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Category: Information wants freedom

Error 404 – Bathing for Internet Access

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Kate

I am really not one to get excited about anything material. But when I learned about this charity bath bomb that is available in Lush stores until the end of the month, I was itching to part with my cash to get my hands on one. Lush has partnered with Access Now to help raise…

Self-surveillance and memory

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Kate

I often talk about the idea of surveillance and ‘dragnets’ and often I am talking about other people surveilling us. What I have been thinking about recently is our ability to self-surveil and interpret. Something that the digital affords is memory: transactions and files are stored in a binary computer readable format that can be…

IBD by Association

Posted on November 12, 2015January 3, 2016 by Kate

I am very aware just how transparent my digital identity is; I have consciously chosen to share (an embarrassing amount of) pictures and thoughts about education, Crohn’s and photography. I try not to share too much else, if I can help it (but I share more than I probably should).  I have met people online…

#FilmandFilms: The Cinema Paradigm Shift

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Kate

https://youtu.be/TdknhQqH43w “a projectionist has become an overhead the cinema no longer needs” [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/214101106″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]   An audio response to Jonny’s first point about the paradigm shift. Jonny mentioned about the redundancy of the projectionist, but I’d argue whether this actually makes it any more affordable to go digital to both…

Should Cinema Stop Illegal Downloads? A Response

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Kate

Jonny Bark posted yesterday his thoughts on cinema, and film piracy. And I must say, I have a few thoughts myself. The way I see it is that film and music are completely different from one another and their respective industries. Although in today’s understanding, the actual difference between a song (MP3) and a video…

Information doesn’t want to be Free…

Posted on May 26, 2015May 25, 2015 by Kate

I have been carrying around Cory Doctorow’s most recent book Information Doesn’t want to be Free like it’s the Bible. Over a year ago I researched opening archives for mass (digital) consumption for a talk. I wish that Cory had published this book sooner! @KateGreen28 “For Kate!” by @doctorow pic.twitter.com/Gj8s8A1p2R — Jonathan Worth (@Jonathan_Worth) April 20,…

Stuart Whipps

Posted on February 13, 2014March 29, 2015 by Kate

I visited the Ikon Gallery in 2011 to see Stuart Whipps’ installation ‘Uncatagorised Boxes’. The work was eluding to the short-lived architectural culture of Birmingham. Architect John Madin saw more than one of his buildings get demolished in his lifetime, and all the remains are the archives of the plans for them. Paper has outlived…

Research Presentation

Posted on January 26, 2014March 29, 2015 by Kate

Title: Does Archive Information Want To Be Free? Firstly, I wanted to research into why archives are important and why we keep them: I found a document from Stephen Plant from University of London who says archives “form a unique and indispensable record for researchers”. Stephen Plant is the records manager at UoL; from this it…

Research: Getty Images

Posted on January 18, 2014March 29, 2015 by Kate

In 1995, Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein founded Getty Images to bring the fragmented stock photography business into the digital age. And that’s exactly what they did. We were the first company to license imagery online – and have continued to drive the industry forward with breakthrough licensing models, digital media management tools and a…

Flickr: The Commons

Posted on January 17, 2014March 29, 2015 by Kate

In conversation with Aaron Guy (my archive guru) he recalled the Sunderland University Photography Conference from 2011 and how some talks/papers may be of use to me. I couldn’t be more grateful for his effort in helping me retrieve this information: he successfully got the webpage of the talk back online to browse. The last…

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