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Did digital imaging throw documentary into an ontological crisis?

Scholars have long discussed the ambiguity and subjectivity inherent in photographic representation with its seductive verisimilitude. Bill Mitchell’s... 

Expanded Cinema: Still fresh after forty years

A few months ago I pulled Gene Youngblood’s classic Expanded Cinema (E.P. Dutton & Company, 1970, available online) off the shelf... 

Memory and the end of reality

The transformation from media as a form of cultural production to media as entertainment has lead us into a crisis as we enter the fifth phase... 

2010 Bumpkin Island Art Encampment

If you live in the Boston area, here’s an idea for what to do this weekend: The 2010 Bumpkin Island Art Encampment! Consider making a day... 

Four under $300 audio recorders for double-system sound

With the rising tide of small cameras shooting spectacular HD video suitable for documentary work, along with D-SLRs like the Canon 5D Mark II... 

MassArt’s Summer Film School, 2010

Summer is upon us and I would like to remind you there is still time to register for most of the Summer Film School classes at MassArt. If you...