jug joke) for this discussion. In this episode B...
5 Sep 202549min
#100: Heidegger - The Thing, pt. 1
In this episode Barry and Mike begin their two-part discussion of Martin Heidegger’s 1949 lecture, “The Thing.” They focus on his concept of distancenessless as a unique problem of modernity and discu...
22 Aug 202537min
#99: On Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Artificial Intimacy
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the idea of “frictionless” relationships in the age of artificial intimacy. ErikaHayasaki – “What Would a Real Friendship With A.I. Look Like? Maybe Like Hers?...
8 Aug 202548min
#98: The Re-enchanted World - Karl Knausgaard
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Karl Ove Knausgaard’s article, “The Reenchanted World: On Finding Mystery in the Digital Age.” They examine Knausgaard’s proposed solution to the problem of the...
25 Jul 202542min
#97: AI in Art. A follow up to the Rob Horning discussion.
In this episode Barry and Mike continue their discussion of the place of AI in art. They experiment with Suno and discuss the results. You can listen to those results at the links below. Barry's Tomat...
11 Jul 202535min
