Tag Archive for the term: media

Sarah and Risa are prepping a fun project that’ll show up on the blog soon, so I won’t say too much…But it got me thinking about what blogs can do for artists. Here’s a very simple thought I had about a way for artists to use/think about blogs.
A blog is a place to show and […]

I realize this is like, an indie art website and all, but let’s just take a moment and talk about Britney Spears.

I had the pleasure yesterday of catching Britney Spears’ new video at the gym, “Piece of Me.” No kidding, it’s a good piece of work. I believe, and have always believed, that Britney […]

I hammered out notes on the first half of the curated questioning of Gilberto Gil here, and now will continue to delight with more notes on digital policy, weee!
As part of the conversation about access, I asked about how understanding open software in comparison to ideals from Tropicalismo has helped advance free software in Brazil. […]

This post will be a bit scattered, but the general theme is Visual Tidbits. Large, small, many, few, finite, endless…artful?
Central Question: Can the world wide web act as art gallery? Insofar as we frame collections of web pages as “sites”, does the internet enable new spaces and modes of viewing?
 
Site #1 Question: Can the online […]

Adbusters is in court today in Canada fighting for the air waves as public space, here’s a quick sum up of why:
For those of you not quite up to speed, here’s the gist: After over a decade of having our consumer-awareness TV spots rejected by just about every major commercial broadcaster in North America (often […]

Perhaps you’ve heard the angry murmuring, well now there’s litigiousness to make it official - In a dense ad section for Camel cigarettes in Rolling Stone, Xiu Xiu, A Silver Mount Zion, Lavender Diamond, Fucked Up and dozens more beloved independent music makers, many local, found themselves mapped, tagged and ‘name checked’ without so much […]

When Shapes and Sizes played last night, they made a joke about how, since the vast majority of the audience at the M For Montreal showcase last night consisted of industry folks, instead of hearing some clapping between songs, they would hear the sound of pen on paper. Now I wish I had written some […]

ok, so here’s a quick lesson (part of a series of walk throughs for adding video to your blog posts on indyish) -
1. Go to the “Write” > “Post” page in the back end just as you normally would and look for the “Media” button.

Hint: If you’re not seeing the “Media” button (or any button […]

On Friday, March 9th, from 12h00 - 13h15 JAY MOWAT — a fellow alumni of Concordia’s Communications Studies program — will be giving a 75 minute seminar on “backpack journalism.” Come with your lunch and your questions.
PLACE: CJ3.306
Communication Studies/Journalism Building
Loyola Campus, Concordia U
TIME: Friday, March 9th 12h00 - 13h15

Jay Mowat will speak […]