Abram just sent me this picture by Juan Carlos Castro of Reistertown, MD. It appeared in Adbusters. Hygienic. Contrast the photographs I posted last month, and remember the archaeological fascination with the constitution of place. I recall the anthropologist Marc Augé is into this kind of non-place.
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situationist manifesto
Just managed to get a look at a video Abram found – Call it sleep. A siutationist manifesto/documentary. Excellent. Here it is.
Scratchy archaeologies
Snippets of a conversation with Abram last night. 10:05PM Abram I saw a great documentary on the whole dj/turntablism phenomenon. Its amazing – they take a record player and use it for something completely different than it was designed for. Misuse is great fun. 10:10PM Michael Philip Jeck – I’m sure I mentioned him to…
Photographing the archaeological
I notice a few recent books by photographers who are into abandonment and decay – me monitoring sensitivity to the archaeological, as usual. I particularly like ReadyMades: American Roadside Artifacts by Jeff Brouws. — here are some drive-in movie screens Pictures of old pickup trucks, abandoned gas stations (he has a lovely series in black…
media and archaeology
Media|Archaeology Sam and I have been talking about his thoughts on media and archaeology, and about the Metamedia lab for a few months now – I have pulled together some of the highlights. The main point is about setting up a dialogue between Sam’s world of information science and software design, and mine of archaeology…
end of empire?
Wallsend UK Roman fort at the end of Hadrian’s Wall. I dug here in 1975; I was 15 and I loved fieldwork. I remember the town the most. The site is right by Swann Hunter Shipbuilders, one of the big firms on the Tyne. My dad worked here – late 60s. Most of the old…
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