Archive for November, 2009

Priorities

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Style: Family Narrative Summary: This podcast explores the relationships between a husband and wife and their respective relationships with their young daughter. Citations: HiDaddy.wav by daveincamas http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=31490 Maxines.mp3 by TexasMusicForge http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=31490 yeah.mp3 by totya http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=31490

Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

This podcast includes an interview with a VU art student and intern at the Brauer Museum of Art. She discusses Walter Benjamin’s concept of a work of art’s “presence in time and space.” We also discuss the value of an original work of art versus more modern practices of reproduction.

Jenn and Steph

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

DJ and Alyse discuss Elizabeth Eisenstein and Adrian Johns, and their views on the printing press as a cultural force.