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et in Arcadia ego (3)

July 5, 2020February 26, 2025 by Michael Shanks

Project concept: et in Arcadia ego – [Link] Ravens’ Pike, Boonville, California. (Thanks to Rich Green for the loan of his remarkable Leica Monochrom)

Posted in (past) presences, allegory, ambient rhetoric, archaeography, archaeological imagination, et in Arcadia ego, noise, photography Tagged Boonville, Rich Green

et in arcadia ego (1)

June 8, 2020February 26, 2025 by Michael Shanks

Project – Et in Arcadia ego – [Link] Black mirror. Claude Glass.

Posted in (re)framing, ambient rhetoric, antiquarians, landscapes, media archaeology, mirrors, photography Tagged black mirror, et in arcadia ego

ambient rhetoric – Joker

December 28, 2019February 26, 2021 by Michael Shanks
Posted in ambient rhetoric, photography, physiognomy, quiddity, storytelling and narrative Tagged Joker - the movie

North Sea

December 17, 2019May 4, 2020 by Michael Shanks

Project Borderlands – [Link]

Posted in chorography, haecceity, photography Tagged Lindisfarne, Nyborg

the last of the polaroid ?

December 15, 2019May 4, 2020 by Michael Shanks
Posted in borderlands, chorography, media archaeology, photography Tagged Lindisfarne, Vikings

Ambient rhetoric – borderlands

December 15, 2019June 8, 2020 by Michael Shanks

Project: Borderlands – [Link]

Posted in (re)framing, ambient rhetoric, borderlands, chorography, deep mapping, noise, photography, signal and noise Tagged Lindisfarne, Rothbury

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Exploring the archaeological imagination – to gain a bigger picture on things that matter.

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