I don't mean to make anyone feel agèd, but these are the artifacts studied in "media archeology" these days

#MediaArcheology #Archaeology #Television

In 2014 my book Re-collection noted that emulating the defunct Silicon Graphics platform would resurrect groundbreaking works by artists like @golan, Char Davies, and Karl Sims. Reanimating SGI is a notoriously thorny challenge, but according to @ernie we could be $6,500 away from approaching this dream.

https://tedium.co/2023/05/27/sgi-irix-revival-efforts/

#digipres #emulation #MediaArcheology #ComputerHistory #DigitalArt #SGI CC @euanc @textfiles

@textfiles CC @novomancy #MediaArcheology

Ok so slowly getting round this new home. the worlds I like to intersect include:
#CriticalTechnicalPractice #mediaart #housing #code #housingactivsm #governance #tech #linux #modularsynth #eurorack #techno #simondon #sts #feministSTS #socialjustice #arduino #python #creativecoding #p5 #floss #opensource #mediaarcheology #urbanism #commoning #arttech

Was a great evening! I had the pleasure to ask questions to @walskaar @lidia_p @fcr and Niek. We talked about the purpose and process behind the publication, the post-digital ambivalence of engaging with so-called retro and low-tech media/tech/practices that are in fact inextricable from contemporary tech/networks, the question of resistance and escapism in such practices, the creative potential of technological constraints and only working with what you have access to, and we started to sketch a discussion around nostalgia and its problematic ties with notions of traditions, imagined communities, nationalism, etc. It was way too short but really demonstrated the value of all the interviews that @floppytotaal arranged in this book.

If you're into #mediaarcheology #retro stuff #permacomputing #conservation #repairculture or the #demoscene (or just have a sweet spot for #floppies) this is a really valuable resource.

https://underbelly.nu/product/floppy-disk-fever-niek-hilkmann-thomas-walskaar/

Attached a few photos from the evening taken by @fcr with his... Floppy based Sony Mavica FD95 http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Sony_Mavica_FD95