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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Author Archives: Jeff Watson
A Call to Action
A passionate call for a general strike in the US this November 6: Of all the various depredations of the Bush regime, none has been so thorough as its plundering of hope. Iraq will recover sooner. What was supposed to … Continue reading
Lines Horizontal (1962)
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Tagged animation, experimental, norman mclaren, pete seeger
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Tangible User Interface
The cumbersome process of capturing and editing becomes fluid in the improvisation of a story, and accessible as a way to create a final movie. It was shown how a graphical interface created for video production informs the design of … Continue reading
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Tagged editing, improvisation, interface, mit
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Ten Thousand Years Older
This is Werner Herzog’s contribution to the 2002 omnibus film, “Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet“.
21-87 (1963)
For Canadians, one scene in Star Wars is of particular interest. As the movie’s hero, Luke Skywalker, prepares to rescue Princess Leia from the Death Star, the roguish Han Solo informs him where she is to be found in the … Continue reading
Las Hurdes (1933)
http://youtu.be/M_EcRaBDxQc “Do you see this wonderful valley?” director Luis Buñuel asked his crew as they began filming this documentary; “well, this is where Hell begins.” Buñuel had long displayed a love/hate relationship with his native Spain, and his bitterness rarely … Continue reading
Putting Canadian "Piracy" in Perspective
Over the past year, Canadians have faced a barrage of claims painting Canada as a “piracy haven.” This video – the second in my collaboration with Daniel Albahary – moves beyond the headlines to demonstrate how the claims do not … Continue reading
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Tagged michael geist, piracy
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James Turner’s Map of Humanity
This is the world of our making, carved out of our actions, built upon the collective achievements of the human race. It is an attempt to map the last six thousand years of human history and thought upon a theoretical … Continue reading
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Tagged illustration, james turner, maps
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San Jose Semaphore
San Jose Semaphore, by artist Ben Rubin, is a permanent public artwork commissioned by Adobe Systems Incorporated in collaboration with the City of San Jose’s Office of Cultural Affair’s Public Art Program. Located within the top floors of Adobe’s Almaden … Continue reading
Finding Subversives With Amazon Wishlists
It used to be you had to get a warrant to monitor a person or a group of people. Today, it is increasingly easy to monitor ideas. And then track them back to people. Most of us don’t have access … Continue reading
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Tagged data mining, maps, politics, surveillance
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